Ramya

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For A south Indian film actress by same name, see Ramya Krishna.
Ramya
Born Divya Spandana
November 29, 1981 (1981-11-29) (age 26)
Flag of India Bangalore,Karnataka,India
Occupation Actress
Years active 2003—present

Ramya(Kannada:ರಮ್ಯ),also known by her real name Divya Spandana, is a popular actress in the Kannada film industry(Sandalwood) and Kollywood.

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[edit] Birth and Childhood

Ramya was born in Bangalore, Karnataka State on 29 November 1981. She studied at St. Hilda's school in Ooty (Tamil Nadu). She then earned her collegiate at St. Joseph's College of Commerce, Bangalore. Ramya participated in stage shows and dance rehearsals from her grade school days.

[edit] Rising Fame

Ramya stepped into the film industry with Kannada movie Abhi starring against Puneet Rajkumar. Being her latest hit "Arasu" along with Puneet Rajkumar and Meera Jasmine released in early 2007 has done well again. She is considered to be "golden girl" in Kannada film industry as she has the success rate of close to 90% in her career. She is one of the most beautiful actresses in South India.

The movie "Amruthadhare" shows her acting in one of her recent films directed by Nagathihalli Chandrasekhar.Her debut film in Kollywood had bombed at the boxoffice.

However her breakthrough came through her Tamil film Polladhavan (2007 film) where she acted against Dhanush. The film was considered a dark horse success , being released during the Deepavali period. Rajinikanth was all praises for the entire crew of Polladhavan [1]

It is known she is now busy shooting for Gautham Menon's "Varanam Aayiram" opposite Surya and has changed her screen name to Divya which is believed to have brought her more luck in getting hi-fling roles.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Kannada

Film Releasing Date Role co star Director
Abhi 4/25/2003 Bhanu Puneet Rajkumar Dinesh Babu
Excuse Me 12/5/2003 Madhumitha Sunil Rao Prem
Ranga (S.S.L.C) 4/23/2004 Padma Sudeep Yograj Bhat
Kanti 7/9/2004 Reema Murali Bharath
Aadi 3/4/2005 Aishwarya Aadithya M S Ramesh
Aakash 4/28/2005 Nandini Puneet Rajkumar Mahesh Babu
Gowramma 6/3/2005 Gowramma Upendra B Naganna
Amrithadhare 9/16/2005 Amritha Dhyan Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar
Sevanthi Sevanthi 4/20/2006 Sevanthi Vijaya Reghavendra S Narayan
Julie 5/12/2006 Julie Dino Morea Poornima Mohan
Datta 6/9/2006 Divya Darshan Chi Gurudatt
Jothe Jotheyali 9/22/2006 Divya Prem Dinakar Tugudeep
Thananam Thananam 11/24/2006 Vanaja Shaam,Rakshitha Kavitha Lankesh
Arasu 1/25/2007 Shruthi Puneet Rajkumar Mahesh Babu
Meera Madhava Raghava 7/27/2007 Meera Diganth T N Seetharam
Mussanjemaatu 5/16/2008 Thanu Sudeep Mahesh
Bhimoos Bang Bang Kids 2008(filming) Upendra D.Rajendra Babu
Anthu Inthu Preethi Banthu 2008(filming) Aditya Babu Veera Shankar
Bombaat 2008 (filming) Ganesh D.Rajendra Babu

[edit] Tamil

Year of Release Film Role Co-Star Director Other notes
2003 Kuthu Ramya Silambarasan A. Venkatesh Average
2004 Giri Arjun Sundar C Average
2007 Polladhavan Hema Dhanush Vetri Maran Hit
2008 Thoondil Divya Shaam K. S. Adhiyaman Flop
2008 Vaaranam Aayiram Surya Gautham Menon Filming

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bolly Treat !!!: ‘Kuthu’ Ramya aka Divya is on the moon with the success of "Polladhavan"

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