Rajashree (actress)

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| birth_name = Meisha Aftab{{cite web |title=Karuthamma Rajasree Entered wedlocks |url=http://www.ayngaran.com/frame.php?iframepath=newsdetails.php?newsid=542 |publisher=ayngaran.com |access-date=25 February 2015}}

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| occupation = Actress

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| alma mater = Kesari Higher Secondary School{{Cite web |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2015/aug/19/transcending-language-barriers-801616.html |title=Transcending Language Barriers |website=The New Indian Express|date=19 August 2015 }}

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{{marriage|Ansari Raja|2009||end=divorced}}{{cite web |title=Karuthamma Rajashree gets married |date=24 February 2009 |url=http://www.kollywoodtoday.net/news/karuthamma-rajashree-gets-married/ |publisher=kollywoodtoday.net |access-date=25 February 2015}}
{{marriage|Bujankar Rao|2010}}{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

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| other_names = Rajshri Nair{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/rajshrinair.official/ |title=Rajshri Nair |website=Facebook |access-date=6 February 2024}}

| years_active = 1994–present

| nationality = Indian

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Rajashree is an Indian actress known for her works in Tamil cinema, Telugu cinema, Malayalam cinema and television. She made her debut as the lead character in Bharathiraja's 1994 Tamil film Karuththamma. Since then she has appeared in over sixty films.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

Career

Actress Rajashree made her debut in Tamil Cinema with Bharathiraja's Karuthamma. Winning laurels for her prodigious performance, she later appeared in Sethu, Nandhaa, Run, Manasellam, and Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu. Rajashree has had prominent roles around 57 films in Telugu and Tamil. Apart from the silver screen, she appeared in the TV series Aalayam, Agal Vilakku, Mandhira Vasal and Sivamayam.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

Personal life

Rajashree's sister, Bobby, has also appeared in films as an actress.{{cite web |url=http://www.chennaionline.com/reeltalk/mar286.asp |title=Other side is not greener |website=chennaionline.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020113014310/http://www.chennaionline.com/reeltalk/mar286.asp |archive-date=13 January 2002 |url-status=dead}}

Rajashree married Ansari Raja, and proprietor of "Body Shape Gym" in 2009.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

Filmography

= Tamil =

Year !Film !Role !class=unsortable\|Notes
class="wikitable sortable"
1994	Karuthamma	Karthamma
rowspan="2" \| 1995	Neela Kuyil	Shalini
Murai Mappillai	Sorna
rowspan="3" \| 1996	Aavathum Pennale Azhivathum Pennale	Lakshmi
Amman Kovil Vaasalile	Padmini	Guest appearance
Vaigarai Pookkal	Deivanai
1999	Sethu
rowspan="3" \| 2001	Asokavanam	Uma
Nandhaa	Nandhaa's mother
Sonnal Thaan Kaadhala	Roja's sister
rowspan="2" \| 2002	Run
Game	Malar
2003	Manasellam
rowspan="2" \| 2006	Ilakkanam	Malliga
Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu	Chitra Arokyaraj
rowspan="2" \| 2007	Ammuvagiya Naan
Sabari	Maragatham
2009	Oru Kadhalan Oru Kadhali	Sumathi
2010	Ayyanar	Prabha's aunt
2012	Porkodi 10am Vaguppu	Porkodi's mother
2013	Vathikuchi
2015	Agathinai
2016	Iraivi	Kala
rowspan="2" \| 2017	Pagadi Aattam	mother
Arasakulam
2018	U Turn	Rachana's mother
2020	Varmaa	Megha's mother	Uncredited

= Telugu =

class="wikitable sortable" style="background:#f5f5f5;"
style="background:#B0C4DE;" ! Year ! Film ! Role !! Notes
1995	Lingababu Love Story	Ragaa
2015	Srimanthudu		Guest role
2016	Shankara	SP Rajeswari
2017	Ninnu Kori	Pallavi's mother \|
2018	U Turn	Rachana's mother \|
rowspan="2"\|2020	Entha Manchivaadavuraa	Nandini's mother \|
Maa Vintha Gaadha Vinuma \| \|
rowspan="3"\|2021 \|Shaadi Mubarak \| \|
Cheruvaina Dooramaina \| \|
Drushyam 2	Doctor
rowspan="2"\| 2022	Aadavallu Meeku Joharlu	Gouramma \|
Ori Devuda \|Arjun's mother
rowspan="3"\|2023	Veera Simha Reddy	Meenakshi's mother
Amigos	Ishika's mother \|
Bro	Ricky's mother \|
2024	Vidya Vasula Aham		released on aha{{Cite web \|title=Vidya Vasula Aham OTT Release Date: Know About Plot, Platform & Cast \|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/vidya-vasula-aham-ott-release-date-know-about-plot-platform-cast \|access-date=2024-05-30 \|website=Free Press Journal \|language=en}}

= Malayalam =

class="wikitable sortable" style="background:#f5f5f5;"

style="background:#B0C4DE;"

! Year

! Film

! Role

2001

Megasandesam

Rosy Samuel

2001

| Ravanaprabhu

| Dr Suhra Hydrose

2003

| Mr. Brahmachari

| Sindhu

rowspan="2" | 2012

| Bhoopadathil Illatha Oridam

| Vimala

Grandmaster

| Commissioner Susan

2015

| Jamna Pyari

| Vimala

2023

| Vilayath Buddha

= Kannada =

class="wikitable sortable" style="background:#f5f5f5;"
style="background:#B0C4DE;" ! Year ! Film ! Role ! Notes
1994	Gandhada Gudi Part 2		Debut film
1996	Anuraga Spandana
1997	Police Bete	Rekha
1998	King	Rajeshwari	credited as Rajeshwari

= Hindi =

class="wikitable sortable" style="background:#f5f5f5;"
style="background:#B0C4DE;" ! Year ! Film ! Role
1999	Sautela
2024	Singham Again	Nilima Bali

= English =

class="wikitable sortable" style="background:#f5f5f5;"

style="background:#B0C4DE;"

! Year

! Film

! Role

1998

Hyderabad Blues

Ashwini Rao

Television

;Serials

Year	Title	Role	Language	Channel
class="wikitable"
	Oorvashi	Gowri	rowspan="2" \|Telugu	Gemini TV
	Jeevana Tarangalu
1998–2001	Ganga Yamuna Saraswati		rowspan="2" \|Tamil	Raj TV
1999–2000	Aalayam		Sun TV
2000–2002	Banagaru Bomma		rowspan="2" \|Telugu	rowspan="2" \|ETV
2001	Sukha Dukhalu	Soundarya
2001–2002	Jee Boom Ba		Tamil	Vijay TV
2002	Gangothri		Telugu	Gemini TV
2002–2003	Agal Vilakkugal	Seetha	Tamil	Sun TV
2003–2004	Mantra Jalam		Telugu	ETV
rowspan="2" \|2004–2005	Sivamayam		Tamil	Sun TV
Naari O Naari		rowspan="3" \|Telugu	rowspan=2\|ETV
2007–2008	Shubhalekha
2007	Dracula		Gemini TV
2008–2009	Naalavathu Mudichu	Ashwini	Tamil	Jaya TV
2008–2010	Magal		rowspan="2" \|Tamil	rowspan="2" \|Sun TV
2009–2010	Idhayam	Shakuntala
2012	Kadhayile Rajakumari	IPS	rowspan=2\|Malayalam	Mazhavil Manorama
2013	Kanmani		Surya TV
2013–2014	Vamsam	Thenmozhi	Tamil	Sun TV
2014–2016	Ramulamma		rowspan="6" \|Telugu	Star Maa
2014–2015	Abhishekam		ETV
2015–2018	America Ammayi	Kalyani	Zee Telugu
2015–2017	Mahalakshmi		rowspan=2\|Star Maa
2017–2020	Lakshmi Kalyanam	Rajeshwari Devi
2018–2020	Rendu Rellu Aaru	Bhanumati	Gemini TV
2020	Chithi 2	Padma	Tamil	Sun TV
2021 \|Amrutha Varshini	Amrutha	rowspan="4" \|Telugu	Gemini TV
2021–2023	Intiki Deepam Illalu	Maheshwari Devi	rowspan=2\|Star Maa
rowspan="2" \|2021–2022 \|Kasthuri	Kanchana
Rangula Ratnam	Annapoorna	ETV
2022 \|Sillunu Oru Kaadhal \|Special appearance \| rowspan="2" \|Tamil \|Colors Tamil
2022–2024 \|Amudhavum Annalakshmiyum \|Annalakshmi \|Zee Tamil
2024 \|Panchagni \|Renuka \|Malayalam \|Flowers TV

;Web Series

class="wikitable"
Year	Title	Language	Role	Platform
2020–2021 \|Amrutham Dhvitheeyam \| rowspan="2" \|Telugu \| \|rowspan="2" \|ZEE5
2022 \|Recce \|Devakamma

class="wikitable"

Year

Title

Language

Role

Platform

2020–2021

|Amrutham Dhvitheeyam

| rowspan="2" |Telugu

|rowspan="2" |ZEE5

2022

|Recce