Actor · Telugu cinema
Swati Reddy
Swati Reddy movies: 13 Telugu films on file, 2005–2022. Earliest on file: Danger (2005). Latest release: Panchathantram (9 December 2022).
- Films on file
- 13 (13 as actor)
- Years on file
- 2005–2022
- Born
- 19 April 1987 · April birthdays (Wikidata)
- Selected films on file
- Aadavari Matalaku Arthale Verule, Ashta Chamma, Karthikeya
- Record
- Q7654043 on Wikidata
Swathi Reddy (born 19 April 1987), often credited as Swati, is an Indian actress and television presenter who works mainly in Telugu films, with a few Tamil and Malayalam films. Her first lead role was in the Tamil film Subramaniapuram (2008), and her performance in the Telugu film Ashta Chamma (2008) won her both the Filmfare Award and the Nandi Award for Best Actress. Her other notable films include Aadavari Matalaku Arthale Verule (2007), Swamy Ra Ra (2013), Amen (2013) and Karthikeya (2014).
Early life
Swathi was born in Vladivostok, in what was then the Soviet Union, where her father, an Indian Navy officer, was training as a submariner. The Russian doctor who delivered her named her Svetlana, and her mother later changed it to Swathi. She has an elder brother, Siddharth.
The family moved to Mumbai and then to the Eastern Naval Command in Visakhapatnam, where she spent most of her childhood and attended St. Francis De Sales’ School. She moved to Hyderabad during class 11 and graduated in biotechnology from St. Mary’s College, Hyderabad.
Television
At 17, after her EAMCET exams, she began hosting a television show called Colours. It was well received, was extended and moved to a prime-time slot, and she presented more than 150 episodes.
Film debut
After her first year of college she was offered a part in Krishna Vamsi‘s Danger (2005), where she was one of five leads in an ensemble cast. After her second year she took a supporting role in Aadavari Matalaku Arthale Verule (2007), which earned her good notices.
Breakthrough
Once she had graduated she signed two films. In 2008 she played her first female lead in the Tamil film Subramaniapuram, and the same year her role in Ashta Chamma won her the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu and the Nandi Award for Best Actress. That year Rediff.com ranked her second on its list of the best Tamil actresses and fifth among Telugu actresses. She made her Malayalam debut in Amen (2013), which was a big hit.
Voice work and singing
Swathi has also worked as a dubbing artist, voicing Ileana in Jalsa (2008), and in 2010 she lent her voice to an HIV/AIDS education tutorial created by the nonprofit TeachAids. In 2011 she began singing playback, recording “Unbelievable” for her own film Katha Screenplay Darsakatvam Appalaraju and “A Square B Square” for 100% Love. She has also appeared in an advertisement for Cadbury’s Dairy Milk.
Career on file
Swati Reddy appears in 13 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 2005 to 2022. The earliest of them is Danger (2005), and the most recent release is Panchathantram (2022). The most widely covered of these, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Aadavari Matalaku Arthale Verule (2007), Ashta Chamma (2008) and Karthikeya (2014). Other recent releases on file are Tripura (2015), Bangaru Kodipetta (2014) and Swamy Ra Ra (2013).
Brahmanandam and Kota Srinivasa Rao are the most frequent co-stars, each sharing four films with Swati Reddy, followed by Tanikella Bharani (2) and Chandra Mohan (2). Among directors, Mohan Krishna Indraganti cast Swati Reddy most often, in two films. Kalyan Malik and S. Thaman each scored two of them, more than any other music director. Across these films the credits on file name 12 different directors, 12 music directors and 39 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 9 of them; they average 140 minutes, and the longest is Aadavari Matalaku Arthale Verule at 167 minutes. Five of them have a streaming (OTT) release noted on the site. By decade the list splits into 2000s (4), 2010s (8) and 2020s (1). 2011 is the busiest single year, with four films.
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.