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{{short description|Indian actress}}
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'''Abhinaya''' (born 1971) is an Indian actress who works in [[Kannada language|Kannada]] films and soaps.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chiloka.com/celebrity/abhinaya-kannada|title=Kannada actress Abhinaya|website=Chiloka.com|access-date=10 Oct 2020}}</ref> She is best known for her performance in the 1984 movie [[Anubhava (film)|Anubhava]] directed and enacted by [[Kashinath (actor)|Kashinath]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/kannada-actor-kashinath-made-a-mark-for-himself/article22466848.ece|title=Kashinath made a mark for himself|author=Muralidhara Khajane|work=The Hindu|date=18 Jan 2018|access-date=10 Oct 2020}}</ref> which brought her [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress]] in 1983 – 84.

== Career ==
Abhinaya entered films as a child artist. She acted in [[Bhagyavantha]], [[Devatha Manushya]] and [[Benkiya Bale]] as child artist and got selected as a lead for the movie [[Anubhava (film)|Anubhava]] at the age of 13.<ref name="Abhinaya">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/actor-abhinaya-returns-to-the-big-screen-with-the-film-crush/article29132156.ece/amp/|title=Abhinaya's celluloid comeback to Kannada cinema|author= Shilpa Sebastian R. |work=The Hindu|date=20 August 2019|access-date=10 Oct 2020}}</ref> The movie was a massive hit and she got the ''Best Actress'' award in [[Karnataka State Film Awards]] in 1983 – 84.

Abhinaya went on to appear in many hit movies throughout 1980s and 1990s playing mostly supporting roles. After a gap, she made her comeback to the big screen through the movie ''‛Crush’'' in 2019.<ref name="Abhinaya"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/abhinaya-make-a-comeback-in-sandalwood-with-crush/articleshow/69445107.cms|title=Abhinaya make a comeback in Sandalwood with 'Crush'|work=Times of India|date= 22 May 2019|access-date=10 Oct 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.kannadaprabha.com/cinema/news/2019/may/22/abhinayas-crush-with-the-silverscreen-338603.html|title=ಏಳು ವರ್ಷದ ನಂತರ ಬೆಳ್ಳಿತೆರೆಗೆ ಮರಳಿದ ಅಭಿನಯ|language=Kannada|trans-title=Abhinaya's comeback to silvar screen after 7 years gap|work=Kannadaprabha|date=22 May 2019|access-date=10 Oct 2020}}</ref>

== Awards ==
* 1983–84 – [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress]] – [[Anubhava (film)|Anubhava]]
* 1983 – [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada]] – [[Anubhava (film)|Anubhava]]

== Selected filmography ==

;Films
* ''[[Anubhava (film)|Anubhava]]'' (1984)
* ''[[Kindari Jogi]]'' (1989)
* ''[[Gajapathi Garvabhanga]]'' (1989)
*Hathya Kanda (1990)
* ''[[Kollur Kala]]'' (1991)
* ''[[Urvashi Kalyana]]'' (1993)
* ''Appa Nanjappa Maga Gunjappa'' (1994)
* ''Police Dog'' (2002)
* ''Premigagi Naa'' (2002)
* ''Crush'' (2019)

;Television
*''Belli Chukki''
* ''Nagu Naguta Nali''
* ''Baduku''
* ''Agni Sakshi''
* ''Kavyanjali''
* ''Hitler Kalyana''

== References ==
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[[Category:Indian television actresses]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses in Kannada cinema]]
[[Category:Actresses in Kannada television]]
[[Category:1971 births]]
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[[Category:21st-century Indian actresses]]
[[Category:Indian film actresses]]

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