Rama Rajamouli is an Indian

costume designer A costume designer is a person who designs costumes for a film, stage production or television show. The role of the costume designer is to create the characters' outfits or costumes and balance the scenes with texture and colour, etc. The costume ...

and film stylist who primarily works in

Telugu cinema Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Telugu language, widely spoken in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Telugu cinema is based in Film Nagar, ...

. Rama made her debut with the 2004 film '' Sye''. She is known for her work in the films ''

Magadheera ''Magadheera'' () is a 2009 Indian Telugu-language fantasy action film directed by S. S. Rajamouli and produced by Allu Aravind's Geetha Arts, on a story by V. Vijayendra Prasad. The film stars Ram Charan, Srihari, Kajal Aggarwal and Dev Gil ...

'' (2009), ''

Eega ''Eega'' () is a 2012 Indian Telugu-language fantasy action film written and directed by S. S. Rajamouli. The film was produced by Sai Korrapati Vaaraahi Chalana Chitram with an estimated budget of 30–40 crore ( US$6–7 million). It was ...

'' (2012), '' Baahubali: The Beginning'' (2015), '' Baahubali 2: The Conclusion'' (2017), and ''

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'' (2022). She is the wife of filmmaker

S. S. Rajamouli Koduri Srisaila Sri Rajamouli ( ; born 10 October 1973) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who primarily works in Telugu cinema. He is the highest paid director in India, and is known for his action, fantasy, and epic genre films. T ...

. She is a three-time

Nandi Award The Nandi Awards are the awards that recognise the excellence in Telugu cinema, Telugu theatre and Telugu television, and Lifetime achievements in Indian cinema. Presented annually by the Government of Andhra Pradesh, the award is named after ...

winner for Best Costume Designer. She was nominated along with Prashanti Tipirneni for Best Costume Design at the 42nd Saturn Awards and at the

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for ''Baahubali 1'' and ''Baahubali 2'' respectively.

Personal life

Rama married filmmaker

in 2001, after the divorce of her previous marriage. Rajamouli calls her Chinni. Rajamouli adopted Karthikeya, Rama's son from her previous marriage. The couple also has an adopted daughter Mayookha. Karthikeya is married to Pooja Prasad, niece of actor

Jagapathi Babu Veeramachaneni Jagapathi Rao Chowdary (born 12 February 1962), professionally known as Jagapathi Babu (), is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has also appeared in a few Tamil, , Kannada and Malayalam films. ...

. Filmmaker

Gunnam Gangaraju Gunnam Gangaraju is an Indian producer, screenwriter, and director known for his works in Telugu cinema and Telugu television. He is best known as the creator and co-producer of the TV sitcom ''Amrutham'' (2001–2007), widely considered to be ...

is her cousin.

Career

Initially Rama entered the industry in 2001 as an actor by doing various small roles in the TV sitcom '' Amrutham,'' created and produced by her cousin Gangaraju Gunnam. After marrying S. S. Rajamouli, she started her career as a costume designer with the film '' Student No. 1'' (2001). Rama regularly works in her husband films as a costume designer and stylist. In an interview to ''TV9'', Rama said that Amar Chitra Katha is her inspiration for costume designing in ''Baahubali''. For the film ''

,'' Rama worked as an additional dialogue writer.

Filmography

As a costume designer and stylist

As actress

Awards and nominations

References

Indian costume designers Living people Artists from Andhra Pradesh Film people from Andhra Pradesh Nandi Award winners Actresses in Telugu television Telugu actresses Indian television actresses 1968 births {{India-film-bio-stub