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F4U Editorial Desk • Updated October 6, 2026 • 3 min read

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Date of birth1963

Age57 Years (as of 2020)

BirthplaceDelhi

ProfessionActor & Writer

NationalityIndian

FamilySister: Arundathi Nag

Padmavati Rao Biography

Padmavati Rao is an Indian actor, writer, translator and theatre practitioner known for work across Kannada, Hindi, Marathi and English film and stage. She

Early life and background

Padmavati Rao was born in Delhi in 1963 and is of Indian nationality. She is identified with a few other names in her professional life, including Akshatha Rao and Pinty Rao. Her sister, Arundathi Nag, is also an established film and theatre actress.

Career

Rao began her film career in Kannada cinema with her debut in Geetha (1981). Over the decades she has worked across multiple film industries in India, appearing in Hindi, Kannada, Marathi and other language productions. Notable screen credits mentioned in this profile include Pardes (1997), TE3N (2016), Padmaavat (2018), Tanaji (2020) and Rat Akeli Hai (2020). She also appeared in the Marathi film Ek Sangaychay (2018).

Beyond acting, Rao has been active in theatre as a performer and director and has worked as a translator and poet. She has translated several plays into Hindi, including five works by Girish Karnad and Mahesh Dattani’s 30 Days In September. Rao has also performed solo stage work, including a piece based on Dhiruben Patel’s Kitchen Poems, for which she received favorable recognition.

Public profile

Physically, Rao is described as approximately 167 cm (5'5") tall with salt-and-pepper hair and light brown eyes. Throughout her career she has been associated with theatre activity in addition to her film work, and she is noted for a range of skills including writing, dance and translation. She is often referred to as a versatile practitioner who moves between performance, literary work and stagecraft.

Community work and other pursuits

During the COVID-19 lockdown period in India Rao focused attention on rural communities outside Bengaluru. Motivated by concern for farmers and the challenge many face in keeping produce fresh, she developed a low-cost, non-electric refrigerator constructed from locally available materials such as hollow bricks, gunny sack fabric, cardboard and a river-weed mat. Rao tested the device with a variety of foods and reported results showing extended freshness for oranges, tomatoes, milk and cooked food when the unit was maintained as she described.

Rao has expressed a long-standing interest in farming and said she had wanted to pursue farming since her early adult years. She also pursues practical crafts such as stitching, mending and upcycling, and used the lockdown period to work on three books simultaneously: a compilation of her mother’s recipes, a collection of poems titled Of Love and Silence, and a play.

Latest updates

In recent years Rao continued to appear in mainstream films while maintaining a strong connection to theatre and grassroots initiatives. Her film appearances through 2020 and her translation work remain prominent elements of her public profile.

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Recent Work

Rat Akeli Hai

Film appearance

2020
Tanaji

Film appearance as Rajmata Jijao

2020
Padmaavat

Film appearance as Kunwar Baisa

2018
Ek Sangaychay

Marathi film appearance

2018
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Career Highlights

  1. Debut in Kannada cinema with Geetha (1981)
  2. Appearances in major Hindi films including Pardes (1997), TE3N (2016), and Padmaavat (2018)
  3. Translated five plays by Girish Karnad and Mahesh Dattani’s 30 Days In September into Hindi
  4. Solo stage performance based on Dhiruben Patel’s Kitchen Poems
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