Pavitra Lokesh

Pavitra Lokesh

Known for
Acting
Born
October 15, 1979 (age 47)
Birthplace
Mysore, Karnataka, India

Biography

Pavitra Lokesh (born October 15, 1979) is an Indian actress who works primarily in Kannada and Telugu cinema, along with appearances in Tamil films. The daughter of veteran Kannada actor Mysore Lokesh, she made her acting debut in the Kannada film Bangarada Kalasha (1995). Throughout the late 1990s and 2000s, she appeared in Kannada films including Janumada Jodi (1996), Ulta Palta (1997), Yajamana (2000), Huccha (2001), Swaathi Mutthu (2003), and Naayi Neralu (2006), winning the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress for the latter. She entered Telugu cinema with Dongodu (2003) and later appeared in the political drama Prasthanam (2010). From the 2010s onward, Lokesh worked frequently as a character actress across South Indian cinema. Her Telugu film credits include Race Gurram (2014), Pataas (2015), Malli Malli Idhi Rani Roju (2015), S/O Satyamurthy (2015), DJ: Duvvada Jagannadham (2017), Sammohanam (2018), Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy (2019), Ante... Sundaraniki! (2022), and Dhamaka (2022). In Kannada cinema, her credits during this period include Dia (2020), Pogaru (2021), and the two-part drama Sapta Sagaradaache Ello – Side A (2023) and Side B (2023). In 2023, she starred in the Telugu-Kannada bilingual feature Malli Pelli.

Known For

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Filmography

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Amaran in the City: Chapter 1 poster

Amaran in the City: Chapter 1

Movie

2024
Fear poster

Fear

Movie · as Mother

2023
Malli Pelli poster

Malli Pelli

Movie · as Parvathi

2023
Sapta Sagaradaache Ello – Side A poster

Sapta Sagaradaache Ello – Side A

Movie · as Priya's Mother

2023
The Great Indian Suicide poster

The Great Indian Suicide

Movie · as Bellary Padma

2023
Extra Ordinary Man poster

Extra Ordinary Man

Movie

2023
Sapta Sagaradaache Ello - Side B poster

Sapta Sagaradaache Ello - Side B

Movie

2023
Kalyanam Kamaneeyam poster

Kalyanam Kamaneeyam

Movie

2022
Bytwo Love poster

Bytwo Love

Movie · as Leela's mother

2022
Veetla Vishesham poster

Veetla Vishesham

Movie

2022
Ante... Sundaraniki! poster

Ante... Sundaraniki!

Movie

2022
Dhamaka poster

Dhamaka

Movie · as Yashoda

2022
Neetho poster

Neetho

Movie · as Sumathi

2022
Andaru Bagundali Andulo Nenundali poster

Andaru Bagundali Andulo Nenundali

Movie

2022
Ramarao On Duty poster

Ramarao On Duty

Movie

2021
Red poster

Red

Movie

2021
Pogaru poster

Pogaru

Movie · as Shiva's mother

2021
Ardha Shathabdham poster

Ardha Shathabdham

Movie

2021
Dear Megha poster

Dear Megha

Movie

2021
11th Hour poster

11th Hour

TV · as Gayatri · 8 eps

2020
Aswathama poster

Aswathama

Movie

2020
Choosi Choodangaane poster

Choosi Choodangaane

Movie · as Siddhu's Mom

2020
Dia poster

Dia

Movie · as Dr. Lakshmi aka Lucky

2020
Entha Manchivaadavuraa poster

Entha Manchivaadavuraa

Movie · as Acharya's mother

2019
Mr. Majnu poster

Mr. Majnu

Movie

2019
Chitralahari poster

Chitralahari

Movie · as Swetcha's mother

2019
Evaru poster

Evaru

Movie

2019
Kurukshetra poster

Kurukshetra

Movie · as Subhadra

2019
Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy poster

Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy

Movie · as Neelamma

2018
Saakshyam poster

Saakshyam

Movie

2018
Sammohanam poster

Sammohanam

Movie · as Vijay's Mother

2018
Tej... I Love You poster

Tej... I Love You

Movie · as Tej's Aunt

2018
Pantham poster

Pantham

Movie · as Durgadevi Surana, Vikranth's Mother

2018
Happy Wedding poster

Happy Wedding

Movie · as Anand's Mother

2018
Jai Simha poster

Jai Simha

Movie · as Vasantha (Thota Rami Reddy's wife)

2018
Buckasura poster

Buckasura

Movie

2017
Jai Lava Kusa poster

Jai Lava Kusa

Movie

2017
Katamarayudu poster

Katamarayudu

Movie

2017
Paisa Vasool poster

Paisa Vasool

Movie · as Sarika's Mother

2017
Raja the Great poster

Raja the Great

Movie · as Gayatri

2017
M.C.A poster

M.C.A

Movie · as Warangal Siva's Mother

2017
DJ: Duvvada Jagannadham poster

DJ: Duvvada Jagannadham

Movie · as Devaki Chakravarthy

2015
Endendigu poster

Endendigu

Movie

2015
Pandaga Chesko poster

Pandaga Chesko

Movie · as Karthiks mother

2015
Yavade Subramanyam poster

Yavade Subramanyam

Movie

2015
Pataas poster

Pataas

Movie

2015
Loafer poster

Loafer

Movie

2015
Raju Gari Gadhi poster

Raju Gari Gadhi

Movie · as Aswin's Mother

2015
Malli Malli Idhi Rani Roju poster

Malli Malli Idhi Rani Roju

Movie · as Parvathi, Ram's mother

2015
Son of Satyamurthy poster

Son of Satyamurthy

Movie · as Sharada

2015
Temper poster

Temper

Movie · as Lakshmi's mother

2014
Lakshmi Raave Maa Intiki poster

Lakshmi Raave Maa Intiki

Movie

2014
Gharshane poster

Gharshane

Movie

2014
Race Gurram poster

Race Gurram

Movie · as Lucky and Ram's mother

2013
Gouravam poster

Gouravam

Movie

2011
Home Science

Home Science

Movie

2011
Solo poster

Solo

Movie

2011
Bete poster

Bete

Movie

2011
Dudde Doddappa

Dudde Doddappa

Movie

2010
Prasthanam poster

Prasthanam

Movie · as Savitri

2010
Anishchitha poster

Anishchitha

Movie

2010
Orange poster

Orange

Movie · as Jaanu's Mother

2010
Kanasembo Kudureyaneri

Kanasembo Kudureyaneri

Movie

2010
Baava poster

Baava

Movie

2009
Hatrick Hodi Maga poster

Hatrick Hodi Maga

Movie

2009
Savaari poster

Savaari

Movie

2009
Fitting Master

Fitting Master

Movie

2008
Mr. Garagasa poster

Mr. Garagasa

Movie

2008
Satya In Love

Satya In Love

Movie

2007
Ee Rajeev Gandhi Alla poster

Ee Rajeev Gandhi Alla

Movie

2007
Masti poster

Masti

Movie

2006
Naayi Neralu poster

Naayi Neralu

Movie · as Venkatalakshmi

2005
Aakash poster

Aakash

Movie

2005
Rakshasa poster

Rakshasa

Movie

2005
Gowramma poster

Gowramma

Movie

2004
Monda poster

Monda

Movie

2004
Malla poster

Malla

Movie

2003
Swaathi Mutthu poster

Swaathi Mutthu

Movie

2003
Ree Swalpa Bartheera poster

Ree Swalpa Bartheera

Movie

2003
Dongodu poster

Dongodu

Movie · as Bhadram's wife

2003
Excuse Me poster

Excuse Me

Movie

2003
Namma Preethiya Ramu poster

Namma Preethiya Ramu

Movie

2003
Vijaya Simha poster

Vijaya Simha

Movie

2003
Raja Narasimha poster

Raja Narasimha

Movie

2002
Make Up poster

Make Up

Movie

2002
Neela Megha Shyama poster

Neela Megha Shyama

Movie

2001
The Dusk poster

The Dusk

Movie

2001
Huccha poster

Huccha

Movie

2000
Yajamana poster

Yajamana

Movie · as Swathi

1999
Habba poster

Habba

Movie

1998
Jagath Kiladi poster

Jagath Kiladi

Movie

1998
Hendithghelthini poster

Hendithghelthini

Movie

1998
Agni Sakshi poster

Agni Sakshi

Movie

1997
Nammoora Mandara Hoove poster

Nammoora Mandara Hoove

Movie

1997
Ulta Palta poster

Ulta Palta

Movie

1996
Janumada Jodi poster

Janumada Jodi

Movie · as Mani

1995
Bangarada Kalasha poster

Bangarada Kalasha

Movie