Raakhee (Now Raakhi Gulzar)(bengali,Hindi)

     

Raakhee (Now Raakhi Gulzar)

(bengali,Hindi)

Raakhee (born August 15, 1947) popularly known as Raakhee Gulzar (Hindi: राखी गुलजार) after her marriage with Gulzar (Sampooran Singh Kalra), is an Indian Bollywood actress. Her career spans from the late 1960s to 2003.

Personal life and education

Raakhee originally from the state of West Bengal.

While still a teenager, Raakhee had an arranged marriage to Bengali film director Ajay Biswas, which ended shortly and unhappily thereafter.

She also married film director, poet and lyricist, Gulzar. She has separated from Gulzar but never divorced him.

She has a daughter called Meghna (Bosky) who had directed two films named Filhaal, Just Married and Dus Kahaniyaan.

Career

Raakhee won rave reviews for her first Bengali film Badhu Baran 1967 in Calcutta after which she was offered the lead role in her first Hindi film, Rajshri Productions Jeevan Mrityu with Dharmendra in 1970.

She shot to fame in the 1971 film Sharmilee where she played a double role opposite Shashi Kapoor. She has since starred in many more Hindi blockbuster films most notably Kabhie Kabhie (1976), Muqaddar Ka Sikander (1977), Trishul (1978), Kaala Patthar (1979) Lawaaris (1981) Jurmana (1979) and Bemisal (1982) all with Amitabh Bachchan . She also did some memorable films like Daag (1973), Tapasya (1976) . She also acted in other Bengali films such as Paroma (1984).

Towards the mid 1980s and 1990s she played elderly mother or supporting roles in films such as Ram Lakhan (1989), Baazigar (1993), Khalnayak (1993), Karan Arjun (1995), Border (1997), Soldier (1998) and Baadshah (1999).

Her last film was Shubho Mahurat in 2003 for which she won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress and she has since retired from the film industry.

Awards and nominations

Won

• 1973 - Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for Daag: A Poem of Love
• 1976 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Tapasya
• 1989 - Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for Ram Lakhan
• 2003 - National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for Shubho Muhurat

Nominated

• 1972 - Filmfare Nomination as Best Actress for Aankhon Aankhon Mein
• 1976 - Filmfare Nomination as Best Actress for Kabhie Kabhie
• 1977 - Filmfare Nomination as Best Actress for Doosra Aadmi
• 1977 - Filmfare Nomination as Best Supporting Actress for Doosra Aadmi
• 1978 - Filmfare Nomination as Best Actress for Trishna
• 1979 - Filmfare Nomination as Best Actress for Jurmana
• 1981 - Filmfare Nomination as Best Actress for Baseraa
• 1985 - Filmfare Nomination as Best Actress for Saaheb
• 1993 - Filmfare Nomination as Best Supporting Actress for Anari
• 1995 - Filmfare Nomination as Best Supporting Actress for Karan Arjun
• 1997 - Filmfare Nomination as Best Supporting Actress for Border
• 1998 - Filmfare Nomination as Best Supporting Actress for Soldier

Filmography

• Badhu Bharan (1967)
• Baghini (1968)
• Jeevan Mrityu (1970) ... Deepa
• Sharmilee (1971) ... Kanchan/Kamini
• Reshma Aur Shera (1971) ... Gopal's Wife
• Paaras (1971) ... Barkha Singh
• Lal Patthar (1971) ... Sumita
• Pagli (1972)
• Wafaa (1972) ... Saraswati
• Shehzada (1972) ... Chanda
• Yaar Mera (1972)
• Shaadi Ke Baad (1972) ... Shobha
• Janwar Aur Insaan (1972)
• Beimaan (1972)
• Anokhi Pehchaan (1972)
• Aan Baan (1972) ... Rekha
• Aankhon Aankhon Mein (1972) ... Parvati
• Heera Panna (1973) ... Roma
• Daag (1973) ... Chandni
• Blackmail (1973) ... Asha Mehta
• Banarasi Babu (1973)
• Joshila (1973) ... Sapna
• 27 Down (1974) ... Shalini
• Chameli Memsaab (1975)
• Mere Sajna (1975)
• Angaarey (1975)
• Tapasya (1976) ... Indrani \"Indu\" Sinha
• Kabhi Kabhie (1976) ... Pooja Khanna
• Doosara Aadmi (1977) ... Nisha
• Trishna (1978) ... Aarti S. Gupta
• Kasme Vaade (1978) ... Suman
• Trishul (1978) ... Geeta
• Muqaddar Ka Sikandar (1978) ... Kaamna
• Hamare Tumhare (1979) ... Maya
• Jurmana (1979) ... Rama Sharma
• Kaala Patthar (1979) ... Dr. Sudha Sen
• Lootmaar (1980) ... Raksha Bhagat
• Aanchal (1980) ... Shanti
• Shaan (1980) ... Sheetal Kumar
• Rocky (1981) ... Parvati
• Laawaris (1981) ... Vidya
• Dhuaan (1981)
• Barsaat Ki Ek Raat (1981)
• Anusandhan (1981) ... Rajni
• Baseraa (1981) ... Sharda Balraj Kohli
• Shradhanjali (1981)
• Yeh Vaada Raha (1982) ... Mrs. Sharda Rai Bahadur
• Taaqat (1982)
• Shriman Shrimati (1982) ... Parvatidevi
• Bemisal (1982) ... Kavita Chaturvedi (Sakhi)
• Dil Aakhir Dil Hai (1982) ... Kusum Desai
• Shakti (1982) ... Sheetal
• Bandhan Kachche Dhaagon Ka (1983)
• Zindagi Jeene Ke Liye (1984)
• Paroma (1984) ... Parama
• Anand Aur Anand (1984) ... Mrs. Arun Anand
• Zameen Aasmaan (1984)
• Saaheb (1985) ... Sujata Sharma
• Zindagani (198]) ... Sumitra Devi
• Muqaddar Ka Faisla (1987) ... Laxmi
• Dacait (1987) ... Devi Choudhrain
• Gold Medal (1988)
• Falak (1988) ... Durga Verma
• Ram Lakhan (1989) ... Mrs. Sharda Pratap Singh
• Santosh (1989) ... Rachna
• Jeevan Ek Sangharsh ... Dharam Verma
• Saugandh (1991) ... Ganga
• Pratikar (1991) ... Saraswati Devi
• Rudaali (1993) ... Bhikni/Euli
• Pratimurti (1993)
• Khal Nayak (1993) ... Mrs. Aarti Prasad
• Kshatriya (1993) ... Maheshwari Devi
• Dil Ki Baazi (1993) ... Nirmaladevi
• Anari (1993)
• Baazigar (1993) ... Mrs. Shobha Sharma
• Karan Arjun (1995) ... Durga Singh
• Kismat (1995) ... Geeta
• Border (1997) ... Dharamvir's mother
• Jeevan Yudh (1997) ... Mrs. Rai
• Ankhon Mein Tum Ho (1997) ... Ranimaa (Mrs. Burman)
• Sham Ghansham (1998) ... Ganga Satyadev Singh
• Barood (1998) ... Gayetri Sharma
• Soldier (1998) ... Geeta Malhotra
• Baadshah (1999) ... Chief Minister Gayatri Bachchan
• Ek Rishtaa: The Bond of Love (2001) ... Pratima Kapoor
• Talaash: The Hunt Begins (2003) ... Purnima
• Dil Ka Rishta (2003) ... Mrs. Sharma
• Shubho Mahurat (2003) ... Ranga Pishima
• Classmates (2009)

Raadhika (Now Raadhika Sarathkumar)(Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil)

Raadhika (Now Raadhika Sarathkumar)

    (Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil)

Born:

September 21, 1963 (age 45)

Chennai, India

Other name(s): Radhika Years active :25 Spouse(s) :R. Sarath Kumar

Radhika is a veteran Tamil actress, successful entrepreneur and producer. She is the founder of Radaan Mediaworks, which has produced many successful serials like Chithi, Selvi and Arasi.

Personal life

Raadhika is the daughter of the late Tamil actor and comedian, Mohan R. Radha. Her mother is a Sri Lankan. She has a younger sister named Nirosha (Niroja), who is also an actress. Actor and politician R. Radharavi is Radhika's older stepbrother.

She is married to actor Sarath Kumar, with whom she has a son named Rahul. Rahul was born in 2004. She was married twice prior to marrying actor Sarathkumar. Her first marriage to the Malayalee actor-cum-director, Pratap K. Pothan, ended in divorce. As did her second marriage to Richard Hardy, who is a British national and by whom she has a daughter named Rayanne Hardy.

Fellow actress-cum-writer-cum-director Suhasini Mani Ratnam is a close friend of Radhika, who has been with her during her hard times and lent a shoulder. Radhika and Suhasini hit it off during their first meeting for a film shoot and went on to become thick friends. Though Radhika was very good at acting, her make-up and hair styles were much wanting. Suhasini at her peak being a serious competitor for Radhika, has been Radhika's helping hand in redefining her looks and life. Suhasini in fact got an approval from Director Vasanth, of Keladi Kanmani, a come-back movie of Radhika, to be with Radhika on her sets and be her hair dresser and make-up artist. People still admire their friendship though both of them have gone ahead in different work paths after their peak stardom. Some of her other good friends in the film fraternity are Saritha and Sripriya.

Film Career

Raadhika Sarathkumar has acted in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi as well as Malayalam films.

After becoming successful in cinema, Radhika wanted to do something different and decided to take on the small screen, a venture that everyone thought was a mistake she would regret.^{[citation needed]} But determined to pursue something she believed in, namely producing her own TV software under the Radaan TV banner, she pressed on. That was in 1994. After some initial hiccups, the company re-emerged successfully as Radaan Mediaworks (I) Ltd in 1999, and by 2008, has a annual turnover exceeding Rs.10 crore. In 2004, the company ventured into film production in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi markets. Radaan has plans to enter into Hindi television market. ^[1]

In recent years she has acted as the title character in several hit megaserials produced by her company, Radaan Mediaworks. Her first hit drama was "Chitti", a 488-episode serial in which she portrayed the main character, Saradha. The serial was widely watched and praised throughout the Tamil-speaking world. Fresh off the success of "Chitthi", Radhika went on to produce another, longer Tamil serial, the 757-episode "Annamalai", in which she once again played the major role. Her co-star in both these first two serials was the veteran actor Sivakumar, with whom she was often paired in films as well. However in "Annamalai", he played her eldest brother. She is currently playing a dual role in the teleserial Arasi, the sequel to the teleserial Selvi.

Filmography

Malayalam

• Niram Maaratha Pookkal (1979) (Vijayan, Rati Agnihotri)

• Koode Evide (1983) (Mammootty, Suhasini, Rahman)

• Koodum Thedi (1985)... Devi (Mohanlal, Rahman)

• Makan Ente Makan (1985)... Sujatha (Mammootty)

Tamil

• Kizhake Pogum Rail (1978)... Paranjyothi (Janagaraj)

• Ranga (1982) (Rajinikanth)

• Pokkiri Raja (1982) (Rajinikanth, Sridevi, Manorama)

• Moondru Mugam (1983) (Rajinikanth, Silk Smitha)

• Irattaival Kuruvi (1987) (Mohan)

• Poonthotta Kaavalkkaaran (1988) (Vijaykanth)

• Keladi Kanmani (1990) (S.P. Balasubramaniam, Geetha)

• Raasaiyya (1995)... Madhavi (Prabhu Deva, Roja)

Telugu

• Niram Miradha Pushpangal (1979) (Vijayan, Rati Agnihotri)

• Prema Pichchollu (1983) (Chiranjeevi)

• Palnati Pourusham (1994) (Brahmanandam)

Hindi

• Hamare Tumhare (1979)... Sonia (Sanjeev Kumar, Rakhee Gulzar)

• Asli Naqli (1986)... Vijay's Sister (Shatrughan Sinha, Rajinikanth)

• Kudrat Ka Kanoon (1987)... Aarti Verma / Miss Julie Singh (Jackie Shroff, Hema Malini)

• Tum Karo Vaada (1993)... Soniya (Nafisa Ali, Shammi Kapoor)

• Raasaiyya (1995)... Madhavi (Prabhu Deva, Roja)

• Sarfarosh (1999)... Bar Dancer (Aamir Khan, Naseeruddin Shah, Sonali Bendre)

Raasi (South Indian Actress) (Telugu)

Raasi (South Indian

 Actress) (Telugu)

Raasi is a South Indian actress who has acted in a number of Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada movies. Her mother-tongue is Telugu. Her first movie was Grafthar in Hindi. Some of her movies are Priyam, Love Today, and Kalyana Galatta. She attained popularity due to her glamour and exceptionally "large boobs....".She acted in several movies in telugu. Starting her career as a child artiste, she grew up along with her bosoms to be one of the most sexually stimulating actresses in telugu.

Radha(Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil)

Radha

(Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil)

Radha (born 1965) is an Indian actress popular in the 80s and early 90s. She was popular in the Tamil film industry for more than a decade. She has acted in numerous movies with top actors of the South Indian cinema heroes from Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, Sathyaraj, Prabhu, Vijayakanth to Karthik, Suresh, Mohan, N. T. Rama Rao, Mohanlal, Chiranjeevi, Venkatesh etc. She has acted in over 200 movies in 5 indian languages (Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Hindi).

Personal life

Radha hails from Kerala. She is married to a successful hotelier Rajasekharan Nair and has two daughters & a son. Since her marriage she has settled in Mumbai and is into restaurant business with her husband. She pursues her undying passion for the Arts by continuing classical dance lessons alongside her eldest daughter. She has also recently performed at the famous Chidambaram Natarajar temple which she claims was her dream. Her sister Ambika is also a famous actress.

Career

Radha was spotted by director Bharathiraja and was cast as a young teenager, and cast in Alaigal Oyvathillai in 1981 opposite then newcomer Karthik and named her Radha. The young heroine took everyone by storm in her very first movie. Soon Radha became a hit started acting alongside heroes like Karthik, Mohan and Suresh.

Dubbed as the Saroja Devi of the 80's, between Payum Puli and Rajathi Raja, Radha was the uncrowned Queen of Kollywood. And by the end of eighties, Radha had almost completed a decade of complete dominance in the South. But still, the tag of a great actress still evaded her and though she came up with some spirited performances in movies like Amman Kovil Kizhakale, the label of a glamour doll stuck with her.

Kollywood Career

After a string of movies where she co-starred with the second line heroes of Tamil movie industry, she was starting to get noticed. Gopurangal Saivathillai proved her acting talents. She played a powerful role as a second wife of Mohan and matched the national award winner Suhasini (who played the first wife) in this movie. Radha played a small role in Tik Tik Tik, a Kamal Haasan starrer, big budget movie. Tik Tik Tik, though was a small role, did Radha some good by taking her into big budget movies and played a significant role in her career. Shen then starred in a number of Kamal movies like Oru Kaithiyin Diary, Thoongathey Thambi Thoongathey, Kathal Parisu, Jappanil Kalyanaraman and many of them were super duper hits.

Radha starred along with super star Rajinikanth. Rajini and Radha too made a great screen pair and the duo acted in many movies like Nan Mahan Alla, Paayum Puli, Sivappu Suriyan, Engeyo Ketta Kural etc . The versatile producers AVM exploited this success formula to the core.

Her major break came from her mentor Bharathiraja. Radha was cast in the movie opposite the legendary Sivaji Ganesan. Muthal Mariyathai released in the year 1985. Radha’s striking performance matching Sivaji was a pleasant surprise of the movie. And needless to say, Radha pulled in the crowds and Muthal Mariyathai remains till date as one of the greatest late-pickup super hits in Tamil industry. After Muthal Mariyathai she got a number of challenging roles including movies like Nyaya Tharasu.

 Tollywood Career

It was Suhasini who brought Radha to Telugu industry where she ruled along with Vijayashanti. She also demonstrated her budding acting talents in very intense scenes in movies under Bharathiraja's tutelage. While she worked hard to climb the ladder and maintain success in Tamil film cinema, Tollywood (Telugu) was an entirely different story. She became the top actress without much efforts and hardworks. Radha costarred almost all the leading stars of Telugu in that period including Chiranjeevi, Balakrishna, Krishna, Nagarjuna and Venkatesh. In Telugu she had to face some serious competition from Vijayashanti. And Sridevi too dropped down once in a while from Mumbai to steal a hit or two. Despite this , Radha managed to act in the most number of movies opposite big heroes amongst the three.

Selected Filmography

 Tamil Films

Year	Film	Cast	Direction	Role
1989	Raajadhi Raaja	Rajinikanth, Nadiya Moidu
1987	Aanand	Prabhu	C.V.Rajendran
1987	Jallikkattu	Sivaji Ganesan, Sathyaraj
1987	Kaadhal Parisu	Kamal Haasan, Ambika	A.Jagannathan
1987	Ninaive Oru Sangeetham	Vijaykanth
1986	Raatshashan	Chiranjeevi, Annapoorna, Nagendra Babu	Kondanadarama Reddy.A.
1986	Amman Koil Kizhakkaalae	Vijayakanth	R.Sundarajan
1986	Mela Thiranthathu Kadhavu	Amala, Gundu Kalyanam	R.Sundarajan
1985	Idaya Kovil	Mohan, Ambika	Mani Ratnam
1985	Muthal Mariyathai	Sivaji Ganesan, Sathyaraj	Bharathi Raja
1985	Nalla Thambi	Karthik	Sp.Muthuraman
1984	Naan Mahaan Alla	Rajinikanth
1984	Oru Kaidiyin Diary	Kamal Haasan, Revathy	Bharahti Raja
1983	Paayum Puli	Rajinikanth, Manorama	Sp.Muthuraman
1983	Sivappu Sooriyan	Rajinikanth, Manorama, Saritha	V.Srinivasan
1983	Thoongathey Thambi Thoogathey	Kamal Haasan	Sp.Muthuraman
1982	Engeyo Ketta Kural	Rajinikanth, Ambika
1982	Gopurngal Sayvathillai	Suhasini, Mohan
1982	Ilanjodigal	Karthik	Ramanarayan
1982	Kanney Raadha	Karthik
1982	Valibamey Vaa Vaa	Karthik	Bharathi Raja
1981	Alaigal Ooivathilai	Karthik	Bharathi Raja
1981	Tik Tik Tik	Kamal Haasan, Madhavi	Bharathi Raja

 Telugu Films

Year	Film	Cast	Direction	Notes
1990	Kodama Simham	Chiranjeevi, Sonam, Mohanbabu	K.Muralimohana Rao
1990	Kondaveeti Donga	Chiranjeevi, Vijayasanthi, Amrish Puri	Kondanda Rami Reddy.A.	Srikanya
1990	Qaidi Dada	Brahmanandam, Suman	T.L.V.Prasad
1989	Lankeshwarudu	Brahmanandam, Chiranjeevi, Maheshbbau	Narayana Rao Dasari
1989	Rudranetra	Brahmanandam, Chiranjeevi, Nuthan Prasad	K.Raghavendra Rao
1989	State Rowdy	Chiranjeevi, Bhanupriya, Sathyanarayana Kaikala	Gopal.B.
1989	Manchi Kutumbam	Krishna Ghattamaneni, Sharada	G.Rammohan Rao
1989	Two Town Rowdy	Venkatesh, Naresh	Narayana Rao Dasari
1988	Marana Mrudangam	Chiranjeevi, Annapoorna, Brahmanandam	A.Kondandarami Reddy
1988	Yamudiki Mogudu	Chiranjeevi, Vijayasanthi, Sathyanarayana Kaikala	Ravi Raja Pinisetty
1988	Donga Ramudu	Mohanbabu, Allu Ramalingaiah	K.Raghavendra Rao
1988	Jamagagni	Krishna	Bharathiraja
1987	Jebu Donga	Chiranjeevi, Bhanupriya	A.Kondandarami Reddy
1986	Raakshasudu	Chiranjeevi, Annapoorna, Nagendra Babu	Kondanadarama Reddy.A.
1986	Kondaveeti Raja	Chiranjeevi, Sathyanarayana Kaikala	K.Raghavendra Rao
1986	Muddula Krishnaiah	Balakrishna, Vijayasanthi, Sharada	Kodi Ramakrishna
1986	Ravana Brahma	Krishnamraju, Sathyanarayana Kaikala	K.Raghavendra Rao
1985	Adavi Donga	Chiranjeevi, Sharada	K.Raghavendra Rao
1985	Raktha Sindooram	Chiranjeevi, Nuthan Prasad	Kondaandarama Reddy.A.
1985	Puli	Chiranjeevi, Sathyanarayana Kaikala	Raj Bharath
1985	Vinitha Mogudu	Mohanbabu	T.L.VPrasad
1985	Donga	Chiranjeevi, Sathyanarayana Kaikala	Kondanadarama Reddy.A.
1985	Agni Parvatham	Krishna, Sharada, Vijayashanti	K.Raghavendra Rao
1984	Naagu	Chiranjeevi, Raogopal Rao	Prasad Thathineni
1984	Goonda	Chiranjeevi, Sathyanarayana Kaikala	Kondanadarama Reddy.A.
1983	Chanda Sasanudu	Ramarao, Sharada	Ramarao

Malayalam Films

Year	Film	Cast	Direction	Role
1991	Innathe Programme	Mukesh, Siddique, Zainuddin	P.G.Viswambaran	Indumathi
1986	Revathikkoru Pavakutty	Bharath Gopi, Mohanlal, Menaka	Sathyan Anthikkad	Susanna
1983	Mortuary	Prem Nazir, Madhu, Srividya	Baby	Radhadevi

Hindi Films

Year	Film	Cast	Direction	Role
1995	Bewafa Sanam	Krishnakumar, Shilpa Shirodkar	Gulshan Kumar
1989	Trinetra	Brahmanandam, Chiranjeevi, Nuthan Prasad	K.Raghavendra Rao
1989	Vicky Dada	Nagarjuna, Juhi Chawla, Srividhya	A.Kondandarami Reddy	Savitri
1983	Faoladi Mukka	Rajinikanth, Manorama	Sp.Muthuraman
1966	Phool Aur Patthar	Meena Kumari, Dharmendra	O.P.Ralhan	Radhadevi

Radhika (South Indian Actress) (Tamil)

   Radhika 

(South Indian Actress) (Tamil)

Devanagari :राधा Abode: Vrindavan Mantra :Aum Vrashbhanujaye Vidmahe/ Krishnapriyaye Dheemahi/Tanno Radha Prachodayat Weapon :None Consort :Krishna

Radha (Devanagari: राधा, IAST: Rādhā) is the principal consort of Krishna in the Srimad Bhagavatam, and the Gita Govinda of the Hindu religion.^[1] Radha is almost always depicted alongside Krishna and features prominently within the theology of today's Gaudiya Vaishnava religion, which regards Radha as the original Goddess or Shakti. Radha's relationship with Krishna is given in further detail within texts such as the Brahma Vaivarta Purana, Garga Samhita and Brihad Gautamiya tantra. Radha is also the principal object of worship in the Nimbarka Sampradaya, as Nimbarka, the founder of the tradition, declared that Radha and Krishna together constitute the absolute truth.^[2]

Radha is often referred to as Radharani in speech, prefixed with the respectful term 'Srimati' by devout followers.

Radha the Gopi

In the story of Krishna, as told in the Mahabharata and the Bhagavata Purana, he spends much of his youth in the company of young cow-herd girls, called Gopis in the village of Vrindavan. The Mahabharata does not describe Krishna's earlier life in Vrindavan in much detail, and focuses more on the later battle of Kurukshetra but within the Bhagavata Purana the child-hood pastimes of Krishna are described very vividly. Within the Bhagavata Purana, Radha is not mentioned by name but is alluded to within the tenth chapter of the text as one of the gopis who Krishna plays with during his upbringing as a young boy. Krishna left Brindavan for Mathura at the age of 10 years and 7 months according to Srimad Bhagavatam.^[3] So Radha is assumed to be also 10 years old or less when Krishna left Brindavan. It is in later texts such as the Gita Govinda where we find the story of Radha given in more detail.

Within Vaishnavism

See also: Radha Krishna

Radha with Krishna, as painted by Raja Ravi Varma

In the Vaishnava devotional or bhakti traditions of Hinduism that focus on Krishna, Radha is Krishna's consort. For some of the adherents of these traditions, her importance approaches or even exceeds that of Krishna. She is considered to be his original shakti, the supreme goddess in both the Nimbarka Sampradaya and following the advent of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu also within the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition. Other gopis are usually considered to be her maidservants, with Radha having the prominent position of Krishna's favour.

Her connection to Krishna is of two types: svakiya-rasa (married relationship) and parakiya-rasa (a relationship signified with eternal love).

In the Nimbarka Sampradaya, Radha's relationship with Krishna is characterised by the svakiya-rasa, based on texts in the Brahma Vaivarta Purana and the Garga Samhita describing the wedding of Radha and Krishna. The Gaudiya tradition focuses upon parakiya-rasa as the highest form of love, wherein Radha and Krishna share loving exchanges through separation. The love the gopis feel for Krishna is also described in this esoteric manner as the highest platform of spontaneous love of God, and not of a mundane sexual nature. Proponents of the Gaudiya and Nimbarka schools of Vaishnavism give the highly esoteric nature of Radha's relationship to Krishna as the reason why her story is not mentioned in detail in the other Puranic texts.^{[citation needed]}

Birth

Vaishnava tradition states that Radha was born in either Varshana, or Rawal, a village about 8 kilometers from Vrindavan, near present day New Delhi in India.^[4] There are a number of accounts of her parentage. Her father was the king of cowherds called Vrsabhanu. Vrsabhanu was a partial incarnation of Lord Narayana while her mother Kalavati was a partial incarnation of Goddess Lakshmi.

Her worship is especially prominent in Vrindavan, the place where Krishna is said to have lived over 5000 years ago. Wherein Her importance surpasses even the importance of Krishna. Radha's love for Krishna is held within Gaudiya Vaishnavism as the most perfect primarily because of its endless and unconditional nature. Thus she is the most important consort of Krishna, 'His heart and soul', and His 'hladini-shakti' (spiritual pleasure potency).

In the Brihad-Gautamiya Tantra, Radharani is described as follows: "The transcendental goddess Srimati Radharani is the direct counterpart of Lord Sri Krishna. She is the central figure for all the goddesses of fortune. She possesses all the attractiveness to attract the all-attractive Personality of Godhead. She is the primeval internal potency of the Lord."

Nimbarka

Nimbarka was the first Vaishnava acharya to disseminate teachings about Radha.^[5][6]

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

The Bengali saint Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486 - 1534) is believed by many (see especially the modern-day ISKCON movement) to be an incarnation of both Radha and Krishna, simultaneously in one form. Throughout his life, Chaitanya lived as a devotee of Vaishnava tradition, not openly claiming to be any form of avatar, but in his biographies it is claimed that he revealed his divine form to some of his closer associates.^[7]

Festivals

Radha (right) with Krishna at Krishna-Balarama Temple in Vrindavan

Radha's birthday is celebrated as Radhastami.During this time devotees are allowed special sanctions not normally allowed. For example, Radha's name is normally not chanted due to the possibility of committing offenses towards her. Neither are all devotees qualified to enter into her kunda, or lake, which is considered holy. On the festival day of the appearance of Radha Kunda (Radharani's lake), devotees wait up until midnight in order to bathe there. And there is much recitation of her holy names on her "appearance day" or "birthday". She is said to "appear" because she does not take birth or die, being an eternal associate of Krishna, both of whom are liberated. She is the most chaste woman, "married" to Krishna.

The foremost of the Gopis

The Padma Purana describes 18,000 cowherd-girls (gopis) among whom it says 108 are the most important. Among those 108, eight are considered more important still, and among the eight, two have a special position - Chandravali and Radharani. Of the two, Radha is considered the foremost.

Names & Worship

Temple in Varsana, dedicated to the worship of Radha and Krishna

Radha has many epithets describing her qualities and characteristics.

• Gandharvi - Expert singer^[8]
• Govinda-nandini - She who gives pleasure to Govinda (Krishna)
• Govinda-mohini - She who mystifies Govinda
• Govinda-sarvasva - The all-in-all of Govinda
• Sarva-kanta Shiromani - The crown jewel of all Krishna's consorts
• Krishnamayi - The one who sees Krishna both within and without
• Radhika - Her worship of the Krishna consists of fulfilling His desires
• Madan-Mohan-Mohini - Within Gaudiya tradition Krishna (as the Supreme Person) is believed to be the enchanter of all living beings, including even Kamadeva (Madan) - The god of attraction. Because Radha has the unique position of being able to enchant even Krishna she is therefore known as Madan-Mohan-Mohini: the enchanter of the enchanter of Cupid.
• Aradhana - The root name of Radharani, meaning one who excels in worshiping Krishna
• Sarva-lakshmi - The original source of all the goddesses of fortune
• Vrshabhanu-nandini - Daughter of Vrishabanu
• Vrndavaneshvari - Queen of Vrindavana
• Lalita-Sakhi - Friend of the gopi Lalita
• Gokula-Taruni - She whom all young girls of Gokul worship
• Damodara Rati - She who dresses herself to please Damodara (Krishna)
• Radharani – Radha the queen
• RadhaKrishna - Worship of Krishna with Radha
• Vrajrani - Queen of Vraj ( Krishna being the king)

One of her names, Hara (mentioned in Narada-pancaratra 5.5.59), in vocative Hare, forms a part of the Hare Krishna 'Maha-Mantra', one of the most popular Vedic mantras, especially amongst Gaudiya Vaishnavas. Radharani's names hold a place of prime importance within Gaudiya Vaishnava religious practices.

View Complete Namavali with essence of each name of Radharani-100 auspicious names in IPA Sanskrit

Temples dedicated to Radha

• Barsana and Vrindavan in Mathura District, Northern India contain a large number of temples dedicated to both Radha and Krishna, including the Radhavallabh Temple. ^[9]

• Barsana Dham in Austin, Texas, USA, one of the largest Hindu temples in the western Hemisphere.^[10]

Temple Deities in India and abroad are generally named in order of Radharani first and then Krishna. Krishna is approachable through the mercy of Srimati Radharani and no one else. So for example, if one were to enter the Govindaji temple in Vrindavan the Deities are named Radha Govinda and devotees of Krishna would pray to Radha and Govinda not just Krishna. This is because Krishna is controlled by Radharani's love.

Quotations about Radha

• "Although the effulgence of the moon is brilliant initially at night, in the daytime it fades away. Similarly, although the lotus is beautiful during the daytime, at night it closes. But, O My friend, the face of My most dear Srimati Radharani is always bright and beautiful, both day and night. Therefore, to what can Her face be compared?" (Vidagdha-madhava 5.20)

• "When Srimati Radharani smiles, waves of joy overtake Her cheeks, and Her arched eyebrows dance like the bow of Cupid. Her glance is so enchanting that it is like a dancing bumblebee, moving unsteadily due to intoxication. That bee has bitten the whorl of My heart." (Vidagdha-madhava 2.51)

• "Just as Srimati Radharani is most dear to Krishna, Her bathing pond is similarly dear. Of all the gopis, She is the most beloved of the Lord." (Padma Purana)

• "The transcendental goddess Srimati Radharani is the direct counterpart of Lord Sri Krishna. She is the central figure for all the goddesses of fortune. She possesses all attractiveness to attract the all-attractive Personality of Godhead. She is the primeval internal potency of the Lord." (Brihad-gautamiya-tantra)

• "Among all persons, it is Sri Radha in whose company Lord Madhava is especially glorious, as She is especially glorious in His." (Rig-parisishta)

• "Radharani is the source of spiritual inspiration" (A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada)

Husband of Radha

In a number of versions of her story, although Radha's first love is Krishna (whom she knows through her childhood) she is later forced to marry Ayanaghosh.Other traditions give the name of the husband of Radha as 'Chandrasena'

Raima Sen (Telugu, Bengali, Hindi, Tamil)

  Raima Sen (Telugu,

 Bengali, Hindi, Tamil)

Born

Raima Dev Varma

November 11, 1979 (age 29)

Mumbai, Maharashtra,  India

Raima Sen (Bengali: রাইমা সেন; born Raima Dev Varma on November 11, 1979) is an Indian film actress.

Early life

She is the daughter of Moon Moon Sen and the grand-daughter of legendary actress Suchitra Sen. Her sister, Riya Sen, is also in the Bollywood industry. Their father is Bharat Dev Varma, scion of the erstwhile royal family of Tripura state.

Her paternal grandmother Ila Devi, was the princess of Cooch Behar (in Bengal), whose younger sister Gayatri Devi is the Maharani of Jaipur.

Career

Sen made her debut in the film Godmother, which was a critically acclaimed success, but her minor role may have been overlooked in favour of the protagonist, played by Shabana Azmi. She then starred in the film Daman playing Raveena Tandon's daughter, where her small performance was appreciated.

Her breakthrough role came when she starred in the Rituparno Ghosh's film Chokher Bali. She won much praise for her role as the simple, submissive Ashalata. After a few more average movies she had a critically acclaimed hit in 2005 with Parineeta, where she played the playmate of the film's heroine, essayed by the debutante Vidya Balan. Since then she has had two more hits with the action thriller Dus and the Bengali film Antar Mahal (where she had a very small role). Most recently, she appeared in the film The Bong Connection (co-starring Shayan Munshi).

She has signed her first Tamil film and she is expected to do more south Indian films. She has yet, however, to play the leading role in any hit movie.

Personal life

Raima's public profile and image is much lower-key and more demure than that of her sister Riya who has been compared more to their mother. Raima is also said to resemble her grandmother much more than either her mother or her sister.[1]. Journalists who meet her describe her as easy to talk to, and devoid of starry airs.

In an interview, she says while she enjoys Mumbai's faster pace of life, its gyms and its nightclubs, she misses her family in Kolkata, her dog Cuddles, and Kolkata's street food, notably Jhal Muri and Aloo Chaat.[2]

Awards

• 2006: BFJA-Most Promising Actress Award : for Nishi Japan^[1]

Filmography

• Slumdog Millionaire (2008) ... Mother
• Teen Patti (2008) (filming)
• Sunglass (2007) ... (post-production)
• Mukhbiir (2008)
• C Kkompany (2008)
• Dhariya (2008)...
• Khela (2008)...(Bengali film)
• The Japanese Wife (2008)
• Manorama Six Feet Under (2007)
• The Bong Connection (2007)
• Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. (2007)
• Anuranan (2007)
• Eklavya: The Royal Guard (2007) ... Princess Nandini
• Antar Mahal (2005) ... Rukmini
• Dus (2005) ... Priya
• Parineeta (2005) ... Koel
• Dairyam (2005) ... Telugu film
• Nishijapon (2005) ... Sunita
• Swapner Din (2004)
• 99.9FM (2004)
• Fun2shh... Dudes in the 10th Century (2003) ... Junali
• Chokher Bali (2003) ... Ashalata
• Nil Nirjane (2003)
• Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence (2001) ... Deepa Saikia
• Godmother (1999) ... Sejal

Rajshree

Rajshree

Personal life and education

Rajshree was born to the acclaimed Indian film maker V. Shantaram. Her mother Jayshree was also an actress, and was the second wife of V. Shantaram. Her brother Kiran Shantaram was a former Sheriff of Mumbai, Maharashtra in India.

She left films shortly after marrying an American, Greg Chapman, in 1967. She lives in Los Angeles since 1968 and they have a daughter.

Career

Rajshree was an actress in Indian Hindi films during the 1960s. She was known for her classic beauty, acting and dancing capabilities. She was launched by her father along with Jeetendra in the film Geet Gaya Patharon Ne. She also starred in popular hits such as Bhramachari and Jaanwar with Shammi Kapoor and Shehnai with Biswajeet.

Filmography

• Brahmachari
• Jaanwar
• Shehnai

Rakhi Sawant

Rakhi Sawant

Rakhi Sawant born on November 25, 1978 ^[1] is an Indian dancer and Hindi film and television actress, and later a television talk show hosts. She comes from a Marathi Hindu family.

Biography

A daughter of a senior Mumbai policeman who grew up in Mumbai. She has a brother, Rakesh and a sister, Jaya. ^[3]Her real name is Neeru , and was an Arts student at Mithibai College, in Vile Parle, Mumbai, she appeared in several music videos and in some item songs in Bollywood movie. Rakhi shot to fame when she was still in school, when Bollywood director Suneel Darshan cast her as an Item Number opposite Govinda in Joru Ka Ghulam. Three years later she auditioned four times before winning her breakthrough Item number Mohabbat hai Mirchi in Chura Liya Hai Tumne in 2003.

Rakhi dated long-term boyfriend Abhishek Awasthi until recently. On November 12, 2008 she confessed to breaking up with her boyfriend Abhishek on Zoom TV. Though Rakhi had prviously broken up and reconciled with Abhishek before, this was final.

Rakhi has also had several controversial times; her father who dislikes the film industry was dismayed when his baby daughter entered a profession that he considered disrespectful. Her father now lives alone and Rakhi is the sole provider for the Sawant ]]s, including Big Boss ^[4] and Nach Baliye ^[5], she began to receive considerable coverage from the Indian tabloid press.

In November 2008, Rakhi appointed senior journalist, internet branding and marketing expert and publicist Flynn Remedios to handle her Media and branding needs as she began to get media attention from not just the Indian press but from media all over the World.

She has also won the dance reality show "Yeh Hai Jalwa". Presently she is a judge of a dance reality show Chota Packet Bada Dhamaka which air's on Zee tv. Sawant is a life member of International Film And Television Club of Asian Academy Of Film & Television.She will also be taking part in the upcoming reality show jalwa 4 two ka one which will air from November 2nd on 9x

Rakhi has also performed in Indian Cricket League 2nd Final on November 15, 2008. About 70,000 people were present that time in the ground.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2009	Anurag Singh's Next		Filming
2009	Muthirai		Tamil film Special Apperance (Item number)
2008	1920 (film)		Special Appearance (Item number)
2008	'Krazzy 4		Special Appearance (Item number)
2008	Horn, OK, Please!!		In Production (Replaced Tanushree Dutta)
2008	Love Game		In Production
2007	Shootout at Lokhandwala		Guest Appearance
2007	Geleya		Special Appearance (Item number)
2007	Buddha Mar Gaya		Lead Role[6]
2006	Gumnaam - The Unknown		On Hold
2006	Gahraee		Post-Production
2006	Hot Money		Special Appearance
2006	Malamaal Weekly		Special Appearance (Item number)
2006	Khaffa		Post-Production
2006	Koii To Apna Hota
2006	Hello…Kaun Hai?		Post-Production
2006	24x7 Bombay Saloon Unisex		Under Production
2005	Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena		Special Appearance (Item number)
2005	Khamosh - Khauff Ki Raat	Kashmira
2005	Mumbai Express		Special Appearance
2004	Main Hoon Na	Mini
2004	Masti	Ms. Saxena	Cameo
2004	Paisa Vasool
2003	Aanch	Guest Appearance
2003	Patth
2003	2nd
2003	Bad Boys
2003	Om	Celina
2003	Chura Liyaa Hai Tumne	Sheena	Special Appearance (Item number)
2003	Dum
2002	Gautam Govinda
2002	Baadmash No. 1
2001	Ehsaas - A Feeling	Maria
2000	Kurukshetra	Geeta	As herself
2000	Joru Ka Ghulam	Chandni
1999	Dil Kya Kare
1999	Dil Ka Sauda

Rajasree(Telugu)

Rajasree Mukherjee (born July 7, 1959 in Tatanagar, India) is a renowned singer and Music Therapist

Rajasree Mukherjee, is a renowned Music Therapist

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, President of India with Rajasree Mukherjee

Rajasree Mukherjee is an Honors graduate in Zoology from Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata. She trained in Rabindra Sangeet from Padmasree Suchitra Mitra and ranked first class first in her Diploma examination from Rabi Tirtha School of Music, Kolkata. She is a double graduate in, vocalist and leading teacher of Indian Classical and Traditional music. Ranked second in Rabindra Sangeet all India basis, in her Sangeet Prabhakar graduation examination conducted by Prayag Sangeet Samiti, Allahabad. In 1975 she toured and performed in the United States and Canada with Suchitra Mitra. She later did her second graduation in Indian music, securing the Sangeet Visharad degree from Pracheen Kala Kendra, Chandigarh.

A gifted singer with a melodious voice she has proved to be a very popular performer. Her numerous concerts in Kenya, Tanzania, India, Canada and the United States have all drawn full houses. In addition to being a popular performer she is one of the most reputed trainers in Indian music in East Africa. She has written lyrics for over 120-film and non-film songs and recorded leading playback singers like Alka Yagnik, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Anuradha Paudwal, Abhijeet, Vinod Rathod, Mohamed Aziz and Shailendra Singh among others. As an experienced Music Therapist she has used Indian Classical music to great effect in meditation techniques. She has conducted several workshops on music over Television and Radio.

Mrs. Mukherjee has also composed a special number in honor of the President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, which she sang to a full house at the Aga Khan Auditorium in Daressalaam during the President's visit to Tanzania in September 2004.

Mrs. Mukherjee moved to Nairobi, Kenya in 1990 and has lived in Africa for the past seventeen years. She founded the Ma Sharda School of Music in Nairobi, Kenya, at which she trained many young singers and which produced several singers of international repute. Today she has over 500 students that now live in Australia, India, Tanzania, Kenya, United Kingdom and the United States.

In three occasions she has been the recipient of the Government of India Grant for promotion of Indian culture abroad. In February 2002 she received an award in recognition of her outstanding contribution from the High Commission of India. The award was presented by the Vice President of Kenya Professor George Saitoti

Rakshita (Kannada)

Rakshita (Kannada)

Rakshita (Kannada: ರಕ್ಷಿತಾ) is a South Indian actress, who has acted in Kannada, Tamil and Telugu movies. She started her career with a Kannada movie Appu produced by Smt.Parvathamma Rajkumar with Puneeth Rajkumar as the co-star. She is the daughter of veteran Kannada heroine Mamtha Rao and Cinematographer B.C.Gourishankar. She was called by the Telugu film industry also for the remake of the same movie as the heroine. It was named as Idiot. Her Kannada film career as heroine got a twist when her movie Kalasipalya became a hit. She was considered as the BOMB heroine in Kannada industry. She retired from the industry as the heroine after her marriage with popular Kannada cinema director Prem

Filmography

Title	Language	Other notes
Appu	Kannada	Debut Movie
Idiot	Telugu	Remake of Appu
Madhurey	Tamil
Dhum	Kannada
Love	Kannada
Shivamani 9848022338	Telugu
Andhrawala	Telugu
Nijam	Telugu
Pellam Oorelithe	Telugu
Kalasipalya	Kannada
Suntaragali	Kannada
Deadly Soma	kannada
Andarivaadu	Telugu
Mandya	Kannada
Hubballi	Kannada
Thayi Madilu	Kannada
Thananam Thananam	Kannada
Dum	Tamil

 Trivia

• She married famous Kannada Film Director Prem in 2007.
• Her debut movie was Puneet Rajkumar starrer Appu
• Her Telugu Debut,Idiot is directed by Puri Jagannadh.

Rashi Bunny

   Rashi Bunny

Rashi Bunny (Hindi: राशी बनी) is an Indian Theatre and Cinema actor. She is known for her Solo plays Bhisham Sahni's Madhavi ^[1] and Manjula Padmanabhan's Hidden Fires with director Arvind Gaur.^[2] Rashi Bunny was selected as "one of the 50 Icons: Emerging personality of India" by Sahara India group with Rahul Gandhi. Acted in Duvidha film. Her solo Hidden Fires was invited for Queen's Award Project (UK) for Communal harmony. She also worked with Living Theatre Academy under Ebrahim Alkazi. She is guest faculty at National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) and has lectured widely in schools, colleges and institutes of repute in India and abroad.Rashi also organized theatre workshops for children in schools and worked with different NGOs on social issues.

Personal

Rashi Bunny's mother is a theatre actress. who trained from National School of Drama. Her Father was a businessman. Rashi pursued her training in Theatre Arts and Design at the University of Alabama and Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA. She is a recipient of Young Artist Scholarship & Junior Fellowship from department of Culture, HRD and Ruby Llyod Artistic & academic Excellence award and Best International Student Scholarship Award. She acted as lead in many plays, such as Beth Henley's Abundance and Jules Feiffer's Feiffer's People and worked with directors like Karma Ibsen, Ward Haarbauer and Anne Carmichael.

Theatre in India

On her return to India, she received the Young Artist scholarship and worked under Shyamanand Jalan in Kolkata and was part of many productions, like Vijay Tendulkar's Khamosh! Adaalat Jaari Hai’ (Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe) and Char Sau Karod Bhullakar. "Nabh Taaron Se Khandit Pulkit" translated from an American Dark comedy, was her directorial debut at Padatik.

Acting

• Bhisham Sahni 's MADHAVI, her first solo, directed by Arvind Gaur won accolades all over India and abroad.^[4]

• Manjula Padmanabhan's Hidden Fires was Rashi’s other solo directed by Arvind Gaur that has been selected by SKP as one of the best plays of year. It was also performed for Queen’s award project ( UK ) for Communal harmony.^[5]

• Walking Through the rainbow, her latest solo premiered in Chennai and deals with domestic abuse and other NRI issues.

• Mahesh Dattani's Tara & Final Solution,
• Vijay mishra's Tatt Niranjana,
• Swadesh Deepak's Court Martial and Sabse Udas Kavita,
• Munshi Premchand's Moteram ka Satyagrah,
• Rajesh Kumar's Me Gandhi Bolto
• Street play- Teen Kanastar for Asmita theatre group, New Delhi.

Work with Banjara Theatre

As Founding Director of Banjara Theatre Group at IIT Kharagpur, she has designed and directed Many plays such as:

• Dharamvir Bharati's Srishti ka Aakhiri admi
• Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena's Bakri
• Habib Tanvir's Gadhe
• Manjula Padmanabhan's Hidden Fires

• She also directed many open air productions like Daldal, Swaha-Swaha, Bandar Kaun, Girgit, Pahle Aap, Teen Apahij, Deewaren Kuchh Kehna Chahti hain, Haathi ki Po(n) etc.

• For the Children's Theatre Wing of Banjara, she has written and directed musicals like - Veer Abhimani, Aazadi Muft Nahin, TunTun TunTun Tana Bana, Education gives Real Freedom, Gopi Gayan Bagha bayen, Beda Dekho Ki.

• She Conducted theatre workshop & Directed children's play for Nehru Centre,Mumbai,2007^[6]

Theatre festivals

These plays have been performed for various Theatre festivals, Institutions and NGO's in India and abroad including NSD, SKP, Nehru Centre, India Habitat Centre, Darpana Academy (Ahmedabad)^[7], IIT, Old World Mahindra festival(India Habitat Centre)^[8],British Council, Vivechana National festival, Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh Natya Samaroh, World Social Forum, Satta Festival, Jawaharlal Nehru University, IILM, PCVC, Stella Maris College (Chennai), University of Delhi, Jawahar Kala Kendra, ActionAid, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Armmono-II (ITI Unesco) and Nizhnevartovsk Theatre Festival.

Theatre Teaching

Rashi has conducted theatre workshops for Engineering and management students, children, Youth and adults from all kinds of background and judged many drama competitions in Bengal, Delhi and Rajasthan. For,India Habitat Centre she has conducted Theatre workshops and was the coordinator for the Platform theatre.^[9]She is guest faculty at NIFT and has lectured widely in schools, colleges and institutes of repute in India and abroad.

 Awards

• Chosen as one of the 50 Icons: emerging personality of India in 2005 by Sahara India Group.
• Special jury award for experimentation with tradition at International Solo Theatre Festival Armenia
• "Colour of Nation" award at the International Theatre festival in Nizhnevartovsk Theatre Festival, Russia .
• Hidden Fires, best play of year selected by Sahitya Kala Parishad
• Best International Student Scholarship Award

Critics' remarks

• It was a delightful solo performance by Rashi Bunny, as she brought to fore a range of human emotions in Bhisham Sahni's MADHAVI... it is an experiment both in its presentation by the director Arvind Gaur and its enactment by the actor Rashi.The Set and its use to my mind is indeed creative bordering on the genius. -The Hindu

• The play was among the very rare meaningful theatre we get to watch in our city. Thought provoking, overwhelming, it left so many fighting their tears. Each person present would have identified with the double standards of our society, each person sitting there would have felt guilty of having reduced the existence of a woman to a mere object, a commodity. Each woman would have relived some part of her life.- Hindustan Times

• All women will be able to see a part of themselves in it. The relevance of the issue makes the time setting immaterial.Even though the play is based on mythology, Madhavi. It was a delightful solo performance by Rashi Bunny, as is contemporary in its presentation and style...-India Today

• Its 'an actor's play'... The Kathavachan style has been adopted and the actor Rashi relates to the audience in day to day baat cheet…an intense and intimate theatre experience. -The Pioneer

• The solo performance is an experiment. Its like taking people through a journey.Even the set design is very experimental. There are blank canvasses on the stage and different colours placed in earthen pots,that symbolize the different colours of life.-First City

• The complex story of Madhavi, her trauma, tragedy and conflicts were portrayed with great sensitivity by Rashi Bunny.The simplicity of set design, use of bamboo structures, canvasses & helped audiences to extend their imagination to grasp the diversity and multi dimensional directorial interpretation of the play.- Navbharat Times

Cinema

• Duvidha (Hindi)^[10]
• Cast- Manoj Verma, Rashi Bunny
• Director: Sharat Kumar

Rambha(Telugu,Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Bengali, Bhojpuri)

Rambha(Telugu,Malayalam, Tamil, 

Hindi, Kannada, Bengali, Bhojpuri)

Born

Vijaya Lakshmi

June 5, 1976 (age 32)

Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India

Rambha or Vijaya Lakshmi (Telugu:విజయలక్ష్మి/రంభ)is an Indian film actress.

Her first screen name was Amritha but changed to Rambha. She has acted in over 100 South Indian films and also in a number of Bollywood films. She had done several successful films in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, Bengali and Bhojpuri films. She was popular in Bollywood movies for her uncanny resemblance towards Divya Bharati, an actress who died during her popular stint in Bollywood. She is also squint-eyed and considers it a lucky charm.

Early life

She is from Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh.

Career

Rambha's career started with a Telugu film "Aa Okkati Adakku" directed by E.V.V Sathyanarayana in 1993.In 1992 starred in Malayalam film Sargam opposite Vineeth. She again paired up with Vineeth in Champakulam Thachan. She then entered Bollywood and was paired up with popular heroes like Chiranjeevi, Rajnikanth, Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgan, Sunil Shetty,Kamal Hassan Govinda etc.

Rambha started her career as a producer with help of her brother for Three Roses in which Jyothika, Laila and Rambha are the three lead character. This film is copy of the famous Hollywood movie Charlie's Angles. During the shooting of this movies she fought with Jyothika regarding remuneration. Finally this film became a big flop and Rambha could not recover from the loss. She also sold her house in Chennai to the financiers to come out from the debts. Presently she is limited for item songs only. Rambha has acted in several languages and maintained a successful balance in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Bengali etc. She is currently concentrating on Bhojpuri films. Her latest film in Malayalam titled Paayum Puli in 2007 is getting good reviews. Her career is a very successful one, dominating all the languages that she has acted in. She got the opportunity to pair up with the top actors of all languages which she acted. Most of her movies are successful. She has acted two Bengali films and now she has three Hindi films in her kitty.

She is currently doing a role of Mango Dolly in Shashak Ghosh's Tamil Flick " Quick Gun Murugan". 'Quick Gun Murugan' spoof series on Channel V, the brainchild of the channel creative head Shashanka Ghosh. Now he is directing the small screen ht in to a film with the same name 'Quick Gun Murugan'.

This film sports Rajendra Prasad in the title role flaunting a cowboy get up. Telugu and Tamil film actress Rambha plays the role of a blonde. Nassar plays the role of villain. The main theme of the film is said to be the fight between vegetarianism and non-vegetarianism. Quick Gun Murugan vows to save cows because he thinks he is a cowboy where are Nassar play the role of the owner of a fast-food restaurant that promotes beef eating.

Filmography

Hindi films

Year	Title	Cast	Director	As
2008	Mastana	Jackie Shroff, Govinda	Partho Ghosh	Cameo Appearance Announced.[1]
2004	Dukaan: Pila House	Vikas Kalantri, Rati Agnihotri	Iqbal Durrani	Kasthuribai
2002	Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani	Akshay Kumar, Sunny Deol, Aaftab Shivdasani		Nita
2002	Pyaar Diwana Hota Hai	Govinda, Rani Mukherjee	Kirti Kumar	cameo appearance
2001	Kyo Kii... Main Jhuth Nahin Bolta	Govinda, Sushmita Sen	David Dhawan	Tara
2000	Krodh	Sunil Shetty	Ashok Honda	Pooja Varma
2000	Beti No.1	Govinda	T. Ramarao	Priya Bhatnagar
2000	Dil Hi Dil Mein	Kunal, Sonali Bendre		cameo appearance
1999	Main Tere Pyaar Mein Pagal	J.K.Chakravarthy	K. Ragavendra Rao	Sonali
1998	Gharwali Baharwali	Anil Kapoor, Raveena Tandon	David Dhawan	Manisha
1998	Bandhan	Salman Khan, Jackie Shroff	Murli Manohar Rao	Jyothi
1997	Qahar	Sunny Deol, Sunil Shetty
1997	Judwaa	Salman Khan, Karishma Kapoor	David Dhawan	Roopa
1997	Sajana Doli Leke Aana	Venkatesh
1996	Danveer	Mithun Chakraborty	T.L.V.Prasad
1996	Jung	Ajay Devgan	T. Ramarao	Naina
1996	Jurmana	Mithun Chakraborty	T.L.V.Prasad	Priya Kumari Tiwari
1995	Jallaad	Mithun Chakraborty	T.L.V.Prasad	Gayathri

Malayalam films

Year	Title	Cast	Director	As
2009	Kabaddi Kabaddi	Mukesh, Kalabhavan Mani	Sudhir Manu	Sneha and Pooja
2007	Paayum Puli	Kalabhavan Mani	Mohan Kupleri	Malli
2005	Kochi Rajavu	Dileep, Kavya Madhavan	Johney Antony	Meenakshi
2004	Mayilattam	Jayaram	V.M.Vinu	Mythili
2003	Chronic Bachelor	Mammootty, Bhavana Balachandran, Mukesh	Siddhique	Bhama
1998	Siddhartha	Mammootty	Jomon	Hema
1992	Champakulam Thachan	Vineeth	Kamal	Devi
1992	Sargam	Vineeth	Hariharan	Amrutha

 Telugu films

• Pratikshanam (2009)
• Donga Sachinollu (2008)
• Yamadonga (2007) (Item number)
• Desamuduru (2007) (Item number)
• Alex (2006)
• Sriramachandrulu (2003)
• Moodu Mukkalata (2000)
• Bavagaru Bagunnara (1998)
• Hitler (1997)
• Alluda Mazaaka (1995)
• Hitler
• Baavagaaru Baagunnaaraa
• Ganesh
• Okkadu Chaalu
• Bombai Priyudu
• Aa Okkati Adakku (1993)

Bhojpuri films

• Banke Bihari MLA
• Ram Balram
• Purv Aur Pachhim
• Rasik Balma

Bengali films

Year	Title	Cast	Director	Remarks
2006	Refugee	Prasenjeet	Haranath Chakrabarty
2005	Cheetah	Mithun Chakraborty
2005	Krishna	Mithun Chakraborty

Kanada films

1990 || sarvar sommanna|| jageesh|| dwarkish ||

Year	Title	Cast	Director	Remarks
2007	Anaatharu	Upendra, Darshan, Sanghavi, Radhika	Sadhu Kokila	Item song
2007	Sahukara	Vishnuvardhan, Ravichandran, Sashikumar	Om Prakash Rao
2006	Gandugali Kumararama	Shivrajkumar, Laya	Bhargava
2005	Pandu Ranga Vittala	Ravichandran, Prema, Shruthi	Dinesh Babu
1999	O Premave	V. Ravichandran	Naganna

[edit] Notable Tamil films

Year	Title	Cast	Director	Remarks
2009	Meendum Chinna Veedu	Vikramadithya, Jai Akash	K. Veeru	Filming
2009	Maru Avatharam	Murali		Filming
2009	Quick gun Murugan	Rajendra Prasad	Shashanka Ghosh	Playing role of Mango Dolly Filming
2009	Vidiyum Varai Kaathiru	Prakash Raj		Come Back film in Tamil. Filming
2005	Sukran	Vijay, Ravikrishna	S.A. Chandrashekhar	cameo appearance
2004	Chatrapathy	Sarath Kumar	Sri Mahesh	Song alone
2004	Azhagiya Theeye	Prasanna	Radhamohan	Song alone
2003	Three Roses	Jyothika, Laila, Abbas, Govinda
2003	Banda Paramasivam	Prabhu
2002	Samudhiram	Sarath Kumar, Murali, Manoj
2001	Azhagaana Naatkal	Karthik	Sundar C
2001	Anandham	Mamooty, Murali	Lingusamy
2000	Kunguma Pottu Gounder	Sathyaraj
2000	Anbudan	Arun Vijay
2000	Sudhandhiram	Arjun
1999	Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga	Karthik	Sundar. C
1999	Unnaruke Naan Irunthal	Parthiban, Meena
1999	Minsara Kanna	Vijay, Monicka	K. S. Ravikumar
1999	Suyamvaram	Sathyaraj, Karthik	K.S.Ravikumar, P.Vasu, Sundar.C, Arjun
1999	Endrendrum Kadhal	Vijay	Manoj Bhatnagar
1998	Kadhala Kadhala	Kamal Hassan
1998	Kadhalar Dhinam	Kunal, Sonali Bendre	Kathir	cameo appearance in the song Oh Mariya. Remade into Hindi as Tere Mere Dil Mein
1998	Ninaithen Vandhai	Vijay, Devayani	K. Selva Bharathy
1998	Janaki Raman	Sarath Kumar, Nagma	Sundar. C
1997	Adimai Sangili	Arjun, Roja
1997	VIP	Prabhu Deva, Abbas, Simran
1997	Arunachalam	Rajnikanth, Soundarya	Sundar. C
1997	Raasi	Ajith	Muraliappas
1997	Sundara Purushan	Livingstone	Livingstone
1997	Sengottai	Arjun	Arjun
1996	Ullathai Alli Tha	Karthik
1993	Uzhavan	Prabhu	Kathir