Actress · Telugu cinema

Rukmini Vasanth

Rukmini Vasanth is a Kannada film actress who has also found audiences in Telugu and Tamil cinema. She is best known for the two-part romantic drama Sapta Sagaradaache Ello: Side A and Side B (2023) and for Kantara: Chapter 1 (2025). Her biggest honour is the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress in Kannada, which she won for the Sapta Sagaradaache Ello films. She first appeared on screen in the Kannada film Birbal Trilogy: Case 1 – Finding Vajramuni (2019), and the same year she was seen in Upstarts (2019). Her turning point came in 2023, when the two Sapta Sagaradaache Ello films reached theatres and made her a widely noticed name. That busy year also brought roles in Bagheera (2023) and Baanadariyalli (2023). She followed these with Bhairathi Ranagal (2024) and Appudo Ippudo Eppudo (2024). In 2025 she starred in Ace and Madharaasi, and then in Kantara: Chapter 1, where her work drew strong praise. That film went on to become the most successful and highest-grossing release of her career up to that point. Rukmini is known for working across three film industries and for performances that have won over both critics and audiences. Her critics' award for the Sapta Sagaradaache Ello films remains the key honour of her career.

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