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'''Nandini Bhaktavatsala''' (born '''Prema''')<ref name="Film World">{{cite book|title=Film World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IXlTAAAAYAAJ|year=1973|publisher=T.M. Ramachandran|page=205}}</ref> is an [[Indian film]] actress who works in the [[Kannada film industry]]. She won the [[National Film Award for Best Actress]] in 1973 for the Kannada film ''[[Kaadu (1973 Kannada film)|Kaadu]]''. She is married to Bhaktavatsala, a film producer.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Nandini was born as Prema in [[Tellicherry]], [[Madras Presidency]]. Her family moved to Mysore where her father, Prof. O.K. Nambiar, taught English & History at the Maharaja College. Subsequently, the family moved to [[Bangalore]] when Prof Nambiar transferred to work at Central College. She graduated from the [[Mount Carmel College, Bangalore|Mount Carmel College]] and [[Maharani College]] Mysore.<ref name=dff>{{cite web|title=21st National Award for Films|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm21stNFAAward.aspx|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|accessdate=4 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101091451/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm21stNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=1 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Prema met and married Kannada film industry Titan, Moola Bhaktavatsala, who was also the president of the Karnataka Film Chamber.<ref name="Film World" /> Nandini's role in [[Girish Karnad]]'s ''[[Kaadu (1973 Kannada film)|Kaadu]]'' won her that year's [[National Film Award for Best Actress]].<ref name=dff /> Prema has three children Ananda Ranga, Ved Manu & Dev Siri. As of 2016, she is the vice president of International Music and Arts Society, Bangalore.<ref>{{cite web|title=Music Society/Rani Vijaya Devi/Committee & Patrons|url=http://imasind.com/about/committeePatrons.htm|publisher=International Music & Arts Society|accessdate=6 October 2016}}</ref><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
*''[[Kaadu (1973 Kannada film)|Kaadu]]'' (1973)<br />
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