Rambha is an Indian actress. In a career spanning over 15 years, Rambha appeared in several films across eight languages including Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi. She was one of the leading actresses in India in the 90s and 2000s Rambha was born as Vijayalakshmi in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh on 5 June 1976 into a Telugu-speaking family.
She did her schooling at Atkinsons Senior Secondary School, Vijayawada. While she was studying in her 7th standard, she acted as Ammavaru (Mother Goddess) for her school’s Annual Day competition. The event had been attended by director Hariharan who stayed in contact and later introduced her as the female lead in Malayalam film, Sargam.
Her first on-screen name was Amrutha, which she later changed as Rambha after the character name in her Telugu debut movie Aa Okkati Adakku. Rambha gave up her education aged 15 and then started her career with Hariharan’s Malayalam film Sargam (1992) opposite Vineeth. The film performed well at the box office and she was spotted by director E. V. V. Satyanarayana who then cast her in the Telugu film Aa Okkati Adakku (1992), where she was paired opposite Rajendra Prasad.
The film performed well and prompted several film offers for the actress from several different film industries across India. During the height of her career in the late 1990s, Rambha deliberately continued to pick glamorous roles to garner film offers. In successful films such as Hitler (1997) starring Chiranjeevi, Rambha appeared in roles which were inconsequential to the plot and purely depicted as the lead actor’s love interest.
She started her career as a producer with help of her brother in Three Roses (2003), in which Jyothika, Laila and Rambha played the lead characters. However, the film failed at the box office and she fell heavily into debt after the film’s release.She sold her house at Mount Road, Chennai in order to pay the debt, while she was also booked in a cheque-bounce case filed by the financiers of the movie.
Rambha has acted in several languages and always maintained a successful balance in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Bhojpuri and Bengali. In 2010, Rambha shot alongside Prakash Raj for a thriller film titled Vidiyum Varai Kathiru. The film was shot in three languages namely Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam, but the film did not have a theatrical release.After her marriage she had given up films as she felt her popularity in films has faded away where she notice that she was not getting meaty roles as she used to and has judged a very popular Tamil TV show Maanada Mayilada, and the Telugu dance show Dhee.
After a long gap she came back from Toronto, she appeared as a judge of Zee Telugu dance show ABCD-Anybody Can Dance and judged Kings of Comedy Juniors on Vijay TV.She is a brand ambassador for Kolors health care, Chennai Rambha married Indrakumar Pathmanathan, a Canada-based Sri Lankan Tamil businessman, on 8 April 2010 at Karnataka Kalyana Mandapam in Tirumala.They settled in Toronto. They have two daughters and a son.
Rambha All Movie List :
Tamil :
Film | Role | Year |
Uzhavan | Eshwari | 1993 |
Ullathai Allitha Sengottai Sundara Purushan Sivasakthi | Indhu Yamuna Valli Priya | 1996 |
Dharma Chakkaram Arunachalam Raasi V.I.P Adimai Changili Janakiraman | Vijayalakshmi Nandhini Meena Indhu Radha Gayathri | 1997 |
Ninaithen Vandhai Kaathala Kaathala Desiya Geetham | Swapna Janaki | 1998 |
Endrendrum Kadhal Kadhalar Dhinam Poomagal Oorvalam Suyamvaram Minsara Kanna Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga Unnaruge Naan Irundhal | Meenu Herself Kavitha Urvashi Priya Indhu Herself | 1999 |
Sudhandhiram Kunguma Pottu Gounder Anbudan | Divya Alamelu Kandhasamy Nimmi | 2000 |
Aanandham Azhagaana Naatkal | Renuka Madhavan Indhu | 2001 |
Military Three Roses Banda Paramasivam | Lakshmi Chaaru Manju Cheran | 2003 |
Chatrapathy Azhagiya Theeye | Herself Herself | 2004 |
Sukran | Herself | 2005 |
Oru Kadhalan Oru Kadhali | Lakshmi | 2009 |
Pen Singam | Mythili | 2010 |
Telugu :
Film | Role | Year |
Aa Okkati Adakku | Rambha | 1992 |
Evandi Aavida Vachindi Tholi Muddhu Rowdy Annayya Chinna Alludu | Jhansi Divya | 1993 |
Sarigamalu Bhairava Dweepam Namaste Anna Pachcha Toranam Hello Brother Bangaru Kutumbam Muddula Priyudu Allari Premikudu Hello Alludu M Dharmaraju M.A | Jyothi Yakshini Latha Devi Herself Pushpa Usha Bhavani | 1994 |
Alluda Majaka Maato Pettukoku Maya Bazaar Vetagadu Khaidi Inspector | Bobby Lakshmi Herself | 1995 |
Bombay Priyudu Sri Krishnarjuna Vijayam Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi | Raga Sudha Apasara Herself | 1996 |
Hitler Mama Bagunnava | Bujji Jaya | 1997 |
Ganesh Bavagaru Bagunnara? Love Story 1999 | Priya Swapna Swapna | 1998 |
Mechanic Mavayya Iddaru Mitrulu | Rani Herself | 1999 |
Kodanda Ramudu Okkadu Chaalu Choosoddaam Randi Moodu Mukkalaata | Mounika Rambha Geeta Lahari | 2000 |
Mrugaraju | Herself | 2001 |
Sriramachandrulu Naaga | Sundari Devi Herself | 2003 |
Alex | Kiran TV News Reporter Deepika | 2005 |
Neeku Naaku Gopi – Goda Meeda Pilli | Lakshmi Goddess Lakshmi | 2006 |
Desamuduru | Herself | 2007 |
Yamadonga | Herself | 2007 |
Hindi :
Film | Role | Year |
Jallaad | Kranti’s lover | 1995 |
Jurmana Daanveer Jung | Chitra Madhu | 1996 |
Qahar Judwaa Sajna | Rupa | 1997 |
Gharwali Baharwali Bandhan | Manisha Verma Jyoti | 1998 |
Main Tere Pyaar Mein Pagal | Sonali | 1999 |
Krodh Beti No.1 Dil Hi Dil Mein | Pooja Varma Priya Bhatnagar Special appearance | 2000 |
Kyo Kii… Main Jhuth Nahin Bolta | Tara | 2001 |
Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani Pyaar Diwana Hota Hai | Nita | 2002 |
Dukaan: Pila House | Kasthuribai | 2004 |
Kannada :
Film | Role | Year |
Server Somanna Kempaiah IPS | Sudha | 1993 |
O Premave | Prema | 1999 |
Panchali | 2000 | |
Baava Baamaida | 2001 | |
Sahukara | Ranganayaki | 2004 |
Pandu Ranga | Vittala Rambha | 2005 |
Gandugali | Kumara Rama | 2006 |
Anatharu | Herself | 2007 |
Malayalam :
Film | Role | Year |
Sargam Champakulam Thachan | Thangamani Devi | 1992 |
Sidhartha | Hema | 1998 |
Chronic Bachelor | Bhama | 2003 |
Mayilattam | Mythili | 2004 |
Kochi Rajavu | Meenakshi | 2005 |
Payum Puli | Malli | 2007 |
Kabadi Kabadi | Pooja/Sneha | 2008 |
Filmstar | Rambha | 2011 |
Bengali :
Film | Role | Year |
Dada Chita | Meera | 2005 |
Refugee | Julie | 2006 |
Bhojpuri :
Film | Role | Year |
Ram Balram Rasik Balma | Mausammi Nandita | 2007 |
English :
Film | Role | Year |
Quick Gun Murugan | Mango Dolly | 2009 |
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