Ramya | |
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&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Divya_Spandana.jpg) Ramya in December 2010 | |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office August 2013 – 18 May 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | N. Chaluvaraya Swamy |
| Succeeded by | C. S. Puttaraju |
| Constituency | Mandya |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Divya Spandana 29 November 1982 Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
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Divya Spandana (born 29 November 1982), better known by her screen name Ramya (in Kannada film industry), is an Indian actress, producer and politician. She served as the Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Mandya, Karnataka. She primarily works in Kannada, and Tamil language films. Ramya was the recipient of two Filmfare Awards South, an Udaya Award, and a Karnataka State Film Award.
Ramya made her acting debut in the 2003 Kannada-language film Abhi. Although she has sporadically worked in Tamil and Telugu films her work in Kannada film industry garnered her greater attention. [1][2] She won the Udaya Award and Filmfare Award for Best Actress for the Amrithadhare (2005) and Tananam Tananam (2006) respectively. Her performance as the eponymous heroine in the 2011 romantic drama Sanju Weds Geetha garnered her further critical success and a Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress. Ramya has also starred in the 2011 blockbuster fantasy film Katari Veera Surasundarangi and other commercially successful films including the 2016 epic-fantasy Nagarahavu. After a brief hiatus from acting, she made a comeback to films by producing the film Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye in 2023 under the "AppleBox Studios" banner.[3]
Ramya joined the Indian National Congress in 2012 as a member of its youth wing; she later won a 2013 by-election to become a Member of Parliament for Mandya constituency in Karnataka, but was defeated in the general elections the following year.
- ^ "Living by her own rules: Sandalwood Queen Ramya's journey through acting and politics". The News Minute. 3 April 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ S, Sridevi. "Sandalwood queen Ramya announces comeback with a bang; collaborates with Raj B Shetty". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ "Ramya gets the title rights for Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye, rules city court". The Times of India. 3 April 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2023.