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Rakshita
Personal details
Born
Shwetha

(1984-03-31) 31 March 1984 (age 40)[1]
Bangalore, Karnataka
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
(2014–present)
Other political
affiliations
Spouse
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(m. 2007)​
Parents
OccupationActress, film producer

Swetha (born 31 March 1984), popularly known as Rakshita, is an Indian politician and former actress. She has acted in Kannada, Tamil and Telugu language films. Rakshita made her acting debut in the 2002 Kannada-language film Appu, alongside Puneeth Rajkumar, following which, she acted in many Kannada and some Telugu films.

Her political career began in 2012 when she joined the Badavara Shramikara Raitara Congress. After serving as the president of its women's wing, she joined Janata Dal (Secular) in 2013 before joining the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2014.

Early life

Rakshita was brought up in Bangalore. Her father B. C. Gowrishankar was a popular cinematographer and one of the most handsome men in the Kannada film industry at the time. Her mother Mamatha Rao is an actress who made her debut in Dr. Raj Kumar's Hosa Belaku and acted in a few meaningful movies like Nagabharana's campus caper Praaya Praaya Praaya and Suresh Heblikar's sensitive Antharala.

Career

Actor

Rakshita started her career with the Kannada movie Appu with Puneeth Rajkumar. She also acted in the remake of the same movie in Telugu titled Idiot and in the Tamil film titled "Dum" alongside Silambarasan. She became a top Kannada heroine when Kalasipalya became a big hit. Apart from Puneeth Rajkumar, she formed a successful pair with all the top Kannada heroes of the time - Upendra, Sudeep, Darshan and Aditya. She has also acted with big time heroes such as Vishnuvardhan, Ravichandran, Chiranjeevi, Nagarjuna, Mahesh Babu, Jr NTR, Jagapathi Babu and Ravi Teja and Shivarajkumar.

After her marriage to director Prem, she cut down on her acting assignments and took over film-making. She turned producer for the prestigious Jogayya directed by Prem, starring Shivarajkumar in the lead (100th movie).

Politics

Rakshita announced that she had joined the Badavara Shramikara Raitara (BSR) Congress in March 2012, after politician B. Sriramulu announced of founding it, which eventually happened in 2013.[2] She served as the President of the women's wing of the BSR Congress till April 2013, when she quit the party citing differences with the party members over contesting elections from a constituency of her choice at the Karnataka Legislative Assembly election. In the same month, she joined the Janata Dal (Secular).[3] She again had differences with the party over its ignoring her plea for a ticket to contest from Mandya at the 2014 general election, and quit in March 2014, joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[4] Following this, she became subject to media and public ridicule, and was called a "party-hopper", having changed 3 political parties in two years.[5]

Personal life

She likes reading books, listening to music and traveling. Her favourite authors are Agatha Christie and Sidney Sheldon. She is married to Kannada cinema director Prem.[6]

Filmography

As producer

Title Year Language Notes
Jogayya 2011 Kannada
DK 2014 Kannada
Ek Love Ya 2020 Kannada Filming

As actress

Year No Title Language Role Notes
2002 1 Appu Kannada Suchitra
2 Idiot Telugu Suchitra
3 Dhumm Kannada Preethi
2003 4 Dum Tamil Suchitra
5 Pellam Oorelithe Telugu Raji
6 Nijam Janaki
7 Shivamani Pallavi
8 Gokarna Kannada
2004 9 Love Ganga
10 Lakshmi Narasimha Telugu Dancer Special Appearance
11 Andhrawala Rakshita
12 Madhurey Tamil Anitha
2005 13 Kalasipalya Kannada Priya
14 Kashi From Village
15 Ayya
16 Deadly Soma Jyothi
17 Andarivaadu Telugu Cheetila Chinni / Janki
18 Jagapathi Lavanya
19 Adirindayya Chandram
2006 20 Suntaragaali Kannada Manju
21 Neenello Naanalle
22 Mandya Paaru
23 Odahuttidavalu
24 Hubli Priya
25 Tananam Tananam Vanaja
2007 26 Ee Rajiv Gandhi Alla
27 Thayiya Madilu

Television

  • 2010 – Swayamvara – host(Suvarna TV Kannada)
  • 2014 – Thaka Dhimi Tha Dancing star – Judge (ETV Kannada)
  • 2015 – Putani Pantru Season 2 – Judge (Suvarna TV Kannada)
  • 2017 – Comedy Khiladigalu – Judge (Zee Kannada)
  • 2017 – Dance Karnataka Dance- Family War -Judge (Zee Kannada)
  • 2018 – Comedy Khiladigalu Season 2 -Judge (Zee Kannada)
  • 2018 – Dance Karnataka Dance Little Masters - Judge (Zee Kannada)
  • 2018 – Comedy Khiladigalu Championship -Judge (Zee Kannada)
  • 2019 - Dance Karnataka Dance - Family War (Season 2) - Judge (Zee Kannada)
  • 2019 - Comedy Khiladigalu Season 3 - Judge (Zee Kannada)

As dubbing artist

References

  1. ^ https://chiloka.com/celebrity/rakshita
  2. ^ "Kannada Star Rakshita Set to Join Sriramulu's Party". Daijiworld. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Rakshita now joins Janata Dal (S)". The Hindu. 16 April 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Rakshita joins BJP". The Hindu. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Rakshitha termed to be a party hopper!". Sify.com. 22 March 2014. Archived from the original on 18 October 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Prem, Rakshita to tie the knot on March 9". The Hindu. 14 February 2007. Retrieved 20 December 2010.

External links

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