Rakshita

Rakshita
Born Shwetha
March 31, 1984 (1984-03-31) (age 27)
Occupation Actress, Producer
Years active 2002-present
Spouse Prem

Swetha (Born 31 March 1984), popularly known as Rakshita (Kannada: ರಕ್ಷಿತಾ) is a South Indian film actress. She has acted in Kannada, Tamil and Telugu language films. Rakshita made her acting debut in the 2002 Kannada-language film Appu, alongside Puneet Rajkumar, following which, she acted in many Kannada films.

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Early life

Rakshita was brought up in Mumbai. Her father, B.C. Gowri Shankar, was a popular cinematographer in Kannada and her mother, Mamatha Rao, too acted in a few Kannada films.

Career

She started her career with a Kannada movie Appu with Puneeth Rajkumar. She also acted in the remake of the same movie in Telugu titled Idiot. Her Kannada film career as heroine got a twist when her movie Kalasipalya became a hit. With in a short period of time, Rakshita acted with major Telugu heroes such as Chiranjeevi, Nagarjuna, Mahesh Babu, Jr NTR, Jagapathi Babu and Ravi Teja. She also made a special appearance in a song in Lakshmi Narasimha. After her marriage to the director Prem, she cut down on her acting profession and began supporting him in film making. She has also turned into a producer for one of the most prestigious project Jogayya starring Shivarajkumar in the lead and directed by Prem.

Personal life

She likes reading books, listening to music and traveling. Her favourite authors are Agatha Christie and Sidney Sheldon. She is married to Kannada cinema director Prem.[1]

Filmography

As Producer

Title Year Language
Jogayya 2011 Kannada

As Actor

Title Year Language Role Other notes
Appu 2002 Kannada Suchitra (Suchi) Debut Movie
Idiot 2002 Telugu Suchitra (Suchi) Remake of Appu.
Dum 2003 Tamil Suchitra (Suchi) Remake of Appu.
Love Kannada
Dum Kannada with Kichcha Sudeep
Pellam Oorelithe 2003 Telugu Raji
Nijam 2003 Telugu
Shivamani 2003 Telugu Pallavi
Gokarna 2003 Kannada
Lakshmi Narasimha 2004 Telugu Special Appearance
Andhrawala 2004 Telugu
Madhurey 2004 Tamil
Kalasipalya Kannada
Suntaragali Kannada
Deadly Soma Kannada
Andarivaadu 2005 Telugu Cheetila Chinni / Janki
Jagapathi 2005 Telugu
Adirindayya Chandram 2005 Telugu
Mandya Kannada
Odahuttidavalu Kannada
Hubballi Kannada with Kichcha Sudeep
Thayi Madilu Kannada
Thananam Thananam Kannada
Ayya 2005 Kannada

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