Easwari Rao

Eeswari Rao
Eeswari Rao
Born	Tanuku, West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India
Other names	Vyjayanthi
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1990–present
Spouse	L. Raja

Eswari Rao is an Indian actress who has worked in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada cinema.^[1]

Personal life

Rao is from Tanuku, West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, but she settled in Chennai. She is married to director L. Raja.^[2]

Career

Easwari Rao's debut movie was Intinta Deepavali (1990) in Telugu; she came to prominence in Telugu with the film Rambantu alongside Rajendra Prasad. She debuted in Tamil in Kavithai Paadum Alaigal (1990) credited as Janani. Though the songs were popular, the movie was a failure in box office. 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). Eeshwari also had a role in Bharathiraja's Siragugal Murivadhilai, although the film was shelved after pre-production.^[3] In the Tamil film Appu (2000) she portrayed Prasanth's sister. She received praise for her performance as Selvi in Kaala (2018).

Filmography

Films

Year	Movie	Role	Language	Notes
1990	Intinta Deepavali		Telugu
1990	Kavithai Paadum Alaigal		Tamil	Credited as Janani
1991	Jagannatakam	Neela	Telugu
1991	Kalikalam		Telugu
1992	Ootty Pattanam	Seena/Ranjini Thamburatti	Malayalam
1992	Naalaiya Theerpu	Raani	Tamil
1993	Vedan	Priya	Tamil
1994	Meghamale		Kannada	Credited as Vijayashree
1996	Rambantu	JKaver	Telugu
1997	Raman Abdullah	Gowri	Tamil
1998	Guru Paarvai	Pooja/Alamelu	Tamil
1998	Simmarasi	Rasathi	Tamil
1999	Poomaname Vaa		Tamil
1999	Sundari Neeyum Sundaran Naanum	Krishnaveni	Tamil
2000	Appu	Saradha	Tamil
2001	Kutty	Chenthamarai	Tamil
2001	Thavasi	Gowri	Tamil
2002	Kannathil Muthamittal	Shyma	Tamil
2002	Virumbugiren		Tamil	Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Character Artiste (Female)
2004	Sullan	Karpagam	Tamil
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	Kameshwari	Telugu
	Ism	Satyavathi / Ammaji	Telugu
2017	Nenu Local	Babu's mother	Telugu
	Mister	Chey's step mother	Telugu
	Jawaan	Jai's mother	Telugu
2018	Kaala	Selvi	Tamil	Behindwoods Gold Medal Best Supporting Actress^[4] Ananda Vikatan Cinema Award for Best Supporting Actress SIIMA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role^[5] Aval Award Best Actress
	Ee Maaya Peremito		Telugu
	Aravinda Sametha	Reddamma	Telugu
2019	F2 – Fun and Frustration	Viswanath's wife	Telugu
	Unda	Lalitha	Malayalam	Cameo Appearance
	Azhiyatha Kolangal 2	News Reader	Tamil	Also producer
2020	Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo	Nurse Sulochana	Telugu	Cameo appearance
	Lock Up	Illavarasi	Tamil
	Virata Parvam	TBA	Telugu	Filming
	Khakhi	TBA	Tamil	Filming

Television

Kokila Enge Pogiraal (Sun TV)
Udhayam (Sun TV) Radaan Mediaworks
Kasthuri (Sun TV)
Aval Appadithan (Jaya TV)
Ninne Pelladutha (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

Award	Category	Result	Ref.
Tamil Nadu State Film Awards	Best Female Character Artiste	Won	^[6]
Behindwoods Gold Medal	Best Supporting Actress	Won	^[7]
Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Won	^[8]
8th South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Won	^[9]

References

^
- Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (20 February 2017). "Easwari Rao: Smooth second coming". The Hindu. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- "Kaala actress Easwari Rao on working with Rajinikanth: I feared I might end up playing his mother- Entertainment News, Firstpost". Firstpost. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
^ Kavirayani, Suresh (18 June 2017). "Eswari Rao stages a comeback". deccanchronicle.com. Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
^ "1997-98 Kodambakkam babies Page". Indolink.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
^ https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-actress/easwari-rao/easwari-rao-photos-pictures-stills-15.html
^ http://siima.in/2019/winners.html
^ https://www.filmistreet.com/celebrity/easwari-rao-biodata-biography-wiki-age/
^ "List of Winners for BGM Iconic Edition".
^ "ஆனந்த விகடன் சினிமா விருதுகள் 2018 - திறமைக்கு மரியாதை".
^ http://siima.in/2019/winners.html

[1] 
Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (20 February 2017). "Easwari Rao: Smooth second coming". The Hindu. Retrieved 8 June 2018.

"Kaala actress Easwari Rao on working with Rajinikanth: I feared I might end up playing his mother- Entertainment News, Firstpost". Firstpost. Retrieved 8 June 2018.

[2] Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (20 February 2017). "Easwari Rao: Smooth second coming". The Hindu. Retrieved 8 June 2018.

[3] "Kaala actress Easwari Rao on working with Rajinikanth: I feared I might end up playing his mother- Entertainment News, Firstpost". Firstpost. Retrieved 8 June 2018.

[Deccan_Chronicle-2] Kavirayani, Suresh (18 June 2017). "Eswari Rao stages a comeback". deccanchronicle.com. Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 8 June 2018.

[indolink1-3] "1997-98 Kodambakkam babies Page". Indolink.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2013.

[4] ttps://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-actress/easwari-rao/easwari-rao-photos-pictures-stills-15.html

[5] ttp://siima.in/2019/winners.html

[6] ttps://www.filmistreet.com/celebrity/easwari-rao-biodata-biography-wiki-age/

[7] "List of Winners for BGM Iconic Edition".

[8] "ஆனந்த விகடன் சினிமா விருதுகள் 2018 - திறமைக்கு மரியாதை".

[9] ttp://siima.in/2019/winners.html

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