{"id":98066,"date":"2025-08-26T21:25:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T21:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/98066\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T21:25:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T21:25:18","slug":"she-ruled-the-90s-with-salman-khan-and-rajinikanth-today-her-net-worth-stands-at-%e2%82%b92000-crore-guess-who","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/98066\/","title":{"rendered":"She ruled the \u201990s with Salman Khan and Rajinikanth, today her net worth stands at \u20b92,000 crore – Guess who? |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"She She was among the busiest and most popular heroines of the late 1990s and early 2000s. Yeedi Vijayalakshmi, better known by her screen name Rambha<\/a>, achieved phenomenal success across Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Hindi cinema, long before the concept of \u2018pan-Indian\u2019 stardom took root. She shared the screen with top superstars, including Salman Khan<\/a>, Mammootty, and Rajinikanth<\/a>, creating some of that era’s most memorable on-screen pairings.<\/p>\n

Rambha’s debut film to winning National award journey<\/p>\n

Rambha debuted with the 1992 Malayalam musical drama ‘Sargam’, directed by Hariharan. As Thankamani, a village belle with a passion for music, she won audiences over despite not knowing the language. According to The Indian Express, her performance was lauded for its depth and charm, and the film became both a critical and commercial hit. Ranking as the third-highest grosser of the year and winning a National Award, Sargam catapulted her into instant stardom. Soon after, she entered Telugu cinema with ‘Aa Okkati Adakku’ opposite Rajendra Prasad\u2014a success that also gave her the name Rambha, which stuck throughout her career.<\/p>\n

Daisy Shah reveals Salman Khan\u2019s rule: ‘women look more graceful when dressed modestly’<\/p>\n

Films opposite Rajiniikanth, Chiranjeevi, etc<\/p>\n

What followed was a dream run. Rambha starred in back-to-back blockbusters opposite legends such as Rajinikanth, Mammootty, Thalapathy Vijay, Ajith Kumar, Chiranjeevi, Krishna, Venkatesh, Nandamuri Balakrishna, Vijayakanth, Prabhu, Karthik, and Jagapati Babu. In 1996, she became a nationwide sensation when the song \u201cAzhagiya Laila\u201d from \u201cUllathai Allitha\u201d became a chartbuster. Her filmography is dotted with hits like ‘Arunachalam’, ‘Hitler’, ‘Chronic Bachelor’, ‘Ninaithen Vandhai’, ‘Kaathala Kaathala’, ‘Maatho Pettukoku’, ‘Dharma Chakkaram’, ‘Raasi’, ‘Endrendrum Kadhal’, ‘Champakulam Thachan’, ‘Sidhartha’, ‘Muddula Priyudu’, ‘Allari Premikudu’, and ‘Rowdy Annayya’.Rambha entered Bollywood in 1995 with ‘Jallad’, opposite Mithun Chakraborty<\/a>, and later shared the screen with big names like Anil Kapoor<\/a>, Govinda, and Suniel Shetty<\/a>. However, it was her pairing with Salman Khan that struck a chord with audiences. Together, they delivered memorable performances in David Dhawan\u2019s comedy ‘Judwaa’ and the family drama ‘Bandhan’, both of which cemented her place in Hindi cinema.<\/p>\n

Poll<\/p>\n

Which era do you think Rambha had the most impact in?<\/p>\n

Rambha moved to Toronto post marriage<\/p>\n

In 2010, Rambha stepped away from films after marrying Canadian entrepreneur Indrakumar Pathmanathan. She moved to Toronto, focusing on her personal life while raising their three children\u2014Lavanya, Sasha, and Shivin. Her last big-screen outing was the 2011 Malayalam film ‘The Filmstaar’, featuring Dileep and Kalabhavan Mani. Though she hasn\u2019t returned to films, Rambha has stayed connected to showbiz, appearing as a judge on popular reality shows, most recently Jodi Are U Ready \u2013 Season 2.Beyond entertainment, Rambha is also involved in her husband\u2019s business ventures. Indrakumar heads Magic Woods, a Canada-based interiors and furniture company, along with a portfolio of other businesses, some of which are based in Chennai. One of these ventures even carries Rambha\u2019s name. As per The Indian Express, veteran producer Kalaipuli S. Thanu once revealed at a film festival that the couple\u2019s combined net worth is estimated to be around \u20b92,000 crore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"She was among the busiest and most popular heroines of the late 1990s and early 2000s. Yeedi Vijayalakshmi,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98067,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[55434,64,63,447,134,71870,60330,71871,48998,71869,4149,10072,71872],"class_list":{"0":"post-98066","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-anil-kapoor","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-celebrities","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-judwaa","14":"tag-mithun-chakraborty","15":"tag-rajendra-prasad","16":"tag-rajinikanth","17":"tag-rambha","18":"tag-salman-khan","19":"tag-suniel-shetty","20":"tag-yeedi-vijayalakshmi"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}