Swathi Reddy

Swathi Reddy, whom fans widely call Colours Swathi, is an actress whose career is rooted in Telugu cinema, with a number of Tamil and Malayalam roles along the way, and she has also worked as a host on television. Audiences remember her most for Ashta Chamma, Subramaniapuram and Karthikeya. Her work in Ashta Chamma won her both the Filmfare Award and the Nandi Award for Best Actress – Telugu. Her early screen work includes Danger (2005) and Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule (2007). Everything changed in 2008, when she took her first leading part in the Tamil film Subramaniapuram and then won awards for Ashta Chamma in Telugu. In 2011 she was seen in Kandireega and Mirapakay. Two years later she worked in Swamy Ra Ra and in the Malayalam film Amen, and in 2014 she starred in Karthikeya. She came back to that story with Karthikeya 2 (2022), took a supporting role in Panchathantram that same year, acted in Month Of Madhu (2023) and joined the cast of Idiots (2026). Her talent reaches beyond acting. She has sung for films, and her singing on 100% Love (2011) brought a South Indian International Movie Awards nomination for Best Female Playback Singer (Telugu). Month Of Madhu earned her a Filmfare Awards South nomination for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu in 2023.