Vinaya Prasad

Vinaya Prasad‌
Born	Vinaya Bhat 22 November 1967 (1967-11-22) (age 56) Udupi, State of Mysore, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actress
Spouse(s)	V. R. K. Prasad (1988-1995; Until his death) Jyotiprakash (2002–present)
Children	Prathama Prasad Jai Atre
Parents	Krishna Bhat Vatsala Bhat

Vinaya Prasad (also credited as Vinaya Prakash) born as Vinaya Bhat is a popular film and television actress in South India who has primarily featured in Kannada and Malayalam films, TV series besides acting in a few Tamil and Telugu language films. She has won the State Best Actress Award for her performances in Aathanka (1993) and Bannada Hejje (2001). The senior actress in her career has shared screen space with Chiranjeevi, Vishnuvardhan, Rajinikanth, Mohanlal, Ambareesh, Venkatesh, Ananth Nag, Akkineni Nagarjuna, V. Ravichandran, Shivrajkumar, Mahesh Babu, Mukesh and others.

Career

Vinaya Prasad hails from Udupi district of Karnataka state. Vinaya made her film debut with a small role in G V Iyer's Madhwacharya in 1988. She worked in smaller character roles before playing the leading lady in Ganeshana Maduve opposite Anant Nag. The film was a huge success and she went on to act in more than 60 films in not only Kannada but also Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu. Some of her notable Kannada films include, Ganeshana Maduve, Neenu Nakkare Haalu Sakkare, Gauri Ganesha, Mysore Jaana and Suryodaya. After a successful career as a lead actress, Vinaya switched over to character roles in South Indian films and remains a sought after actress in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu movies. Vinaya is also an effective compere and singer. Vinaya has compered several important events like Vasantha Habba in Nrityagram and the annual Dasara procession in Mysore.

She starred in a few Malayalam films also before starring in the longest-running and most popular daily soap opera on Malayalam TV, Sthree which aired from late 1998 to mid 2000 on Asianet Television channel. The Kannada version of this serial was also made. The popularity of this soap made her a household name among Malayalis.

She starred in a supporting role in the all-time blockbuster Manichitrathazhu, which starred Mohanlal. In Tamil, Vinaya has acted as the heroine in the hit movie Thaikulame Thaikulame with Pandiarajan and Urvashi in the lead roles. In Telugu, Vinaya's movies include Indra, Donga Dongadi and Andhrudu for which her performance won a lot of praise.

In 2006, she returned to the Malayalam small screen to reprise her role as Indu in the sequel to the original Sthree, also named, Sthree.

Personal life

Vinaya is from the Udupi district in Karnataka and was brought up in Udupi. She is a Karhade Brahmin. She is married to V.R.K Prasad in 1988 an award-winning director and editor of Kannada films who expired in 1995 at a young age. The couple had a daughter Prathama Prasad.

She married then Jyotiprakash, a former widower, in 2002. Vinaya currently resides in Bangalore with her husband Jyotiprakash and daughter Prathama Prasad. Jyotiprakash has a already a son named Jai Atre from his previous marriage who is also in to film direction and screen-writing in Mumbai.

Filmography

Year	Title	Language	Roles & Notes
1988	Madhwacharya	Kannada
1990	Ganeshana Maduve	Kannada	Aadhi Lakshmi
1990	Baare Nannna Muddina Rani	Kannada
1990	Policena Hendthi	Kannada
1990	College Hero	Kannada
1991	Gauri Ganesha	Kannada	Sarasu
1991	Perunthachan	Malayalam	Bhargavi Thampuratti
1991	Neenu Nakkare Haalu Sakkare	Kannada	Remya
1991	Ide Police Belt	Kannada
1991	Kiladi Gandu	Kannada	Lekshmi
1991	Shwethagni	Kannada
1991	Mookilla Rajyathu	Malayalam	Leena
1991	Gururayara Soththu	Kannada
1991	Agni Panjara	Kannada	Vinaya
1991	Nayaka	Kannada
1992	Mysore Jaana	Kannada	Asha
1992	Midida Shruthi	Kannada
1992	Rajadhi Raja	Kannada
1992	Police File	Kannada
1992	Police Lockup	Kannada
1992	Shakthi Yukthi	Kannada	Seetha
1992	Goonda Rajya	Kannada
1993	Manichitrathazhu	Malayalam	Sreedevi
1993	Dakshayini	Kannada	sujatha
1993	Bhavya Bharatha	Kannada
1993	Gundana Maduve	Kannada
1993	Sarkarakke Saval	Kannada
1993	Aathanka	Kannada	Vaani Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress
1993	Suryodaya	Kannada	Pramila
1994	Karulina Koogu	Kannada	Sharada
1994	Mouna Raga	Kannada	Lavanya
1994	Nanendu Nimmavane	Kannada
1994	Pidakkozhi Koovunna Noottandu	Malayalam	Nancy Joseph
1994	Samrat	Kannada	Special Appearance
1994	Yarigu Helbedi	Kannada
1994	Mahashakthi Maaye	Kannada	Soubhagya
1994	Anuraga Spandana	Kannada
1994	Durga Pooje	Kannada
1995	Kalyanotsava	Kannada
1995	Kona Edaithe	Kannada	Goddess of Justice
1995	Shiva	Kananda
1995	Thumbida Mane	Kannada
1995	Thaikulame Thaikulame	Tamil	Monisha
1995	Thavaru Beegaru	Kannada	Lakshmi
1995	Muthinantha Hendathi	Kannada
1995	Lady Police	Kannada
1996	Sowbhagya Devathe	Kannada
1996	Central Jail	Kannada
1996	Hrudaya kallaru	Kannada	Vinaya
1996	Sipayi	Kannada
1996	Thali Pooje	Kannada	Jwala
1996	Sathya Sangharsha	Kannada
1996	Mouna Raga	Kannada
1996	Karnataka Suputra	Kannada
1996	GodFather	Kannada
1996	Anuraga Spandana	Kannada
1996	Laalanam	Malayalam	Sasikala
1997	Krishnagudiyil Oru Pranayakalathu	Malayalam	Uma
1997	Laali	Kannada	Guest appearance
1997	Yuva Shakthi	Kannada
1997	Baalida Mane	Kannada
1997	Bhoomi Geetha	Kannada
1997	Mangala Sutra	Kannada	Seetha
1997	Raaja	Kannada
1997	Manava 2022	Kannada
1998	Andaman	Kannada
1998	Preethsod Thappa	Kannada	Bhavani
1998	Daayadi	Kannada
1998	Hoomale	Kannada
1999	Tuvvi Tuvvi Tuvvi	Kannada
1999	Maha Edabidangi	Kannada	Vinaya
1999	Chandrodaya	Kannada	Lawyer
2000	Kalisundam Raa	Telugu	Anasooya
2000	Independence Day	Kannada
2001	Bannada Hejje	Kannada	Seetha Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
2001	Baava Baamaida	Kannada	Lekshmi
2001	Bhadra	Malayalam	Bhadra
2002	Indra	Telugu
2004	Donga Dongadi	Telugu
2004	Love	Kannada
2004	Nimma Preethiya Huduga	Kannada
2004	Srirampura Police Station	Kannada
2004	Monda	Kannada
2005	Rishi	Kannada	lekshmi
2005	Nenapirali	Kannada
2005	Chandramukhi	Tamil	Lakshmi Kandaswamy
2005	Andhrudu	Telugu
2005	Subash Chandra Bose	Telugu
2006	Hatavadi	Kannada
2006	Dattha	Kannada
2006	Ashoka	Kannada
2006	Shree	Kannada
2006	Student	Kannada
2006	Chinnodu	Telugu
2007	Thayiya Madilu	Kannada
2007	Aa Dinagalu	Kannada	Chethan's mother
2007	Krishna	Kannada	Anjali's mother
2007	Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule	Telugu
2007	Ugadi	Kannada
2007	Ee Preethi Yeke Bhoomi Melide	Kannada	Guest appearance
2007	Koti Chennaya	Tulu
2008	Ravi Shastry	Kannada
2008	Honganasu	Kannada
2008	Ganesha Mathe Bandha	Kannada
2008	Satya in Love	Kannada
2008	Sangaathi	Kannada
2008	Chikkamagalura Chikkamallige	Kannada
2008	PUC	Kannada
2008	Hrudaya I Miss You	Kannada
2008	Huttidare Kannada Nadalli Huttabeku	Kannada
2008	Jnana Jyothi Sri Siddaganga	Kannada	dubbing
2008	Ready	Telugu
2008	Indhra	Kannada
2008	Vaitheeswaran	Tamil	Saravanan's mother
2008	Bombaat	Kannada
2008	Shankara Punyakoti	Kannada	lekshmi
2008	Souryam	Telugu	Commissioner Sarath's wife
2009	Oru Black And White Kudumbam	Malayalam	Lakshmi
2009	Anjaneyulu	Telugu	lekshmi
2009	Bangaru Babu	Telugu
2009	Ghauttham	Kannada
2009	10th Class A Sec	Kannada
2009	Shivamani	Kannada
2010	Aptharakshaka	Kannada	Gowri's mother
2010	Shankar IPS	Kannada
2010	Adhurs	Telugu
2010	Varudu	Telugu	Deepti's mother
2010	Namo Venkatesa	Telugu	Pooja's aunt
2010	Marykkundoru Kunjaadu	Malayalam	Mary
2010	Cheluveye Ninne Nodalu	Kannada	Sumithra
2010	Nee Bandu Ninthaga	Kannada
2010	Pareekshe	Kannada
2010	Parole	Kannada
2010	24 Hours	Malayalam	Leela Varma
2010	Bava	Telugu
2010	Modalasala	Kannada
2011	Aan Piranna Veedu	Malayalam	Jithin's mother
2011	Krishnan Marriage Story	Kannada
2011	Oh My Friend	Telugu
2011	Dookudu	Telugu	Tulasi Ram's wife
2011	Veera Babu	Kannada
2011	Matthe Banni Preethsona	Kannada
2011	I Am Sorry Mathe Banni Preethsona	Kannada
2012	Shakthi	Kannada
2012	18th Cross	Kannada
2012	Lovely	Telugu	Lavanya' mother
2012	Paper Dhoni	Kannada
2012	Spanish Masala	Malayalam	Rahul's mother
2012	Shirdi Sai	Telugu	Baajiya Bai
2012	Perinoru Makan	Malayalam	Bhanumathi
2012	Dookudu	Telugu	Tulasi Ram's wife
2012	Adhikara	Kannada
2012	Parie	Kannada
2012	Sagar	Kannada
2013	Sketch for Love	Telugu
2013	Doosukeltha	Telugu	Alekhya's mother
2013	Madarangi	Kannada
2013	Shravani Subramanya	Kannada
2013	Sri Aadiparashakthi	Kannada
2013	Hara	Kannada
2013	Bhai	Telugu
2013	Shadow	Telugu	Lakshmi's sister-in-law
2013	Sakkare	Kannada	Vasundhara
2014	Preethi Geethi Ityadi	Kannada
2014	Central Jail	Kannada
2014	Abhimanyu	Kannada
2014	Om Shanti Oshana	Malayalam	Rachel
2014	Ulsaha Committee	Malayalam	Jhansi
2014	Bangalore Days	Malayalam	Mrs Frances
2014	Avatharam	Malayalam	Karimban John's wife
2014	Villali Veeran	Malayalam	Geetha
2014	Cousins	Malayalam	Theresa
2014	Power	Telugu	Baldev's mother
2014	Abhimanyu	Tamil/Kannada	Nandhini's mother
2014	Jaihind 2	Tamil	Nandhini's mother
2015	Anegan	Tamil	Madhumitha's mother
2015	RX Soori	Kannada
2015	Geetha Bangle Store	Kannada
2015	Vamshodharaka	Kannada
2015	Two Countries	Malayalam	Revathy
2016	Tyson	Kannada
2016	Shivalinga	Kannada	Satya's mother
2016	Madhura Swapna	Kannada
2016	Sarrainodu	Telugu	Gana's mother
2016	Kalpana 2	Kannada	Mary
2016	Shajahanum Pareekuttiyum	Malayalam	Nancy
2016	Akshathe	Kannada
2016	Welcome to Central Jail	Malayalam	Janaki
2016	Vaishnavi	Kannada	Saraswathi
2016	Brahma Vishnu Maheshwara	Kannada
2016	Panoda Bodcha	Tulu
2017	March 22	Kannada	Mumtaj
2017	Dhvani	Kannada
2017	Sunday Holiday	Malayalam	Narayanankutty's wife
2017	Lakshminarayanara Prapanchane Bere	Kannada	lekshmi Actor/Director
2018	Aami	Malayalam	Sulochana Nalappat
2018	Rajaratha	Kannada/Telugu
2018	Chanakya Thanthram	Malayalam	Arundhathi
2018	Adukkalayil Paniyind	Malayalam	Filming
2018	Zam Zam	Malayalam	Filming
2018	Paris Paris	Tamil	Filming(remake of hindi movie queen)
2018	Varaaj	kannada	Filming
2018	Khanana	Kannada	Post Production
2018	Madhura raja	Malayalam	Filming

Teleseries

No:	Year	Title	Role	Channel	Language	Notes
1	1990	Badukkinalli ondu tiruvu	Savithri	DD Chandana	Kannada	Debut
2	1998	Shakthi	Seetha	Udaya TV	Kannada
3	1998-2000	Sthree	Indu	Asianet	Malayalam
4	2000-2001	Sthree jwala	Aswathi	Asianet	Malayalam
5	2001-2002	Sarada	Sarada	Asianet	Malayalam
6	2003	Sthree	Indu	Kaveri	Kannada	Remake of Sthree Malayalam TV series
7	2004	Nanda Gokula		E TV	Kannada
8	2006	Sthree (Part 2)	Indu	Asianet	Malayalam	Sthree sequel
9	2008	Priyamanasi	Manasi	Surya TV	Malayalam
10	2009	Sreemahabhagavatham	Kunti	Asianet	Malayalam
11	2010	Anupama	Anupama	Zee Kannada	Kannada
12	2010-2013	Bangaara	Kaanchana	Udaya TV	Kannada
13	2011	Devimahatymam	Devamma	Asianet	Malayalam
14	2011	Devimahatymam	Shivani	Asianet	Malayalam
15	2013	Nithyothsava	Pratibha Guntur	Zee Kannada	Kannada
16	2014-2015	Balamani	Sumangala a.k.a. Azhakathamma	Mazhavil Manorama	Malayalam
17	2016	Ponnambili	Appu mash's wife	Mazhavil Manorama	Malayalam	Photo presence only
18	2016	Sundari	Nandhini	Udaya TV	Kannada
19	2017-2018	Ammuvinte Amma	Padmaja	Mazhavil Manorama	Malayalam

Tv Programme

• Nanna haadu nannadu (suvarna) as host(kannada):2010
• Sakhiyare sakath maathu(udaya tv)as host:2012
• Onnum onnum moonu(Mazhavil manorama)as guest:2017
• Comedy Stars season 2 (Asianet) as Judge (Malayalam) : 2018
• Humorous Talk Show
• Don't Do Don't Do
• Idea Star Singer
• Comedy Super Nite

Awards and nominations

Awards won

• 1992-1993 : Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress (Aathanka)
• 1999-2000: Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress (Bannada Hejje)
• 2007 : Asianet television awards for Best Actress (Sthree 2)
• 2009 : Asia Vision Award for Best popular actress in Television (Priyamanasi)
• 2017 : RED FM Tulu Film Awards

Best supporting actress (Pannoda Bodhcha)

Nominated

• 2011 Filmfare Awards South- Best Supporting Actress -Malayalam (Marykkundoru Kunjaadu)

External links

• Vinaya Prasad at IMDb