Bhanupriya
Bhanupriya | |
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Born | Manga Bhama |
Occupations |
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Spouse |
Adarsh Kaushal (m. 1998–2005) |
Relatives | Shantipriya (sister) Abhinaya Kaushal (daughter) Gopalakrishnan (brother) |
Bhanu Priya (born Manga Bhama) is an Indian film actress, Kuchipudi dancer, and voice artist known for her works predominantly in Telugu cinema and Tamil cinema. She is also known for her works in a few Malayalam and Kannada films, Bollywood and television. Her acting debut was with the Tamil film Mella Pesungal (1983).[1][1] She then appeared in the Telugu hit Sitaara, which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for that year. She then played an ornithologist in the 1985 mystery film Anveshana. In 1986, she made her Hindi film debut with Dosti Dushmani.[2]
In 1988, she appeared in Swarnakamalam, screened at the Indian panorama section of the 1988 International Film Festival of India,[3] and the Ann Arbor Film Festival.[4] Bhanupriya garnered the Indian Express Award for Best Actress,[5] the Nandi Award for Best Actress, and the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu for her performance in the film.[6][7] In 1989 and 1981 her performances in the Tamil hits Aararo Aariraro and Azhagan brought her the Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prizes respectively.[8]
In a career spanning thirty-three years, Bhanupriya has acted in more than one hundred fifty feature films in a variety of roles, and has garnered three state Nandi Awards, three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, two Cinema Express Awards, two Filmfare Awards South and the JFW Divas of South India Award - for her contribution to South Indian cinema, the Gemini TV Puraskaram for lifetime achievement in Television and various other honours.[9][10]
Early life
Bhanupriya was born in Rangampeta village, near Rajamahendravaram, Andhra Pradesh into the Telugu speaking family, to Pandu Babu and Ragamali. Her family settled in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She has a younger sister Shantipriya, who has also been a film actress since the 1990s.[9][10]
Personal life
Bhanupriya married Adarsh Kaushal, a digital graphics engineer, at the Sri Venkateswara temple in Malibu, California, on 14 June 1998. The couple has a daughter, Abhinaya, born in 2003.[9][10]
Bhanupriya divorced Kaushal in 2005 and returned to India, where she resumed her acting career. She now lives in Chennai with her daughter.[11]
Filmography
As actress
No | Year | Title | Role | Co-Star | Language | Director | Notes |
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1 | 1983 | Mella Pesungal | Uma | Vasanth | Tamil | Bharati Vasu | Debut Film in Tamil |
2 | 1984 | Sitaara | Sitaara / Kokila | Suman | Telugu | Vamsy | Debut Film in Telugu |
3 | 1984 | Rowdy | Ganga | Krishnam Raju | Telugu | A.Mohan Gandhi | |
4 | 1984 | Ramayanamlo Bhagavatam | Chandra Mohan | Telugu | Tatineni Prasad | ||
5 | 1984 | Palnati Puli | Rani | Balakrishna Nandamuri | Telugu | Tatineni Prasad | |
6 | 1984 | Jamesbond 999 | Suman | Telugu | P.Chandrasekhar Reddy | ||
7 | 1984 | Chadarangam | Naresh | Telugu | B.Bhaskara Rao | ||
8 | 1984 | Gruhalakshmi | Swapna priya | Mohan Babu | Telugu | B.Bhaskara Rao | |
9 | 1984 | Illale Devata | Akkineni Nageshwara Rao | Telugu | T.L.V.Prasad | ||
10 | 1985 | Jhansi Rani | Jhansi Rani | Rajendra Prasad | Telugu | Satyanand | |
11 | 1985 | Mogudu Pellalu | Saroja | Naresh | Telugu | Jandhyala | |
12 | 1985 | Musugu Donga | Swapna | Suman | Telugu | Boina Subba Rao | |
13 | 1985 | Bangaru Chiluka | Hema / Chilaka | Arjun Sarja | Telugu | Anil Kumar | Dual Role |
14 | 1985 | Preminchu Pelladu | Radha | Rajendra Prasad | Telugu | Jandyala | |
15 | 1985 | Jwala | Chiranjeevi | Telugu | Ravi Raja Pinishetty | ||
16 | 1985 | Thendral Thodhata Malar | Rajeev | Tamil | G.P.Balan | ||
17 | 1985 | Garjana | Suman | Telugu | Anil Kumar | ||
18 | 1985 | Kutumba Bandham | Rajesh | Telugu | M.Jaya dev | ||
19 | 1985 | Illaliko Pariksha | Mohan Babu | Telugu | T.L.V.Prasad | ||
20 | 1985 | Atmabalam | Vishali | Balakrishna Nandamuri | Telugu | Tatineni Prasad | |
21 | 1985 | America Alludu | Radha | Suman | Telugu | K.Vasu | |
22 | 1985 | Anveshana | Hema | Karthik | Telugu | Vamsy | |
23 | 1985 | Vijetha | Priyadarshini | Chiranjeevi | Telugu | Kodanda Rami Reddy | |
24 | 1986 | Bhale Mithrulu | Bharathi | BhanuChander | Telugu | A.Mohan Gandhi | |
26 | 1986 | Manchi Manasulu | Janaki | Bhanuchandar | Telugu | A.Mohan Gandhi | |
27 | 1986 | Pratibhavantudu | Krishna | Telugu | Prabhakar Reddy | ||
28 | 1986 | Shravana Meghaalu | Murali Mohan | Telugu | |||
29 | 1986 | Konaseema Kurradu | Jyothi | Arjun Sarja | Telugu | RaviRaja Pinishetty | |
30 | 1986 | Kashmora | Tulasi | Rajasekhar, Rajendra Prasad | Telugu | N.B.Chakravarthy | |
30 | 1986 | Dosti Dushmani | Rekha / Shanti | Rishi Kapoor, Jeetendra, Rajinikanth | Hindi | Rama Rao Thatineni | Debut Film in Hindi |
31 | 1986 | Aalapana | Usha | Mohan | Telugu | Vamsy | |
32 | 1986 | Apoorva Sahodarulu | Roja | Balakrishna Nandamuri | Telugu | K.Raghavendra Rao | |
33 | 1986 | Anadiga Aadadi | Rajendra Prasad | Telugu | Anil Kishore | ||
34 | 1986 | Anasuyammagari Alludu | Rukmini | Balakrishna Nandamuri | Telugu | Kodanda Rami Reddy | |
35 | 1986 | Chadastapu Mogudu | Janaki | Suman | Telugu | Sharath | |
36 | 1987 | Srinivasa Kalyanam | Lalitha | Venkatesh | Telugu | Kodi Ramakrishna | |
37 | 1987 | Shankaravam | Jyothi | Krishna | Telugu | Krishna | |
38 | 1987 | Prema Samrat | Madhulatha | Suman | Telugu | A.Mohan Gandhi | |
39 | 1987 | Insaf Ki Pukar | Rani | Dharmendra, Jeetendra | Hindi | Rama Rao Thatineni | |
40 | 1987 | Prema Deepalu | Sarath Babu | Telugu | C.S.Bose | ||
41 | 1987 | Chakravarthy | Rani | Chiranjeevi | Telugu | Ravi Raja Pinishetty | |
42 | 1987 | Kartika Pournami | Abilasha / Gowri | Shoban Babu | Telugu | Kodanda Rami Reddy | |
43 | 1987 | Khudgarz | Jaya Saxena | Jeetendra, Shatrughan Sinha | Hindi | Rakesh Roshan | |
44 | 1987 | Donga Mogudu | Priyamvada | Chiranjeevi | Telugu | Kodanda Rami Reddy | |
45 | 1987 | Allari Krishnayya | Lalitha | Balakrishna Nandamuri | Telugu | Nandamuri Ramesh | |
46 | 1987 | Jebu Donga | Bujji | Chiranjeevi | Telugu | Kodanda Rami Reddy | |
47 | 1988 | Mar Mitenge | Jenny | Jeetendra, Mithun Chakraborty | Hindi | Kewal Sharma | |
48 | 1988 | Bharatamlo Balachandrudu | Bhanu | Balakrishna Nandamuri | Telugu | Kodi Ramakrishna | |
49 | 1988 | Nyayaniki Siksha | Shiva Krishna | Telugu | Rama Rao Thatineni | ||
50 | 1988 | Agni Keratalu | Bhanurekha | Krishna | Telugu | Rama Rao Thatineni | |
51 | 1988 | Tiragabadda Telugu Bidda | Padma | Balakrishna Nandamuri | Telugu | Kodanda Rami Reddy | |
52 | 1988 | Tamacha | Seema | Jeetendra, Rajinikanth | Hindi | Ramesh Ahuja | |
53 | 1988 | Khaidi No. 786 | Radha | Chiranjeevi | Telugu | Vijaya Bapineedu | |
54 | 1988 | Trinetrudu | Pratyusha | Chiranjeevi | Telugu | Kodanda Rami Reddy | Chiranjeevi's 100th Film |
55 | 1988 | Swarnakamalam | Meenakshi | Venkatesh | Telugu | K.Viswanath | Nandi Award for Best Actress |
56 | 1989 | Suryaa: An Awakening | Shanoo | Vinod Khanna | Hindi | Esmayeel Shroff | |
57 | 1989 | State Rowdy | Asha | Chiranjeevi | Telugu | B.Gopal | |
58 | 1989 | Bhagawan | Rekha | Krishnam Raju | Telugu | Siddhartha | |
59 | 1989 | Black Tiger | Ramesh Babu | Telugu | Dasari Narayana Rao | ||
60 | 1989 | Dav Pech | Sunita Verma | Jeetendra | Hindi | Kewal Sharma | |
61 | 1989 | Garibon Ka Daata | Naina | Mithun Chakraborty | Hindi | Ramesh Ahuja | |
62 | 1989 | Gudachari 117 | Krishna | Telugu | Kodi Ramakrishna | ||
63 | 1989 | Kasam Vardi Ki | Aarthi | Jeetendra | Hindi | Shibu Mitra | |
64 | 1989 | Ashoka Chakravarthy | Urmila | Balakrishna Nandamuri | Telugu | S S Ravichandra | |
66 | 1989 | Aararo Ariraro | Meenu | K.Bhagyaraj | Tamil | K.Bhagyaraj | Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize Filmfare Award for Best Actress |
66 | 1990 | Zahreelay | Seema | Sanjay Dutt, Jeetendra | Hindi | Jyotin Goel | |
67 | 1990 | Sirayil Pootha Chinna Malar | Chitra | Vijayakanth | Tamil | Amirtham | |
68 | 1990 | Jayasimha | Suman | Telugu | |||
69 | 1990 | Chatriyan | Banu | Vijayakanth | Tamil | K.Subash | |
70 | 1991 | Bhabhi | Sita / Kamini | Govinda, Juhi Chawla | Hindi | Kishore Vyas | |
71 | 1991 | Pudhu Manithan | Sugandhi | Sathyaraj | Tamil | Manivannan | |
72 | 1991 | Gopura Vasalile | Kalyani | Karthik | Tamil | Priyadarshan | |
73 | 1991 | Shri Edu Kondala Swamy | Goddess Padmavati Devi | Arun Govil | Telugu | K.Kameswar Rao | |
74 | 1991 | Pondatti Sonna Kettukanum | Indira | Chandra Sekhar | Tamil | V.Sekhar | |
75 | 1991 | Azhagan | Priya Ranjan | Mammootty | Tamil | K. Balachander | Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize |
76 | 1991 | People's Encounter | Srikanth | Telugu | A.Mohan Gandhi | ||
77 | 1991 | Bramma | Pavitra | Sathyaraj | Tamil | K.Subash | |
78 | 1991 | Thalapathi | Padma | Rajinikanth | Tamil | Manirathnam | |
79 | 1991 | Thaipoosam | Sivagami | Nassar | Tamil | ||
80 | 1991 | Ramudu Kadu Rakshasudu | Suman | Telugu | Dasari Narayana Rao | ||
81 | 1992 | Magudam | Bhavani | Sathyaraj | Tamil | Prathap K. Pothan | |
82 | 1992 | Bharathan | Indhu | Vijayakanth | Tamil | Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy | |
83 | 1992 | Therku Theru Machan | Parimala | Sathyaraj | Tamil | K.Subash | |
84 | 1992 | Sundara Kandam | Deivanai | K.Bhagyaraj | Tamil | K.Bhagyaraj | |
85 | 1992 | Pangali | Saidhai Tamizharasi | Sathyaraj | Tamil | K.Subash | |
86 | 1992 | Rajashilpi | Durga | Mohanlal | Malayalam | R.Sukumaran | Debut Film in Malayalam |
87 | 1992 | Amaran | Sivagaami | Karthik | Tamil | K.Rajeswar | |
88 | 1992 | Kaviya Thalaivan | Priya / Saradha | Vijayakanth | Tamil | Dual Role | |
89 | 1992 | Vaaname Ellai | Herself | Anand Babu, Ramya Krishnan | Tamil | K. Balachander | Guest Appearance in a special song |
90 | 1992 | Neenga Nalla Irukkanum | Anjalai | Nizhalgal Ravi | Tamil | Visu | |
91 | 1993 | Kattalai | Vijaya | Sathyaraj | Tamil | Liaquat Ali Khan | |
92 | 1993 | Porantha Veeda Puguntha Veeda | Amudha | Sivakumar | Tamil | V. Sekhar | |
93 | 1993 | Bhagat | Suman | Telugu | Satya Reddy | ||
94 | 1993 | Maharasan | Selvi | Kamal Haasan | Tamil | G.N.Rangarajan | |
95 | 1993 | Mutrugai | DSP Bhavani | Arun Pandiyan | Tamil | Manobala | |
96 | 1993 | Rajadurai | Vijayakanth | Tamil | S.A.Chandrasekhar | Guest Appearance in special song | |
97 | 1993 | Kirayi Gunda | Krishna | Telugu | |||
98 | 1993 | Gokulam | Gayathri / Mary | Arjun Sarja | Tamil | Vikraman | |
99 | 1993 | Uzhavan | Prabhu Ganesan | Tamil | Kathir | ||
100 | 1994 | Rasika | Ravichandran | Kannada | Dwarakish | Debut Film in Kannada | |
101 | 1994 | Ish Gup Chup | Ravali | Varun Kumar | Telugu | Jandhyala | |
102 | 1994 | Bangaru Mogudu | Amulya | Suman | Telugu | ThammaReddy Bharadwaj | |
103 | 1995 | Highway | Meera | Suresh Gopi | Malayalam | Jayaraaj | |
104 | 1995 | Pedarayudu | Lakshmi | Mohan Babu | Telugu | Ravi Raja Pinishetty | |
105 | 1995 | Chakravarthy | Bhanu | Karthik | Tamil | M.Baskar | |
106 | 1996 | Azhakiya Ravanan | Anuradha | Mammootty | Malayalam | Kamal | |
107 | 1996 | Amma Durgamma | Goddess Durga | Sasikumar | Telugu | ||
108 | 1997 | Mama Bagunnava | Gowri | Rajendra Prasad, Naresh | Telugu | Kodi RamaKrishna | |
109 | 1997 | Kulam | Subhadra | Suresh Gopi | Malayalam | Lenin Rajendran | |
110 | 1997 | Rishyasringan | Poornima | Krishna, Shyjudev | Malayalam | Suresh Unnithan | |
111 | 1997 | Annamayya | Goddess Padmavathi Devi | Akkineni Nagarjuna, Suman | Telugu | K. Raghavendra Rao | |
112 | 1998 | Thalaimurai | Panchavarnam | Rajkiran | Tamil | Rajkiran | |
113 | 1998 | Aaha | Rajeswari (Raaji) | Raghuvaran | Tamil | Suresh Krishna | |
114 | 1998 | Aaha | Geeta | Jagapati Babu | Telugu | Suresh Krishna | Guest Role |
115 | 1999 | Endrendrum Kadhal | Pooja | Vijay | Tamil | Manoj Bhatnagar | |
116 | 1999 | Anantha Poongathe | Banu | Karthik | Tamil | Raj Kapoor | Guest Role |
117 | 2000 | Annai | Kanagamahalakshmi | Nassar | Tamil | ||
118 | 2000 | February 14 Necklace Road | Suman | Telugu | Sreenivasa Reddy | Guest Role | |
119 | 2000 | Ayodhya Ramaiah | Padmavathi | Srihari | Telugu | Chandra Mahesh | |
120 | 2000 | Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal | Maya Varma | Jayaram | Malayalam | Sathyan Anthikad | |
121 | 2000 | Devara Maga | Shivarajkumar, Ambareesh | Kannada | D.Rajendra Babu | ||
122 | 2000 | Jayam Manadera | Bhuvaneswari | Venkatesh | Telugu | N. Shankar | |
123 | 2000 | Hindustan The Mother | Naresh | Telugu | G. Haribabu | ||
124 | 2001 | Sree Rajarajeswary | Goddess Parasakthi | Ramya Krishnan | Tamil | ||
125 | 2001 | Thaali Kaatha Kaaliamman | Goddess Kaali | Prabhu | Tamil | ||
126 | 2002 | Simhadriya Simha | Lakshmi | Vishnuvardhan, Meena, Umashree | Kannada] | S. Narayan | |
127 | 2002 | Naina | Azhagu Nachiyar | Jayaram | Tamil | Manobala | |
128 | 2002 | Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo | Indu | Harikrishna, Suman | Telugu | YVS Chowdary | Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress |
129 | 2004 | Jai | Veerapandi's wife / Jai's mother | Prashanth, Thyagarajan | Tamil | S. Narayan | |
130 | 2004 | Manjupoloru Penkutti | Arundathi | Amrutha Prakash, Suresh Krishna | Malayalam | Kamal | |
131 | 2004 | Jore | Meenakshi | Sathyaraj, Sibiraj, Gajala | Tamil | Selva | |
132 | 2004 | Kadamba | Yamini | Dr.Vishnuvardhan, Avinash | Kannada | Suresh Krishna | |
133 | 2004 | Shravanamasam | Rajyam | Harikrishna, Krishna, Gajala | Telugu | Posani KrishnaMurali | |
134 | 2004 | Chellamae | Vishal Krishna, Reema Sen | Tamil | Gandhi Krishna | Guest Appearance in a song "Kummi Adi" | |
135 | 2005 | Orey Pandu | Akhilandeswari | Sachin | Telugu | S. V. Krishna Reddy | |
136 | 2005 | Gautam S.S.C | Bhanu | Navadeep | Telugu | Arun Prasad | |
137 | 2005 | Hridayathi Sookshikkaan | Sreenath's mother | Kunchako Boban, Bhavana | Malayalam | Rajesh Pillai | |
138 | 2005 | Chhatrapati | Rajya Lakshmi | Prabhas, Shriya | Telugu | S.S.Rajamouli | Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress |
139 | 2006 | Raathrimazha | Malayalam | Lenin Rajendran | |||
140 | 2007 | Oru Ponnu Oru Paiyan | Ganga | Sarath Babu | Tamil | ||
141 | 2007 | Polladhavan | Thilaka | Dhanush | Tamil | Vetrimaaran | |
142 | 2008 | Mahayagnam | Nassar | Telugu | Krishna Tota | ||
143 | 2008 | Theekuchi | Sakthi | Jai Varma | Tamil | A. L. Raja | |
144 | 2008 | Pellaindi Kaani | Rajeshwari | Allari Naresh, Kamalini Mukherjee | Telugu | E.V.V.Sathya Narayana | |
145 | 2009 | Mesthru | Devaraj | Kannada | Mahadev | ||
146 | 2010 | My Name is Amruta | Bhanuchandar | Telugu | Venkat Gowri | ||
147 | 2012 | 3 | Ram's mother | Dhanush | Tamil | Aishwarya R. Dhanush | |
148 | 2012 | Dammu | Vasundhara | NTR Jr. | Telugu | Boyapati Srinu | |
149 | 2013 | Chatrapathi | Siddanth | Kannada | Dinesh Gandhi | ||
150 | 2014 | Avathaaram | Akkamma | Richard Rishi, Radhika Kumaraswamy | Telugu | Kodi Ramakrishna | |
151 | 2017 | Shivalinga | Sarala | Raghava Lawrence, Urvashi | Tamil | P. Vasu | |
152 | 2017 | Magalir Mattum | Rani Amirthakumari | Jyothika, Urvashi, Saranya | Tamil | Bramma | |
153 | 2018 | Mahanati | Durgamamba | Keerthy Suresh, Dulquer Salman | Telugu | Nag Ashwin | Billingual film |
2018 | Nadigaiyar Thilagam | Tamil | |||||
154 | 2018 | Kadaikutty Singam | Panchamadevi | Karthi, Sathyaraj | Tamil | Pandiraj | |
155 | 2019 | Untitled Sivakarthikeyan film | TBA | Sivakarthikeyan, Rakul Preet Singh | Tamil | R. Ravikumar |
Dubbing artist
- Urmila Matondkar - Indian (Tamil Movie)
- Rambha - arunachalam (Telugu Movie)
Awards
- Nandi Award for Best Actress in 1988 for her performance in Swarna Kamalam
- Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu in 1988 for her performance in Swarna Kamalam
- Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil in 1989for her performance in Aararo Aaariraro
- Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize in 1989 for the film Aararo Aaariraro
- Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize in 1991 for the film Azhagan
- Cinema Express Awards in 1996 for the film Peddarayudu
- Screen Videocon Award for the television serial Shakti.
- Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2002 for the film Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo
- Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2005 for the film Chatrapati
- JFW Divas of South - Awarded on 12 October 2012 by Just for Women magazine for her contribution to south Indian cinema.
References
- ^ a b S.R. Ashok Kumar (1 October 2006). "For Bhanupriya family comes first now". The Hindu. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ^ "32nd National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ^ "Directorate of Film Festival". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- ^ "Dance without frontiers: K Viswanath – Director who aims to revive classical arts". 2 May 2017.
- ^ Express News Service (11 March 1989), "Cinema Express readers choose Agni Nakshathiram", The Indian Express, p. 4, retrieved 7 October 2016
- ^ Vidura. C. Sarkar. 1989.
- ^ 30 June 2011 - Ranjana Dave (30 June 2011). "The meaning in movement". The Asian Age. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Anandan, 'Film News' (2004). Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru (Tamil Film History and Its Achievements). Sivagami Publications. p. 738.
- ^ a b c "An Interview with Bhanu Priya". www.indolink.com.
- ^ a b c "For actor Banupriya family comes first now".
- ^ SRIREKHA PILLAI (13 September 2004). "ABHINAYA, Bhanupriya's new love". The Hindu. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
External links
- Bhanupriya at IMDb
- Living people
- Telugu people
- 20th-century Indian actresses
- Actresses in Telugu cinema
- Indian film actresses
- Actresses from Andhra Pradesh
- Actresses in Malayalam cinema
- Actresses in Tamil cinema
- Nandi Award winners
- People from Rajahmundry
- Telugu actresses
- Kuchipudi dancers
- 21st-century Indian actresses
- Performers of Indian classical dance
- Actresses in Hindi cinema
- Indian voice actresses
- Women artists from Andhra Pradesh
- Singers from Andhra Pradesh
- Dancers from Andhra Pradesh
- Indian female classical dancers
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- 20th-century Indian singers