Easwari Rao

Easwari Rao is a South Indian actress who works in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada cinema. She played lead roles from 1990 to 1999. She started to play supporting and character roles from 2000 onwards.

Career Eswari Rao's debut movie was Intinta Deepavali (1990) in Telugu. She debuted in Tamil in Kavithai Paadum Alaigal credited as Janani. Though the songs were popular, the movie was a failure at box office. She was first noticed in a character role in Tamil actor Vijay's debut film Naalaiya Theerpu in 1992. She appeared in the 1995 film Rambantu, which was directed by Bapu.

She got her first major break in Raman Abdullah (1997), directed by Balu Mahendra, where she was credited as Easwari Rao. She notably opted out of a project titled Koottaali as she felt the role was too glamorous. She went on to appear in Manoj Kumar's film Guru Paarvai (1998). Easwari also had a role in Bharathiraja's Siragugal Murivadhilai, although the film was shelved after pre-production. She has played sister roles in films such as Appu (2000), Naaga (2003) and Sullan (2004).

Her popular serial Kokila Enge Pogiraal was made for Sun TV. She acted in number of TV shows like Kasthuri, Aval Appadithan, Ninne Pelladutha and Agni Saatchi and a couple of more serials that shot her into households fame. She won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Character Artiste (Female) for the film Virumbugiren released in 2002. However, her next film wasn't until the Telugu film Legend (2014). She then was in Andhra Pori (2015), Brahmotsavam (2016) and Ism (2016). Her films A Aa (2016) and the Nenu Local (2017) became big hits. She acted in Telegu films with Naga Chaitanya in Love Story (2021), Thank You (2022) and Dhootha (2023).

In 2024, Eswari Rao portrays the rural, doting mom in the Tamil drama film Aalakaalam.

Personal life Eswari Rao is married to director and actor L. Raja. The couple have two children.

2025 Hari Hara Veera Mallu Kousalya Telugu 2026 Lenin Jayanthi "Jayanthamma" Telugu

Television Kokila Enge Pogiraal (Sun TV) Oka Stree Katha (AVM Productions) (2000) Peyarai Solla Vaa (Sun TV/Vikatan Televistas) Udhayam (Sun TV) Radaan Mediaworks Kasthuri (Sun TV) Aval Appadithan (Jaya TV) Ninne Pelladutha (Gemini TV) Vennalamma (Gemini TV) Agni Saatchi (Vijay TV) Vazhnthu Kaatukiren (AVM Productions) (Sun TV) Maya (Jaya TV) Aaha (Vijay TV) Kantham Kathalu (Dooradarshan - Telugu)

Awards and nominations AwardCategoryFilmResultRef. Tamil Nadu State Film Awards Best Female Character Artiste Virumbugiren Behindwoods Gold Medal Best Supporting Actress Kaala Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards 8th South Indian International Movie Awards