Actor · Telugu cinema
Indraja
Indraja movies: 27 Telugu films on file, 1994–2025. Earliest on file: Hello Brother (1994). Latest release: Common Man Pellam (9 May 2025).
- Films on file
- 27 (27 as actor)
- Years on file
- 1994–2025
- Born
- 17 October 1977 · October birthdays (Wikidata)
- Selected films on file
- Razakar: The Silent Genocide of Hyderabad, Agnyaathavaasi, Lion
- Record
- Q6026877 on Wikidata
Indraja (born Rajathi) is an Indian actress who works in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films as well as television. S. V. Krishna Reddy’s Telugu hit Yamaleela made her a star, and she later played the female lead in a string of successful Malayalam films.
Early life
Indraja was born in Chennai, the eldest of three sisters in a family steeped in Carnatic music. A trained classical singer and dancer, she learned Kuchipudi from Madhavapeddi Murthy, and was preparing for a career in journalism before films intervened.
Early roles
She appeared as a child in the Rajinikanth film Uzhaippali. Her first adult film was Jantar Mantar, and she took the name of her character in it, Indraja, as her screen name.
Telugu and Tamil
Yamaleela made her an overnight star and ran for over a year. Her Tamil films Thadayam and Rajavin Parvaiyile did not make much impact, and she found greater success elsewhere.
Malayalam films
She was the female lead in several successful Malayalam films, including Ustaad with Mohanlal and F.I.R with Suresh Gopi (both 1999), Chronic Bachelor (2003) with Mammootty, Mayilattam (2004) with Jayaram and Ben Johnson (2005).
Return to films
After a break following her marriage to the actor and businessman Mohammed Absar, with whom she has a daughter, she returned with notable roles in Telugu films.
Career on file
Indraja appears in 27 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1994 to 2025. The earliest of them is Hello Brother (1994), and the most recent release is Common Man Pellam (2025). Measured by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them, the best-known titles here are Razakar: The Silent Genocide of Hyderabad (2024), Agnyaathavaasi (2018) and Lion (2015). Other recent releases on file are 14 Days Girlfriend Intlo (2025), Thala (2025) and Katha Kamamishu (2025).
Brahmanandam is the most frequent co-star, sharing six films with Indraja, followed by Kota Srinivasa Rao (5) and Rajendra Prasad (5). Among directors, K. Ajay Kumar, E. V. V. Satyanarayana and S. V. Krishna Reddy each cast Indraja in two films, more than any other director. Sri Ammulya Art Productions produced two of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 24 different directors, 20 music directors and 69 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 22 of them; they average 140 minutes, and the longest is Skanda at 167 minutes. Ten of them have a streaming (OTT) release noted on the site. By decade the list splits into 1990s (11), 2010s (5) and 2020s (11).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.