Easwari Rao is a South Indian actress who works in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada cinema. She played lead roles from 1990 to 1999. She started to play supporting and character roles from 2000 onwards.
Career Eswari Rao's debut movie was Intinta Deepavali (1990) in Telugu. She debuted in Tamil in Kavithai Paadum Alaigal credited as Janani. Though the songs were popular, the movie was a failure at box office. She was first noticed in a character role in Tamil actor Vijay's debut film Naalaiya Theerpu in 1992. She appeared in the 1995 film Rambantu, which was directed by Bapu.
She got her first major break in Raman Abdullah (1997), directed by Balu Mahendra, where she was credited as Easwari Rao. She notably opted out of a project titled Koottaali as she felt the role was too glamorous. She went on to appear in Manoj Kumar's film Guru Paarvai (1998). Easwari also had a role in Bharathiraja's Siragugal Murivadhilai, although the film was shelved after pre-production. She has played sister roles in films such as Appu (2000), Naaga (2003) and Sullan (2004).
Her popular serial Kokila Enge Pogiraal was made for Sun TV. She acted in number of TV shows like Kasthuri, Aval Appadithan, Ninne Pelladutha and Agni Saatchi and a couple of more serials that shot her into households fame. She won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Character Artiste (Female) for the film Virumbugiren released in 2002. However, her next film wasn't until the Telugu film Legend (2014). She then was in Andhra Pori (2015), Brahmotsavam (2016) and Ism (2016). Her films A Aa (2016) and the Nenu Local (2017) became big hits.
She received praise for her performance in Kaala (2018) in which she starred alongside Rajinikanth. Easwari Rao was seen on big screens in the film Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo (2020). She acted in Telegu films with Naga Chaitanya in Love Story (2021), Thank You (2022) and Dhootha (2023).
In 2024, Eswari Rao portrays the rural, doting mom in the Tamil drama film Aalakaalam.
Personal life Eswari Rao is married to director and actor L. Raja. The couple have two children.
Filmography Films
+ List Easwari Rao film credits Year Title Role Language Notes1990 Intinta Deepavali Telugu Kavithai Paadum Alaigal Devaki Tamil Credited as Janani 1991 Stuvartpuram Dongalu Padmini IAS Telugu Jagannatakam Neela Telugu Kalikalam Telugu 1992 Ootty Pattanam Seena / Ranjini Thamburatti Malayalam Naalaiya Theerpu Raani Tamil 1993 Vedan Priya Tamil 1994 Megha Maale Roopa Kannada Credited as Vijayashree 1995 Rambantu Kaveri Telugu Credited as Kaveri 1997 Raman Abdullah Gowri Tamil 1998 Simmarasi Rasathi Tamil Guru Paarvai Pooja / Alamelu Tamil 1999 Poomaname Vaa Tamil Sundari Neeyum Sundaran Naanum Krishnaveni Tamil 2000 Appu Saradha Tamil 2001 Kutty Chenthamarai Tamil Thavasi Gowri Tamil 2002 Kannathil Muthamittal Shyama Tamil Lagna PatrikaTelugu Virumbugiren Latha Tamil Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Character Artiste (Female) 2003 Naaga Vijji's sister Telugu 2004 Sullan Karpagam Tamil Aaptudu Telugu Guest appearance 2005 Bhadra Surendra's wife Telugu 2006 Saravana Soundarapandiyan's wife Tamil 2014 Legend Jaidev's aunt Telugu 2015 Andhra Pori Telugu 2016 Premam Sithara's mother Telugu Brahmotsavam Bhulakshmi Telugu A Aa Kameswari Telugu Ism Satyavathi / Ammaji Telugu 2017 Nenu Local Babu's mother Telugu Mister Chey's step mother Telugu Vaisakham Telugu Jawaan Jai's mother Telugu 2018 Kaala Selvi Tamil Ee Maaya Peremito Telugu Aravindha Sametha Reddamma Telugu 2019 F2 – Fun and Frustration Laxmi Telugu Unda Lalitha Malayalam Cameo Azhiyatha Kolangal 2 News Reader Tamil Also producer 2020 Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo Nurse Sulochana Telugu Johaar Ganga Telugu Lock Up Illavarasi Tamil Varmaa Bhavani Tamil 2021 Love Story Revanth's mother Telugu 2022 Theal Durai's adopted mother and Raja's mother Tamil K.G.F: Chapter 2 Fathima Kannada Virata Parvam Sujatha Telugu Thank You Sailaja Telugu 2023 Veera Simha Reddy Siddhappa's Wife Telugu Kondraal Paavam Valliyammal Tamil Peddha Kapu 1 Telugu Dhootha Telugu Web series; Released on Amazon Prime Video Bandra Rosamma Malayalam Pindam Annamma Telugu Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire Deva's mother Telugu 2024 Guntur Kaaram Bujji Telugu Aalakaalam Yashoda Tamil 2025Hari Hara Veera MalluKousalyaTelugu2026LeninJayanthi "Jayanthamma"Telugu The ParadiseSamakka’s friendTelugu
Television Kokila Enge Pogiraal (Sun TV) Oka Stree Katha (AVM Productions) (2000) Peyarai Solla Vaa (Sun TV/Vikatan Televistas) Udhayam (Sun TV) Radaan Mediaworks Kasthuri (Sun TV) Aval Appadithan (Jaya TV) Ninne Pelladutha (Gemini TV) Vennalamma (Gemini TV) Agni Saatchi (Vijay TV) Vazhnthu Kaatukiren (AVM Productions) (Sun TV) Maya (Jaya TV) Aaha (Vijay TV) Kantham Kathalu (Dooradarshan - Telugu)
Awards and nominations AwardCategoryFilmResultRef. Tamil Nadu State Film Awards Best Female Character Artiste Virumbugiren Behindwoods Gold Medal Best Supporting Actress Kaala Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards 8th South Indian International Movie Awards
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