Rudra (actress)

Rudra
Rudra
Born	India
Nationality	Indian
Other names	R. V. Aswini
Occupation	Actress, dancer

Rudra, also credited as Ashwini, is an Indian film and television actress who has appeared in Malayalam, Telugu, and Tamil films and serials.^[1] She made her acting debut with the 1991 Tamil film Pudhu Nellu Pudhu Naathu. She has acted only in few films. But her roles in Kauravar (1992), Manichitrathazhu (1993), Kizhakku Cheemayile (1993) Dhruvam (1993), Pidakkozhi Koovunna Noottaandu (1994) and Kudumbakodathi (1996) are well noted.^[2]^[3]

Early life[edit | edit source]

Aswini was born into Hindu family. When she was in final year of school, she did a couple of modeling assignments along with her classmates, for a Malayalam magazine. Director Bharathiraja saw the magazine and offered her the role in Pudhu Nellu Pudhu Naathu.^[3] Now she lives in Singapore acting in Singapore serials.

Career[edit | edit source]

Rudra made her debut in the Tamil film Pudhu Nellu Pudhu Naathu, directed by Bharathiraja. She had done about 16 films in Malayalam.^[3]

Filmography[edit | edit source]

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1991	Pudhu Nellu Pudhu Naathu	Marikozhundhu	Tamil	Debut film
1991	Post Box No. 27	Viji	Malayalam
1992	Thoorathu Sontham	Dhanalakshmi	Tamil
1992	Aayushkalam	Sujatha	Malayalam
1992	Kauravar	Sridevi	Malayalam
1993	Manichitrathazhu	Alli	Malayalam
1993	Kizhakku Cheemayile	Pechi	Tamil
1993	Butterflies	Maya Das	Malayalam
1993	Dhruvam	Maya	Malayalam
1993	Pidakkozhi Koovunna Noottaandu	Vasundhara	Malayalam
1994	Pavithram	Reetha	Malayalam
1994	Pudhupatti Ponnuthaayi	Rukku	Tamil
1994	Muthal Payanam	Radha	Tamil
1995	Sasinas	Sunandha/Dingadi Dingoos	Malayalam
1995	Aunty	Kani	Telugu
1996	Malayala Maasam Chingam Onninu	Renu	Malayalam
1996	Kudumbakodathi	Pournami Nair	Malayalam
1997	Raman Abdullah	Ayisha	Tamil
1997	Periya Thambi	Meena	Tamil
1997	Hitler	Sarada	Telugu
1997	Pelli Chesukundam	Radhika	Telugu
1997	Nazarr	Pinky	Hindi
1999	Kallazhagar	Saira	Tamil
1999	Police	Sujatha	Telugu
2000	Ennavale	Seetha	Tamil
2007	Oram Po	Bigil's wife	Tamil
2021	Ezhuthalar Alamelu Mangai	Alamelu Mangai	Tamil	Short film
2021	Angel Colony	Shantha Rai	Tamil	Short film

TV serials[edit | edit source]

Tamil

Year	Serial	Role	Channel
1996	Chinna Chinna Aasai : Nirangal	Kanchana	Sun TV
1996	Sangamam		TV 12
	Chellam	N/A
1996	Chinna Chinna Aasai : Bommaikal	Jayanthi	Sun TV
2001	Take it Easy Vazhkai	Durga	Sun TV
2001	Nimmathi Ungal Choice	Nirmala	Sun TV
	Kettimelam	Lakshmi	Jaya TV
2014	Ninaivugal		MediaCorp Vasantham
2017	Athiyaayam	Nandini	MediaCorp Vasantham
	Masala	Visalatchi
	Mudhal Vanakkam	Maya
2019–2020	Magarasi	Gomathi	Sun TV
2019	Darbaar		MediaCorp Vasantham
	Moondraavathu Kann		MediaCorp Vasantham
	128 Circle	Rani	Mediacorp Channel 5
2020	Uyire	Charu	Zee Tamil
	Lingam Stores		Vasanatham TV
	Pugaipadam	Malarvizhi
	Kaalam	Ganga
	Swaasamey	Counselor
2021	Naam
	Enakkaga	Malar
	Irandu	Dr. Vasundhara
	Manmadhan Anbu	Roopa
	Mugavari	Banumathi
	Pattaasu Productions	Harini

Malayalam

Year	Serial	Role	Channel
2005	Kadamattathu Kathanar	Mythili	Asianet

Telugu

Year	Serial	Role	Channel
	Ammakaniko Ammayi
	Antharnethram
	Antharangaalu	Padmini
	Kalankitha	Dual role
	Tholi Rojulu

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 October 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 sify.com

External links[edit | edit source]

Rudra on IMDb
Rudra at MSI

[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 October 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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