Shivathmika Rajashekar

Shivathmika Rajashekar was born on 22 April 2000, in Hyderabad, India. She is the younger daughter of actors Rajasekhar and Jeevitha. She began working in cinema after finishing her 12th grade studies. Shivathmika debuted with Dorasaani alongside Anand Deverakonda. The film opened to an underwhelming response from the critics. However, her performance received a favourable reception, and she received the Sakshi Excellence Award for Best Debutant, the Santosham Film Awards for Best Debut Actress, and the SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut – Telugu. Her second release, Anandham Vilayadum Veedu, marking her Tamil debut opposite Gautham Karthik, received a mixed response. She then starred in the Tamil film Nitham Oru Vaanam, playing one of the three female leads opposite Ashok Selvan. The film had a positive critical response. Her subsequent releases were Panchathantram and Ranga Maarthaanda.