Maheswari
Maheswari for a film shoot
Born	(1977-08-26)26 August 1977 (age 48) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupations	Actress fashion designer
Years active	1994-2000 (films) 2010-2014 (television)
Spouse	Jayakrishna ​ (m. 2008)​
Relatives	Sridevi (maternal aunt) Avishek Karthik (brother)

Maheswari is an Indian former actress, who appeared predominantly inTelugu andTamil language films. She was one of the leading actresses in Telugu and Tamil films from 1994 to 2000. She appeared alongside major South Indian stars likeJagapati Babu,J. D. Chakravarthy,Ravi Teja,Ajith Kumar,Chiyaan Vikram,Prabhu,Arjun Sarja,Prabhu Deva, andShiva Rajkumar. She is best known for her performances inPelli (1997),Gulabi (1995),Karuththamma (1994), andUllaasam (1997).^[1]

Maheswari was born to Mohan Reddy, who hails fromTirupati, and Suryakala Yalamanchili, who is from aTelugu speaking community inSivakasi,Tamil Nadu. She married an engineer, Jayakrishna, in 2008 in an arranged marriage. Jayakrishna is from a Telugu speaking family inGuntur, and is based inHyderabad. He is the owner and themanaging director of a paymentsoftware company in Hyderabad.

Maheswari started her film career at the age of 17 in year 1994 through the Tamil film,Karuththamma directed byBharathiraja and the movie was successful at box office and the song 'Thenmerku Paruva Kaatru' made her famous among Tamil audience. She became popular in Telugu with her second Telugu film named Gulabi in 1995. She played the lead role of Pooja opposite with actorJ. D. Chakravarthy. After that she got many offers in movies. Maheswari's first Kannada film was the 1995,Annavra Makkalu. She did her first horror film,Deyyam in 1996 under the production and direction ofRam Gopal Varma. She acted as Mahi, the sister of Sindhu who bought a new estranged house near the graveyard. In this film, she was partnered again with actor,J. D. Chakravarthy and also in 1996 Telugu crime film,Mrugam. In 1997, she starred in Kodi Ramakrishna film,Pelli (film) along with Vadde Naveen. She also did the Telugu films,Priyaragalu,Jabilamma Pelli andNesam. She was also in the lead role in the multi-award-winning film,Nee Kosam in 1999. Her role as the wealthy Sasirekha gave Maheswari the Nandi Award for Best Actress. She also got her fame in the Tamil film,Ullasam in 1997. Maheswari did few more Tamil and Telugu films including the Maa Balaji, a remake of the Malayalam comedy film, Punjabi House. Maheswari made an elegant performance and succeeded as a heroine for almost 10 years in Telugu and Tamil industry.

After appearing inTirumala Tirupati Venkatesa, she quit the film industry at the peak of her career in 2000. She married Jayakrishna a software engineer at Tirupati in 2008.

She has since appeared in television for serials after her marriage. In 2010, Maheswari appeared in the serial, Soundaravalli. Then, she featured in the comedy serial, “My Name is Manga Tayaru” (Telugu) and “My Name Is Mangamma” (Tamil) in 2012 on Zee TV which was a super hit among households. She has also featured in the serial Adhey Kangal in 2014 which aired on Jaya TV.

She is currently pursuing an alternate career as a fashion designer and recently opened a store and launched her new label ‘Mahe Ayyapan’[1] in Hyderabad inaugurated by her auntSridevi.^[2][3]

• Nandi Award for Best Actress –Nee Kosam (1999)^[4][5]

• Maheswari atIMDb

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