Neelima Rani

Neelima Esai Rani
Neelima Esai Rani
Born	6 November 1986 (age 37); Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India 'Native' - Thanjavur
Occupation(s)	Actress and Producer
Spouse	Esai Vanan (m. 2008)
Children	Aditi

Neelima Rani is an Indian film actress and a model and a dubbing artist who is mainly known for her roles in Tamil-language soap operas and movies in antagonistic roles. She also produced Zee Tamil series Niram Maaratha Pookkal and Endrendrum Punnagai.

Career

Neelima started her career in Oru Pennin Kathai when she was in school. In her summer vacations she also did feature films like Thevar Magan, Virumbugiren and Pandavar Bhoomi. When she was 15 she played the second heroine role in Acham Madam Airyppu — Brindavanam. She acted in the 850 episode Sun TV serial, Metti Oli in 2002.^[1]

In 2011, she announced that she would place roles on television serials behind her priorities to star in feature films.^[2] Her role as Karthi's friend in Naan Mahaan Alla won her Edison Award for Best Supporting Actress, before she went on to portray another pivotal role in Muran.

The actress has turned producer with K. S. Adhiyaman's venture Amali Thumali, a comedy film featuring Nakul, Shanthnu and Santhanam in the lead roles. Her duties as producer meant she had to oversea work in Fiji and thus she had to quit her role in the television serial, Thendral. Later, she played a pivotal role called 'Dimple' in the world record winning Sun TV serial, Vani Rani.^[3]

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1992	Thevar Magan		As child artist
2001	Pandavar Bhoomi		As child artist
2002	Album		As child artist
2002	Virumbugiren		As child artist
2003	Dum
2005	Priyasakhi	Sakhi's sister
2006	Idhaya Thirudan	Anitha
	Thimiru	Srimathi's Friend
	Aanivaer	Sivashanthi
2007	Mozhi	Preethi
2008	Santosh Subramaniam	Sreenivasan's wife
2009	Rajadhi Raja	Lakshmi
2009	Silanthi	Selvi
2010	Pugaippadam
	Rasikkum Seemane
	Naan Mahaan Alla	Sudha	Edison Award for Best Supporting Actress
2011	Muran	Anitha
2012	Mithivedi	Selvi
2012	Kadhal Paathai
2013	Mathil Mel Poonai
2013	Onaayum Aattukkuttiyum	Chandru's sister-in-law
2014	Pannaiyarum Padminiyum	Suja
2016	Vaaliba Raja	Chithra Kala
2016	Oyee	Swetha's Sister
2017	Kuttram 23	Kaushalya
2017	Yaazh	Tamil Selvi
2018	Mannar Vagaiyara	Easwari
2018	Ghajinikanth	Gayathri
2019	Sathru	Kathiresan sister-in-law
2020	Karuppankaatu Valasu	Gandhimathi
2021	Chakra	Leela's mother	Cameo appearance

Television

As Actress

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes	Channel
1998–1999	Idi Kadha Kaadu	Radhika's daughter , Child Artiste	Telugu		ETV Telugu
1998	Oru Pennin Kathai	Child Artiste	Tamil
1998	Theerpu	Child Artiste	Telugu
1998	Ahalya	Child Artiste	Malayalam
2000	Microthodar- Plastic Vizhuthugal	Child Artiste	Tamil		Raj TV
2002	Aasai	Veni			Sun TV
2002–2003	Acham Madam Airyppu Brindavanam			2nd Female Lead	Sun TV
2004–2005	Metti Oli	Sakthi Selvam		Supporting Role	Sun TV
2005–2009	Kolangal	Rekha Arjun		Supporting Role	Sun TV
2005–2007	En Thozhi En Kadhali En Manaivi	Devi		Female Lead	Vijay TV
2006–2010	Kasthuri	Dhanam		Supporting Role	Sun TV
2008–2010	Athipookal	Renuka		Supporting Role	Sun TV
2008	Manikoondu	Mahalakshmi		Supporting Role	Sun TV
2008	Mounaragam	Deepika		Female Lead	Vasantham TV
2008-2009	Alilathali	Nanda	Malayalam	Parallel lead	Asianet
2009	Bhavani	Bhavani	Tamil	Supporting Role	Kalaignar TV
2009–2012	Idhayam	Sumathi		Supporting Role	Sun TV
2009–2012	Chellamay	Amudha		Supporting Role	Sun TV
2009–2012	Thendral	Lavanya		Supporting Role	Sun TV
2013–2015	Mahabharatham	Goddess Rukmini		Supporting Role	Sun TV
2013–2018	Vani Rani	Dimple		Supporting Antagonist	Sun TV
2014–2018	Thamarai	Sneha/Kavitha		Female Lead	Sun TV
2016	Thaali Kattu Subhavela	Avani	Telugu	Female Lead	Maa TV
2016–2018	Thalayanai Pookal	Malliga	Tamil	Main Antagonist	Zee Tamil
2018–2020	Aranmanai Kili	Durga Raghavan	Tamil	Main Antagonist	Vijay TV
2019–2020	Chackoyum Maryyum	Rajalekshmi	Malayalam	Female Lead	Mazhavil Manorama
2020	Thirumanam		Tamil	Special Appearance	Colors Tamil

As Host

Year	Title	Channel	Language
2011	Samayal Special	Star Vijay	Tamil
2014–2015	Azhagiya Snehitiye	Zee Tamil	Tamil

As Producer

Year	Title	Channel	Language
2017–2020	Niram Maaratha Pookkal	Zee Tamil	Tamil
2020–Present	Endrendrum Punnagai	Zee Tamil	Tamil

References

^ P Sangeetha (5 March 2011). "TV is Neelima's first love". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
^ P Sangeetha (21 July 2010). "Neelima to shift her focus". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
^ Janani Karthik (17 January 2013). "Neelima Rani turns producer". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2013.

External links

Neelima Rani at IMDb
Neelima Rani on X

[1] P Sangeetha (5 March 2011). "TV is Neelima's first love". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2013.

[2] P Sangeetha (21 July 2010). "Neelima to shift her focus". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2013.

[3] Janani Karthik (17 January 2013). "Neelima Rani turns producer". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2013.

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