Padmavati Rao is a veteran Indian film actress who is also a writer, theater personality, poet, dancer and translator. He is mainly known for his work in the Hindi and Kannada film industry. Moreover, he has been a part of theatrical activities throughout his career.
Wiki/Biography
Padmavati Rao was born in 1963 (age 58 years; in 2021) in Delhi. She is also known as Akshatha Rao and Pinty Rao.
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′ 5″
Eye Color: Light Brown
Hair Color: Salt & Pepper
Family & Caste
Not much information is available about his family. He has an older sister, Arundathi Nag, who is an Indian film and theater actress.
Padmavati Rao with her sister Arundathi Nag
Career
Movie
She made her acting debut with the Kannada film Geetha (1981) in which she played the role of “Geetha.”
Padmavati Rao’s Kannada debut film Geetha
She made her Bollywood debut with the film Pardes (1997) in which she played the role of “Narmada” and was co-starred with Shah Rukh Khan and Mahima Chaudhary.
Padmavati Hindi debut film, Pardes
He made his Marathi film debut with the Film Ek Sangaychay (2018).
Padmavati Rao’s Marathi debut film Ek Sangaychay
He has worked in Malayalam and English dramas as well. After making her acting debut in multilingual films, Padmavati appeared in many popular films such as “TE3N” (2016) where she played the role of ‘Nancy,’ Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Padmaavat” (2018) where she played the role of ‘Kunwar Baisa, ‘ Tanaji (2020) where she played the role of Rajmata Jijao and Rat Akeli Hai (2020) where she played the role of Pramila Singh; these movies made him more popular.
Padmavati Rao opposite Amitabh Bachchan in the film TE3N
Facts/Trivia
- Padmavati Rao has translated five plays of Girish Karnad and Mahesh Dattani’s 30 Days In September into Hindi.
- Although she has done several plays, she won a standing ovation for her solo performance based on Dhiruben Patel’s “Poem of the Kitchen,” and she considers this performance her major career achievement.
- When the COVID-19 pandemic caused the world to experience a crisis, Padmavati Rao took the initiative towards the farming community. He concentrated his attention in villages outside Bengaluru where he propagated natural farming methods and arts & crafts because of his long-standing desire to serve the farming community. He made his contribution to farmers by building his own non-electric refrigerator and saving costs by using affordable building materials. In an interview, he quoted,
I have long wanted to serve the farming community. For that, I created a cost-effective refrigerator that does not use electricity.”
- According to him, he has longed to cultivate since he was 23 years old; moreover, he has been concerned about the issue of farmer suicides in India for a long time. This prompted him to create a cost-effective refrigerator that would help farmers keep their vegetables fresh if they could not sell them. This idea of making a cost-effective refrigerator caught his attention when the walls of his compound deteriorated, and he wanted to use the bricks from the damaged walls constructively; took it to make a non-electric and cost-effective refrigerator. Despite the cement and sand, he used burlap, old flattened cardboard boxes to serve as sliding doors, old wire shelves and river grass mats (chaapey). To examine the results, he kept oranges, tomatoes and milk in the refrigerator. Oranges last up to 28 days, tomatoes for 15 days, and milk, after boiling once a day, lasts for a week. He also tested the refrigerator at the height of summer. When he watered the burlap material three times a day, the oranges and tomatoes showed no signs of dehydration or rot. Cooked food stored after dinner is good for lunch the next day, and vegetables last for about two to three days. His creation deserves appreciation.
Padmavati non-electric refrigerator
- Apart from farming, Padmavati has many interests as she loves sewing, mending, recycling and writing. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he also devoted his time to writing. He is working on three books simultaneously – the first is about his mother’s recipes, the second is a book of poetry titled “Of Love and Silence,” and the third is a play.
Categories: Biography
Source: SCHOOL TRANG DAI
