Rekha Harris

Rekha
Rekha
Born	Sumathi Josephine; Error: Need valid birth date: year, month, day; Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1986 – 1996; 2002 – present
Spouse(s)	George Hapis ; (m.1996-present)
Children	Anusha (b.1998)
Father	Varadaraja

Sumathi Josephine, better known by her stage name Rekha, is an Indian actress who has acted in hit movies like Ramji Rao Speaking, and Aey Auto in Malayalam and, Punnagai Mannan, En Bommukutty Ammavukku and Kadalora Kavithaigal in Tamil.^[1] She was born in Kerala and completed her studies at Ooty in Tamil Nadu.^[2] She now works in TV, mostly in serials, and does occasional supporting roles in films.^[3] She won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam for the film Dasharatham.

Personal life

Sumathi Josephine hails from Eramalloor, Alappuzha and became one of the leading and gorgeous South Indian actress continued her success for an decade from 1986 to 1996. She married George Hapis, a seafood exporter in 1996. The couple has a daughter Anusha born in 1998.

Filmography

Tamil

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1986	Kadalora Kavithaigal	Jennifer
	Punnagai Mannan	Ranjani
	Namma Ooru Nalla Ooru	Seetha
1987	Solvathellam Unmai
	Aankalai Nambathey
	Ini Oru Sundhanthiram
	Idhu Oru Thodar Kathai
	Enga Ooru Pattukaran	Kaveri
	Kavalan Avan Kovalan
	Ninaive Oru Sangeetham	Sandhya
	Veeran Veluthambi
	Meendum Mahaan
	Arul Tharum Ayyappan
	Krishnan Vandhaan
	Ullam Kavarantha Kalvan
	Chinnamanikkuyile
	Megam Karuththirukku
1988	Shenbagamae Shenbagamae	Shenbagam
	Kaalaiyum Neeye Maalaiyum Neeye
	Makkal Aanaiyittal
	Katha Nayagan
	Raasave Unnai Nambi
	En Bommukutty Ammavukku	Mercy
	Kazhugumalai Kallan
	Mappillai Sir
	Naan Sonnathey Sattam
	Thambi Thanga Kambi
1989	En Purushanthaan Enakku Mattumthaan	Vatsala
	Pillaikkaga
	Kakka Kadi
	Thalaivanukkor Thalaivi
	Idhaya Geetham
	Moodu Manthiram
	Thangamana Purushan
	Thaya Tharama
	Paasa Mazhai
	Kutravali
1990	Paattukku Naan Adimai
	Varavu Nalla Uravu
	Sigappu Nirathil Chinna Poo
	Vedikkai En Vadikkai	Neelaveni
	Puriyaadha Pudhir	Geetha Chakravarthi
	Thiyagu
	Nangal Puthiyavargal	Bharathi
1991	Sigaram	Sukanya
	Idhaya Oonjal
	Irumbu Pookkal		Guest Appearance
	Nallathai Naadu Kekum
	Vaidehi Kalyanam	Vasanthi
	Sirai Kadhavugal
	Paattondru Ketten
	Gunaa	Rosie
1992	Enga Veetu Velan
	Vasantha Malargal
	Idhuthanda Sattam	Lakshmi
	Palaivana Raagangal
	Annamalai	Shanthi
	David Uncle	Malathi
	Annan Ennada Thambi Ennada
	Thirumathi Palanisamy		Guest Appearance
	Harihara Puthiran
1994	Rasa Magan	Chellachamy's wife
1994	Vaa Magale Vaa	Kalyani
1996	Kaalam Maari Pochu	Lakshmi
	Krishna	Anandhi
	Gnanapazham	Professor Nirmala
	2002	Roja Kootam	Bhumika's mom, inspector
2003	Anbu	Veena's mother
	Kadhal Sadugudu	Kausalya's mother
	Villain	Rajalakshmi
	Vikatan
2004	Kovil	Angel's mother
2004	Arul	Ganapathy's wife
2005	Aadum Koothu	Manimekhala's mother
	Anbe Vaa
	Priyasakhi	Judge
2006	Madhu	Jennifer
	Thodamaley
	Amirtham
2007	Pokkiri	Mrs. Mohammed Maideen Khan
2007	Malaikottai	Malar's mother
2008	Dasavathaaram	Meenakshi
	Inba	Priya's sister in law
	Pazhani	Pazhanivel's mother
2009	Madhavi
	Raghavan
	Adada Enna Azhagu	Vasan's mother
2010	Uthama Puthiran	Meenakshi
	Thambi Arjuna	Radhika's mother
	Thairiyam
	Kadhale Ennai Kadhali
	Ilamai Itho Itho
	Indira Sena
2013	Thalaivaa	Ganga Ramadurai
2013	Ya Ya	Ramarajan's mother
2014	Vazhum Dheivam	Durga
2015	Rombha Nallavan Da Nee	A. SowmiyaKannan - IPS
	Achaaram
	Sakalakala Vallavan	Meenakshi
	Maanga	Samyuktha
2016	Bangalore Naatkal	Sarah's mother
	Sowkarpettai	Shakthi's / Vetri's mother
	Vellikizhamai 13am Thethi
	Thodari
2017	Muthuramalingam	Ashok Pandian's mother
2017	En Aaloda Seruppa Kaanom	Sandhya's mother
2018	Keni
	Diya	Thulasi' mother
	Goli Soda 2	Seetha Kumari
	Pyaar Prema Kaadhal	Sree's mother
	Antony
2019	Dharmaprabhu	Yamantaka's mother
2019	100% Kadhal	Aruna
2020	Dagaalty	Malli's mother
	Rajavamsam
	Kuska

Malayalam

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1989	Ramji Rao Speaking	Rani
1990	Dasharatham	Annie	Winner: Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam
	Oliyambukal	Usha
	Arhatha	Anju
	Aey Auto	Meenakshi
	Randam Varavu	Indu Jayakumar
	In Harihar Nagar	Sr Josephine
	Lal Salam	Stella
	Pavam Pavam Rajakumaran	Radhika
1991	Sundarikakka	Princy John
	Swanthwanam	Gayathri
	Pookkalam Varavayi	Nirmala
	Kizhakkunarum Pakshi	Meera
	Adayalam	Latha
	Nettipattom	Indu
1992	Vasudha
1992	Grihapravsam	Radhika
1993	Janam	Gomathiyamma
	Sarovaram	Devu
	Yaadhavam	Jayanthi
1994	Bheeshmacharya	Shanthi
	Manathe Vellitheru	Julie
	Harichandanam
1995	Kidilol Kidilam	Raji
1996	Saamoohyapadom
1996	Sankeerthanam Pole	Joyamma
1997	Poonilamazha	Leena
2005	Naran	Sunanda
2006	Chinthamani Kolacase	Lal Krishna's sister
	Pachakuthira	Akash's foster mother
	Prajapathi	Narayanan's mother
	Jayam	Bhanumathi
2007	Veeralipattu	Gayathri
	Avan Chandiyude Makan	Ealikutty
	Nagaram	Mayor Sreelatha Varma
2008	Chandranilekkoru Vazhi	Sulochana Kumaran
2009	Vairam: Fight for Justice	Dr. Susan
	Ivar Vivahitharayal	Adv. Nandini
	2 Harihar Nagar	Sr. Josephine
2010	Kadaksham	Rosamma
2012	My Boss	Priya's mother
	Asuravithu	Shaikh Muhammed's wife
	No. 66 Madhura Bus	Subhadra
2013	Annum Innum Ennum	Indu
2013	3G Third Generation	Manu's mother
2014	Bangalore Days	Sarah's mother
2015	My God
2015	Jo and the Boy	Catherine
2016	PachakKallam	Viswanathan's wife
2017	Vedham	Nirmala Devi
2018	Kinar	Judge
2019	Edakkad Battalion 06	Surayya

Telugu

Year	Film	Role
2018	Kanam	Thulasi's mother
2012	Money Money, More Money	Geetha Maadhuri
2008	Neelo Naalo	Priya's sister in law
1995	Muddayi Muddugumma	Shobha
1993	Kondapalli Raja	Shanthi
1992	Bhagath
1991	Teneteega	Aparna
1991	Sarpayagam
1991	Minor Raja	Seeta
1989	Rudranetra

Kannada

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1987	Purnachandra	****
1992	Nanna Shatru	****

Television Serials

Malayalam

Neelakkurinju Veendum Pookkunnu(DD)
Mandharam (Kairali TV) as Aparna

Tamil

Kana Kaanum Kaalangal (Star Vijay) as Lakshmi
Metti Oli
Kasthuri
Ahalya
Kolangal
Alaigal

Telugu

Ninne Pelladatha as Seetha

Television show

Urvashi Theatres (Asianet) as Mentor -Malayalam
Malayali Veetamma (Flowers TV) as Judge -Malayalam
Nakshathradeepangal (Kairali TV) as Judge -Malayalam
Cook with Comali (Star Vijay) as Contestant -Tamil- 3rd Runner Up (Wild Card Contestant)

Awards

Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam - Dasharatham (1989)
Kalaimamani Award
Cinema Express Award
Critics Award

References

^ "Rekha interview". Mangalam. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
^ "മീനുകുട്ടി വി ലവ് യൂ". manoramaonline.com. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
^ "Kamal goes bald and will kiss onscreen". One India. 23 July 2007. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2010.

External links

Rekha at IMDb

[1] "Rekha interview". Mangalam. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014.

[2] "മീനുകുട്ടി വി ലവ് യൂ". manoramaonline.com. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.

[3] "Kamal goes bald and will kiss onscreen". One India. 23 July 2007. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2010.

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v t e Filmfare Award for Best Malayalam Actress
1972–1989	Roja Ramani (1972) Nanditha Bose (1973) Lakshmi (1974) Lakshmi (1975) Lakshmi (1976) Sheela (1977) Jayabharathi (1978) Srividya (1979) Srividya (1980) Jalaja (1981) Poornima Bhagyaraj (1982) (1983) (1984) (1985) (1986) Sharada (1987) Revathi (1988) Rekha (1989)
1990–2009	Shobana (1990) Amala Akkineni (1991) Geetha (1992) Madhavi (1993) (1994) Annie (1995) Manju Warrier (1996) Manju Warrier (1997) Manju Warrier (1998) Manju Warrier (1999) Samyuktha Varma (2000) Samyuktha Varma (2001) Navya Nair (2002) Meera Jasmine (2003) Geetu Mohandas (2004) Meera Jasmine (2005) Padmapriya Janakiraman (2006) Meera Jasmine (2007) Priyamani (2008) Shwetha Menon (2009)
2010–present	Mamta Mohandas (2010) Kavya Madhavan (2011) Rima Kallingal (2012) Ann Augustine (2013) Manju Warrier (2014) Parvathy Thiruvothu (2015) Nayanthara (2016) Parvathy Thiruvothu (2017) Manju Warrier (2018) Nimisha Sajayan (2020-2021)