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Raasi (actress)

South Indian actress

Mantra

Born

Vijaya


(1980-06-29) 29 June 1980 (age 44)[1]

West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, India

Other namesManthra (Tamil and Malayalam)
OccupationActress
Years active1988–2006
2013–present
Spouse

Sri Muni

(m. 2005)​
Children1

Raasi (born Vijaya) is an Indian actress known for her work in Telugu and Tamil cinema, with appearances in a few Kannada and Malayalam films. She is credited as Manthra in Tamil and Malayalam films.[2] Raasi gained recognition for her performances in notable films such as Subhakankshalu (1997), Gokulamlo Seeta (1997), and Pelli Pandiri (1998). She transitioned to television with Telugu soap operas, debuting in Girija Kalyanam (2020) and later appearing in Janaki Kalaganaledu (2021).

Personal life

Raasi was born as Vijaya on 1980 in West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India.[1] She married film director Sri Muni.[3]

Film career

At the age of 9, she started acting as a child actress in the 1989 Telugu film, Mamatala Kovella (1989).[1]

She also worked in the Hindi movies Rangbaaz (1996), Jodidar (1997) and Suraj (1997) with Mithun Chakraborty.

In Telugu, Raasi rose to fame with Subhakankshalu (1997). She was labelled "traditional" after Gokulamlo Seeta (1997). Later, hits like Snehithulu (1998), Pandaga (1998), Gilli Kajjalu (1998), Devullu (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 Samudram (1999).[4]

She debuted her first Tamil film Priyam. Following a prolific year 1996, she received offers including the Vijay-starrer Love Today (1997) and the Ajith Kumar-starrer Rettai Jadai Vayasu (1997). Some of her other movies in Tamil are Periya Idathu Mappillai (1997), Ganga Gowri (1997), Thedinen Vanthathu (1997), Kondattam (1998), Kalyana Galatta (1998), Pudhu Kudithanam (1999), Kannan Varuvaan (2000), Kuberan (2000) and Simmasanam (2000).

She played a negative character in Telugu movie Nijam (2003), which was directed by Teja.[citation needed]

After her marriage, she took a break from acting and made a comeback in character roles.[citation needed]

Filmography

Film

As dubbing artiste

Television

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