Ramya Krishna (Telugu: రమ్య కృష్ణ) (born 15 September 1973) is a successful multilingual actress in commercial Indian cinema. She has over 200 films to her credit. She also holds a rare record of acting in five languages, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi. She has played such diverse roles as a glam-doll, a caring wife, a devoted mom, an arrogant vamp, and even a goddess.

Contents 1 Early life and background 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Telugu 4.2 Tamil 4.2.1 Television 4.3 Malayalam 4.4 Hindi 4.5 Kannada 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Early life and background

Ramya Krishnan was born in Madras (now Chennai) in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. She is the niece of Cho Ramaswamy, a comedian, actor, and outspoken politician. She had initial training in Bharathanatyam and Kuchipudi dance forms, and had given many stage performances. Ramya started her acting career at the age of 13 and has an acting career spanning over 25 years. She first played the lead role in Vellai Manasu in Tamil opposite Y.G. Mahendran. She was studying in 8th standard when she acted in her first film.

[edit] Career

Ramyakrishna's first Telugu film was Bhalae Mithrulu. Kasinadhuni Viswanath’s masterpiece Sutradharulu, released in 1987 have given first major break to Ramya as a actress. Under the direction of K.Raghavendra Rao, Ramyakrishna established herself as a ‘star’ in Telugu film industry. She worked with all the major heroes of yester years like Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Nandamuri Taraka Ramarao, Krishna, Sobhan Babu and also with the next generation of heroes like Chiranjeevi, Balakrishna Nandamuri, Venkatesh, Akkineni Nagarjuna and Jagapathi Babu. Though a trained Bharatnatyam dancer, she never really got a chance to explore that facet of hers.

Her Tamil film Padayappa (Narasimha in Telugu), has brought her recognition and fame not only in South India but also internationally in Japan, Singapore, London and Paris. Her role (Neelambari) in Padayappa was perhaps the best role of her career and disproved her critics who said that she was a mere glam doll. Recently she has given performance in some stage shows in New York, Dallas, San Jose, and Cincinnati along with Nagarjuna and Tabu.

She bagged only one prestigious Nandi Award from the Government of Andhra Pradesh. Ramya have also enjoyed success in Kannada movies. In fact one of her earliest movie roles was in the Kannada film Krishna Rukmini with Vishnuvardhan. Her biggest Kannada hits include Gadibidi Ganda and Mangalyam Thanthunanaena with Ravichandran and Raktha Kanneeru with Upendra. Ramya has just started a company in the name of her son 'Ritwik'. She is now hosting the entertainment show "Zara Masti Zara Dhoom" by interviewing film personalities. She has plans to do more of these types of shows.

Her First movie is Mudal Vasantham released in 1986, she was 13 when the movie released.

[edit] Personal life

The actress married noted Telugu film director Krishna Vamsi on 12 June 2003^[1] and has since then settled in Hyderabad. She gave birth to a boy, named Ritwik on 13 February 2005.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Telugu

Movie	Year	Co-Star	Role	Director	Notes
Raju Maharaju	2009	Mohan Babu, Sharwanand, Surveen Chawla	Vadina	Durga Shankaranadh
Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam	2009	Prakash Raj	Siddarth's mother	Dolly
Indrajit	2008	Sai Kumar, Sangeetha
Mr. Girisham	2008	Krishna Bhagavaan	Madhuravani
Hero	2008	Nitin, Bhavana
Tulasi	2007	Venkatesh, Nayantara	Doctor	Boyapati Seenu
Sri Krishna	2006	Naresh, Madhuri
Naa Alludu	2005	Jr. NTR, Shriya, Genelia D'Souza	Bhanumati	Vara Mullapudi
Raktha Kanneeru	2004	Upendra, Abhirami	Kantha	Kokila Sadhu
KD No. 1	2004	Srihari, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Sudha	Radha & Seeta	Raviraja Pinisetty
Kushikushigaa	2004	Jagapathi Babu	Bhavani	G. Ram Prasad
Adavi Ramudu	2004	Prabhas, Arti Agarwal, Seema, Nassar		B. Gopal	Item Song
Sri Anjaneyam	2004	Nitin, Charmy, Prakash Raj	Anji's mother	Krishna Vamsi	Guest Appearance
Anji	2004	Chiranjeevi, Namrata Sirodkar, Tinu Anand		Kodi Rama Krishna	Special Appearance
Simhadri	2003	Jr. NTR, Bhoomika Chawla, Ankita		S.S. Rajamouli	Item Song
Tiger Harischandra Prasad	2003	Harikrishna	Wife of the hero	V. Samudra
Maa Alludu Very Good	2003	Rajendra Prasad, Allari Naresh, Mounika	Prabhavati	E.V.V. Satyanarayana
Panchatantram	2002	Kamal Hassan, Simran Bagga	Maragathavalli alias Maggy	K. S. Ravikumar
Nilambari	2002	Suman, Vinod Kumar	Malli	Surya
Kante Koothurne Kanu	2000	Dasari Narayana Rao, Jayasudha, Jayanthi
Kouravudu	2000	Nagendra Babu	Sashi	V. Jyoti Kumar
Manasu Paddanu Kaani	2000	Venu, K. Vishwanath	Madhavi	Veeru K.
Sammakka Sarakka	2000	Roja, Dasari Narayana Rao, Jayaprada		Dasari Narayana Rao
Vamsoddarakudu	2000	Balakrishna, Krishnam Raju, Radhika, Saakshi Sivanand	Satyabhama	Sarat
Aavide Shyamala	1999	Srikanth, Rajendra Prasad, Prakash Raj, Roja		Raja Vannem Reddy
Premaku Velayara	1999	J. D. Chakravarthy, Soundarya		S. V. Krishna Reddy
Iddaru Mitrulu	1999	Chiranjeevi, Saakshi Sivanand, Suresh		K. Raghavendra Rao
English Pellam - East Godavari Mogudu	1999	Srikanth		E.V.V. Satyanarayana
Maanavudu Daanavudu	1999	Krishna, Soundarya, Raksha		Krishna
Love Story 1999	1998	Prabhu Deva, Vadde Naveen		K. Raghavendra Rao
Chandralekha	1998	Nagarjuna, Isha Koppikar		Krishna Vamsi
Annamayya	1997	Nagarjuna, Mohan Babu		K. Raghavendra Rao
Aahwanam	1997	Srikanth		S.V. Krishna Reddy
Chinnabbai	1997	Venkatesh		K. Viswanath
Devudu	1997	Balakrishna		Raviraja Pinisetty
Vamsaniki Okkadu	1996	Balakrishna		Sarath
Adhirindhi Alludu	1996	Mohan Babu		E.V.V. Satyanarayana
Dharma Chakram	1996	Venkatesh, Prema		Suresh Krishna
Raja Simham	1995	Rajasekhar		K. Raghavendra Rao
Alluda Mazaaka	1995	Chiranjeevi, Rambha		E.V.V. Satyanarayana
Ayanaku Iddaru	1995	Jagapathi Babu		E.V.V. Satyanarayana
Super Mogudu	1995	Krishna
Ammoru	1995	Soundarya		Kodi Rama Krishna
Gharana Bullodu	1995	Nagarjuna		K. Raghavendra Rao
Criminal	1994	Nagarjuna, Manisha Koirala		Mahesh Bhatt
Hello Brother	1994	Nagarjuna, Soundarya		E.V.V.Satyanarayana
Mugguru Monagallu	1994	Chiranjeevi		K. Raghavendra Rao
Allari Premikudu	1994	Jagapathi Babu		K. Raghavendra Rao
Muddula Priyudu	1994	Venkatesh, Rambha		K. Raghavendra Rao
Allari Priyudu	1993	Raja Sekhar		K. Raghavendra Rao
Bangaru Bullodu	1993	Balakrishna, Raveena Tandon		Raviraja Pinisetty
Major Chandrakanth	1993	Mohan Babu		K. Raghavendra Rao
Allari Mogudu	1992	Mohan Babu, Meena		K. Raghavendra Rao
Brundavanam	1992	Rajendra Prasad		S. Sreenivasa Rao
Balarama Krishnulu	1992	Jagapathi Babu, Raja Sekhar		Raviraja Pinisetty
Sutradhaarulu	1990	Bhanu Chander, ANR, Sujatha		K. Viswanath
Alludugaru	1990	Mohan Babu, Sobhana		K. Raghavendra Rao
Sutradharulu	1990	ANR, Bhanuchandar		K. Viswanath
Bava Marudula Sawal	1988	Rajasekhar, Rajendra Prasad
Asthulu Anthasthulu	1988
Chakravarthy	1987	Chiranjeevi, Bhanupriya, Mohan Babu
Sankeerthana	1987	Nagarjuna
Madana Gopaludu
Chilakkotudu		Jagapathi Babu, Rajendra Prasad
Maha Devi		Kausalya, Charan Raj
Uyyala		Srikanth, Hasini
Varam		Jhansi
Eddaru Eddare		Nagarjuna		K. Raghavendra Rao
Pellala Rajyam		Krishna		Mouli
Soggadi Pellam		Mohan Babu

[edit] Tamil

• Arumugam .... Malini
• Kaakha Kaakha (2003) .... Bar Dancer in song.
• Kurumbu (2003) - Dance
• Julie Ganapathi (2003)
• Paarai (2003)
• Jaya (2002)
• Panchathantiram (2002) .... Maggi
• Baba (2002) - Guest Appearance
• Whistle (2002) - Dance
• Vaanchinathan (2001)
• Asathal (2001)
• Sri Raja Rajeswari (2001)
• Rhythm (2000) - Dance
• Budget Padbanaban (2000)
• Padayappa (1999) .... Nilambari
• Captain Prabhakaran (1991)
• Kaadhal Oyvathillai (1989)
• Per Sollum Pillai (1987)
• Padikkathavan (1985)
• Amman
• Kanavu Mei Pada Vendum
• Kutrapatthirikkai
• Muthal Vasantham
• Narashimma - Dance
• Pattali
• Raja Enga Raja
• Raja Kali Amman
• Sigaram
• Thambi Thanga Kambi
• Vaa Arugil Vaa
• Vanamay Ellai
• Vellai Manasu

[edit] Television

• Thangam (2009-present) ... Ganga
• Kalasam (2009)
• siddu..........(2009)

[edit] Malayalam

• Ore Kadal (2007) ... Bella
• Onnaman (2002)
• Kakkakuyil (2001) ... Cameo Appearance
• Mahatma (1996)
• Neram Pularumbol (1996)
• Aham (1992)
• Manyanmaar (1992)
• Aryan (1988)
• Orkkappurathu (1988)
• Anuragi (1988)
• Padikkathavan (1985)
• Kathanayika

[edit] Hindi

• Wajood (1998)
• Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (1998)
• Shapath (1997)
• Loha (1997)
• Chaahat (1996)
• Banarasi Babu (1996)
• Parampara (1993)
• Khal Nayak (1993)
• Dayavan (1988)

[edit] Kannada

• Baa Baaro Rasika (2004) [Sunil Rao, Asita]
• Raja Narasimha (2003)
• Yekangi (2002)
• Sneha (2000)
• Om Shakti (1999)
• Mangalyam Thanthu Nanena (1998)
• Gadibidi Ganda (1993)
• Krishna Rukmini (1988)
• Andhra Hendathi
• Raktha Kaneeru
• Yare Nee Abhimani

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Ramya Krishna at the Internet Movie Database