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and Telugu films.

Career

Jeevitha made her debut in Tamil with T. Rajendar's '' Uravai Kaatha Kili'' in 1984 and within a short span acted with the top heroes of the time such as

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, Karthik, Suresh and

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. The actress who started her career in 1984, acted in almost forty movies in six years and left the movie industry in 1991 after marrying actor Rajasekhar who primarily works in Telugu movies. Jeevitha’s last film in Tamil was ''Valaikappu'' (1988). She was last seen on screen as an actress in the 1990 Telugu film '' Magaadu'', which starred her husband Rajasekhar. Jeevitha turned director with the film '' Seshu''. She later directed a handful of films as well, including '' Evadaithe Nakenti'' (2007), ''

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'' (2009), '' Mahankali'' (2013) and '' Shekar'' (2022). She returned to acting after thirty-three years in '' Lal Salaam''.

Partial filmography

As actress

Tamil

As director and producer

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