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| birth_name = Jayashree |
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Revision as of 08:01, 13 January 2020
Sudha Rani | |
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Born | Jayashree 14 August 1973 |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1978–present |
Spouse(s) | Dr. Sanjay (divorced) Govardhan (2003–present) |
Children | 1 |
Jayashree (born 14 August 1973), known by her screen name Sudha Rani, is an Indian actress, voice artist and a former model. She has primarily worked in Kannada films, though she appeared in a few Tamil (credited as Shali), Telugu, Tulu and Malayalam cinemas.[1]
At the age of 3, Rani was chosen as a child model for a commercial biscuit brand. As a child artist, she played her first child role in the film Kiladi Kittu (1978). She followed it with films such as Kulla Kulli (1980), Anupama (1981) and Ranganayaki (1981). She debuted as a lead actress at age 12 with the film Anand (1986) opposite Shiva Rajkumar. During the late 1980s and throughout 1990s, she was part of several commercial successes such as Ranaranga (1988), Krishna Nee Kunidaga (1989), Panchama Veda (1989), Mysooru Mallige (1992), Mannina Doni (1992), Mane Devru (1993), Anuraga Sangama (1995) and Sparsha (2000) among others. Her Tamil films, Annakili Sonna Kathai (1989) and Vasanthakala Paravai (1991) were commercial successes.
She has so far won the Filmfare Awards and Karnataka State Film Awards twice for her performances.[2]
Early years
Sudha Rani was born to Gopalakrishna and Nagalakshmi. She is the niece of popular film personality, Chi. Udaya Shankar and the cousin of actor-director Chi. Guru Dutt. She began modelling in print ads at the age of three. Her mother enrolled her in dance classes at age five. Rani is a Kuchipudi and Bharata Natyam dancer. At age 7, she was roped in by her brother for his short film based on children, titled as Child is Here which won an international award. She was also actively participating in the children shows at the Prabhat Kalavidaru theatre troupe.
Film career
Rani was noticed by the spouse of actor and singer Rajkumar in a thread ceremony video at the age of 12. Rajkumar selected her to be the heroine of the film Anand (1986). She went on to appear in such films as Mana Mechchida Hudugi, Samara, Aasegobba Meesegobba, Anna Tangi, and Midida Shruthi. In 1989, she made her debut in Tamil with the film Annakili Sonna Kathai and after a gap of 3 years, she starred in Vasanthakala Paravai, which was a commercial success. Following the same she has acted in 10 more Tamil films and in all these films she was credited as 'Shali'. She speaks Tamil very fluently. She paired with Ramesh Aravind in over eight films, including Panchama Veda, Shrigandha, Aragini, Ganda Mane Makkalu, Varagala Bete, Balondu Chaduranga, Accident and Anuraga Sangama. Rani dominated the Kannada film industry in the 1990s.
Personal life
At the peak of her career, Rani married a U.S.-based anesthesia specialist, Dr. Sanjay. However citing understanding differences, she parted ways after having stayed in the US for 5 years.[3] Later, she married her relative, Govardhan.[4] she has a daughter Nidhi born in the year 2001.[5][6]
Awards
Rani was twice awarded the Karnataka State Award for Best Actress: in 1988 for the film Panchama Veda and in 1991 for Mysore Mallige. For the latter film, she also won the Filmfare Best Actress Award.Sudha lives in Bangalore and is actively involved in the films and art industry carefully picking her projects. She is widely respected as a judge of talent competitions and as an actress who has matured with age. She is very selective about the films that she signs
Year | Film | Award | Category | Result |
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1991 | Panchama Veda | Karnataka State Film Awards | Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress | Won |
1992 | Mysore Mallige | Filmfare Awards South | Best Actress | Won |
Karnataka State Film Awards | Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress | Won | ||
2000 | Sparsha | Filmfare Awards South | Best Actress | Won |
2015 | Vaastu Prakaara | Filmfare Awards South | Best Supporting Actress | Won |
Filmography
Child roles
Year | Film | Role | Director | Notes | Ref(s) |
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1978 | Kiladi Kittu | Geetha | K. S. R. Das | As child actress Credited as Baby Jayashree |
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1980 | Kulla Kulli | H. R. Bhargava | As child actress Credited as Baby Jayashree |
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1981 | Ranganayaki | Puttanna Kanagal | As child actress Credited as Baby Jayashree |
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Anupama | Renuka Sharma | As child actress Credited as Baby Jayashree |
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Bhagyavantha | B. S. Ranga | As child actress Credited as Baby Jayashree |
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1982 | Baadada Hoo | K. V. Jayaram | As child actress Credited as Sudha |
Lead and supporting roles
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | No | Film | Role | Director | Notes | Ref. | |
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1986 | 1 | Anand | Mala | Singeetham Srinivasa Rao | Debut film as Lead actress | ||
1987 | 2 | Manamecchida Hudugi | Gowri | M. S. Rajashekar | |||
3 | Vijayotsava | Dorai-Bhagavan | |||||
1988 | 4 | Devatha Manushya | Seetha | Singeetham Srinivasa Rao | |||
5 | Ranaranga | Shashikala | V. Somashekar | ||||
6 | Ganda Mane Makkalu | T. P. Gajendra | |||||
7 | Sambhavami Yuge Yuge | Siddalingaiah | [7] | ||||
1989 | 8 | Krishna Nee Kunidaga | Radha | Dwarakish | |||
9 | Manmatha Raja | Om Sai Prakash | [8] | ||||
10 | Avane Nanna Ganda | S. Umesh K. Prabhakar |
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11 | Annakili Sonna Kathai | Gowri | S. Devaraj | Tamil film | [9] | ||
12 | Narasimha | Om Sai Prakash | [10] | ||||
1990 | 13 | Panchama Veda | Rukmini | P. H. Vishwanath | Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress | ||
14 | Aasegobba Meesegobba | Asha | M. S. Rajashekar | ||||
15 | Abhimanyu | Ravi Raja | |||||
16 | Ashoka Chakra | B. Ramamurthy | |||||
17 | Halliya Surasuraru | Tiptur Raghu | |||||
18 | Prathap | V. Somashekar | |||||
19 | Shabarimale Swamy Ayyappa | Parvathi | Renuka Sharma | ||||
20 | Trinetra | Raj Kishore | [11] | ||||
1991 | 21 | Varagala Bete | Renuka Sharma | ||||
22 | Vasanthakala Paravai | Pavithran | Tamil film Credited as Shali |
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1992 | 23 | Mysore Mallige | Padma | T. S. Nagabharana | Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada |
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24 | Midida Shruthi | M. S. Rajashekar | |||||
25 | Sugamana Sumaigal | R. Parthiban | Tamil film Credited as Shali |
[12] | |||
26 | Mannina Doni | Saubhagya | M. S. Rajashekar | ||||
27 | Jeevana Chaitra | Lakshmi | Dorai-Bhagavan | Guest appearance | |||
28 | Vasanthakala Malargal | A. R. Ramesh | Tamil film Credited as Shali |
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29 | Sapthapadi | H. R. Bhargava | |||||
30 | Mouna Mozhi | Kasthuri Raja | Tamil film Credited as Shali |
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31 | Belliyappa Bangarappa | Herself | Poorna Pragna | Guest appearance | |||
32 | Hosa Raaga | K. V. Jayaram | |||||
1993 | 33 | Munjaneya Manju | Meera | P. H. Vishwanath | |||
34 | Mane Devru | Janaki | V. Ravichandran | ||||
35 | Bhagawan Sri Saibaba | Om Sai Prakash | |||||
36 | Hrudaya Bandhana | B. Ramamurthy | |||||
37 | Thangakkili | Rajavarman | Tamil film Credited as Shali |
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38 | Ananda Jyothi | Jyothi | Chi. Dattaraj | ||||
39 | Kumkuma Bhagya | B. Subba Rao | |||||
40 | Chinnari Mutha | T. S. Nagabharana | Special appearance | ||||
41 | Bangar Patler | Dr. Richard Castelino | Tulu film | ||||
1994 | 42 | Mahakshathriya | Priyadarshini | Rajendra Singh Babu | |||
43 | Swathi | Swathi | Shivamani | ||||
44 | Gold Medal | Om Prakash Rao | |||||
45 | Vijaya Kankana | Shankar Sugnalli | |||||
46 | Curfew | H. S. Rajashekar | Guest appearance | ||||
1995 | 47 | Srigandha | P. H. Vishwanath | ||||
48 | Aragini | P. H. Vishwanath | |||||
49 | Aadyathe Kanmani | Ambika | Rajasenan | Malayalam film | Credited as Sudha Rani | ||
50 | Kona Edaithe | B. Jayashree Devi | Guest appearance | ||||
51 | Mr. Abhishek | N. T. Jayarama Reddy | |||||
52 | Anuraga Sangama | V. Umakanth | |||||
53 | Samara | Chi Guru Dutt | |||||
54 | Kavya | Kavya | Kodlu Ramakrishna | ||||
1996 | 55 | Simhadri | Raj Kishor | ||||
56 | Vasantha Kavya | Kavya | S. Narayan | ||||
57 | Stunt Master | V. Chandrahas | |||||
1999 | 58 | Naanenu Maadlilla | Dinesh Babu | ||||
2000 | 59 | Sparsha | Radha | Sunil Kumar Desai | Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada | ||
2001 | 60 | Sri Manjunatha | K. Raghavendra Rao | Guest appearance | |||
61 | Chandana Chiguru | Bharathi Teacher | Abdul Rehman Pasha | ||||
2003 | 62 | Preethi Prema Pranaya | Kavitha Lankesh | ||||
63 | Khaaki | Shivamani | |||||
2004 | 64 | Bimba | Kavitha Lankesh | ||||
2005 | 65 | Namma Basava | Veera Shankar | ||||
66 | Anna Thangi | Om Sai Prakash | |||||
67 | Thunta | Om Prakash Rao | |||||
68 | Auto Shankar | D. Rajendra Babu | |||||
69 | Magic Ajji | Nirmala Devi | Dinesh Babu | ||||
70 | Abhinandane | N. Ramachandra Rao | |||||
2006 | 71 | Thirupathi | Shivamani | ||||
72 | O Priyathama | Shivaprabhu | |||||
73 | Mandya | Om Prakash Rao | |||||
2007 | 74 | Thamashegagi | Kodlu Ramakrishna | ||||
75 | Ee Preethi Yeke Bhoomi Melide | Prem | Special appearance | ||||
2008 | 76 | Accident | Suguna Shankar | Ramesh Aravind | Guest appearance | ||
77 | Mr. Garagasa | Gauri | Dinesh Babu | ||||
78 | Prachanda Ravana | Srinivas Prasad | |||||
79 | Navashakti Vaibhava | Om Sai Prakash | |||||
2009 | 80 | Maleyali Jotheyali | Preetham Gubbi | Special appearance | |||
81 | Ghauttham | K. Rajeev Prasad | |||||
82 | Bhagyada Balegara | Om Sai Prakash | Guest appearance | ||||
83 | Eshtu Nagthi Nagu | Chindodi Madhukesh | |||||
84 | Huchchi | Venkatesh Panchangam | |||||
85 | Ishwar | ||||||
2010 | 86 | Kaanana | |||||
87 | Thamassu | Agni Sridhar | Guest appearance | ||||
2011 | 88 | Jeevana Jokeali | Jayanth | ||||
89 | Jolly Boy | D. Sabhapathi | |||||
2012 | 90 | Indina Satya | Aditya Chikkanna | ||||
91 | Dandupalya | Srinivas Raju | |||||
92 | Guru | Tejaswini | Jaggesh | ||||
2013 | 93 | Bharath Stores | Bharathi | P. Sheshadri | |||
2014 | 94 | Vasundhara | T. S. Nagabharana | ||||
95 | Sachin! Tendulkar Alla | S. Mohan | |||||
96 | Bahaddur | Chethan Kumar | |||||
97 | Belli | Nidhi | Mussanje Mahesh | ||||
2015 | 98 | Siddhartha | Prakash Jayaram | ||||
99 | Vaastu Prakaara | Vandana | Yogaraj Bhat | Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress | |||
100 | Rebel | Rajendra Singh Babu | |||||
101 | Billa | Rama Narayanan | |||||
102 | Love U Alia | Indrajit Lankesh | |||||
103 | Plus | Gadda Viji | |||||
104 | Sharpshooter | Ghouse Peer | |||||
2016 | 105 | Siganduru Chowdeshwari Mahime | Chowdeshwari Devi | Shashikumar | |||
106 | July 22, 1947 | Vishal Raj | |||||
2017 | 107 | Happy New Year | Varalakshmi | Pannaga Bharana | |||
108 | Dada is Back | Santhosh | |||||
109 | Nibunan | Doctor | Arun Vaidyanathan | Tamil film | |||
110 | Vismaya | ||||||
111 | Bharjari | Chethan Kumar | |||||
2018 | 112 | Life Jothe Ondh Selfie | Thulsi | Dinakar Thoogudepa | |||
2019 | 113 | Premier Padmini | Spandana | Ramesh Indira | |||
114 | Amar | Amar's mother | Nagashekar | ||||
115 | Chitrakatha | Yashasvi balaaditya | |||||
116 | Vrithra | Gowtham Iyer G | |||||
117 | Geetha | Geethanjali | Vijay Nagendra | ||||
118 | Kannad Gothilla | Mayura Raghavendra | Post production | ||||
119 | Yuvaratna | Santosh Ananddram | Filming | ||||
120 | Avatara Purusha | Suni | Filming | ||||
121 | Thurthu Nirgamana | Hemanth Kumar | Filming | 122 | Padde huli |
Voice over
Year | Film | Actress |
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1999 | Premotsava | Roja |
2002 | Simhadriya Simha | Meena |
2004 | Maurya | Roja |
2012 | Prasad | Madhuri Bhattacharya |
2014 | Maanikya | Ramya Krishnan |
References
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- ^ "Sudharani Awards". Oneindia. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
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External links
- Sudha Rani at IMDb
- Actresses in Kannada cinema
- Living people
- Kannada people
- Actresses from Bangalore
- Indian film actresses
- Filmfare Awards winners
- Filmfare Awards South winners
- Actresses in Malayalam cinema
- Actresses in Tamil cinema
- 1974 births
- Child actresses in Kannada cinema
- 20th-century Indian actresses
- 21st-century Indian actresses
- Indian voice actresses