Neelima Rani is an Indian actress, a dubbing artist and producer who is mainly known for her roles in Tamil-language

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s and movies in antagonistic roles.

Career

Neelima started her career in ''Oru Pennin Kathai'' when she was in school. In her summer vacations she also did feature films like ''

Thevar Magan ''Thevar Magan'' () is a 1992 Indian, Tamil-language drama film written by Kamal Haasan, who also produced the film, and directed by Bharathan. It stars Haasan, Sivaji Ganesan, Revathi, Gautami and Nassar; with Kallapart Natarajan, Kaka Rad ...

'', ''

Virumbugiren ''Virumbugiren'' is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Susi Ganeshan. The film stars Prashanth and Sneha, while Eswari Rao played a pivotal role which fetched her Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Character Artis ...

'' and ''

Pandavar Bhoomi ''Paandavar Bhoomi'' () is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language family drama film, written and directed by Cheran. The film has Arun Vijay (credited as Arun Kumar) Shamitha and Rajkiran playing the lead roles. While Vinu Chakravarthy and Mukesh Tiw ...

''. When she was 15 she played the second heroine role in ''Acham Madam Airyppu — Brindavanam''. She acted in the 850 episode Sun TV serial, Metti Oli in 2001. In 2011, she announced that she would place roles on television serials behind her priorities to star in feature films. Her role as Karthi's friend in '' Naan Mahaan Alla'' won her Edison Award for Best Supporting Actress, before she went on to portray another pivotal role in '' Muran''. The actress has turned producer with K. S. Adhiyaman's venture ''

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'', a comedy film featuring

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, Shanthnu and Santhanam in the lead roles. Her duties as producer meant she had to oversea work in

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and thus she had to quit her role in the television serial, ''

Thendral ''Thendral'' () is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language soap opera that aired Monday through Friday on Sun TV. It was broadcast from 7 December 2009 to 17 January 2015 for 1340 episodes. The show stars Shruthi Raj and Deepak Dinkar and revolves aro ...

''. Later, she played a pivotal role called 'Dimple' in the world record winning Sun TV serial, Vani Rani.

Filmography

Film

Television

Serials

Shows

Other Works

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rani, Neelima Indian film actresses Living people Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses from Chennai Indian television actresses Actresses in Telugu television Actresses in Malayalam cinema Tamil television actresses 20th-century Indian actresses 21st-century Indian actresses Indian child actresses Actresses in Tamil television Child actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses in Malayalam television Year of birth missing (living people)