Indraja

For other uses, see Indraja (disambiguation).

Rajathi, better known by her stage name Indraja, is an Indian actress who works in Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil films, in addition to television shows.^[2]

Indraja
Indraja in 2020
Born	Rajathi[1] Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupations	Actress model
Years active	1994 – 2007 2014 – present
Spouse	Mohammed Absar
Children	1

Early life

Indraja was born as Rajathi in a Telugu Brahmin family in Chennai.^[3][4][5] She is the eldest of three sisters and comes from a Carnatic music family.^[6] During school days, she won prizes in singing and drama competitions. A trained classical singer and dancer, she learned Kuchipudi dance form Madhavapeddi Murthy.^[2] She was preparing to be a journalist.^[7]

Career

Indraja was cast as a child actress in Rajinikanth-starrer Uzhaippali movie. With Jantar Mantar, her first movie as a grown-up, she adopted the name of her character in that movie, 'Indraja' as her stage name. Later, S. V. Krishna Reddy's Yamaleela catapulted her to instant stardom. The film ran for over a year.^[2] She acted in Thadayam and Rajavin Parvaiyile but she was not able to make much headway in Tamil movies, as both movies failed to make an impact at the box office.^[2]

She played the female lead roles in a number of successful Malayalam films, such as the 1999 action drama Ustaad alongside Mohanlal, crime thriller F.I.R alongside Suresh Gopi, 2002 comedy-drama Chronic Bachelor alongside Mammootty, 2004 comedy drama Mayilattam opposite Jayaram, and 2005 action drama Ben Johnson alongside Kalabhavan Mani are some of her most notable Malayalam films. After a hiatus post her marriage, she has returned to movies with some notable roles in several Telugu movies.

Personal life

Indraja is married to actor and businessman Mohammed Absar who has acted in many television serials. The couple has a daughter named Sara.^[8]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
1993	Uzhaippali	Young Sri Vidya	Tamil
	Purusha Lakshanam	Film actress
1994	Hello Brother	Herself	Telugu	Special appearance in the song "Kannepetta Ro"
	Jantar Mantar	Indraja
	Yamaleela	Lily
	Amaidhi Padai	Thayamma's friend	Tamil
1995	Sogasu Chooda Tharamaa	Neelu (Neelima Devi)	Telugu	Nominated-Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu
	Amma Donga	Mohana / Kalyani
	Rajavin Parvaiyile	Gowri	Tamil
	Balaraju Bangaru Pellam	Nagamani	Telugu
	Aasthi Mooredu Asha Baaredu	Dancer
	Vaddu Bava Thappu	Priya
	Server Sundaramgari Abbayi	Heroine
	Errodu	Seetalu
	Love Game	Indu
	Subhamasthu	Saroja
	Bhartha Simham	Special appearance
	Vajram
	Miss 420
1996	Mummy Mee Aayanochadu	Sharada
	Sampradhayam	Geetha
	Pittala Dora	Nikki
	Once More	Kalyani
	Nalla Poosalu	Revathi
	Jagadeka Veerudu	Labbu
	Bobbili Bolludu	Rathani
1997	Thadayam	Devi	Tamil
	Oka Chinna Maata	Geeta	Telugu
	Jai Bajarangabhali	Ramya
	Chilakkottudu	Indraja
	Peddannayya	Sravani
	Chinnabbayi	Lalitha		Cameo appearance
	Illalu
1998	Velai	Charulatha	Tamil
	Kalavari Chellelu Kanaka Maha Lakshmi	Vijaya	Telugu
	O Panaipothundi Babu
	Gadibidi Krishna	Seeta	Kannada
1999	Surya Puthrika	Gayathri	Telugu
	The Godman	Mumthas	Malayalam
	Ustaad	Kshama
	Independence	Sindu
	F.I.R	Laila
	Pichodi Chetilo Raayi	Indu	Telugu
	Chinni Chinni Aasa	Aasa
	Coolie Raja	Suma	Kannada
	The Killer	Sita
	Unnaruge Naan Irundhal	Dancer	Tamil
	Prathyartha		Kannada
	Avale Nanna Hudugi
	Telangana		Telugu
2000	Sammakka Sarakka	Guest role
	Sundara Purusha	Heroine Irvasi	Kannada
	Khadga	Gayathri
	Sradha	Sudha	Malayalam
	Mundaithe Oora Habba		Kannada
2001	Unnathangalil	Helen	Malayalam
2002	Krishna Gopalakrishna	Bhama
2003	Cheri	Arundhati
2003	Achante Kochumol	Daisy
	Chronic Bachelor	Bhavani Rajasekharan
	War and Love	Capt. Hema Varma
	Relax	Chitra
2004	Thalamelam	Ammukutty
	Agninakshathram	Ammu
	Engal Anna	Bhavani	Tamil
	Mayilattam	Meenakshi	Malayalam
2005	Lokanathan IAS
	Ben Johnson	Gouri
2006	Highway Police	Ranjini
	Narakasuran	Neena Viswanathan
2007	Indrajith	Shahina
2014	Dikkulu Choodaku Ramayya	Bhavani	Telugu
2015	Budugu	Dr. Geetha Reddy
	Lion	CBI Deputy Chief Indrani
2017	Sathamanam Bhavati	Jhansi
	Samanthakamani	Bhanumati
2018	Agnyaathavaasi	Krishnaveni Bhargav
	Happy Wedding	Neeraja
2019	Akkadokkannadu	Mamatha
	Software Sudheer	Chandu's mother
2021	Alludu Adhurs	Sreenu's mother
	Stand Up Rahul	Rahul's mother
2022	Anantham	Maragatham	Tamil
	Macherla Niyojakavargam	Siddhu's mother	Telugu
	12C	Asha Pai	Malayalam
	Breaking News		Tamil
	It's My Life		Telugu
2023	Ugram	Dr. Manasa
2024	Razakar	Chakali Ailamma
	Prathinidhi 2
	Maruthi Nagar Subramanyam	Kala Rani
2025	Katha Kamamishu	Kalpana
	Thala

Television

Title	Network	Language	Notes
Sundarakanda	Gemini TV	Telugu	Pavithra
Paasam	Sun TV	Tamil	Janaki
Aan Paavam
Bhairavi Aavigalukku Priyamanaval			Special appearance
Valli			Madhumitha Subbu
Premanuragam - Naana		Telugu
Get Ready	ETV
Wow 2
Cash
Jabardasth			Judge from 1 April 2021 – 20 May 2021
Sridevi Drama Company
Thaggedele
Alitho Sardaga
Pellam Vaddu Party Muddu		Telugu
JB Junction		Malayalam	Kairali TV
Comedy Super Nite	Flowers
Thaka Dhimi Thaka Janu	Jaya TV	Tamil
Musical wife grand finale	Flowers	Malayalam
Star Magic 2024	Flowers TV

References

1. "Indraja". Sify. Archived from the original on 23 June 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
2. "Indraja". Sify. Archived from the original on 23 June 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
3. "I Am A Telugu Brahmin .. He Is A Muslim .. It Does Not Hinder Marriage: Heroine Indraja Love Story". 22 April 2021. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
4. Indraja, Prema (16 December 2016). Actress Indraja Exclusive Interview. iDream Telugu Movies. Event occurs at 8m20s. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
5. "నేను తెలుగు బ్రాహ్మణ్.. ఆయన ముస్లిం..పెళ్లికి అది అడ్డుకాదు: హీరోయిన్ ఇంద్రజ లవ్ స్టోరీ". Samayam Telugu (in Telugu). Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
6. "Indraja reveals how she got married despite objection from parents". OnManorama. Archived from the original on 10 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
7. "Director's dream". Rediff. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
8. "My Marriage isn't a Secret: Senior Heroine". AP Today. 7 September 2014. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014.

External links

• Indraja at IMDb