Raasi (actress)

Raasi
Born	India
Other names	Mantra
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1986–present
Spouse(s)	director

Raasi, also credited as Mantra, is a South Indian actress who has acted in a number of Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada movies.

Her first movie was Girafthar in Hindi.. Raasi paired with superstar Mithun Chakraborty in Rangbaaz (1996), Suraj (1997 and Jodidar (1997). Her debut film in Telugu was Subhakanshalu. Her debut film in Tamil was Priyam.

Film career

The former child artist, rose to fame with Subhakanshalu. She also played a negative character in Nijam as Gopi Chand's lover which is directed by Teja. She was labelled 'traditional' after Gokulamlo Seetha. But later hits like Snehithulu, Pandagah, Devulu and Gilligajalu proved her mettle as an actress. When Raasi's career started taking a nosedive, she took to doing item numbers in Telugu films like Samudram.

She also worked in 3 Bollywood Hindi movies. Rangbaaz (1996), Suraj (1997 and Jodidar (1997). All three movies Raasi paired with superstar Mithun Chakraborty.

Following a prolific year in 1996, she received offers to sign on to films including the Vijay-starrer Love Today and the Ajith Kumar-starrer Rettai Jadai Vayasu during the following year. A further opportunity to work with T. Rajender in a project titled Ilam Kaadhalargal, however failed to materialise despite production work taking place.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1986	Mamatala Kovel	Hero's daughter	Telugu
1988	Raogari Illu		Telugu
1988	Kakkothikkavile Appooppan Thaadikal	Young Lakshmi	Malayalam
1989	Bala Gopaludu		Telugu
1991	Aditya 369	Kishore's friend	Telugu
1994	Palnati Pourusham		Telugu
1996	Priyam	Preetha	Tamil
1996	Rangbaaz		Hindi
1997	Suraj		Hindi
1997	Love Today	Preethi	Tamil
1997	Periya Idathu Mappillai	Priya	Tamil
1997	Ganga Gowri	Ganga	Tamil
1997	Thedinen Vanthathu	Janaki	Tamil
1997	Rettai Jadai Vayasu	Anjali	Tamil
1997	Pelli Pandhiri		Telugu
1997	Gokulamlo Seetha	Sirisha	Telugu
1997	Subhakankshalu	Nandini	Telugu
1997	Evandi Pelli Chesukondi		Telugu
1997	Jodidar	Landlord's daughter	Hindi	(credited as Manthra)
1998	Pandaga		Telugu
1998	Vasantha		Telugu
1998	Suprabhatam		Telugu
1998	Kondattam	Vidhya	Tamil
1998	Kalyana Galatta	Pooja	Tamil
1998	Gilli Kajjalu		Telugu
1998	Snehithulu		Telugu
1998	Manasichi Choodu		Telugu
1998	Kalavari Chellelu Kanaka Maha Lakshmi		Telugu
1999	Neti Gandhi		Telugu
1999	Swapna Lokam		Telugu
1999	Harischandraa	Nandini	Telugu
1999	Veedu Samanyudu Kadhu		Telugu
1999	Seenu		Telugu
1999	Krishna Babu	Shilpa	Telugu
1999	Samudram		Telugu
1999	Pudhukudithanam	Vidhya	Tamil
1999	Preyasi Rave		Telugu
1999	Pallavur Devanarayanan	Seethalakshmi	Malayalam	(credited as Mantra)
1999	AK-47		Telugu
1999	Sneha		Kannada
2000	Postman	Sirisha	Telugu
2000	Manasu Paddanu Kaani	Swati	Telugu
2000	Balaram		Telugu
2000	Kannan Varuvaan	Rajeshwari	Tamil
2000	Oke Maata		Telugu
2000	Shivaji		Telugu
2000	Kuberan	Chandra	Tamil
2000	Simmasanam		Tamil
2000	Doubles		Tamil
2000	Moodu Mukkalata	Aliveni	Telugu
2000	Ammo Okato Tariku		Telugu
2000	Devullu	Nirmala	Telugu
2001	Maa Aavida Meeda Vottu Mee Aavida Chala Manchidi	Subhadra	Telugu
2001	Deevinchandi	Lakshmi	Telugu
2001	Cheppalani Vundi	Vani/Rani	Telugu
2001	Akka Bavekkada?	Sowmya	Telugu
2002	Naga Pratista	Naga Lakshmi	Telugu
2002	Raja		Tamil
2002	Police Sisters	Ramya	Telugu
2002	2 Much	Geeta	Telugu
2002	Trinetram	Vijaya	Telugu
2002	Jamindaru		Kannada
2002	Sandade Sandadi	Vasundhara	Telugu
2002	Coolie		Telugu
2002	Ninne Preethisuve	Meghamala	Kannada
2003	Nijam	Malli	Telugu
2003	Aalukkoru Aasai	Manthra	Tamil
2003	Fools		Telugu
2003	Raja Narasimha	Mahalakshmi	Kannada
2003	Sreeramachandrulu		Telugu
2004	Venky		Telugu
2004	Okka Pellam Muddhu Rendo Pellam Vaddhu	Satya	Telugu
2004	Devi Abhayam	Lakshmi	Telugu
2006	Suyetchai MLA		Tamil
2013	Onbadhule Guru	Neelambari	Tamil
2015	Vaalu	Mrs. Stephen	Tamil

External links

• Mantra at the Internet Movie Database