Rachitha Mahalakshmi

Rachitha Mahalakshmi (Saravanan Meenakshi) is a South Indian actress who predominantly works in Tamil along with some Telugu and Kannada television and films. She is best known for her role as Jyoti in Pirivom Sandhippom, but gained critical acclaim as Meenatchi in the popular Tamil series Saravanan Meenatchi.^[1][2] She was also a contestant on the reality show Bigg Boss Tamil – Season 6 and was later evicted from the show on day 91.

Rachitha Mahalakshmi
Born	(1991-04-24) 24 April 1991 (age 34) Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actress - Founder & CEO of RM Creations (Movie Production Company)
Years active	2007–present

Early life and career

Rachitha was born in Bangalore.^[3] Rachitha is fluent in Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, and English. Rachitha made her debut in Mega Mandala, which was telecasted in Star Suvarna.^[4] Rachitha became popular and successful after playing the lead role of Meenatchi, in Saravanan Meenatchi, which was aired in Star Vijay. Since then, she is also recognized as Meenatchi.^[5][6][7]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Channel	Language	Notes
2007-2009	Megha Mandala	-	Asianet Kannada	Kannada	Television Debut[4]
2010	Suryakanthi		Zee Kannada
2011-2012	Pirivom Santhippom	Jyothi	Vijay TV	Tamil	[8]
2013-2014	Ilavarasi	Maha Lakshmi IPS (Maha)	Sun TV
2013	Masala Kudumbam	Anjali	Zee Tamil	Tamil
2013	Avakashikal	Ganga	Surya TV	Malayalam	[9]
2013-2016	Saravanan Meenatchi season 2	Thanga Meenatchi	Vijay TV	Tamil	[2]
2013-2016	Swathi Chinukulu	Neela	ETV Telugu	Telugu	[10]
2016	Mr & Mrs Khiladis Season 1	Herself / Contestant	Zee Tamil	Tamil	With Dinesh Gopalsamy[citation needed]
2016—2018	Saravanan Meenatchi season 3	Meenakshi & Vedha Valli	Star Vijay		[11]
2016—2017	Geethanjali	Priya	Star Suvarna	Kannada
2017	Junior Senior	Judge	Zee Tamil	Tamil	[12]
2019	Junior Super Star (Season 3)				[13]
2019-2020	Nachiyarpuram	Jyothi			[14]
2020	Zee Tamil House Party	Herself			Lockdown Programme Through Virtual Meet
	Chitti Talli	Shakuntala	Star Maa	Telugu
2020-2021	Naam Iruvar Namakku Iruvar Season 2	Maha Lakshmi Mayan (Maha)	Star Vijay	Tamil	[15]
2021	Start Music Season 2	Herself / Participant			Naam Iruvar Namakku Iruvar Special
2021—2022	Amman seasons 1 & 2	Amman	Colors Tamil		Episodic Appearance[16]
2021	Sembaruthi	Goddess Bhuvaneshvari	Zee Tamil		Special Appearance
2022	Idhu Solla Marandha Kadhai	Sadhana	Colors Tamil		[17]
	Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal	Adv. Jansi Rani	Zee Tamil		Special Appearance
	Sathya Season 2	Herself			Climax episode
2022-2023	Bigg Boss Tamil – Season 6	Contestant	Star Vijay		Evicted Day 91[18]
2023	Bigg Boss Kondattam	Herself
	Oo Solriya Oo Oohm Solriya	Herself & Participant			Final Episode
	Tamizha Tamizha Season 3	Herself	Zee Tamil		Guest appearance
2024	Bombaatbhojana Season 4	Herself	Star Suvarna	Kannada	Guest appearance

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
2010	Gani	Shreya	Kannada	[19]
2012	Parijatha	Nandhini	Kannada	[19]
2015	Uppu Karuvadu	Uma	Tamil	[20]
2024	Ranganayaka	Varalakshmi	Kannada	[21]
2025	Xtreme	R. Shruthi	Tamil	[22]
	Thalli Manasu	Jyothi	Telugu	[23]
	Fire	Meenakshi	Tamil	[24]
	Eddelu Manjunatha 2	TBA	Kannada	[25]
TBA	Mei Nigare	TBA	Tamil	[26]
TBA	U R Next	TBA	Tamil	[27]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Language	Network	Notes	Ref.
2023	Love You Abhi	Prema	Kannada	JioCinema	Special Appearance	[28]