Aamani

Aamani
Aamani
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1990–1997; 2004–present;
Awards	Nandi (2 times), Filmfare (1 time)

Aamani is an Indian actress who has predominantly appeared in Telugu and Tamil films.^[1] She made her debut in a lead role opposite Naresh in the Telugu film Jamba Lakidi Pamba, directed by E. V. V. Satyanarayana. The film turned out to be a blockbuster.

She starred in the film Mister Pellam directed by Bapu, which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu. She won Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Telugu for the film Subha Lagnam and Nandi Award for Best Actress for the films Subha Sankalpam and Mr. Pellam.

Film career[]

Aamani was born in Bengaluru. She started her career doing small roles in films like Aadadhi. Subsequently, she was paired as the lead actress opposite actors like Vishnuvardhan, Nagarjuna, Balakrishna, Krishna, Mammootty, Arvind Swami, Jagapathi Babu and Kamal Haasan. She won Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Telugu for the film Subha Lagnam & Nandi Award for Best Actress for the films Subha Sankalpam & Mr. Pellam. After a hiatus of many years, she appeared in the film Aa Naluguru.^[2]

Filmography[]

Year	Film	Language	Role	Notes
1990		Tamil	(credited as "Meenakshi")
1991		Tamil	(credited as "Meenakshi")
1991	Thangamana Thangachi	Tamil	Lakshmi (credited as "Meenakshi")
1992		Telugu	Kumari
1992	Idhuthanda Sattam	Tamil	Amudha (credited as "Meenakshi")
1992	Mudhal Seethanam	Tamil	(credited as "Meenakshi")
1993	Jamba Lakidi Pamba	Telugu	Rama Lakshmi
1993	Mister Pellam	Telugu	Jhansi	Nandi Award for Best Actress Nominated-Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu
1993		Telugu	Bala
1993		Telugu
1993		Telugu	Radha
1993		Telugu	Jayanthi
1993		Telugu	Priyanka
1993	Kannayya Kittayya	Telugu	Rukmini Devi
1993		Telugu	Rani
1993		Telugu	Lakshmi
1993	Srinatha Kavi Sarvabhowmudu	Telugu	Damayanthi
1993		Telugu	Driver Prasad's sister
1994		Telugu	Vasantha
1994	Teerpu	Telugu
1994	Subha Lagnam	Telugu	Radha	Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu
1994		Telugu	Geetha
1994		Telugu
1994	Hello Brother	Telugu	Herself in the song "Kanne Pettaro" (cameo)
1994	Honest Raj	Tamil	Pushpa
1995	Amma Donga	Telugu	Alivelu
1995	Engirundho Vandhan	Tamil	Janaki
1995	Witness	Tamil
1995	Gharana Bullodu	Telugu	Malli
1995	Subha Sankalpam	Telugu	Ganga	Nandi Award for Best Actress Nominated-Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu
1995	Maya Bazaar	Telugu	Sasirekha
1995	Subhamastu	Telugu	Kasthuri
1995		Telugu
1995		Telugu	Sridevi
1995		Telugu	Malleeswari
1996	Vamshanikokkadu	Telugu	Sirisa
1996	Maavichiguru	Telugu	Seetha
1996		Telugu	Supriya
1996		Kannada
1996	Appaji	Kannada	Lakshmi
1997		Telugu
1997	Seethakka	Telugu	Seetha
1997		Telugu
1997		Telugu
1997		Telugu	Sandhya
1997		Tamil	Sivagamiyin
1997	Pudhayal	Tamil	Sundari
2004		Telugu	Dr. Bharathi, Principal
2004	Madhyanam Hathya	Telugu	Lakshmi
2004	Aa Naluguru	Telugu	Bharathi	Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu
2012	Devastanam	Telugu	Saraswathi
2014	Chandamama Kathalu	Telugu	Saritha
2017	Patel S. I. R.	Telugu	Bharathi
2017	Middle Class Abbayi	Telugu	Nani's aunt
2018	Bharat Ane Nenu^[3]	Telugu	Bharath's mother
2018	Srinivasa Kalyanam	Telugu	Seeta
2018	Hello Guru Prema Kosame	Telugu	Lakshmi
2019		Telugu	Annapurna
2021	Sreekaram	Telugu	Karthik's mother
2021	Chaavu Kaburu Challaga	Telugu	Gangamma
2021	Ardha Shathabdham	Telugu	Ramanna's wife
2021	Republic	Telugu	Abhiram's mother
2021	Most Eligible Bachelor	Telugu	Harsha's mother
2021		Telugu	TBA	Filming

Television[]

Year	Title	Role	Channel	Language
2020	Akka Mogudu	Family Counsellor	Gemini TV	Telugu
2020-2021	Poove Unakkaga	Rathinavalli	Sun TV	Tamil
2020	Roja	Rathinavalli (Cameo Appearance)	Sun TV	Tamil
2021	Muthyamantha Muddu	Lead role	Zee Telugu	Telugu
2021	Parampara	Banumathi	Disney+ Hotstar	Telugu

References[]

^ Y. Sunita Chowdhary (14 April 2012). "Arts / Cinema : Sensitive and soulful". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
^ https://archive.today/20120714072728/http://ravefilmskc.blogspot.in/2011/07/telugu-actress-aamani-biography.html^{[dead link]}
^ Jayakrishnan (14 March 2018). "Mahesh Babu and Kiara Advani shooting a romantic number for 'Bharat Ane Nenu'". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 March 2018.

External links[]

Aamani at IMDb
Aamani Biography with Rare Photos and Videos^{[dead link]}
cineherald.com - Amani pics

[1] Y. Sunita Chowdhary (14 April 2012). "Arts / Cinema : Sensitive and soulful". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.

[2] ttps://archive.today/20120714072728/http://ravefilmskc.blogspot.in/2011/07/telugu-actress-aamani-biography.html^{[dead link]}

[shooting_a_romantic_number-3] Jayakrishnan (14 March 2018). "Mahesh Babu and Kiara Advani shooting a romantic number for 'Bharat Ane Nenu'". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 March 2018.

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v t Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actress
1972–1980	Jayalalithaa (1972) Vanisri (1973) Vanisri (1974) Vanisri (1975) Jayasudha (1976) Jayasudha (1977) Talluri Rameshwari (1978) Sujatha (1979) Jyothi (1980)
1981–2000	Raadhika (1981) Jayasudha (1982) Jayaprada (1983) Suhasini (1984) Vijayashanti (1985) Lakshmi (1986) Vijayashanti (1987) Bhanupriya (1988) Vijayashanti (1989) Vijayashanti (1990) Sridevi (1991) Revathi (1992) Vijayashanti (1993) Aamani (1994) Soundarya (1995) Tabu (1996) Vijayashanti (1997) Soundarya (1998) Soundarya (1999) Richa Pallod (2000)
2001–2020	Bhumika Chawla (2001) Sadha (2002) Asin (2003) Trisha (2004) Trisha (2005) Genelia D'Souza (2006) Trisha (2007) Swathi Reddy (2008) Anushka Shetty (2009) Anushka Shetty (2010) Nayanthara (2011) Samantha (2012) Nithya Menen (2013) Shruti Haasan (2014) Anushka Shetty (2015) Samantha Akkineni (2016) Sai Pallavi (2017) Keerthy Suresh (2018)