
The 38-year-old Vimala Raman needs no introduction. The Australian-Indian model cum actress has starred in almost all the nook-and-corner Tollywood and Mollywood movies in the past decade. Her bold roles and sexy looks in movies like Oppam, Mumbai Mirror, and Chukkalanti Ammayi Chakkanaina Abbayi have gained her fame, popularity, and glamor. Read ahead to know about Vimala Raman’s wiki, age, upcoming movies and of course, check out Vimala Raman’s Hottest Photos.
Where exactly is Vimala Raman from? Australia or India?
Vimala is a Tamilian from Bangalore, born and brought up in Sydney, Austrailia. Her father, Pattabhi is from Karnataka and her mother, Santha is from Australia. Her nationality is Australian. Vimala moved to India in 2005 leaving behind family and friends, not to mention a job in Sydney as a database analyst and her beloved purple Honda Civic hatchback to pursue a career in acting. Little did she know at that time that all her dreams were soon to be realized.

Vimala Raman is a well-known Bharatnatyam Dancer
Vimala Raman is a gifted Bharatnatyam dancer. From the age of five, Vimala has been practicing the most authentic classical Indian dance; Bharatnatyam. She learned Bharatnatyam from Smt, Jayalukshmy Kandiah. She attended the famous Natanalaya Dance Academy in Sydney, Australia. Her well-maintained stance and expressiveness in modeling and acting career can be attributed to her years of practice in Bharatnatyam.

Raman has won the titles of “Miss India Australia” in 2004 and “Miss India Worldwide-Beautiful Face” in 2005
Vimala is no doubt one of the hottest actresses Indian cinema has ever seen. During her modeling career, she contested in various events, winning the hearts of many. After winning the Miss India Australia title in 2004, she decided to pursue a career in acting.

Vimala Raman has starred in anything and everything, anywhere and everywhere
The catch-all term for Indian film is “Bollywood” but that refers specifically to the Hindi film industry based in Mumbai, which produces just one in six language movies nationally. Other regional centers include Tollywood (Telugu language, in West Bengal), Mollywood (Malayalam, Kerala), Kollywood (Tamil, Chennai) and Sandalwood (Kannada, Karnataka). Raman has acted in all of these and can speak each language. “I do have a flair for languages,” she says. Vimala’s debut movie was Poi, a Tamilian love story starring Uday Kiran. Her first Malayalam movie was Time with Suresh Gopi. The complete list of Vimala Raman’s movies is provided right below:
Year | Film | Role | Language |
2006 | Poi | Shilpa | Tamil |
2007 | Time | Vaiga Menon | Malayalam |
2007 | Pranayakalam | Maria Varghese | Malayalam |
2007 | Sooryan | Maya | Malayalam |
2007 | Nasrani | Sarah Eapen | Malayalam |
2007 | Romeoo | Dr. Priya | Malayalam |
2008 | Calcutta News | Smitha | Malayalam |
2008 | College Kumaran | Madhavi Menon | Malayalam |
2008 | Apoorva | Lakshmi Devi | Malayalam |
2008 | Raman Thediya Seethai | Ranjitha | Tamil |
2009 | Evaraina Epudaina | Madhumitha | Telugu |
2010 | Aptharakshaka | Nagavalli | Kannada |
2010 | Gaayam 2 | Vidya | Telugu |
2010 | Ranga The Donga | Mangamma | Telugu |
2011 | Raaj | Priya | Telugu |
2011 | Chattam | Sindhu | Telugu |
2011 | Dam 999 | Meera | English |
2012 | Kulumanali | Pravallika | Telugu |
2012 | Nuvva Nena | Herself | Telugu |
2013 | Mumbai Mirror | Jia | Hindi |
2013 | Chukkalanti Ammayi Chakkanaina Abbayi | Sameera | Telugu |
2015 | Raja Rajendra | Herself | Kannada |
2015 | Amazon turning point | Swayamprabha | Malayalam |
2016 | Poyi Maranju Parayathe | Swayamprabha | Malayalam |
2016 | Oppam | Devayani | Malayalam |
2017 | Om Namo Venkatesaya | Padmavati Devi | Telugu |
She flips between broad Aussie and pronounced Indian accent
Vimala speaks English in a sexy Australian accent which surprises most of the people around her.
“Being a Bharatnatyam dancer and performing almost all of the classical Indian arts, I have had an exposure to Indian languages, especially Sanskrit which has been helpful in picking up the Indian pronunciations.”, she says.

Vimala’s boyfriend is Tarun Kumar, her co-star in Chukkalanti Ammayi Chakkanaina Abbayi, a 2013 Telugu romance film
Tarun Kumar, better known as Tharun, is an Indian film actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He is Raman’s current boyfriend. Adorable photos of the couple are often surfacing on social media thanks to Vimala Raman’s Instagram and Facebook fan pages.

Vimala Raman, the sensual, steamy, gorgeous, marvelous beast has surely made a mark on Indian cinema. She intends to further achieve stardom in Bollywood too. For her, the red carpet, the flashing cameras, the media gauntlet and the fans straining at metal fences just to get a glimpse of her is life!