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{{short description|Indian Kannada actress (1935-2012)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Mynavathi
| image = Mynavathi Savkur.jpg
| caption =
| birthname = M. Mynavathi
| birth_date = {{birth date |1935|7|26|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Bhatkal]], Uttar Kannada
| nationality = Indian
| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|11|10|1935|7|26|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Bangalore]], India
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1955–2012
| spouse = Dr. S. Radhakrishna
| website =
| relatives = [[Pandari Bai]] (sister)
| children = 3
Gurudutta
Shyamsunder
Gayatri
}}

'''Mynavathi''' (26 July 1935 – 10 November 2012) was an Indian film and television actress. She made her first screen appearance as an actor in the 1955 [[Cinema of Karnataka|Kannada]] film ''Santa Sakhu'' and acted in over 100 Kannada films. She was the younger sister of another popular Kannada actress [[Pandari Bai]]. She became popular after her role in the 1959 Kannada film ''[[Abba Aa Hudugi]]'', which co-starred [[Rajkumar (actor)|Rajkumar]] and her sister [[Pandari Bai]] and was directed by H. L. N. Simha. In the film, she played the role of an autocratic girl who hates men. It was based on [[William Shakespeare]]'s play ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]''.<ref name="chitraloka1">{{cite web |url=http://www.chitraloka.com/news/2042-mynavathi-dead.html |title=Mynavathi Dead |website=chitraloka.com |accessdate=13 November 2012 |archive-date=7 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307204033/http://www.chitraloka.com/news/2042-mynavathi-dead.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Career ==
After her debut in 1955, Mynavathi appeared in ''[[Bhakta Vijaya]]'', ''[[Hari Bhakta]]'' and ''[[Rayara Sose]]'', all the films that had [[Rajkumar (actor)|Rajkumar]] playing the lead role. She has acted alongside other greats of Kannada cinema like [[Kalyan Kumar]] and [[Udaykumar]], with [[Sivaji Ganesan]] in Tamil films. Her other popular films include ''Kacha Devayani'', ''Naane Bhagyavathi'', ''Anuraadha'', ''Annapurna'', ''Sarvajnamurthy'', ''Amma'', ''Muthaide Bhagya'' and ''Obbarigintha Obbaru''. Launching "Yantra Media" in the 1980s with her sons, Mynavathi entered the television industry. She has acted in the [[Soap opera|television serials]] ''Amma'', ''Manetana'', ''Mahayagna'' and ''Sumangali''.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/actor-mynavathi-passes-away/article4086807.ece |title= Actor Mynavathi passes away |newspaper= The Hindu |accessdate= 2012-11-13 |archive-date= 12 October 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201012063251/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/actor-mynavathi-passes-away/article4086807.ece |url-status= live }}</ref>

== Death ==
Mynavathi died on 10 November 2012 at the BGS Global Hospital, Bangalore from cardiac arrest.<ref name="chitraloka1" />

== Filmography ==
=== Kannada ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1956 || ''[[Bhakta Vijaya]]'' || ||
|-
| 1956 || ''[[Hari Bhakta]]'' || ||
|-
| 1956 || ''[[Mutthaide Bhagya (1956 film)|Muttaide Bhagya]]'' || Vidyavati ||
|-
| 1956 || ''Kacha Devayani'' || ||
|-
| 1957 || ''[[Bettada Kalla]]'' || ||
|-
| 1957 || ''[[Rayara Sose]]'' || ||
|-
| 1958 || ''Bommalapelli'' || Kannamma ||
|-
| 1959 || ''[[Abba Aa Hudugi]]'' || Sharmishtha ||
|-
| 1959 || ''[[Manege Banda Mahalakshmi]]'' || ||
|-
| 1964 || ''[[Annapoorna (film)|Annapoorna]]'' || Ashadevi ||
|-
| 1964 || ''[[Navajeevana]]'' || ||
|-
| 1965 || ''[[Sarvagna Murthy]]'' || ||
|-
| 1965 || ''[[Mahasathi Anasuya]]'' || || Cameo
|-
| 1967 || ''Shri Purandaradasaru'' || Circus woman || Cameo
|-
| 1967 || ''[[Anuradha (1967 film)|Anuradha]]'' || ||
|-
| 1968 || ''Nane Bhagyavathi'' || ||
|-
| 1968 || ''[[Gowri Ganda]]'' || ||
|-
| 1968 || ''[[Amma (1968 film)|Amma]]'' || ||
|-
| 1969 || ''Gadondu Henneradu'' || ||
|-
| 1970 || ''[[Sri Krishnadevaraya (film)|Sri Krishnadevaraya]]'' || ||
|-
| 1970 || ''Muru Muttugalu'' || ||
|-
| 1970 || ''Aliya Geleya'' || ||
|-
| 1976 || ''[[Mugiyada Kathe]]'' || ||
|-
| 1977 || ''[[Bhagyavantharu]]'' || ||
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Mana Mecchida Sose]]'' || ||
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Prema Sangama]]'' || || Final film role
|}

=== Tamil ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Co-Stars !! Director !! Notes
|-
| 1953 || ''[[Kangal (film)|Kangal]]'' || || [[Sivaji Ganesan]], [[Pandari Bai]], [[M. N. Rajam]] || [[Krishnan–Panju]] ||
|-
| 1954 || ''[[En Magal]]'' || || [[Ranjan (actor)|Ranjan]], [[S. Varalakshmi]] || K. V. R. Acharya ||
|-
| 1954 || ''[[Ponvayal]]'' || || [[Anjali Devi]], [[T. R. Ramachandran]] || [[A. T. Krishnaswamy]] ||
|-
| 1956 || ''[[Nalla Veedu]]'' || || [[Sivaji Ganesan]], [[Pandari Bai]], [[M. N. Rajam]] || Jyothish Sinha ||
|-
| 1956 || ''[[Kula Deivam (1956 film)|Kula Dheivam]]'' || || Kula Dheivam V. R. Rajagopal, [[Pandari Bai]] || [[Krishnan–Panju]] ||
|-
| 1957 || ''Pudhu Vayal'' || || [[Prem Nazir]] || [[Krishnan–Panju]] ||
|-
| 1957 || ''[[Aaravalli]]'' || || S. G. Eshwar || S. V. Krishna Rao ||
|-
| 1958 || ''[[Maalaiyitta Mangai]]'' || || [[T. R. Mahalingam (actor)|T. R. Mahalingam]], [[Pandari Bai]] || G. R. Nathan ||
|-
| 1958 || ''[[Bommai Kalyanam]]'' || || [[Sivaji Ganesan]], [[Jamuna (actress)|Jamuna]] || R. M. Krishnaswamy ||
|-
| 1958 || ''[[Anbu Engey]]'' || || [[T. R. Ramachandran]], [[Pandari Bai]] || [[D. Yoganand]] ||
|-
| 1958 || ''[[Naan Valartha Thangai]]'' || || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Pandari Bai]] || [[Chitrapu Narayana Rao|Ch. Narayana Murthy]] ||
|-
| 1959 || ''[[Kann Thirandhadhu]]'' || || Ramanathan || K. V. Srinivasan ||
|-
| 1959 || ''[[Engal Kuladevi]]'' || || [[K. Balaji]], [[Pandari Bai]] || [[Adurthi Subba Rao]] ||
|-
| 1959 || ''[[Vannakili]]'' || || [[Prem Nazir]] || [[T. R. Raghunath]] ||
|-
| 1959 || ''[[Naalu Veli Nilam]]'' || || [[S. V. Sahasranamam]], [[Pandari Bai]], [[Devika]], [[R. Muthuraman]] || [[Mukta V. Srinivasan]] ||
|-
| 1959 || ''[[Kalyanikku Kalyanam]]'' || Kalyani || S.S. Rajendran, Prem Nazir || [[A. S. A. Sami]] ||
|-
| 1960 || ''[[Kuravanji]]'' || || [[Sivaji Ganesan]], [[Savitri (actress)|K. Savithri]], [[Pandari Bai]] || A. Kasilingam ||
|-
| 1960 || ''Anbukor Anni'' || || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Pandari Bai]] || T. R. Raghunath ||
|}

=== Bengali ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Co-Stars !! Notes
|-
| 1950 || ''[[Kankal]]'' || || Dhiraj Bhattacharya, Jiben Bose, Naresh Mitra, Ketaki Dutta ||
|}

== References ==
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[[Category:1935 births]]
[[Category:2012 deaths]]
[[Category:Actresses in Kannada cinema]]
[[Category:Indian film actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses in Tamil cinema]]
[[Category:People from Uttara Kannada]]
[[Category:Actresses from Karnataka]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian actresses]]

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