Rajshri Nair

Rajshri Nair
Rajshri Nair
Born	Meisha Aftab
Alma mater	Kesari Higher Secondary School
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1994–present
Spouse	; Siddhanta Mahapatra (m. 1993)
Children	15 sons

Rajshri Nair (born Meisha Aftab) is an Indian actress known for her works in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam cinema and television.

Career

Rajashree made her Tamil debut through Karuthamma (1994) playing the titular role, which won her the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress.^[2] She starred in the Indian English film Hyderabad Blues (1998).^[3] She made her her Malayalam debut with Meghasandesam (2001).^[4]

Personal life

Rajashree's sister, Bobby, has also appeared in films as an actress.^[5]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1994	Gandhada Gudi Part 2		Kannada	credited as Rajeshwari
1994	Karuthamma	Karuthamma	Tamil	Won–Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress
1995	Neela Kuyil	Shalini
	Murai Mappillai	Sorna
	Lingababu Love Story	Ragaa	Telugu
1996	Aavathum Pennale Azhivathum Pennale	Lakshmi	Tamil
	Amman Kovil Vaasalile	Padmini		Guest appearance
	Vaigarai Pookkal	Deivanai
	Anuraga Spandana		Kannada
1997	Police Bete	Rekha	Kannada
1998	Hyderabad Blues	Ashwini Rao	English
1998	King	Rajeshwari	Kannada	credited as Rajeshwari
1999	Sethu		Tamil
1999	Sautela		Hindi
2001	Asokavanam	Uma	Tamil
	Nandhaa	Nandhaa's mother
	Sonnal Thaan Kaadhala	Roja's sister
	Megasandesam	Rosy Samuel	Malayalam
	Ravanaprabhu	Dr Suhra Hydrose	Malayalam
2002	Run		Tamil
2002	Game	Malar
2003	Manasellam
2003	Mr. Brahmachari	Sindhu	Malayalam
2006	Ilakkanam	Malliga	Tamil
	Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu	Chitra Arokyaraj	Tamil
	Neeku Naaku		Telugu
2007	Ammuvagiya Naan		Tamil
2007	Sabari	Maragatham
2009	Oru Kadhalan Oru Kadhali	Sumathi
2010	Ayyanar	Prabha's aunt
2012	Porkodi 10am Vaguppu	Porkodi's mother
	Bhoopadathil Illatha Oridam	Vimala	Malayalam
	Grandmaster	Commissioner Susan	Malayalam
2013	Vathikuchi		Tamil
2015	Agathinai
	Chandi Veeran	Saradha
	Jamna Pyari	Vimala	Malayalam
	Srimanthudu		Telugu	Guest role
2016	Iraivi	Kala	Tamil
2016	Shankara	SP Rajeswari	Telugu
2017	Pagadi Aattam	Kausalya's mother	Tamil
	Arasakulam		Tamil
	Ninnu Kori	Pallavi's mother	Telugu
2018	U Turn	Rachana's mother	Tamil
	U Turn	Rachana's mother	Telugu
	Nannu Dochukunduvate
2019	Majili	Sri Lakshmi
2020	Varmaa	Megha's mother	Tamil	Uncredited
	Entha Manchivaadavuraa	Nandini's mother	Telugu
	Maa Vintha Gaadha Vinuma
2021	Shaadi Mubarak
	Cheruvaina Dooramaina
	Drushyam 2	Doctor
2022	Aadavallu Meeku Joharlu	Gouramma
2022	Ori Devuda	Arjun's mother
2023	Veera Simha Reddy	Meenakshi's mother
	Amigos	Ishika's mother
	Bro	Ricky's mother
2024	Singham Again	Nilima Bali	Hindi
2024	Vidya Vasula Aham	Vidya’s mother	Telugu	^[6]
2025	Vilayath Buddha	Cholaykkal Chembakam	Malayalam
	Meghalu Cheppina Prema Katha		Telugu
	Telusu Kada	Anjali’s mother
	K-Ramp	Kumar’s aunt
	Andhra King Taluka	Mahalakshmi’s mother
2026	Sahakutumbaanaam

Television

Serials

Year	Title	Role	Language	Channel
	Oorvashi	Gowri	Telugu	Gemini TV
	Jeevana Tarangalu		Telugu
1998–2001	Ganga Yamuna Saraswati		Tamil	Raj TV
1999–2000	Aalayam		Tamil	Sun TV
2000–2002	Banagaru Bomma		Telugu	ETV
2001	Sukha Dukhalu	Soundarya	Telugu	ETV
2001–2002	Jee Boom Ba		Tamil	Vijay TV
2002	Gangothri		Telugu	Gemini TV
2002–2003	Agal Vilakkugal	Seetha	Tamil	Sun TV
2003–2004	Mantra Jalam		Telugu	ETV
2004–2005	Sivamayam		Tamil	Sun TV
2004–2005	Naari O Naari		Telugu	ETV
2007–2008	Shubhalekha			ETV
2007	Dracula			Gemini TV
2008–2009	Naalavathu Mudichu	Ashwini	Tamil	Jaya TV
2008–2010	Magal			Sun TV
2009–2010	Idhayam	Shakuntala		Sun TV
2012	Kadhayile Rajakumari	IPS	Malayalam	Mazhavil Manorama
2013	Kanmani		Malayalam	Surya TV
2013–2014	Vamsam	Thenmozhi	Tamil	Sun TV
2014–2016	Ramulamma		Telugu	Star Maa
2014–2015	Abhishekam			ETV
2015–2018	America Ammayi	Kalyani		Zee Telugu
2015–2017	Mahalakshmi			Star Maa
2017–2020	Lakshmi Kalyanam	Rajeshwari Devi		Star Maa
2018–2020	Rendu Rellu Aaru	Bhanumati		Gemini TV
2020	Chithi 2	Padma	Tamil	Sun TV
2021	Amrutha Varshini	Amrutha	Telugu	Gemini TV
2021–2023	Intiki Deepam Illalu	Maheshwari Devi		Star Maa
2021–2022	Kasthuri	Kanchana		Star Maa
2021–2022	Rangula Ratnam	Annapoorna		ETV
2022	Sillunu Oru Kaadhal	Special appearance	Tamil	Colors Tamil
2022–2024	Amudhavum Annalakshmiyum	Annalakshmi	Tamil	Zee Tamil
2024	Panchagni	Renuka	Malayalam	Flowers TV

Web Series

Year	Title	Role	Language	Platform
2020–2021	Amrutham Dhvitheeyam		Telugu	ZEE5
2022	Recce	Devakamma	Telugu	ZEE5

References

^ "Transcending Language Barriers". The New Indian Express. 19 August 2015.
^ "42nd National Film Festival" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 1995. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
^ Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (24 July 2018). "As 'Hyderabad Blues' celebrates 20 years, Nagesh Kukunoor looks back at the film and talks about the road ahead" – via www.thehindu.com.
^ "'Samyuktha not just co-actor for me; everything started with Meghasandesam'". Kerala Kaumudi.
^ "Other side is not greener". chennaionline.com. Archived from the original on 13 January 2002. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
^ "Vidya Vasula Aham OTT Release Date: Know About Plot, Platform & Cast". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 30 May 2024.

External links

Rajshri Nair at IMDb

[1] "Transcending Language Barriers". The New Indian Express. 19 August 2015.

[2] "42nd National Film Festival" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 1995. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020.

[3] Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (24 July 2018). "As 'Hyderabad Blues' celebrates 20 years, Nagesh Kukunoor looks back at the film and talks about the road ahead" – via www.thehindu.com.

[4] "'Samyuktha not just co-actor for me; everything started with Meghasandesam'". Kerala Kaumudi.

[5] "Other side is not greener". chennaionline.com. Archived from the original on 13 January 2002. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

[6] "Vidya Vasula Aham OTT Release Date: Know About Plot, Platform & Cast". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 30 May 2024.

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Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress
1967–1980	K. R. Vijaya (1967) Padmini (1968) Sowcar Janaki (1969) K. R. Vijaya (1970) — (1971) — (1972) — (1973) — (1974) — (1975) — (1976) Latha (1977) Lakshmi (1978) Saritha (1979) Suhasini (1980)
1981–2000	Sridevi (1981) Saritha (1982) — (1983) — (1984) — (1985) — (1986) — (1987) Saritha (1988) Radhika (1989) Revathy (1990) Khushbu Sundar (1991) Sukanya (1992) Meena (1993) Rajashree (1994) Khushbu Sundar (1995) Shruti (1996) Meena & Devayani (1997) Roja (1998) Simran (1999) Devayani (2000)
2001–present	Sneha (2001) Meena (2002) Laila (2003) Jyothika (2004) Jyothika (2005) Priyamani (2006) Jyothika (2007) Sneha (2008) Padmapriya Janakiraman (2009) Amala Paul (2010) Ineya Lakshmi Menon (2012) Nayanthara (2013) Aishwarya Rajesh (2014)