Vimala Raman

Vimala Raman is an Australian actress and former model who has worked in Indian cinema. She appears in Malayalam, Telugu and Tamil language films. Born and brought up in Australia, she made her debut in 2006 with the Tamil film Poi. An established Bharatanatyam dancer and a graduate in B.Sc Information Systems from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Raman had also won the title of Miss India Australia in 2004^[1]

Vimala Raman
Raman at a press conference in 2013
Born	Sydney, Australia
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2006–present

Career

Raman made her acting debut in 2006 with Poi, an Australian film directed by Kailasam Balachander. Her first Malayalam film was Time with Suresh Gopi. She paired with Ajmal Ameer in Pranayakalam in 2007 and with Jayaram in Sooryan. In the same year, she also appeared with Mammooty in Nasrani and with Dileep in Romeoo. She appeared in College Kumaran with Mohanlal and in Calcutta News with Dileep in 2008. Vimala Raman attended the Natanalaya Dance Academy based in Sydney, Australia. She studied dance under the tutelage of Jayalakshmi Kandiah. Her mother tongue is Tamil.

In February 2016, she acted in the Malayalam film Oppam, along with actor Mohanlal.^[2]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
2006	Poi	Shilpa	Tamil	Debut film
2007	Time	Vaiga Menon	Malayalam
	Pranayakalam	Maria Varghese
	Sooryan	Maya
	Nasrani	Sarah Eapen
	Romeo	Dr. Priya
2008	Calcutta News	Smitha
	College Kumaran	Madhavi Menon
	Apoorva	Lakshmi Devi
	Raman Thediya Seethai	Ranjitha	Tamil
2009	Evaraina Epudaina	Madhumitha	Telugu	[3]
2010	Aptharakshaka	Nagavalli	Kannada
	Gaayam 2	Vidya	Telugu
	Ranga The Donga	Mangamma
2011	Raaj	Priya
	Chattam	Sindhu
	Dam 999	Meera	English	Dubbed in Malayalam
2012	Kulumanali	Pravallika	Telugu
	Nuvva Nena	Herself		Special appearance in the song "Tha Tha Thamara"
2013	Mumbai Mirror	Jia	Hindi
	Chukkalanti Ammayi Chakkanaina Abbayi	Sameera	Telugu
	Amazon Turning Point	Madonna	Malayalam
2015	Raja Rajendra	Yamuna	Kannada	Extended Cameo appearance
2016	Poyi Maranju Parayathe	Swayamprabha	Malayalam
	Oppam	Devayani		[4]
2017	Om Namo Venkatesaya	Shridevi Padmavathi	Telugu	[5]
2019	Iruttu	Jinn Shaika	Tamil
2022	Grandma	Priyanka
2023	Asvins	Arthi
	Rudrangi	Meera Bhai	Telugu
	Gandeevadhari Arjuna	Dr. Priya Bahadur
2024	Anthima Theerpu	Surya Devara Rathna Prabha

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
2021	PubGoa	Aadhira	ZEE5	[6]

References

1. "Vimala Raman crowned Miss India Australia". The Tribune. 28 October 2004. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
2. "Vimala Raman as Mohanlal's heroine". The Times of India. 5 February 2016. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
3. "'Evaraina Epudaina' fame Vimala Raman looks stunning on Instagram and we have proof". The Times of India. 23 January 2019. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
4. "Vimala Raman as Mohanlal's heroine". The Times of India. 24 January 2017. Archived from the original on 7 August 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
5. "Forgotten Actress' Surfaces in Hot Avatar". 22 July 2020. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
6. "PubGoa on Zee5: Forgotten Actress Hopes for A Career in OTT". 21 November 2020. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.

External links

• Vimala Raman at IMDb
• Vimala Raman on Twitter