This is a look at how Ramya shaped modern Kannada entertainment and became a mainstay in popular media.
Ramya's rise was marked by a string of blockbusters that redefined the leading lady's role in the Kannada film industry (Sandalwood).
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She proved she could hold her own in action-heavy, star-vehicle films. In Jogi (2005) opposite Shiva Rajkumar, she played a feisty village belle. In Santhu Straight Forward (2016), she played a sharp, modern lawyer, showing she could adapt to the new-age "heroine-centric" roles.