
Pragathi Mahavadi (born April 16, 1976), known mononymously as Pragathi, is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Telugu cinema, alongside appearances in Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada films. She began her career as a leading actress in Tamil films with *Veetla Visheshanga* (1994), before transitioning to television serials and establishing an extensive filmography as a character artist in Telugu cinema. Following her return to feature films in the early 2000s, Pragathi appeared in *Bobby* (2002), *Nuvve Nuvve* (2002), *Gangotri* (2003), *Chirutha* (2007), *Ready* (2008), and *Bujjigadu* (2008). For her supporting performance in *Yemaindi Ee Vela* (2010), she won the Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her credits during this period also included *Brindaavanam* (2010), *Dookudu* (2011), *Julayi* (2012), *Attarintiki Daredi* (2013), and *Race Gurram* (2014). In 2016, she won the Nandi Award for Best Female Comedian for *Kalyana Vaibhogame*. Her subsequent Telugu releases included *Awe!* (2018), *Chalo* (2018), *F2: Fun and Frustration* (2019), *Oh! Baby* (2019), *DJ Tillu* (2022), *F3: Fun and Frustration* (2022), and *Double iSmart* (2024).

as Saraswathi

as Sharada

as Kasturi

as Tulasamma

as Meera's Mother (Voice over Phone)

as Rukmani, Murali's mother

as Bala's mother

as Sowjanya, Satya & Jhanvi's Mother

as Padma

as Judge Sharada Devi

as Lokeshwari, Vibha's mother

as Vashishta's Aunt

as Mrs. Shanthi

as Harika & Honey's Mother

as Mohan's mother

as Chitra

as Radha Krishna's mother

as Gopala Krishna's wife

as Anu's would-be mother-in law

as Hari's Mother

as Gajapathi's Wife

as Sita's Aunt

as Sathish's Mother

as Bhavani

as Siddharth's mother

as Jyothilakshmi

as Sai's mother

as Lalita

as Papa Rao's wife

as Gangi Reddy's wife

as Prashanthi's mother

as Venky's Mother

as Spandana's mother

as Ammullu's Mother

as Pooja

as Sumathi

as Pilli Gayatri Simha

as Kaarthik's mother

as Mithuna's mother

as Lalita

as Saravanan's Mother

as Anita's Mother

as Padma

as Razia

as Sathya's Mother

as Siva's Wife

as Nithya's Mother

as Avantika's mom

as Reddy's wife

as Muthuvel's Wife

as Rajyam

as Amrita's Aunt

as Charan's mother

as Kiran's Mother

as Tulasi

as Bobby's mother

as Anjali's mother

as Krishna's mother

as Priya

as Uma

as Anjala

as Ponni

as Ganga / Gowri