Raashi Khanna is an Indian actress and singer who predominantly works in Telugu and Tamil language film industries. She made her acting debut in a supporting role with the Hindi film Madras Cafe (2013) and subsequently made her debut as a female lead in Telugu with Oohalu Gusagusalade (2014), in Tamil with Imaikkaa Nodigal (2018) and in Malayalam with Villain (2017).
She appeared in many commercially successful films like Bengal Tiger (2015), Supreme (2016), Jai Lava Kusa (2017), Tholi Prema (2018), Imaikkaa Nodigal (2018), Venky Mama (2019), Prati Roju Pandage (2019) and established herself as one of the leading actresses in Telugu and Tamil cinema.Khanna made her debut as a singer with the film Joru (2014) and also sang for films Villain (2017), Balakrishnudu (2017), Jawaan (2017), Oorantha Anukuntunnaru (2019) and Prati Roju Pandage (2019). Khanna was born on 30 November 1990 and hails from Delhi.
She did her schooling at St. Mark’s Senior Secondary Public School, Delhi and completed her graduation in B.A. English (Hons.) at Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi.According to Khanna, she was an academic topper who was extremely studious, geek during her schooling and college days. When Khanna was young, she wanted to become a singer but as she grew up, she was more interested into studying and aspired to become an IAS officer.
Raashi Khanna claims that she neither had interest in modelling nor thought of becoming an actress and it was her destiny that made her an actress. She was a copywriter for advertisements before she made her venture into acting in various advertisements prior to films. Khanna made her debut with the 2013 Hindi political spy thriller film Madras Cafe directed by Shoojit Sircar, where she played the role of Ruby Singh, the wife of an Indian intelligence officer portrayed by John Abraham, who was also the producer.
She had to undergo acting workshops before taking up the role.The film—particularly the story and direction—impressed most Indian critics.Reviewing the film, Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV stated that Khanna “makes an impact in a brief but significant appearance”.Madras Cafe was a box-office hit grossing more than ₹100 crore.Impressed with her performance in Madras Cafe, actor Srinivas Avasarala approached her for the female lead role in his directorial debut Oohalu Gusagusalade, which also featured himself and Naga Shaurya in the lead roles,which she signed in late October 2013 after considering many other south films, adding that the scope of performing made her sign the film.
Khanna initially felt that it would be more of a dancing role with little scope for acting when approached for narration, but found her character practically in every scene in the film. She called her character Prabhavati as a grey, stubborn, arrogant girl but in a lovable way, which she claimed to be very different from what she was in real life except for the fact that she hails from Delhi.
Khanna confirmed in early April 2014 that she appeared in a small role in the Telugu film Manam, which had its theatrical release before Oohalu Gusagusalade. Oohalu Gusagusalade opened to positive reviews from critics and Khanna received praise for her work. Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of The Hindu called her an “actor with potential”,while Hemanth Kumar of The Times of India stated that she gave a “commendable” performance which helped the movie to some extent.The film was a commercial success at the box office.
Raashi Khanna All Movie List :
Title | Role | Language | Year |
Madras Cafe | Ruby Singh | Hindi | 2013 |
Manam Oohalu Gusagusalade Joru | Prema Sri Sai Sirisha Prabhavati Annapoorna | Telugu Telugu Telugu | 2014 |
Jil Shivam Bengal Tiger | Savithri Tanu Shraddha | Telugu Telugu Telugu | 2015 |
Supreme Bellam Hyper | Sridevi Bhanumathi | Telugu Telugu | 2016 |
Jai Lava Kusa Raja the Great Villain Oxygen | Priya Herself Harshitha Chopra Shruti | Telugu Telugu Malayalam Telugu | 2017 |
Touch Chesi Chudu Tholi Prema Srinivasa Kalyanam Imaikkaa Nodigal Adanga Maru | Pushpa Varsha Rudraraju Sridevi a.k.a. Sri Krithika “Krithi” Rao Anitha | Telugu Telugu Telugu Tamil Tamil | 2018 |
Ayogya Sangathamizhan Venky Mama Prati Roju Pandage | Sindhu Kamalini Harika “Angel” Aarna | Tamil Tamil Telugu Telugu | 2019 |
World Famous Lover | Yamini | Telugu | 2020 |
Tughlaq Durbar Bhramam Anna Aranmanai 3 | Kamatchi Anna Jyothi | Tamil Malayalam Tamil | 2021 |
Pakka Thank You Sardar Thiruchitrambalam Methavi Yodha | Lawyer Jhansi TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA | Telugu Telugu Tamil Tamil Tamil Hindi | 2022 |
Shaitan Ka Bachcha | Films that hadn’t released | Tamil |
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