Actor · Telugu cinema
Payal Rajput
Payal Rajput movies: 9 Telugu films on file, 2018–2024. Earliest on file: RX 100 (2018). Latest release: Rakshana (7 June 2024).
- Films on file
- 9 (9 as actor)
- Years on file
- 2018–2024
- Born
- 6 December 1990 · December birthdays (Wikidata)
- Selected films on file
- N.T.R: Kathanayukudu, Mangalavaaram, Ginna
- Record
- Q16734901 on Wikidata
Payal Rajput (born 5 December 1992) is an Indian actress who works mainly in Telugu and Punjabi films. She debuted in the Punjabi film Channa Mereya (2017), which won her the Filmfare Award Punjabi for Best Debut Actress, and her Telugu debut RX 100 (2018) brought her the SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut – Telugu.
Television
Rajput began on Hindi television in Sapnon Se Bhare Naina (2010), as Sonakshi. She went on to play the lead, Siya, in Aakhir Bahu Bhi Toh Beti Hee Hai, Ishaani in Gustakh Dil and Maya in Maha Kumbh: Ek Rahasaya, Ek Kahani.
Film debut
Her first film, Channa Mereya, a Punjabi remake of the Marathi film Sairat, was released on 14 July 2017. Her Hindi debut came in Veerey Ki Wedding (2018).
Telugu films
She entered Telugu cinema with Ajay Bhupathi‘s RX 100 (2018). Her other notable films include Venky Mama (2019), the Punjabi Shava Ni Girdhari Lal (2021) and Head Bush (2022).
Mangalavaaram
She reunited with Ajay Bhupathi five years after her debut for Mangalavaaram (2023).
Tamil films
Her first proper Tamil film was Iruvar Ullam (2021), released directly on streaming. She returned to the screen in R. S. Durai Senthilkumar’s Leader (2026), starring Legend Saravanan, making an impact despite limited screen time.
Career on file
Payal Rajput appears in 9 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 2018 to 2024. The earliest of them is RX 100 (2018), and the most recent release is Rakshana (2024). Measured by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them, the best-known titles here are N.T.R: Kathanayukudu (2019), Mangalavaaram (2023) and Ginna (2022). Other recent releases on file are Tees Maar Khan (2022), Anaganaga O Athidhi (2020) and Disco Raja (2020).
Chaitanya Krishna and Chakrapani Ananda are the most frequent co-stars, each sharing two films with Payal Rajput. Among directors, Ajay Bhupathi cast Payal Rajput most often, in two films. Across these films the credits on file name 8 different directors, 10 music directors and 27 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 7 of them; they average 148 minutes, and the longest is N.T.R: Kathanayukudu at 171 minutes. Five of them have a streaming (OTT) release noted on the site. By decade the list splits into 2010s (3) and 2020s (6).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.