Bindhya Ram , known by her stage name Rachita Ram, is an Indian actress who is primarily known for her work in Kannada films. Rachita made her film debut with the 2013 film Bulbul as the lead opposite Darshan S.[1]

Rachita Ram
Rachita Ram in 2019
Born	Bindhya Ram
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2010–present
Relatives	Nithya Ram (elder sister)

Early life

She is a trained classical Bharata Natyam dancer who has given more than 50 performances. Her father Ram, also a Bharata Natyam dancer, has given nearly 500 public performances.[2] She has a sister, Nithya Ram, who is also a television and film actress.[3]

She studied High school at Niveditha Girls High School, Gavipuram, Bengaluru.

Career

In 2012, she auditioned for a lead role in Bulbul alongside 200 participants and was selected. Before that she worked in the Kannada television soap Benkiyalli Aralida Hoovu along with her sister Nithya Ram.[4] She was paired opposite Darshan in the film that went on to become a success commercially.[5] On her performance, G. S. Kumar of The Times of India wrote, "Rachita Ram has presented an excellent performance in her first movie" and added, "Rachita Ram is amazing with her dialogue delivery, body language and excellent expressions."[6] Her first release of 2014 was Dil Rangeela, in which she was paired opposite Ganesh. B. S. Srivani of Deccan Herald felt that she "delivers a seasoned performance" in the film.[7] Her second release of the year saw her paired opposite Darshan again in Ambareesha. The film and her performance earned negative reviews from critics.[8][9] In Ranna, she played Rukmini, the love interest of Sudeep, appearing in a small yet pivotal role.[10] In Rathavara, she appeared as the love interest of Sriimurali, who plays a gangster and key aide of an MLA. Sunayana Suresh of The Times of India wrote, "Rachita Ram looks pretty and has acted every bit the cutesy girl-next-door that is required of her".[11]

Rachita starred in the 2016 Kannada movie Chakravyuha opposite Puneeth Rajkumar. She made a cameo appearance in Jaggu Dada Starring Darshan. She also appeared in a song opposite Sudeep In Mukunda Murari.

Rachita's first release of 2017 was Pushpaka Vimana opposite Ramesh Aravind, where she played his daughter. Her next release was Chethan Kumar's Bharjari opposite Dhruva Sarja; it is also her second movie with actress Haripriya, after Ranna.

In 2018 her first release was Preetham Gubbi's Johnny Johnny Yes Papa opposite Duniya Vijay. Her next release was Mahesh Kumar's Ayogya opposite Sathish Ninasam. It emerged as the biggest blockbuster of the year and she also won Best Actress-2018 at SIIMA awards. She also appeared in a song opposite Shiva Rajkumar in the movie The Villain.

In 2019 she had a handful of releases. Her first release was Seetharama Kalyana, opposite Nikhil Kumar, which emerged as a blockbuster hit. Her next release was Puneeth Rajkumar's Natasaarvabhowma directed by Pavan Wadeyar, her second collaboration with Puneeth after Chakravyuva. She appeared in a song in the movie Amar starring Abhishek Gowda. Her next release was R. Chandru's I Love You opposite star Upendra. She also made an appearance in Shivrajkumar's Rustum directed by Ravi Varma, where she was paired up with Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi. She made a special appearance in a song in Bharaate opposite Sriimurali. This was followed by Ayushman Bhava where she played opposite Shiva Rajkumar.

After a gap of a year, In 2021 her first release was with Ramesh Aravind directoral 100 where she played Ramesh's sister character. The movie became an average grosser at the box office. Her next release in the year was Shankar's Love You Rachchu where she was paired opposite Ajay Rao, the movie with many controversies failed at the box office with poor response from the audience.[12] In 2022 she made her Telugu debut opposite Kalyan Dev in the film Super Machi which was not ony a disaster at the box office and also the least collected film of the actress career as the film had zero collection at the box office.[13]

Filmography

• All films are in Kannada, unless otherwise noted.

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

List of films and roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2013	Bulbul	Kaveri	Debut film
2014	Ambareesha	Karuna
	Dil Rangeela	Khushi
2015	Ranna	Rukmini
	Rathavara	Navami
2016	Chakravyuha	Anjali
	Jaggu Dada	Herself	Guest appearance
	Mukunda Murari	Radhe	Special appearance	[14]
2017	Pushpaka Vimana	Puttalakshmi
	Bharjari	Gowri
	Rishibhapriya	Herself	Short film; Producer	[15]
2018	Johnny Johnny Yes Papa	Priya
	Ayogya	Nandini
	The Villain	Herself	Special appearance	[16]
2019	Seetharama Kalyana	Geetha
	Natasaarvabhowma	Sakshi
	Amar	Herself	Special appearance
	I Love You	Dharmika
	Rustum	Rachana
	Bharaate	Herself	Special appearance
	Ayushman Bhava	Lakshmi
2021	100	Hima		[17]
	Love You Rachchu	Rachchu
2022	Super Machi	Meenakshi	Telugu film
	Ek Love Ya	Swathi
	James	Herself	Special Appearance
	Monsoon Raaga	Asma Begum		[18][19][20]
	Veeram	TBA	Releasing on May 6	[21][22]
	Matinee	TBA	Filming	[23]
	Bad Manners	TBA	Filming	[24]
	Shabari Searching For Ravana	TBA	Filming	[25]
	Love Me Or Hate Me	TBA	Filming	[26]
	Kranti	TBA	Filming	[27]

Music videos

Television

Awards and nominations

• For Bulbul, 61st Filmfare Awards South for the Best Actress[28]
• For Ranna, 63rd Filmfare Awards South for the Critic's Best Actress[29][30]
• For Ranna, 5th SIIMA Awards for the Best Actress[31]
• For Rathavara, 2nd IIFA Utsavam for the Best Actress [32]
• For Ayogya, 8th SIIMA Awards for the Best Actress[33]
• Zee Kannada Hemmeya Kannadiga Awards in 2019 for the Best Actress[34]
• For Ayushman Bhava, 9th SIIMA Awards for the Best Actress [35]

See also

• List of Indian film actresses
• Nithya Ram

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rachita Ram.

• Rachita Ram at IMDb