Swetha popularly known as Rakshita is a South Indian film actress. She has acted in Kannada

Cinema of Karnataka

The cinema of Karnataka , sometimes colloquially referred to as Sandalwood and as Chandanavana in Kannada, encompasses movies made in the Indian state of Karnataka based in Bangalore. Most of the movies are made in Kannada, with a handful of them in Konkani or Tulu. Today more than 100 films are...

, Tamil

Kollywood

Kollywood is a word referring two different movie industries in India and Nepal, derived from the word Hollywood and their local movie centers.* Tamil cinema, the Tamil language film industry based on Kodambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu,...

 and Telugu language films. Rakshita made her acting debut in the 2002 Kannada-language film Appu, alongside Puneet Rajkumar, following which, she acted in many Kannada films.

Early life

Rakshita was brought up in Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

. Her father, B.C. Gowri Shankar, was a popular cinematographer in Kannada and her mother, Mamatha Rao, too acted in a few Kannada films.

Career

She started her career with a Kannada movie Appu with Puneeth Rajkumar. She also acted in the remake of the same movie in Telugu titled Idiot. Her Kannada film career as heroine got a twist when her movie Kalasipalya became a hit. With in a short period of time, Rakshita acted with major Telugu heroes such as Chiranjeevi

Chiranjeevi

Chiranjeevi is a Telugu film actor and a politician. He has appeared primarily in Telugu Cinema along with a few Tamil, Kannada and Hindi films. He made his acting debut in Punadhirallu . However, Pranam Khareedu released at the box office earlier...

, Nagarjuna

Nagarjuna

Nāgārjuna was an important Buddhist teacher and philosopher. Along with his disciple Āryadeva, he is credited with founding the Mādhyamaka school of Mahāyāna Buddhism...

, Mahesh Babu

Mahesh Babu

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, Jr NTR, Jagapathi Babu and Ravi Teja

Ravi Teja

Ravi Teja is an Indian Telugu film actor. He won the Nandi Award for Best Actor for the film Neninthe in 2008. He has participated in other films including Avunu Valliddaru Ista Paddaru, Idiot,Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi, Venky, Bhadra, Vikramarkudu, Krishna, Kick, and Mirapakaay...

. She also made a special appearance in a song in Lakshmi Narasimha

Lakshmi Narasimha

Lakshmi Narasimha is a Telugu film which stars Balakrishna, Asin Thottumkal, Prakash Raj, and K. Viswanath. Jayant Paranji directed this film. It is a remake of the 2003 Tamil hit, Saamy...

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After her marriage to the director Prem

Prem (Kiran)

Prem is one of the star directors in Kannada film industry. He is basicaly from Mandya. His name was Kiran, before entering the film industry.He had directed 5 films to date.*Kariya *Excuse Me...

, she cut down on her acting profession and began supporting him in film making. She has also turned into a producer for one of the most prestigious project Jogayya starring Shivarajkumar in the lead and directed by Prem

Prem (Kiran)

Prem is one of the star directors in Kannada film industry. He is basicaly from Mandya. His name was Kiran, before entering the film industry.He had directed 5 films to date.*Kariya *Excuse Me...

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Personal life

She likes reading books, listening to music and traveling. Her favourite authors are Agatha Christie and Sidney Sheldon. She is married to Kannada cinema director Prem

Prem (Kiran)

Prem is one of the star directors in Kannada film industry. He is basicaly from Mandya. His name was Kiran, before entering the film industry.He had directed 5 films to date.*Kariya *Excuse Me...

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As Producer

Title	Year	Language
Jogayya	2011	Kannada Kannada language Kannada or , is a language spoken in India predominantly in the state of Karnataka. Kannada, whose native speakers are called Kannadigas and number roughly 50 million, is one of the 30 most spoken languages in the world...

As Actor

Title	Year	Language	Role	Other notes
Appu	2002	Kannada Kannada language Kannada or , is a language spoken in India predominantly in the state of Karnataka. Kannada, whose native speakers are called Kannadigas and number roughly 50 million, is one of the 30 most spoken languages in the world...	Suchitra (Suchi)	Debut Movie
Idiot Idiot (film) Idiot is a Telugu film which released on 22 August 2002 and was directed by Puri Jagannadh. This film stars Ravi Teja and Rakshita. This film was a big hit in 2002 and was a remake of the superhit Kannada movie Appu starring Puneet Rajkumar and Rakshita.-Plot:Chanti is the son of a head constable...	2002	Telugu Telugu language Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...	Suchitra (Suchi)	Remake of Appu.
Dum	2003	Tamil Tamil language Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...	Suchitra (Suchi)	Remake of Appu.
Love		Kannada
Dum		Kannada		with Kichcha Sudeep
Pellam Oorelithe	2003	Telugu	Raji
Nijam Nijam Nijam is a Telugu film released in 2003, starring Mahesh Babu and Rakshitha in lead roles. Teja directed this film. Mahesh Babu and Rameshwari won the Nandi Awards in Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress categories respectively...	2003	Telugu
Shivamani	2003	Telugu	Pallavi
Gokarna	2003	Kannada
Lakshmi Narasimha Lakshmi Narasimha Lakshmi Narasimha is a Telugu film which stars Balakrishna, Asin Thottumkal, Prakash Raj, and K. Viswanath. Jayant Paranji directed this film. It is a remake of the 2003 Tamil hit, Saamy...	2004	Telugu		Special Appearance
Andhrawala Andhrawala Andhrawala is a 2004 Telugu film written and directed by Puri Jagannadh and has Jr NTR playing the main role. Rakshitha, Sayaji Shinde, and Rahul Dev play important roles. Music was composed by Chakri while cinematography was handled by Shyam K. Naidu. The film has been dubbed in Tamil as Velaa.-...	2004	Telugu
Madhurey Madhurey Madhurey is a Tamil film which released on 29 August 2004 and was directed by Ramana Madhesh. This film stars Joseph Vijay in the lead role. Sonia Agarwal, Rakshitha and Tejashree are also in the cast.-Story:...	2004	Tamil
Kalasipalya		Kannada
Suntaragali		Kannada
Deadly Soma		Kannada
Andarivaadu Andarivaadu Andarivaadu is a 2005 Tollywood comedy film directed by Srinu Vytla. The film stars Chiranjeevi, Rimi Sen, Tabu and Prakash Raj. This movie was a disaster. Till date it was the only unanimous critically panned film in Srinu's career...	2005	Telugu	Cheetila Chinni / Janki
Jagapathi	2005	Telugu
Adirindayya Chandram	2005	Telugu
Mandya		Kannada
Odahuttidavalu		Kannada
Hubballi		Kannada		with Kichcha Sudeep
Thayi Madilu		Kannada
Thananam Thananam		Kannada
Ayya	2005	Kannada