Maheswari

Maheswari
Maheswari
Born	26 August 1977 (age 46); Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Other names	Mahe, Mahi, Maggi
Occupation	Actress; Fashion designer
Years active	1994-2000 (films) ; 2010-2014 (television)
Spouse(s)	Jayakrishna (m. 2008)
Relatives	Sri Devi (aunt); Avishek Karthik (brother)

Maheswari is an Indian former actress, who appeared predominantly in Telugu and Tamil language films. She was one of the leading actresses in Telugu and Tamil films from 1994 to 2000. She appeared alongside major South Indian stars like Jagapati Babu, J. D. Chakravarthy, Ravi Teja, Ajith Kumar, Vikram, Prabhu, Arjun Sarja, Prabhu Deva, and Shiva Rajkumar. She is best known for her performances in Pelli (1997), Gulabi (1995), Karuththamma (1994), and Ullaasam (1997).^{[citation needed]}

Early life[edit]

Maheswari was born into a Telugu speaking family to Mohan Reddy and Suryakala. She has a brother Avishek Karthik who is also an actor. Late veteran actress Sridevi was her maternal aunt.

Personal life[edit]

Maheshwari married an engineer named Jayakrishna in 2008. Their marriage was an arranged one. Her husband is a Telugu man originally from Guntur, and is based in Hyderabad. He is the owner and the managing director of a payment software company in Hyderabad.

Career[edit]

Maheswari started her film career at the age of 17 in year 1994 through the Tamil film, Karuththamma directed by Bharathiraja and the movie was successful at box office and the song 'Thenmerku Paruva Kaatru' made her famous among Tamil audience. She became popular in Telugu with her second Telugu film named Gulabi in 1995. She played the lead role of Pooja opposite with actor J. D. Chakravarthy. After that she got many offers in movies. Maheswari's first Kannada film was the 1995, Annavra Makkalu. She did her first horror film, Deyyam in 1996 under the production and direction of Ram Gopal Varma. She acted as Mahi, the sister of Sindhu who bought a new estranged house near the graveyard. In this film, she was partnered again with actor, J. D. Chakravarthy and also in 1996 Telugu crime film, Mrugam. In 1997, she starred in Kodi Ramakrishna film, Pelli (film) along with Vadde Naveen. She also did the Telugu films, Priyaragalu, Jabilamma Pelli and Nesam. She was also in the lead role in the multi-award-winning film, Nee Kosam in 1999. Her role as the wealthy Sasirekha gave Maheswari the Nandi Award for Best Actress. She also got her fame in the Tamil film, Ullasam in 1997. Maheswari did few more Tamil and Telugu films including the Maa Balaji, a remake of the Malayalam comedy film, Punjabi House. Maheswari made an elegant performance and succeeded as a heroine for almost 10 years in Telugu and Tamil industry.

After appearing in Tirumala Tirupati Venkatesa, she quit the film industry at the peak of her career in 2000. She married Jayakrishna a software engineer at Tirupati in 2008.

She has since appeared in television for serials after her marriage. In 2010, Maheswari appeared in the serial, Soundaravalli. Then, she featured in the comedy serial, My Name is Manga Tayaru (Telugu) and My Name Is Mangamma (Tamil) in 2012 on Zee TV which was a super hit among households. She has also featured in the serial Adhey Kangal in 2014 which aired on Jaya TV.

She is currently pursuing an alternate career as a fashion designer and recently opened a store and launched her new label ‘Mahe Ayyapan’[1] in Hyderabad inaugurated by her aunt Sridevi.^[1] ^[2]

Filmography[edit]

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1994	Karuththamma	Rosy	Tamil
1995	Ammayi Kapuram		Telugu
	Gulabi	Pooja	Telugu	Nominated-Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu
	Khaidi Inspector		Telugu
	Annavra Makkalu	Pooja	Kannada
1996	Deyyam	Mahi	Telugu
	Mrugam		Telugu
	Panchalankurichi	Alamu	Tamil
1997	Jabilamma Pelli	Jyothi	Telugu
	Pelli		Telugu	Nominated-Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu
	Priyaragalu	Sneha	Telugu
	Veerudu		Telugu
	Nesam	Madhu	Tamil
	Ullaasam	Megha	Tamil
1998	Navvulata	Chandana	Telugu
	En Uyir Nee Thaane	Seema	Tamil
	Naam Iruvar Nammaku Iruvar	Pooja	Tamil
	Rathna	Mala	Tamil
1999	Mannavaru Chinnavaru	Shweta	Tamil
	Maa Balaji	Pooja	Telugu
	Suyamvaram	Aishwarya	Tamil
	O Panaipotundi Baboo!		Telugu
	Preminchedi Endukamma	Swapna	Telugu
	Ramasakkanodu	Meenakshi	Telugu
	Velugu Needalu		Telugu
	Nee Kosam	Sasirekha	Telugu	Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actress Nominated-Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu
2000	Athey Manithan	Bhavani	Tamil
	Balaram		Telugu
	Maa Annayya	Nandini	Telugu
	Nagulamma	Nagulamma	Telugu
	Tirumala Tirupati Venkatesa	Padmini	Telugu

Television[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Channel	Language
2010	Soundaravalli	Mahalakshmi	Jaya TV	Tamil
2012–2013	My Name is Manga Tayaru	Manga Tayaru	Zee Telugu	Telugu
2012–2013	My Name Is Mangamma	Mangamma	Zee Tamil	Tamil
2014	Adhey Kangal	Uma	Jaya TV	Tamil

Awards[edit]

Nandi Award for Best Actress - Nee Kosam (1999)

References[edit]

↑ "'My aunt has been my backbone' - Maheswari, Sridevi's niece". Deccan Chronicle. 1 December 2014.
↑ "Maheshwari is a talented designer: Sridevi - Times of India". The Times of India.

External links[edit]

Maheswari on IMDb

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[1] "'My aunt has been my backbone' - Maheswari, Sridevi's niece". Deccan Chronicle. 1 December 2014.

[2] "Maheshwari is a talented designer: Sridevi - Times of India". The Times of India.

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