Ramya Krishnan
| Ramya Krishna | |
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 Ramya Krishna at the IIFA Utsavam awards 2016 held at Hyderabad, India in January 2016. | |
| Born |
15 September 1967 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Spouse(s) | Krishna Vamsi (2003–present) |
| Children | Ritwik |
Ramya Krishna (born 15 September 1967 in Chennai) is an Indian film actress. She has acted in over 200 films in five languages: Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi. Predominantly, she acted in almost 100 Telugu and 60 Tamil movies.
Early life and background
Ramya Krishna was born in Chennai. She is the niece of veteran Tamil comedian Cho Ramaswamy. She received initial training in Bharathanatyam, Western and Kuchipudi dance forms and has given many stage performances.[1] Her mother tongue is Tamil.
Film career
Ramya started her acting career at the age of 13 with the Malayalam film Neram Pularumbol featuring Mammootty and Mohanlal in the lead.[2] This film had a delayed release in 1986. Her first release was Vellai Manasu (1985), a Tamil film opposite Y. G. Mahendra.
Ramya's first Telugu film was Bhalae Mithrulu. She achieved fame through Kasinadhuni Viswanath’s Sutradharulu, released in 1987. She emerged as one of the leading actresses in the Telugu industry alongside Radha, Banupriya, Vijayashanti, Soundarya and Meena in the 1980s and 90s. She has been paired with leading actors such as N. T. Rama Rao, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Krishna, Chiranjeevi, Nagarjuna, Venkatesh, Balakrishna, Jagapati Babu, Rajendra Prasad, Srikanth, Rajasekhar, Junior NTR, and Mahesh Babu.[3] She received two prestigious Nandi Awards from the Government of Andhra Pradesh and a National Award from the Indian Government as well. She won the Special Jury award for her performance in Dasari Narayana Rao's film Kante Koothurne Kanu from the Andhra Pradesh state government.
She has performed some shows in New York, Dallas, San Jose, and Cincinnati. She started a company in the name of her son Ritwik. She is has hosted the entertainment show Zara Masti Zara Dhoom.
She was a judge in a dancing show on STAR Vijay: Jodi Number One, season 1, followed by season 5.
She played lead role in several SunTV serials such as Kalasam, Thangam, Rajakumari and Vamsam.
Her most recent film is Baahubali: The Beginning where she played Shivagami the Rajamata and the caretaker of King Bahubali and soggade chinni nayana where she played the role of seethamma and she is also playing a very important role in Allari Naresh's upcoming movie Mama Manchu, Alludu Kanchu.[4][5]
Personal life
She married Telugu film director Krishna Vamsi on 12 June 2003. They have a son named Ritwik.[6]
Awards
- Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil – Padayappa (1999)
- Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu – Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam (2009)
- Tamil Nadu State Film Awards Best Actress (Special Prize) - Padayappa (1999)
- Nandi Award for Best Actress - Kante Koothurne Kanu (1998)
- Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress - Raju Maharaju (2009)
- Dubai Amma Awards 2007
- Amrita Film Awards 2007
- Sun TV Family Awards
- Best Actress Special Award - Thangam (2009)
- Vikatan Awards 2015
- IIFA Utsavam 2015
- Best Supporting Actress - Tamil - Baahubali: The Beginning
- Best Supporting Actress - Telugu - Baahubali: The Beginning
Filmography
References
- ↑ "Eternal beauty 'Nilambari' Ramya Krishnan celebrates her b'day". Indiaglitz. 15 September 2008. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ↑ Sujith P. Nair (April 1, 2015). "Interview with Ramya Krishnan". Vanitha (in Malayalam): 18–20.
- ↑ "Heroines who fell for their directors". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ↑ "Ramya Krishna and Meena are paired with Mohan Babu in Mama Manchu, Alludu Kanchu". tollywoodshow.com.
- ↑ "Mohan Babu is all thrilled to work with Ramya Krishnan and Meena again, 23 years after the release of "Allari Mogudu".". ibtimes.co.in. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- ↑ "Heroines who fell for their directors". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
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