Rakshita

For other people with the same name, see Rakshita (name).

Shweta, known by her stage name Rakshita, is an Indian television personality, film producer and former actress known for her work in Kannada films, addition to a few Telugu and Tamil films.

Rakshita
Born	Shweta Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Occupations	Television personality film producer actress
Years active	2002-2022
Spouse	Prem ​ (m. 2007)​
Children	1
Parents	B. C. Gowrishankar Mamatha Rao

Early life

Rakshita was brought up in Bangalore. Her father B. C. Gowrishankar was a cinematographer and mother Mamatha Rao, an actress, both of whom worked in Kannada films. Rakshita underwent an acting course under Krishnamurthy Kavathar's tutelage for about 15 days before entering films. Pursuing a bachelor's degree in computer applications (BCA) from Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College in Bangalore at the time, she discontinued during the first year before enrolling in a correspondence course for a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2001. During this time, she was signed to play the lead opposite Puneeth Rajkumar in Appu (2002) by producer Parvathamma Rajkumar who gave her the name Rakshita.^[1]

Career

Actor

Rakshita started her career with the Kannada movie Appu with Puneeth Rajkumar. She also acted in remakes of the same movie in Telugu titled Idiot and in Tamil titled Dum alongside Silambarasan. She became a top Kannada heroine when Kalasipalya became a big hit. Apart from Puneeth Rajkumar, she formed a successful pair with all the top Kannada heroes of the time - Upendra, Sudeep, Darshan and Aditya. She has also acted with big time heroes such as Chiranjeevi, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Mahesh Babu, Jr NTR, Jagapathi Babu, Vishnuvardhan, V. Ravichandran, Shivarajkumar, Vijay, Ravi Teja, and Silambarasan

After her marriage to director Prem, she cut down on her acting assignments and took over film-making. She turned producer for the prestigious Jogayya directed by Prem, starring Shivarajkumar in the lead (100th movie).

Politics

Rakshita announced that she had joined the Badavara Shramikara Raitara (BSR) Congress in March 2012, after politician B. Sriramulu announced of founding it, which eventually happened in 2013.^[2] She served as the President of the women's wing of the BSR Congress till April 2013, when she quit the party citing differences with the party members over contesting elections from a constituency of her choice at the Karnataka Legislative Assembly election. In the same month, she joined the Janata Dal (Secular).^[3] She again had differences with the party over its ignoring her plea for a ticket to contest from Mandya at the 2014 general election, and quit in March 2014, joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).^[4] Following this, she became subject to media and public ridicule, and was called a "party-hopper", having changed 3 political parties in two years.^[5]

Personal life

She is married to film director Prem since 2007.^[6]

Filmography

As producer

Year	Title	Language	Notes
2011	Jogayya	Kannada
2014	DK	Kannada
2022	Ek Love Ya	Kannada	[7][8]

As actress

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes	Ref.
2002	Appu	Suchitra	Kannada
	Idiot	Suchitra	Telugu
	Dhumm	Preethi	Kannada
2003	Dum	Suchitra	Tamil
	Pellam Oorelithe	Raji	Telugu
	Nijam	Janaki
	Sivamani	Pallavi
	Gokarna	Pooja	Kannada
	Vijayasimha	Baby			[citation needed]
2004	Love	Ganga
	Lakshmi Narasimha	Dancer	Telugu	Special appearance
	Andhrawala	Rakshita
	Madhurey	Anitha	Tamil
	Avale Nanna Gelathi	Amrutha	Kannada		[citation needed]
	Kalasipalya	Priya
2005	Yashwanth	Chitra			[9]
	Ayya	Suchitra
	Kashi From Village	Parvathi
	Andarivaadu	Cheetila Chinni / Janki	Telugu
	Jagapathi	Lavanya
	Deadly Soma	Jyothi	Kannada
2006	Suntaragaali	Manjula
	Neenello Naanalle	Siri
	Mandya	Parvathi
	Odahuttidavalu	Gowri
	Hubli	Priya
	Tananam Tananam	Vanaja
2007	Ee Rajeev Gandhi Alla	Shravya
	Thayiya Madilu	Deepa			[10][11]
2022	Ek Love Ya	Herself		Special Appearance	[12][13]

Television

• 2010 – Swayamvara – Host (Suvarna TV Kannada)
• 2014 – Thaka Dhimi Tha Dancing star – Judge (ETV Kannada)
• 2015 – Putani Pantru Season 2 – Judge (Suvarna TV Kannada)
• 2017 – Comedy Khiladigalu – Judge (Zee Kannada)
• 2017 – Dance Karnataka Dance- Family War - Judge (Zee Kannada)
• 2018 – Comedy Khiladigalu Season 2 - Judge (Zee Kannada)
• 2018 – Dance Karnataka Dance Little Masters - Judge (Zee Kannada)
• 2018 – Comedy Khiladigalu Championship - Judge (Zee Kannada)
• 2019 - Dance Karnataka Dance - Family War (Season 2) - Judge (Zee Kannada)
• 2019 - Comedy Khiladigalu Season 3 - Judge (Zee Kannada)
• 2020 - Comedy Khiladigalu Championship Season 2 - Judge (Zee Kannada)
• 2021 - Dance Karnataka Dance Season 5 - Judge (Zee Kannada)
• 2022 - Dance Karnataka Dance Season 6 - Judge (Zee Kannada)
• 2022 - Comedy Khiladigalu Season 4 - Judge (Zee Kannada)

As dubbing artist

• Amy Jackson (The Villain)

References

1. Srinivasa, Srikanth (5 May 2002). "Like mother, like daughter". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 23 October 2002. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
2. "Kannada Star Rakshita Set to Join Sriramulu's Party". Daijiworld. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
3. "Rakshita now joins Janata Dal (S)". The Hindu. 16 April 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
4. "Rakshita joins BJP". The Hindu. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
5. "Rakshitha termed to be a party hopper!". Sify.com. 22 March 2014. Archived from the original on 18 October 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
6. "Prem, Rakshita to tie the knot on March 9". The Hindu. 14 February 2007. Archived from the original on 18 February 2007.
7. "Rakshitha returns to acting with 'Ek Love Ya'". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
8. "Director Prem grabs attention with catchy title for next". The New Indian Express. 1 April 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
9. "'Yashawanth' film review - a film starring Murali and Rakshita".
10. "Rakshitha begins shoot for TV show". The Times of India. 5 January 2014.
11. "Rakshitha to make a special appearance in Prem's Ek Love Ya". Cinema Express. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
12. "Rakshitha returns to acting with 'Ek Love Ya'". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
13. "Director Prem grabs attention with catchy title for next". The New Indian Express. 1 April 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.

External links

• Rakshita at IMDb
• Rakshita at Instagram