Jeevitha, popularly known as Jeevitha Rajasekhar is an Indian actress, director and producer who has primarily worked in

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and

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films.

Career

Jeevitha made her debut in Tamil with T. Rajendar's ''

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'' 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 ''Seshu'' is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film starring Rajasekhar in the title role along with Kaveri, directed by Rajasekar's wife Jeevitha Rajasekhar in her directorial debut. It is a remake of the 1999 hit Tamil film '' Set ...

''. She later directed a handful of films as well, including ''

Evadaithe Nakenti ''Evadaithe Nakenti'' () is a 2007 Indian Telugu film directed by V. Samudra and Jeevitha. Rajasekhar plays the lead role. The film was released on 9 February 2007. This film has been dubbed in Tamil with the title ''Udambu Eppadi Irukku'' () ...

'' (2007), ''

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'' (2009), ''

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

Partial filmography

As actress

Tamil

As director and producer

References

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