Aamani

Aamani
Aamani
Born	Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1990–1997; 2004–present;
Awards	Nandi Awards; Filmfare Awards South

Aamani is an Indian actress who has predominantly appeared in Telugu films in addition to a few Tamil and Kannada films.^[1] She made her debut in a lead role opposite Naresh in the Telugu film Jamba Lakidi Pamba (1992), directed by E. V. V. Satyanarayana. The film turned out to be a blockbuster.^[2] She has received two state Nandi Awards and one Filmfare Awards South.

She starred in the film Mister Pellam (1993) 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 (1994) and Nandi Award for Best Actress for the films Subha Sankalpam (1995) and Mister Pellam (1993).

Early life

Aamani was born in Bangalore, India in a Telugu family.

Career

Aamani started her career doing small roles in films like Aadadhi, Chandamama Kathalu, and others.^[3] Subsequently, she was paired as the lead actress opposite actors like Vishnuvardhan, Nagarjuna, Balakrishna, Krishna, Mammootty, Arvind Swami, Jagapathi Babu and Kamal Haasan.^[4] 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 Mister Pellam. After a hiatus of many years, she appeared in the film Aa Naluguru.^[5]

In the 1990s, Aamani appeared in films that were successful such as Amma Donga, Vamshanikokkadu, Subha Lagnam, Jamba Lakidi Pamba, and Nakshatra Poratam.^[6]

Aamani played a street vendor and actor Kartikeya’s onscreen mother in a 2021 Telugu-language romantic comedy-drama titled Chaavu Kaburu Challaga.^[3] She is seen playing the money lender Kanaka Ratnam in Muthyamantha Muddu.^[3] In 2021 she made a guest appearance in a Telugu reality show Drama Juniors.^[7]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1990	Puthiya Kaatru		Tamil	credited as "Meenakshi"
1991	Onnum Theriyadha Pappa		Tamil	credited as "Meenakshi"
1991	Thangamana Thangachi	Lakshmi	Tamil	credited as "Meenakshi"
1992	Aadadhi	Kumari	Tamil
	Idhuthanda Sattam	Amudha	Tamil	credited as "Meenakshi"
	Mudhal Seethanam		Tamil	credited as "Meenakshi"
1993	Jamba Lakidi Pamba	Rama Lakshmi	Telugu
	Mister Pellam	Jhansi	Telugu	Nandi Award for Best Actress; Nominated-Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu
	Pachani Samsaram	Bala	Telugu
	Amma Koduku		Telugu
	Shabash Ramu	Radha	Telugu
	Preme Naa Pranam	Priyanka	Telugu
	Kannayya Kittayya	Rukmini Devi	Telugu
	Chinnalludu	Rani	Telugu
	Anna Chellelu	Lakshmi	Telugu
	Srinatha Kavi Sarvabhowmudu	Damayanthi	Telugu
	Nakshatra Poratam	Driver Prasad sister	Telugu
	Repati Rowdy	Jayanthi	Telugu
1994	Srivari Priyuralu	Vasantha	Telugu
	Teerpu		Telugu
	Subha Lagnam	Radha	Telugu	Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu
	Allari Police	Geetha	Telugu
	Maro Quit India		Telugu
	Hello Brother	Herself	Telugu	Cameo in the song "Kanne Pettaro"
	Honest Raj^[8]	Pushpa	Tamil
1995	Amma Donga	Alivelu	Telugu
	Engirundho Vandhan	Janaki	Tamil
	Witness		Tamil
	Gharana Bullodu	Malli	Telugu
	Sisindri	Geetha	Telugu
	Subha Sankalpam	Ganga	Telugu	Nandi Award for Best Actress Nominated-Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu
	Maya Bazaar	Sasirekha	Telugu
	Subhamastu	Kasthuri	Telugu
	Idandi Maa Vaari Varasa		Telugu
	Kondapalli Rattaya	Sridevi	Telugu
	Aalumagalu	Malleeswari	Telugu
1996	Vamsanikokkadu	Sirisa	Telugu
	Maavichiguru	Seetha	Telugu
	Hello Guru^[9]	Swapna	Telugu
	Warning	Supriya	Telugu
	Balina Jyothi		Kannada	Both movies with Kannada superstar Dr. Vishnuvardhan
	Appaji	Lakshmi	Kannada	Both movies with Kannada superstar Dr. Vishnuvardhan
1997	Vammo Vathoo O Pellamoo		Telugu
	Seethakka	Seetha	Telugu
	Subha Muhurtham		Telugu
	Kodalu Didhina Kaapuram		Telugu
	Priyamaina Srivaaru	Sandhya	Telugu
	Themmanggu Pattukaran	Sivagamiyin	Tamil
	Pudhayal	Sundari	Tamil
2004	Swamy	Dr. Bharathi, Principal	Telugu
	Madhyanam Hathya	Lakshmi	Telugu
	Aa Naluguru	Bharathi	Telugu	Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu
2012	Devastanam	Saraswathi	Telugu
2014	Chandamama Kathalu	Saritha	Telugu
2017	Patel S. I. R.	Bharathi	Telugu
2017	Middle Class Abbayi	Nani's aunt	Telugu
2018	Bharat Ane Nenu^[10]	Bharath's mother	Telugu
	Srinivasa Kalyanam	Seeta	Telugu
	Hello Guru Prema Kosame	Lakshmi	Telugu
2019	Prashnista	Annapurna	Telugu
2021	Sreekaram	Karthik's mother	Telugu
	Chaavu Kaburu Challaga	Gangamma	Telugu
	Ardha Shathabdham	Ramanna's wife	Telugu
	Amma Deevena		Telugu
	Republic	Abhiram's mother	Telugu
	Most Eligible Bachelor	Harsha's mother	Telugu
2022	Urvasivo Rakshasivo	Sree Kumar's mother	Telugu
2023	Vinaro Bhagyamu Vishnu Katha	Dharshana's mother	Telugu
2024	Music Shop Murthy	Jaya	Telugu
2024	Maa Nanna Superhero		Telugu	^[11]
TBA	Arrdham	TBA	Telugu	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Channel	Language
2020	Akka Mogudu	Janani (Special Appearance)	Gemini TV	Telugu
2020–2021	Poove Unakkaga	Rathinavalli	Sun TV	Tamil
2021–2022	Muthyamantha Muddu	Kanakarathnam	Zee Telugu	Telugu
2021	Parampara	Banumathi	Disney+ Hotstar
2021	Drama Juniors^[7]	Guest appearance	ZEE5
2022	Wow 3	Contestant	ETV
2024 - present	Kotthaga Rekkalochena		Gemini TV	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.
^ "Actress Aamani Shifted To Mancherial Hospital From Shooting Sets". Sakshi Post. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Murthy, Neeraja (30 September 2021). "Aamani dons a new role in Telugu serial". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
^ "Actress Aamani on casting couch: Production houses asked me to come to hotels alone". India Today. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
^ https://archive.today/20120714072728/http://ravefilmskc.blogspot.in/2011/07/telugu-actress-aamani-biography.html ^{[dead link]}
^ "Veteran Telugu actress Aamani on casting couch in her heydays: I was asked to come alone to guest houses". Firstpost. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Amani Special Guest On Zee Telugu's Drama Juniors". Sakshi Post. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
^ "Happy Birthday, Vijayakanth: Check Out Captain Of Tamil Cinema's Best Police Roles". News18. 25 August 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
^ "Hello Guru 1996 Telugu Movie Cast Crew, Actors, Director, Hello Guru Producer, Banner, Music Director, Singers & Lyricists". MovieGQ. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
^ 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.
^ "Sudheer Babu's next film titled 'Maa Nanna Superhero'". The Hindu. 19 June 2023.

External links

Aamani at IMDb
Aamani Biography with Rare Photos and Videos Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine

[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] "Actress Aamani Shifted To Mancherial Hospital From Shooting Sets". Sakshi Post. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2022.

[:0-3] Murthy, Neeraja (30 September 2021). "Aamani dons a new role in Telugu serial". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 10 September 2022.

[4] "Actress Aamani on casting couch: Production houses asked me to come to hotels alone". India Today. Retrieved 10 September 2022.

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

[6] "Veteran Telugu actress Aamani on casting couch in her heydays: I was asked to come alone to guest houses". Firstpost. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2022.

[:1-7] "Amani Special Guest On Zee Telugu's Drama Juniors". Sakshi Post. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2022.

[8] "Happy Birthday, Vijayakanth: Check Out Captain Of Tamil Cinema's Best Police Roles". News18. 25 August 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.

[9] "Hello Guru 1996 Telugu Movie Cast Crew, Actors, Director, Hello Guru Producer, Banner, Music Director, Singers & Lyricists". MovieGQ. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

[shooting_a_romantic_number-10] 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.

[11] "Sudheer Babu's next film titled 'Maa Nanna Superhero'". The Hindu. 19 June 2023.

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v t e Nandi Award for Best Actress
Nandi Awards
1977–1980	Lakshmi (1977) Roopa (1978) Jayasudha (1979) Shakuntala (1980)
1981–1990	Jayasudha (1981) Jayasudha (1982) Jayasudha (1983) Suhasini (1984) Vijayashanti (1985) Lakshmi (1986) Sumalatha (1987) Bhanupriya (1988) Vijayashanti (1989) Vijayashanti (1990)
1991–2000	Sridevi (1991) Meena (1992) Aamani (1993) Ooha (1994) Aamani (1995) Soundarya (1996) Vijayashanti (1997) Roja (1998) Maheswari (1999) Laya (2000)
2001–2010	Laya (2001) Kalyani (2002) Bhumika Chawla (2003) Kamalinee Mukherjee (2004) Trisha Krishnan (2005) Nandita Das (2006) Charmy Kaur (2007) Swathi Reddy (2008) Theertha (2009) Nithya Menen (2010)
2011–present	Nayanthara (2011) Samantha Ruth Prabhu (2012) Anjali Patil (2013) Anjali (2014) Anushka Shetty (2015) Ritu Varma (2016)
Category

v t e 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	Radhika (1981) Jayasudha (1982) Jaya Prada (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)
2001–2018	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 (2016) Sai Pallavi (2017) Keerthy Suresh (2018)
2020–present	Sai Pallavi (2020–2021) Mrunal Thakur (2022) Keerthy Suresh (2023)