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Raasi (actress)
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<h2 id="personal-life">Personal life</h2> <p>Raasi was born as Vijaya on 1980 in <a href="/facts/West_Godavari_district/l9IytMJH">West Godavari district</a>, <a href="/facts/Andhra_Pradesh/d51Lb0kX">Andhra Pradesh</a>, India.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> She married film director Sri Muni.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="film-career">Film career</h2> <p>At the age of 9, she started acting as a child actress in the 1989 <a href="/facts/Telugu_language/yV5dQWhw">Telugu</a> film, <i>Mamatala Kovella</i> (1989).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p><p>She also worked in the <a href="/facts/Hindi/n1QIEeCC">Hindi</a> movies <i>Rangbaaz</i> (1996), <i><a href="/facts/Jodidar/4toByFlk">Jodidar</a></i> (1997) and <i>Suraj</i> (1997) with <a href="/facts/Mithun_Chakraborty/3bVDa7Lf">Mithun Chakraborty</a>. </p><p>In Telugu, Raasi rose to fame with <i><a href="/facts/Subhakankshalu/4bj2d2RC">Subhakankshalu</a></i> (1997). She was labelled "traditional" after <i><a href="/facts/Gokulamlo_Seeta/1hYfBMbG">Gokulamlo Seeta</a></i> (1997). Later, hits like <i><a href="/facts/Snehithulu/kEQUSvFM">Snehithulu</a></i> (1998), <i><a href="/facts/Pandaga/qVS9RhEc">Pandaga</a></i> (1998), <i>Gilli Kajjalu</i> (1998), <i><a href="/facts/Devullu/fgrYCTF8">Devullu</a></i> (2000) and proved her mettle as an actress. When Raasi's career started taking a nosedive, she took to doing item numbers in Telugu films like <i><a href="/facts/Samudram_(1999_film)/VQ1PYcxu">Samudram</a></i> (1999).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p><p>She debuted her first Tamil film <i><a href="/facts/Priyam_(1996_film)/Hqkw2XPE">Priyam</a></i>. Following a prolific year 1996, she received offers including the <a href="/facts/Vijay_(actor)/eFfXMnQw">Vijay</a>-starrer <i><a href="/facts/Love_Today_(1997_film)/wxGy616t">Love Today</a></i> (1997) and the <a href="/facts/Ajith_Kumar/dJsAnjpJ">Ajith Kumar</a>-starrer <i><a href="/facts/Rettai_Jadai_Vayasu/yPUEKhLG">Rettai Jadai Vayasu</a></i> (1997). Some of her other movies in Tamil are <i><a href="/facts/Periya_Idathu_Mappillai/DyHc4Fzb">Periya Idathu Mappillai</a></i> (1997), <i><a href="/facts/Ganga_Gowri_(1997_film)/4sA4QwSe">Ganga Gowri</a></i> (1997), <i><a href="/facts/Thedinen_Vanthathu/XL2CbfXM">Thedinen Vanthathu</a></i> (1997), <i><a href="/facts/Kondattam/g5fJc2oc">Kondattam</a></i> (1998), <i><a href="/facts/Kalyana_Galatta/23V81Ruv">Kalyana Galatta</a></i> (1998), <i><a href="/facts/Pudhu_Kudithanam/CtyUcGPo">Pudhu Kudithanam</a></i> (1999), <i><a href="/facts/Kannan_Varuvaan_(2000_film)/2e8cpCod">Kannan Varuvaan</a></i> (2000), <i><a href="/facts/Kuberan_(2000_film)/lqWbCBy9">Kuberan</a></i> (2000) and <i><a href="/facts/Simmasanam/rLts6jsY">Simmasanam</a></i> (2000). </p><p>She played a negative character in Telugu movie <i><a href="/facts/Nijam/fJ3rH2dJ">Nijam</a></i> (2003), which was directed by <a href="/facts/Teja_(director)/BnXzkKv9">Teja</a>. </p><p>After her marriage, she took a break from acting and made a comeback in character roles. </p> <h2 id="filmography">Filmography</h2> <h3>Film</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Year</th><th>Film</th><th>Role</th><th>Language</th><th>Notes</th></tr><tr><td>1988</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Rao_Gari_Illu/DP2kGKnF">Rao Gari Illu</a></i></td><td>Chitti</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1988</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Kakkothikkavile_Appooppan_Thaadikal/FaAv6RlY">Kakkothikkavile Appooppan Thaadikal</a></i></td><td>Young Lakshmi</td><td><a href="/facts/Malayalam/YLuvDWd3">Malayalam</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td><i>Mamatala Kovela</i></td><td>Hero's daughter</td><td><a href="/facts/Telugu_language/yV5dQWhw">Telugu</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td><i>Bala Gopaludu</i></td><td></td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td><i>Chettu Kinda Pleader</i></td><td></td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Aditya_369/3UtNFgfp">Aditya 369</a></i></td><td>Kishore's friend</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1992</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Ankuram/FJY0PgYm">Ankuram</a></i></td><td>Sindhura's sister</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1994</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Palnati_Pourusham/XLPBKCdP">Palnati Pourusham</a></i></td><td>Raja Rao's daughter</td><td>Telugu</td><td>credited as Vijaya</td></tr><tr><td>1994</td><td><i>Puttinilla Mettinilla</i></td><td>Lakshmi</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td><i>Oho Naa Pellanta</i></td><td>in a song</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Priyam_(1996_film)/Hqkw2XPE">Priyam</a></i></td><td>Preetha</td><td><a href="/facts/Tamil_language/7I0lHL0d">Tamil</a></td><td>Debut in a lead role</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Angaara/VxFFdRCb">Angaara</a></i></td><td>Chutki</td><td><a href="/facts/Hindi/n1QIEeCC">Hindi</a></td><td>credited as Vijaya</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td><i>Rangbaaz</i></td><td></td><td>Hindi</td><td>credited as Vijaya</td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td><i>Suraj</i></td><td></td><td>Hindi</td><td>credited as Vijaya</td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Subhakankshalu/4bj2d2RC">Subhakankshalu</a></i></td><td>Nandini</td><td>Telugu</td><td>Debut in Telugu as a lead</td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Love_Today_(1997_film)/wxGy616t">Love Today</a></i></td><td>Preethi</td><td>Tamil</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Gokulamlo_Seeta/1hYfBMbG">Gokulamlo Seetha</a></i></td><td>Sirisha</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Periya_Idathu_Mappillai/DyHc4Fzb">Periya Idathu Mappillai</a></i></td><td>Priya</td><td>Tamil</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Ganga_Gowri_(1997_film)/4sA4QwSe">Ganga Gowri</a></i></td><td>Ganga</td><td>Tamil</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Thedinen_Vanthathu/XL2CbfXM">Thedinen Vanthathu</a></i></td><td>Janaki</td><td>Tamil</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Rettai_Jadai_Vayasu/yPUEKhLG">Rettai Jadai Vayasu</a></i></td><td>Anjali</td><td>Tamil</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Pelli_Pandiri/psXrpkCA">Pelli Pandiri</a></i></td><td>Kasthuri</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td><i>Evandi Pelli Chesukondi</i></td><td>Geetha</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Jodidar/4toByFlk">Jodidar</a></i></td><td>Landlord's daughter</td><td>Hindi</td><td>credited as Manthra</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Kondattam/g5fJc2oc">Kondattam</a></i></td><td>Vidhya</td><td>Tamil</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Pandaga/qVS9RhEc">Pandaga</a></i></td><td>Prameela</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td><i>Vasantha</i></td><td>Vasantha</td><td>Telugu</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Suprabhatam_(1998_film)/9SB5c3S4">Suprabhatam</a></i></td><td>Vasundhara</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Kalyana_Galatta/23V81Ruv">Kalyana Galatta</a></i></td><td>Pooja</td><td>Tamil</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td><i>Gilli Kajjalu</i></td><td>Sruthi</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Snehithulu/kEQUSvFM">Snehithulu</a></i></td><td>Mahalakshmi</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Manasichi_Choodu_(film)/qI5uSTIf">Manasichi Choodu</a></i></td><td>Yamuna</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td><i>Kalavari Chellelu Kanaka Maha Lakshmi</i></td><td>Roopa</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Daddy_Daddy/n1fgChkj">Daddy Daddy</a></i></td><td>Subadhra</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td><i>Neti Gandhi</i></td><td>Bharthi</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td><a href="/facts/Swapna_Lokam/Imz90Ucg"><i>Swapnalokam</i></a></td><td>Swapna</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Harischandraa/Ghc3MIfQ">Harischandraa</a></i></td><td>Nandini</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td><i>Veedu Samanyudu Kadhu</i></td><td>Mythili/Pooja</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Seenu_(1999_film)/hKsDtBv6">Seenu</a></i></td><td>Herself</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Krishna_Babu_(1999_film)/a3eohWWv">Krishna Babu</a></i></td><td>Shilpa</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Samudram_(1999_film)/VQ1PYcxu">Samudram</a></i></td><td>Herself</td><td>Telugu</td><td>Item number</td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Pudhu_Kudithanam/CtyUcGPo">Pudhu Kudithanam</a></i></td><td>Nila</td><td>Tamil</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Preyasi_Rave/WJwDDdsQ">Preyasi Rave</a></i></td><td>Mahalakshmi</td><td>Telugu</td><td>Nominated-<a href="/facts/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Actress_%E2%80%93_Telugu/hvTmpMJ7">Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu</a></td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Pallavur_Devanarayanan/IGuFN6Xv">Pallavur Devanarayanan</a></i></td><td>Seethalakshmi</td><td>Malayalam</td><td>credited as Mantra</td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td><i>AK-47</i></td><td></td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Sneha_(film)/tMno7MNb">Sneha</a></i></td><td>Mahalakshmi</td><td><a href="/facts/Kannada/cooJ3trn">Kannada</a></td><td>Debut film</td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Postman_(2000_film)/oCET7IxR">Postman</a></i></td><td>Sirisha</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td><i>Manasu Paddanu Kaani</i></td><td>Swati</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td><i>Balaram</i></td><td></td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Kannan_Varuvaan_(2000_film)/2e8cpCod">Kannan Varuvaan</a></i></td><td>Rajeshwari</td><td>Tamil</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Oke_Maata/ko2lNPX8">Oke Maata</a></i></td><td></td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td><i>Shivaji</i></td><td></td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Kuberan_(2000_film)/lqWbCBy9">Kuberan</a></i></td><td>Chandra</td><td>Tamil</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Simmasanam/rLts6jsY">Simmasanam</a></i></td><td>Manju</td><td>Tamil</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Moodu_Mukkalata/2pzhlywx">Moodu Mukkalata</a></i></td><td>Aliveni</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Ammo!_Okato_Tareekhu/KlxK4E8J">Ammo! Okato Tareekhu</a></i></td><td>Gayatri</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Devullu/fgrYCTF8">Devullu</a></i></td><td>Nirmala</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Maa_Aavida_Meeda_Ottu_Mee_Aavida_Chala_Manchidi/pmfopRR1">Maa Aavida Meeda Ottu Mee Aavida Chala Manchidi</a></i></td><td>Subhadra</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Deevinchandi/qXNHJljC">Deevinchandi</a></i></td><td>Lakshmi</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td><i>Cheppalani Vundi</i></td><td>Vani / Rani</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td><i>Akka Bavekkada?</i></td><td>Sowmya</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2002</td><td><i>Naga Pratista</i></td><td>Naga Lakshmi</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2002</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Raja_(2002_film)/CR4jNpww">Raja</a></i></td><td>Herself</td><td>Tamil</td><td>Item number</td></tr><tr><td>2002</td><td><i>Police Sisters</i></td><td>Ramya</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2002</td><td><i>2 Much</i></td><td>Geeta</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2002</td><td><i>Trinetram</i></td><td>Vijaya</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2002</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Jamindaru/Ev9CUhUK">Jamindaru</a></i></td><td></td><td>Kannada</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2002</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Sandade_Sandadi/okN6zmvh">Sandade Sandadi</a></i></td><td>Vasundhara</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2002</td><td><i>Coolie</i></td><td></td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2002</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Ninne_Preethisuve/xbNfKNDJ">Ninne Preethisuve</a></i></td><td>Meghamala</td><td>Kannada</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2003</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Nijam/fJ3rH2dJ">Nijam</a></i></td><td>Malli</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2003</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Aalukkoru_Aasai/qEDxg9Dx">Aalukkoru Aasai</a></i></td><td>Manthra</td><td>Tamil</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2003</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Raja_Narasimha/XvzpGgG7">Raja Narasimha</a></i></td><td>Mahalakshmi</td><td>Kannada</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2003</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Sriramachandrulu/6BkA539a">Sriramachandrulu</a></i></td><td>Sailaja</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Venky/tqI9PPYm">Venky</a></i></td><td>Herself</td><td>Telugu</td><td>Special appearance</td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Oka_Pellam_Muddu_Rendo_Pellam_Vaddu/GvRuRhju">Oka Pellam Muddu Rendo Pellam Vaddu</a></i></td><td>Satya</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2005</td><td><i>Devi Abhayam</i></td><td>Lakshmi</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Suyetchai_MLA/ov68ufhU">Suyetchai MLA</a></i></td><td></td><td>Tamil</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Onbadhule_Guru/qLBqmbxe">Onbadhule Guru</a></i></td><td>Neelambari</td><td>Tamil</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td><i>Man of the Match </i></td><td></td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Vaalu/k6DUX6Gn">Vaalu</a></i></td><td>Mrs. Stephen</td><td>Tamil</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Kalyana_Vaibhogame/Mplr0pcf">Kalyana Vaibhogame</a></i></td><td>Parimala Devi</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Kavalai_Vendam/G3p7Ifzn">Kavalai Vendam</a></i></td><td>Divya's mother</td><td>Tamil</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td><i>Padesave</i></td><td>Swathi's mother</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Aakatayi/5f9I46Lv">Aakatayi</a></i></td><td>Vikranth's mother</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Lanka_(2017_film)/ohsK3VQF">Lanka</a></i></td><td>Rebecca</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> As dubbing artiste <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Keka_(film)/4cbEmysu">Keka</a></i> (2008) for Ishani</li></ul> <h3>Television</h3> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Girija_Kalyanam/nah07Hfj">Girija Kalyanam</a></i> (2020-2021) on <a href="/facts/Gemini_TV/XQBlnan9">Gemini TV</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Janaki_Kalaganaledu/HHMw6Sc4">Janaki Kalaganaledu</a></i> (2021–2023) on <a href="/facts/Star_Maa/vJvu1gBu">Star Maa</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0704682/">Raasi</a> at <a href="/facts/IMDb_(identifier)/uWrqVYVy">IMDb</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Prakash, BVS (28 July 2000). "Raasi: An award for Preyasi Raave?". Screen Magazine. Indian Express Group. Archived from the original on 28 April 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2010. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100428060819/http://www.screenindia.com/old/20000728/reobi.htm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20100428060819/http://www.screenindia.com/old/20000728/reobi.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"ఓహో… అభినయ'రాశి'". NTV (in Telugu). Archived from the original on 12 July 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021. <a href="https://archive.today/20210712082334/https://ntvtelugu.com/senior-actress-raasi-birthday-special/" target="_blank">https://archive.today/20210712082334/https://ntvtelugu.com/senior-actress-raasi-birthday-special/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>kavirayani, suresh (23 April 2017). "Lanka movie review: Raasi's return not a good one!". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2021. <a href="https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/230417/lanka-movie-review-raasis-return-not-a-good-one.html" target="_blank">https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/230417/lanka-movie-review-raasis-return-not-a-good-one.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"ఓహో… అభినయ'రాశి'". NTV (in Telugu). Archived from the original on 12 July 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021. <a href="https://archive.today/20210712082334/https://ntvtelugu.com/senior-actress-raasi-birthday-special/" target="_blank">https://archive.today/20210712082334/https://ntvtelugu.com/senior-actress-raasi-birthday-special/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Raasi plays vamp, rockets to the top". Rediff. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2013. <a href="http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/jun/10south.htm" target="_blank">http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/jun/10south.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Vasantha film review" (PDF). Zamin Ryot. 1 May 1998. p. 11. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022. <a href="http://www.zaminryot.com/pdf/1998/May/1-May-1998.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.zaminryot.com/pdf/1998/May/1-May-1998.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>