Rathi is an India

India

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n film actress, who appears mostly in Tamil cinema

Tamil cinema

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 and Telugu cinema

Telugu cinema

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. She made her feature film debut in Suki S. Murthy's 2002 Tamil film Gummalam. Later, she went on to do critically acclaimed performances in Solla Marandha Kadhai (2002).

Early life

Rathi was born in Bangalore

Bangalore

Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...

, Karnataka

Karnataka

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 to Tamil people

Tamil people

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 Arumugam and Bharani. She has two siblings, one elder sister and one younger brother. She was a student of dentistry at the Mathrushri Ramabai Ambedkar Dental College and Hospital in Bangalore. She is a trained classical dancer and had her Arangetram

Arangetram

Arangetram , also Arangettam in Malayalam, is the debut on-stage performance of a Bharatanatyam student, after undertaking years of training.Bharatanatyam is an ancient Indian dance form originating in Tamilakam....

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Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2002	Gummalam	Anu	Tamil Tamil language Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...
	Solla Marandha Kadhai	Parvathi Chokkalingam	Tamil
	Enge Enathu Kavithai	Kavitha	Tamil
2003	Pallavan	Meena	Tamil
	Anbe Un Vasam	Rathi	Tamil
	Knock Knock, I'm Looking to Marry!	Nithya	English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
2004	Pallakilo Pellikuthuru	Rani	Telugu Telugu language Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...
	Adithadi Adi Thadi Adidhadi is a South Indian Tamil film released in 2004. It starred Sathyaraj, Abbas, Napolean and Rathi in the lead roles. It was directed by Shivraj It was later remade as Political Rowdy in 2005 with Mohan Babu, Charmee Kaur and Prakash Raj enacting the roles of Sathyaraj, Rathi and Napolean...	Priya	Tamil
	Singara Chennai	Bhuvana	Tamil
	Kerala House Udan Vilpanakku Kerala House Udan Vilpanakku Kerala House Udan Vilpanakku is a 2004 Malayalam comedy drama film directed by Thaha and starring Jayasurya, Girly, Harisree Asokan, Cochin Hanifa and Narendra Prasad. The film deals with the problems faced by the protagonist in selling his property which is located in Kerala-Tamil Nadu border in...	Sundari	Malayalam Malayalam language Malayalam , is one of the four major Dravidian languages of southern India. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India with official language status in the state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry. It is spoken by 35.9 million people...
2005	Allari Bullodu Allari Bullodu Allari Bullodu is a 2005 medium-budget Telugu movie. The movie stars Nitin and Trisha and Raathi. The film is directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. The score and soundtrack was composed by M.M. Kerravani and was released in September 2005 and had bombed at box office. The Hindi Dubbed version of this...	Usha	Telugu
	Ayodhya		Telugu
	Moguds Pellams	Padmavathi	Telugu
	Sankranthi Sankranthi (film) Sankranthi is a Telugu film directed by Muppalaneni Siva. The film stars Venkatesh, Sneha, Srikanth, Siva Balaji, Prakash Raj, Sharwanand, Arti Agarwal and Venu Madhav. The film was appreciated by family audience. It is a remake of the Tamil film Aanandham, directed by N...		Telugu
2006	Prema Sangamam		Telugu
	Kodambakkam		Tamil	As Voice Artist
2010	Bangara (Serial Serial (radio and television) Serials are series of television programs and radio programs that rely on a continuing plot that unfolds in a sequential episode by episode fashion. Serials typically follow main story arcs that span entire television seasons or even the full run of the series, which distinguishes them from... )		Kannada Kannada language Kannada or , is a language spoken in India predominantly in the state of Karnataka. Kannada, whose native speakers are called Kannadigas and number roughly 50 million, is one of the 30 most spoken languages in the world...

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