Manjula (Kannada actress)

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{{short description|Indian actress}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Manjula
| image = File:Kannada actress Manjula.jpeg
| image_size = 220px
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1954|11|08|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Tumkur]], [[Mysore State]] (now [[Karnataka]]), India
| death_date = {{death date and age|1986|09|12|1954|11|08|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Bangalore]], India
| occupation = Film Actress
| yearsactive = 1972–1986
| spouse = Amritham
| children = 1
| website =
}}

'''Manjula''' ({{lang-kn|ಮಂಜುಳ}}) (8 November 1954 – 12 September 1986) was an [[India]]n film actress who acted in [[Kannada language]] films and also few [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]] (credited as ''Kumari Manjula'') and [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] films. She was one of the most successful and prominent actresses of [[Cinema of Karnataka|Kannada films]] in 1970s and 1980s. She acted in more than 100 films and won several awards for her performances,<ref name="chitraranga">{{cite web|url=http://www.chitraranga.com/en/profiles/manjula.asp|title=Manjula's Profile|website=Chitraranga.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204040236/http://www.chitraranga.com/en/profiles/manjula.asp|archive-date=4 February 2007|access-date=18 August 2009}}</ref> including a [[Filmfare Award]].

==Personal life==
Manjula was born to M. H. Shivanna and Deveramma in Honnenahalli, a village in [[Tumkur District]]. <ref>{{cite book|last=Patil|first=S.H.|title=Community dominance and political modernisation: the Lingayats|year=2002|publisher=Mittal Publications|page=50|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R84n-Wv1S-8C&pg=PA50|isbn=81-7099-867-0}}</ref> family, her father Shivanna was a police [[sub inspector]]. She was married to film director Amrutham who worked with her in films such as ''Hudugaatada Hudugi'' and ''Kanasu Nanasu''. The couple had a son, Abhishek.

==Career==
Manjula started her acting career in 1965 with a drama troupe [[Prabhat Kalavidaru]]. She entered the [[Kannada film industry]] in a small role in ''Mane Katti Nodu'' in 1966. Her debut as a heroine was in the 1972 film ''Yaara Saakshi'', directed by veteran director M. R. Vittal. She shared screen with Kannada actors including [[Rajkumar (actor)|Rajkumar]], [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]], [[Srinath]], [[Ashok (Kannada actor)|Ashok]] and [[Shankar Nag]]. Her most successful pairing<ref name="chitraranga"/> {{vague|date=January 2013}} was with [[Srinath]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2007/03/30/stories/2007033001690100.htm |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |title=Made for each other |date=30 March 2007 |author=B. V. Shiva Shankar |access-date=18 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916193749/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2007/03/30/stories/2007033001690100.htm |archive-date=16 September 2008 }}</ref> and they acted together in about 35 films.<ref name="chitraranga"/>

She starred in over one hundred films. She specialized in the role of the bossy tomboyish village belle which brought her huge success as a top Kannada heroine in the late 1970s. Some of her notable films are ''[[Sampathige Savaal]]'', ''[[Eradu Kanasu (1974 film)|Eradu Kanasu]]'', ''[[Sose Thanda Sowbhagya]]'', ''[[Besuge]]'' and ''[[Seetharamu]]''. She also acted with well known actors in other languages like Ramakrishna (Telugu), Kamalahasan and Rajinikanth (Tamil).

==Filmography==

===Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1966 || ''[[Mane Katti Nodu]]'' || || Child actress
|-
| 1967 || ''Padhavidhara'' || || Child actress
|-
| 1969 || ''[[Eradu Mukha]]'' || || Child actress
|-
| 1972 || ''Yaara Sakshi'' || ||
|-
| 1973 || ''[[Mooroovare Vajragalu]]'' || Satyabhama ||
|-
| 1974 || ''[[Eradu Kanasu (1974 film)|Eradu Kanasu]]'' || Lalitha ||
|-
| 1974 || ''[[Sampathige Savaal]]'' || Durgi ||
|-
| 1974 || ''[[Bhakta Kumbara]]'' || Manju ||
|-
| 1974 || ''[[Professor Huchuraya]]'' || Geetha ||
|-
| 1974 || ''[[Sri Srinivasa Kalyana]]'' || Padmavathi ||
|-
| 1975 || ''[[Devara Gudi]]'' || Vasanthi ||
|-
| 1975 || ''[[Daari Tappida Maga]]'' || Pushpa ||
|-
| 1975 || ''Thota Ramudu'' || ||
|-
| 1975 || ''Pudhu Vellam'' || ||
|-
| 1975 || ''Ninagagi Naanu'' || ||
|-
| 1975 || ''[[Pooja (1975 film)|Pooja]]'' || Lalitha ||
|-
| 1975 || ''[[Mayura (film)|Mayura]]'' || Premavati ||
|-
| 1975 || ''Nireekshe'' || Vasumathi ||
|-
| 1975 || ''Hennu Samsarada Kannu'' || ||
|-
| 1976 || ''[[Hudugatada Hudugi]]'' || ||
|-
| 1976 || ''Baduku Bangaravayithu'' || ||
|-
| 1976 || ''[[Besuge]]'' || ||
|-
| 1976 || ''[[Chiranjeevi (1976 film)|Chiranjeevi]]'' || ||
|-
| 1976 || ''[[Bangarada Gudi]]'' || ||
|-
| 1976 || ''[[Thulasi (1976 film)|Thulasi]]'' || ||
|-
| 1976 || ''Kanasu Nanasu'' || ||
|-
| 1977 || ''Deepa'' || || [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada]]
|-
| 1977 || ''Sri Renukadevi Mahatme'' || ||
|-
| 1977 || ''Dhanalakshmi'' || ||
|-
| 1977 || ''[[Bayasade Banda Bhagya]]'' || ||
|-
| 1977 || ''[[Sose Tanda Soubhagya]]'' || Geetha ||
|-
| 1977 || ''[[Thayigintha Devarilla]]'' || ||
|-
| 1977 || ''Veera Sindhura Lakshmana'' || ||
|-
| 1977 || ''Chanda Marutha'' || ||
|-
| 1977 || ''[[Kittu Puttu]]'' || Roopa ||
|-
| 1977 || ''Ganda Hendathi'' || ||
|-
| 1977 || ''[[Kumkuma Rakshe]]'' || ||
|-
| 1977 || ''[[Galate Samsara]]'' || Janaki ||
|-
| 1978 || ''Halli Haida'' || ||
|-
| 1978 || ''[[Muyyige Muyyi]]'' || ||
|-
| 1978 || ''Anuraga Bandhana'' || || Special appearance
|-
| 1978 || ''[[Nanna Prayaschittha]]'' || ||
|-
| 1978 || ''[[Sneha Sedu]]'' || ||
|-
| 1978 || ''[[Vasantha Lakshmi]]'' || Lakshmi ||
|-
| 1978 || ''Chithegu Chinte'' || ||
|-
| 1978 || ''[[Bhale Huduga]]'' || ||
|-
| 1978 || ''[[Madhura Sangama]]'' || Sharada ||
|-
| 1978 || ''[[Singaporenalli Raja Kulla]]'' || Tara ||
|-
| 1979 || ''[[Adalu Badalu]]'' || || Special appearance
|-
| 1979 || ''[[Seetharamu]]'' || Seetha ||
|-
| 1979 || ''[[Pakka Kalla]]'' || ||
|-
| 1979 || ''[[Putani Agent 123]]'' || ||
|-
| 1979 || ''[[Savathiya Neralu]]'' || ||
|-
| 1979 || ''[[Preethi Madu Thamashe Nodu]]'' || ||
|-
| 1979 || ''[[Mallige Sampige]]'' || ||
|-
| 1979 || ''[[Ene Barali Preethi Irali]]'' || ||
|-
| 1980 || ''[[Point Parimala]]'' || ||
|-
| 1980 || ''[[Rama Parashurama]]'' || ||
|-
| 1980 || ''Rama Lakshmana'' || ||
|-
| 1980 || ''[[Moogana Sedu]]'' || ||
|-
| 1980 || ''[[Haddina Kannu]]'' || Bhagya ||
|-
| 1980 || ''[[Manjina There]]'' || ||
|-
| 1980 || ''Usha Swayamvara'' || ||
|-
| 1980 || ''[[Simha Jodi]]'' || ||
|-
| 1980 || ''[[Manku Thimma]]'' || ||
|-
| 1980 || ''[[Rusthum Jodi]]''|| || Special appearance
|-
| 1980 || ''[[Janma Janmada Anubandha]]'' || ||
|-
| 1980 || ''Mithuna'' || ||
|-
| 1980 || ''[[Pattanakke Banda Pathniyaru]]'' || ||
|-
| 1981 || ''[[Nee Nanna Gellalare]]'' || Nalini ||
|-
| 1981 || ''Premanubandha'' || ||
|-
| 1981 || ''[[Avali Javali]]'' || ||
|-
| 1981 || ''[[Simhada Mari Sainya]]'' || || Special appearance
|-
| 1981 || ''[[Guru Shishyaru]]'' || ||
|-
| 1981 || ''[[Mareyada Haadu]]'' || ||
|-
| 1981 || ''[[Snehitara Savaal]]'' || ||
|-
| 1981 || ''Shikari'' || ||
|-
| 1982 || ''Rudri'' || ||
|-
| 1982 || ''Kempu Hori'' || ||
|-
| 1982 || ''Chellida Raktha'' || ||
|-
| 1982 || ''Mareyalagada Kathe'' || ||
|-
| 1982 || ''Archana'' || || Special appearance
|-
| 1982 || ''Swarna Mahal Rahasya'' || ||
|-
| 1982 || ''Guna Nodi Hennu Kodu'' || ||
|-
| 1982 || ''Benki Chendu'' || ||
|-
| 1982 || ''Mava Sose Saval'' || ||
|-
| 1982 || ''Snehada Sankole'' || ||
|-
| 1982 || ''[[Hasyaratna Ramakrishna]]'' || ||
|-
| 1982 || ''Betthale Seve'' || ||
|-
| 1983 || ''Hosa Theerpu'' || ||
|-
| 1983 || ''Keralida Hennu'' || ||
|-
| 1983 || ''[[Kranthiyogi Basavanna]]'' || ||
|-
| 1983 || ''Ananda Sagara'' || ||
|-
| 1984 || ''Onti Dhwani'' || ||
|-
| 1984 || ''[[Kalinga Sarpa]]'' || ||
|-
| 1984 || ''Enka Manka'' || ||
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Savira Sullu]]'' || ||
|-
| 1985 || ''Bhayankara Bhasmasura'' || ||
|-
| 1986 || ''Aparadhi Nanalla'' || ||
|-
|}

===Tamil===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1975 || ''Puthu Vellam'' || ||
|-
| 1975 || ''[[Maalai Sooda Vaa]]'' || ||
|-
| 1975 || ''Edupparkai Pillai'' || ||
|-
| 1980 || ''Kaalam Badhil Sollum''|| ||
|-
| 1981 || ''[[Bala Nagamma (1981 film)|Bala Nagamma]]'' || Mohana ||
|-
|}

===Telugu===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Film
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1974||''Thota Ramudu''||Durga ||
|-
|1975||''[[ Pooja (1975 film)| Pooja ]]'' ||Lalitha ||
|-
|}

==Death==
She died from a kitchen stove-burst on 12 September 1986.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}

==References==
;Sources
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://antrukandamugam.wordpress.com/2016/05/11/kumari-manjula-kannada-manjula/|title=Kumari Manjula [Kannada Manjula]|date=11 May 2016|website=Antrukandamugam.wordpress.com|access-date=9 March 2019}}</ref>
;Citations
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|nm6222099}}

{{FilmfareKannadaBestActress |state=expanded}}
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[[Category:Filmfare Awards South winners]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian actresses]]
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[[Category:Actresses in Tamil cinema]]
[[Category:1986 suicides]]

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