Roopa (actress)

{{short description|Indian actress}}

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| othername = Roopa Devi

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| birth_place = Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

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| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1980–1990
2005–present|

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| mother = Advani Lakshmi Devi

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Roopa, known as Roopa Devi is an Indian actress who has acted in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. She is the daughter of Kalyanam Raghuramaiah{{Cite news |last=Raju |first=Aruna Chander |date=13 May 2013 |title=He was ahead of his times |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/he-was-ahead-of-his-times/article4711483.ece |access-date=27 July 2021 |issn=0971-751X}} and veteran actress Advani Lakshmi Devi. She became famous as the debutante heroine of the tragic romantic film Oru Thalai Ragam in Tamil that ran for 365 days in which she was paired with newcomer Shankar.{{cite news |title=Ninaithu Ninaithu Parthen's music is brilliant |url=http://inhome.rediff.com/movies/2007/mar/13ssnnp.htm |work=Rediff.com |date=13 March 2007 |accessdate=12 April 2010}} She has starred in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam movies during the 1980s. For her performance in the movie Avala Antharanga, Roopa won the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress in 1984–85.