Rathi Arumugam

Rathi (born 23 September 1982) is an Indian film actress, who appears mostly in Tamil cinema and Telugu cinema. She made her feature film debut in Suki S. Murthy's 2002 Tamil film Gummalam. Later, she went on to do critically acclaimed performances in Solla Marandha Kadhai (2002). She had also dubbed for actress Genelia for the 2003 Tamil movie Boys. Rathi will make a comeback in Akshay Kumar and Dhanush starrer Atrangi Re and Puneet Rajkumar starrer James.

Early life

As a Tamilian girl, Rathi was born in Bangalore, Karnataka to Tamil people Arumugam and Bharani. She has two siblings, one elder sister and one younger brother. She was a student of dentistry at the Mathrushri Ramabai Ambedkar Dental College and Hospital in Bangalore.^[1] She is a trained classical dancer and had her Arangetram. In recent interview, she claimed to have pierced her navel for the film Anbe Un Vasam as the character demands it.

Career

She made her acting debut in the 2002 Tamil film Gummalam. She starred opposite Cheran in Thangar Bachan's Solla Marandha Kadhai. She appeared in a couple more Tamil films, including Adi Thadi starring Sathyaraj, but none of them were commercially successful. She had also performed an item number in the Tamil film Anjaneya featuring Ajith Kumar in the lead role.^[2] She then migrated to Telugu cinema and acted in six films. Originally, Rathi was signed in Rajnikanth starrer Sivaji (2007) after the director Shankar^{[disambiguation needed]} was impressed with her voice over for the film Boys but she was dropped from the project due to date problems. Rathi was also the initial choice for the role Ashmitha played by Andrea Jeremiah for the film Vishwaroopam but she turned down the offer due to her commitment in TV Serial. After nearly a decade, she will be seen acting opposite actor Dhanush in the Hindi film Atrangi Re. She also signed up a Kannada film opposite Puneet Rajkumar.

Public appearances

In 2003, Rathi created a sensation when she appeared on stage as a special guest in the 'Euphoria 03' event at the PSG College of Arts and Science.^[3] In 2005, Rathi appeared with her co-star Trisha Krishnan to promote her film Allari Bullodu in Australia, Malaysia and Singapore. Even so, the film was a flop.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2002	Gummalam	Anu	Tamil
	Solla Marandha Kadhai	Parvathi Chokkalingam	Tamil	Nominated- Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actress
	Enge Enadhu Kavithai	Kavitha	Tamil
2003	Pallavan	Meena	Tamil
	Anbe Un Vasam	Bharathi	Tamil
	Anjaneya		Tamil	Special appearance
	Boys		Tamil	Voice artist (dubbed for actress Genelia)
	Knock Knock, I'm Looking to Marry	Nithya	English
2004	Pallakilo Pellikuthuru	Rani	Telugu
	Adi Thadi	Priya	Tamil
	Singara Chennai	Bhuvana	Tamil
	Kerala House Udan Vilpanakku	Sundari	Malayalam
	Boyfriend		Kannada
2005	Allari Bullodu	Usha	Telugu
	Ayodhya		Telugu
	Moguds Pellams	Padmavathi	Telugu
	Sankranthi		Telugu
2006	Prema Sangamam		Telugu
	Asadhyudu		Telugu	Special appearance
	Kodambakkam		Tamil	Voice artist
2009	Duryodhanudu		Telugu	Telugu dub of Singara Chennai
2020	Atrangi Re		Hindi	Filming
2020	James (2020 film)		Kannada	Filming

Television

Year	Serial	Channel	Language	Notes
2011-2012	Shanthi Nilayam	Jaya TV	Tamil
2013–2015	Bangara	Udaya TV	Kannada	Remake of Thangam (TV series)
2013	Chithiram Pesuthadi	Jaya TV	Tamil	Replaced by Priyanka
2013	Godha Kalyanam	ETV	Telugu

References

^ "Screen vs. studies". The Hindu. 6 October 2003. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
^ "Reel Talk - 'Kutty' Radhika begins innings". Archived from the original on 17 November 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
^ "Charming the young at heart". The Hindu. Retrieved 25 April 2015.

External links

Rathi Arumugam at IMDb
Rathi Arumugam at IMDb ( Credited as Radhi )

[1] "Screen vs. studies". The Hindu. 6 October 2003. Retrieved 17 August 2013.

[2] "Reel Talk - 'Kutty' Radhika begins innings". Archived from the original on 17 November 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2013.

[3] "Charming the young at heart". The Hindu. Retrieved 25 April 2015.

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