Akshaya Rao is an Indian actress who has appeared in

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Career

Akshaya Rao began her career as a supporting artiste alongside

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Kovilpatti Veeralakshmi ''Kovilpatti Veeralakshmi'' is a 2003 Indian Tamil language film directed by K. Rajeshwar. Simran dubbed in her own voice for the first time in this film with some dialogues dubbed by Deepa Venkat. The film was the last to have music composed by ...

'' (2003), before going on to appear in leading roles in Tamil films. Her most high-profile Tamil film till date is '' Kalabhak Kadhalan'' (2006), where she portrayed a negative role as the sister-in-law of

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's character, who wants to seduce him. She continued to feature in low-budget Tamil films throughout the late 2000s, notably starring in ''

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'' (2008) written by

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Engal Aasan ''Engal Aasan'' () is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language action comedy drama film directed by R. K. Kalaimani. The film stars Vijayakanth in the lead role and Vikranth, Sheryl Brindo, Akshaya and Suja Varunee playing supporting roles. The film was rel ...

''. By 2012, several of her other proposed films including ''Imbathukkum Aasai Varum'', ''Manmadha Rajyam'', ''Pattikattu Mappillai'', ''Thasaiyinai Thee Sudinum'' and the Telugu film, ''Nakantu Okaru'', were started but left incomplete. In 2014, she featured in Sudeep Ranjan Sarkar's experimental Hindi film '' Umformung: The Transformation'' (2014), portraying the leading role. The film opened to critical acclaim and was shown at various film festivals internationally. She also worked as a director for the unreleased film ''Yaali'' (2018) co-starring

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Filmography

Television

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References

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