India, March 10 -- The Sandalwood Queen, as Kannada star Ramya is known, is back on the silver screen after a gap of nearly a decade. She has just signed a film with director Yogaraj Bhat with whom she worked with previously in Ranga SSLC starring Kichcha Sudeepa. The Sanju Weds Geetha actress was last seen on screen in the 2016 film Nagarahavu but turned producer with her Applebox Studios and made the award-winning film Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye in 2023. (Also Read: Kannada star Ramya stands by Rashmika Mandanna: 'Stop trolling her')

Speaking at the Bengaluru International Film Festival on a panel on women in cinema, Ramya narrated how she was treated when she signed her film Abhi, starring Puneeth Rajkumar, in 2003. "When I did my fi...