Rathna is an Indian actress who predominantly works in

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Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...

and

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

film industries.

Personal life

Rathna is the niece of actress

G. Varalakshmi Garikapati Varalakshmi (27 September 1926 – 26 November 2006) was an Indian actress, stage artist, singer, and director who worked in Telugu and Tamil films. Biography Varalakshmi was born in 1926 in Ongole, Andhra Pradesh, India. Her fath ...

Film career

Rathna made her debut in Tamil movie ''

Thozhilali ''Thozhilali'' () is a 1964 Indian Tamil-language film directed by M. A. Thirumugam and produced by Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar who also wrote the story. Inspired by Thevar's early life as a milk supplier before he became a wealthy film p ...

'' (1964) when she was 15 years old. She rose to fame in ''

Enga Veettu Pillai ''Enga Veettu Pillai'' () is a 1965 Indian Tamil-language masala film written by Sakthi T. K. Krishnasamy and directed by Chanakya. A remake of his own 1964 Telugu film ''Ramudu Bheemudu'', it stars M. G. Ramachandran and B. Saroja Devi, with S ...

'' (1965) where she acted as a village girl. A famous song ''Naan Maanthoppil'' from that movie remarks her notable role as the second lead heroine.

Filmography

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Tamil

* ''

Mahaveera Bheeman ''Mahaveera Bheeman'' is a 1962 Indian Tamil language film directed by S. A. Subburaman. The film stars T. K. Bagavathi, S. A. Ashokan and Jayashree. Plot Mahaveera Bheeman is a character in the Indian Epic Mahabharata written by Vedha Vyasa. ...

'' (1962) ... Uncredited Role * ''

Thirudathe ''Thirudathe'' () is a 1961 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by P. Neelakantan. A remake of the Hindi film '' Pocket Maar'' (1956), it stars M. G. Ramachandran, B. Saroja Devi and M. N. Nambiar. The film, produced by V. Arunachalam, ha ...

'' (1961) ... Uncredited Role * ''

'' (1964) ... Vijaya - Debut in Tamil * ''

'' (1965) ... Santha * '' Naam Moovar'' (1966) * '' Sabash Thambi'' (1967) ... Ratna * ''

Idhayakkani ''Idhayakkani'' () is a 1975 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film, starring M. G. Ramachandran in the lead role, with Pandari Bai, R. S. Manohar and Radha Saluja among others enacting supporting roles. The film was directed by A. Jaganna ...

'' (1975) ... Kamala * ''Panam Pathum Seyum'' (1975) * ''Thennangkeetru'' (1975)

Kannada

* '' Paropakari'' (1970) * ''

Bhoopathi Ranga ''Bhoopathi Ranga'' is a 1970 Indian Kannada language drama film written and directed by Geethapriya. It stars Rajkumar, Udaya Chandrika and Renuka. The film's story was written and produced by Bhaskar Movies. The future director H. R. Bharga ...

'' (1970) * ''

Yaava Janmada Maitri ''Yaava Janmada Maitri'' ( kn, ಯಾವ ಜನ್ಮದ ಮೈತ್ರಿ) is a 1972 Kannada language romantic drama film directed by Geethapriya and starring Gangadhar and Kalpana in the lead roles. The film is a direct screen adaptation o ...

'' (1972) * ''Thriveni'' (1972) * ''Subhadra Kalyana'' (1972) * ''Swamiji'' (1980)

Telugu

Gulebakavali Katha 1962 * ''

Sri Krishna Pandaveeyam ''Sri Krishna Pandaveeyam'' () is a 1966 Indian Telugu-language Hindu mythological film directed by N. T. Rama Rao who wrote the film with Samudrala Sr. It is produced by N. Trivikrama Rao under the NAT and Ramakrishna Cine Studios. The film sta ...

'' (1966) as

Hidimbi Hiḍimbī (Sanskrit: , IAST: ''Hiḍimbī''), or Hiḍimbā, is the rakshasi wife of the Pandava Bhima and the mother of Ghatotkacha in the ''Mahābhārata''. She meets Bhima in the 9th sub-parva (Hidimva-vadha Parva) of the Adi Parva. She ...

* ''

Monagallaku Monagadu ''Monagallaku Monagadu'' () is a 1966 Indian Telugu-language action thriller film directed by S. D. Lal and produced by Rama Sundaram. It is a remake of the Hindi film '' Ustadon Ke Ustad'' (1963) and its Tamil version ''Vallavanukku Vallavan'' ...

'' (1966) as Mala

References

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