Rachitha Mahalakshmi

Rachitha Mahalakshmi
Born (1990-04-24) 24 April 1990 (age 36)
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
OccupationsActress - Founder & CEO of RM Creations (Movie Production Company)
Years active2007–present

Rachitha Mahalakshmi is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Tamil along with some Telugu and Kannada television and films. She is best known for her role as Jyoti in Pirivom Sandhippom, but gained critical acclaim as Meenatchi in the popular Tamil series Saravanan Meenatchi. She was also a contestant on the reality show Bigg Boss Tamil – Season 6 and was later evicted from the show on day 91.

Early life and career

Rachitha was born in Bangalore. her mother tongue is Kannada, but she is also fluent in Tamil ,Telugu, and English. Rachitha made her debut in Mega Mandala, which was telecasted in Star Suvarna. Rachitha became popular and successful after playing the lead role of Meenatchi, in Saravanan Meenatchi, which was aired in Star Vijay. Since then, she is also recognized as Meenatchi.

Television

Year Title Role Channel Language Notes
2007-2009Megha MandalaAsianet KannadaKannadaTelevision Debut
2010Suryakanthi Zee Kannada
2011-2012Pirivom SanthippomJyothiVijay TVTamil
2013-2014IlavarasiMaha Lakshmi IPS (Maha)Sun TV
2013 Masala Kudumbam Anjali Zee Tamil Tamil
2013AvakashikalGangaSurya TVMalayalam
2013-2016Saravanan Meenatchi season 2Thanga MeenatchiVijay TV Tamil
2013-2015Swathi ChinukuluNeelaETV Telugu Telugu
2016Mr & Mrs Khiladis Season 1Herself / ContestantZee Tamil Tamil With Dinesh Gopalsamy[citation needed]
2016—2018Saravanan Meenatchi season 3 Meenakshi & Vedha ValliStar Vijay
2016—2017GeethanjaliPriyaStar Suvarna Kannada
2017Junior SeniorJudgeZee TamilTamil
2019Junior Super Star (Season 3)
2019-2020NachiyarpuramJyothi
2020 Zee Tamil House Party Herself Lockdown Programme Through Virtual Meet
Chitti TalliShakuntalaStar MaaTelugu
2020-2021Naam Iruvar Namakku Iruvar Season 2Maha Lakshmi Mayan (Maha)Star VijayTamil
2021 Start Music Season 2 Herself / Participant Naam Iruvar Namakku Iruvar Special
2021—2022 Amman seasons 1 & 2AmmanColors Tamil Episodic Appearance
2021SembaruthiGoddess BhuvaneshvariZee Tamil Special Appearance
2022 Idhu Solla Marandha Kadhai Sadhana Colors Tamil
Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal Adv. Jansi Rani Zee Tamil Special Appearance
Sathya Season 2 Herself Climax episode
2022-2023Bigg Boss Tamil – Season 6ContestantStar VijayEvicted Day 91
2023Bigg Boss KondattamHerself
Oo Solriya Oo Oohm Solriya Herself & Participant Final Episode
Tamizha Tamizha Season 3 Herself Zee Tamil Guest appearance
2024 Bombaatbhojana Season 4 Herself Star Suvarna Kannada Guest appearance
2026—Present Seetharamayya Gari Manavaralu Vasudha ETV Telugu

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
2010GaniShreyaKannada
2012ParijathaNandhini
2015Uppu KaruvaduUmaTamil
2024 Ranganayaka Varalakshmi Kannada
2025 Xtreme R. Shruthi Tamil
Thalli Manasu Jyothi Telugu
Fire Meenakshi Tamil
Eddelu Manjunatha 2 Kannada
2026 99/66 Sangeetha Tamil
TBA Mei Nigare TBA Tamil
TBA U R Next TBA Tamil

Web series

Year Title Role Language Network Notes Ref.
2023 Love You Abhi Prema Kannada JioCinema Special Appearance

References

  1. ↑ "After 7 years Saravanan Meenatchi coming to an end". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 18 November 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Saravanan Meenatchi coming to an end after 7 years, Rachita Mahalakshmi breaks down into tears". Pinkvilla. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "| News in Kannada". Zee News Kannada (in Kannada). Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Rachitha Mahalakshmi: ನಟಿ ರಚಿತಾ ಎದೆ ಮೇಲೆ ಗೂಬೆ ಟ್ಯಾಟೂ! ಅದೃಷ್ಟಕ್ಕೋ, ಅವಕಾಶಕ್ಕೋ?". kannada.news18.com (in Kannada). Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  5. ↑ "'Junior Super Stars 3.0' all set for its premiere soon – Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 April 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  6. ↑ "People discouraged me a lot: Rachitha". The Times of India. 16 August 2015. Archived from the original on 19 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  7. ↑ "സീരിയലിൽ മൊട്ടിട്ട പ്രണയം; അർധരാത്രിയിൽ ഭർത്താവിനെതിരെ പോലീസ് പരാതിയുമായി നടി രചിത". malayalam.news18.com (in Malayalam). Retrieved 31 December 2024.
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  9. ↑ "Rachitha Mahalakshmi adds a brand new SUV to her luxurious car collection; see pic". The Times of India. 17 April 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
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  14. ↑ "Real life couple Rachitha Mahalakshmi and Dinesh Gopalsamy pair up in Nachiyarpuram". The Times of India. 8 July 2019. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  15. ↑ "Actress Rachita Mahalakshmi leaves Naam Iruvar Namakku Iruvar 2". News18. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  16. ↑ "அம்மன் வேடத்தில் ரச்சிதா மஹாலக்ஷ்மி! இது நாம் இருவர் நமக்கு இருவர் இல்லையாம்". Samayam Tamil (in Tamil). Retrieved 7 December 2024.
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  19. 1 2 bhavaanibhat. "ಇಳ್ಕಲ್ ಸೀರೆಲಿ ರಚಿತಾ ಮಹಾಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀ ಅಂದ ನೋಡಿ ಮಾರು ಹೋದ ತಮಿಳಿಗರು! ರಿಯಾಲಿಟಿ ಶೋ ರೀಲ್ಸ್ ವೈರಲ್". Asianet Suvarna News (in Kannada). Retrieved 31 December 2024.
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