Poornima a.k.a. Poornima Rao (born 1966) is an Indian actress who starred in many Telugu,

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Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

and

Malayalam film Malayalam cinema is an Indian film industry of Malayalam-language motion pictures. It is based in Kochi, Kerala, India. The films produced in Malayalam cinema are known for their cinematography and story-driven plots. In 1982, '' Elippathaya ...

s in the early and mid-1980s.

Career

She acted in 100 movies including Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam. Her films include ''Harischandra'', ''Ilakkangal'', '' Srivariki Premalekha'', '' Naalugu Sthambhalaata'', '' Marali Goodige'', ''Prema Sakshi'', and '' Maa Pallelo Gopaludu''. She acted in Malayalam movies with the stage name ''Sudha''. She is from

Machilipatnam Machilipatnam (), also known as Masulipatnam and Bandar, is a city in Krishna district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipal corporation and the administrative headquarters of Krishna district. It is also the mandal headquar ...

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, India.

Filmography

Telugu

Tamil: Credited as Poornima/Poornima Rao

* '' Saranam Ayyappa'' (1980) * ''

Kilinjalgal ''Kilinjalgal'' () is a 1981 Indian Tamil-language romance film, written and directed by Durai. The film stars Mohan, Poornima Bhagyaraj and Dilip. It revolves around two lovers whose romance is opposed by their families due to differences i ...

'' (1981)... Usha, Julie's friend (credited as Sudha) * '' Magane Magane'' (1982) * ''Oru Pullanguzhal Aduppuppthugirathu'' (1983) * ''

Dhavani Kanavugal ''Dhavani Kanavugal'' () is a 1984 Indian Tamil-language film written, directed and produced by K. Bhagyaraj, starring Sivaji Ganesan and Bhagyaraj. The film was dubbed in Telugu as ''Ammaayiluu... Preminchandi!'' Plot This story revolves ar ...

'' (1984) * ''Porutham'' (1985) * ''Unnai Vidamatten'' (1985) * ''Thangachi Kalyanam'' (1989)

Malayalam: Credited as Sudha

* ''Ilakkangal'' (1980)... Amminikutty * '' Enthino Pookunna Pookkal'' (1982)... Sumathi * ''Ruby My Darling'' (1982) * '' Vaarikuzhi'' (1982) * '' Swantham Sarika'' (1984) * ''

Sandhya Mayangum Neram '' Sandhya Mayangum Neram'' () is a 1983 Indian Malayalam-language film directed by Bharathan, written by John Paul and produced Boban Kunchakko. Starring Bharat Gopy, Sreenath, T. G. Ravi, Jayabharathy, Philomina and Unni Mary. Film criti ...

'' (1983)... Shanthi

Kannada: Credited as Poornima

* ''Maryade Mahalu'' (1984) * ''Prema Sakshi'' (1984) * '' Marali Goodige'' (1984) * ''Beegara Pandya'' (1986)

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20110716210045/http://www.telugupedia.com/wiki/index.php?title=Machilipatnam * https://www.moviebuff.com/poornima-devi Living people Telugu people Actresses in Malayalam cinema Actresses in Telugu cinema Indian film actresses 21st-century Indian actresses People from Machilipatnam People from Krishna district Actresses from Andhra Pradesh Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses in Kannada cinema 1968 births {{India-actor-stub