Sudha Rani

Sudha Rani
Sudha Rani
Born	Jayashree; 14 August 1973 (age 51); Bangalore, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1978–present
Spouse(s)	Dr. Sanjay (divorced); Govardhan (2000–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, 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 acted in Kiladi Kittu (1978), Kulla Kulli (1980), Anupama (1981) and Ranganayaki (1981). She debuted as a lead actress at age 16 with Anand (1986). 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. She has so far won the Filmfare Awards and Karnataka State Film Awards twice each 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 also actively participated in the children shows at the Prabhat Kalavidaru theatre troupe.

Film career

Rani was noticed by the spouse of actor Rajkumar in a thread ceremony video when she was 12 and selected to be the heroine of the film Anand (1986) opposite Shiva Rajkumar. They became a popular pair and she went on to appear in more films as Mana Mechchida Hudugi, Samara, Aasegobba Meesegobba, Anna Tangi, and Midida Shruthi opposite Shiva Rajkumar. She was 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. Her Tamil films Annakili Sonna Kathai and Vasanthakala Paravai, proved to be commercial successes. She acted in almost 10 Tamil films and was credited as 'Shali'.

Personal life

At the peak of her career, Rani married a U.S.-based anesthesia specialist, Dr. Sanjay based the US. However citing irreconcilable differences, they parted ways.^[3] Later, she married her relative, Govardhan^[4] and has a daughter Nidhi, born in 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. She 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.

List of acting awards and nominations
Year	Film	Award	Category	Result
1991	Panchama Veda	Karnataka State Film Awards	Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress	Won
1992	Mysore Mallige	Filmfare Awards South	Best Actress	Won
1992	Mysore Mallige	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
1978	Kiladi Kittu	Geetha	K. S. R. Das	As child actress Credited as Baby Jayashree
1980	Kulla Kulli		H. R. Bhargava	As child actress Credited as Baby Jayashree
1981	Ranganayaki		Puttanna Kanagal	As child actress Credited as Baby Jayashree
	Anupama		Renuka Sharma	As child actress Credited as Baby Jayashree
	Bhagyavantha		B. S. Ranga	As child actress Credited as Baby Jayashree
1982	Baadada Hoo		K. V. Jayaram	As child actress Credited as Sudha

Lead and supporting roles

Key
†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	No	Film	Role	Director	Notes	Ref.
1986	1	Anand	Mala	Singeetham Srinivasa Rao	Debut film as Lead actress
1987	2	Manamecchida Hudugi	Gowri	M. S. Rajashekar
1987	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
	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
1991	22	Vasanthakala Paravai		Pavithran	Tamil film Credited as Shali
1992	23	Mysore Mallige	Padma	T. S. Nagabharana	Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada
	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	^[13]
	29	Sapthapadi		H. R. Bhargava
	30	Mouna Mozhi		Kasthuri Raja	Tamil film Credited as Shali	^[14]
	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
	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
	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
2001	61	Chandana Chiguru	Bharathi Teacher	Abdul Rehman Pasha
2003	62	Preethi Prema Pranaya		Kavitha Lankesh
2003	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
2007	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	Horanadu Annapoorneshwari	Om Sai Prakash
2009	80	Maleyali Jotheyali		Preetham Gubbi	Special appearance
	81	Ghauttham	Rajeswari	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
2010	87	Thamassu		Agni Sridhar	Guest appearance
2011	88	Jeevana Jokeali		Jayanth
2011	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
2016	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	Doctor	Arun Vaidyanathan
	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
	119	Padde Huli		Guru Deshpande
2020	120	Maayabazar 2016	Usha	Radha Krishna Reddy
	121	Law		Raghu Samarth
	122	Avatara Purusha		Suni	Filming
	123	Thurthu Nirgamana		Hemanth Kumar	Filming
	124	Yuvarathnaa		Santosh Ananddram	Filming

Voice over

Year	Film	Actress
1999	Premotsava	Roja
2002	Simhadriya Simha	Meena
2004	Maurya	Roja
2004	Monalisa	Sadha
2012	Prasad	Madhuri Bhattacharya
2014	Maanikya	Ramya Krishnan

References

^ "Sudharani - Filmography, Movies, Photos, Biography". OneIndia. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
^ "Sudharani Awards". Oneindia. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
^ User, Super. "Sudharani Marriage - Exclusive - chitraloka.com - Kannada Movie News, Reviews - Image". www.chitraloka.com. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
^ "rediff.com, Movies: Gossip from the Kannada film industry". www.rediff.com.
^ "- Kannada Movie News - IndiaGlitz.com".
^ "Exclusive biography of #Sudharani and on her life".
^ "Ganda Mane Makkalu – ಗಂಡ ಮನೆ ಮಕ್ಕಳು (1988/೧೯೮೮)". Kannada Movies Info. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
^ "Krishna Nee Kunidaga – ಕೃಷ್ಣ ನೀ ಕುಣಿದಾಗ (1989/೧೯೮೯)". Kannada Movies Info. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
^ "Annakili Sonna Kathai (1989)". Critics Union. Retrieved 20 February 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Narasimha (ನರಸಿಂಹ) 1989-Drama". Chiloka. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
^ "Thrinethra (ತ್ರಿನೇತ್ರ) 1990- Action". Chiloka. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
^ "Sugamana Sumaigal 1992 Directed by Parthiban". Letter Box. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
^ "Vasantha Kala Malargal (1992 - Tamil)". Gomolo. 22 February 2016.
^ "Mouna Mozhi Tamil Movie". Spicy Onion. 22 February 2016.

External links

Sudha Rani at IMDb

[1] "Sudharani - Filmography, Movies, Photos, Biography". OneIndia. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.

[2] "Sudharani Awards". Oneindia. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2012.

[3] User, Super. "Sudharani Marriage - Exclusive - chitraloka.com - Kannada Movie News, Reviews - Image". www.chitraloka.com. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

[4] "rediff.com, Movies: Gossip from the Kannada film industry". www.rediff.com.

[5] "- Kannada Movie News - IndiaGlitz.com".

[6] "Exclusive biography of #Sudharani and on her life".

[auto-7] "Ganda Mane Makkalu – ಗಂಡ ಮನೆ ಮಕ್ಕಳು (1988/೧೯೮೮)". Kannada Movies Info. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

[auto1-8] "Krishna Nee Kunidaga – ಕೃಷ್ಣ ನೀ ಕುಣಿದಾಗ (1989/೧೯೮೯)". Kannada Movies Info. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

[9] "Annakili Sonna Kathai (1989)". Critics Union. Retrieved 20 February 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}

[10] "Narasimha (ನರಸಿಂಹ) 1989-Drama". Chiloka. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

[11] "Thrinethra (ತ್ರಿನೇತ್ರ) 1990- Action". Chiloka. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

[12] "Sugamana Sumaigal 1992 Directed by Parthiban". Letter Box. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

[13] "Vasantha Kala Malargal (1992 - Tamil)". Gomolo. 22 February 2016.

[14] "Mouna Mozhi Tamil Movie". Spicy Onion. 22 February 2016.

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v t e Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress
1968–1980	Kalpana (1968) Kalpana (1969) Bharathi (1970) Kalpana (1971) L. V. Sharadha (1972) Aarathi (1973) Jayanthi & Nandini Bhaktavatsala (1974) no award (1975) Aarathi (1976) Jayanthi (1977) Aparna Narang (1978) Aarathi (1979) Vaishali Kasaravalli (1980)
1981–2000	Aarathi (1981) Jayanthi (1982) Padma Vasanthi (1983) Abhinaya (1984) Roopa Devi (1985) Jayanthi (1986) Geetha (1987) no award (1988) Saritha (1989) Sudha Rani (1990) Tara (1991) Sudha Rani (1992) Vinaya Prasad (1993) Lakshmi (1994) Shruti (1995) Prema (1996) Shilpa (1997) Jayamala (1998) Soundarya (1999) Tara (2000)
2001–present	Anu Prabhakar (2001) Soundarya (2002) Bhavana (2003) Radhika Kumaraswamy (2004) Shruti (2005) Pavitra Lokesh (2006) Tara (2007) Umashree (2008) Radhika Pandit (2009) Anu Prabhakar (2010) Ramya (2011) Bhavana (2012) Nirmala Chennappa (2013) Nivedhitha (2014) Lakshmi Gopalaswamy (2015) Sruthi Hariharan (2016)

v t e Filmfare Award for Best Kannada Actress
1972–1989	Kalpana (1972) Jayanthi (1973) Aarathi (1974) Aarathi (1975) Jayanthi (1976) Manjula (1977) Shobha (1978) Aarathi (1979) Ashwini (1980) Aarathi (1981) Saritha (1982) Suhasini (1983) Suhasini (1984) Saritha (1985) Saritha (1986) Saritha (1989)
1990–2009	Suhasini (1990) Malashri (1991) Sudha Rani (1992) Lakshmi (1993) Shruti (1995) Shilpa (1996) Suhasini (1997) Jayamala (1998) Tara (1999) Sudha Rani (2000) Prema (2001) Soundarya (2002) Meena (2003) Soundarya (2004) Vidhya Venkatesh (2005) Ramya (2006) Rashmi (2007) Radhika Pandit (2008) Radhika Pandit (2009)
2010–present	Radhika Pandit (2010) Ramya (2011) Priyamani (2012) Amulya (2013) Shwetha Srivatsav (2014) Parul Yadav (2015) Shraddha Srinath (2016) Sruthi Hariharan (2017) Manvitha Kamath (2018) Yagna Shetty (2020/2021) Chaithra J. Achar (2022) Siri Ravikumar (2023)