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{{short description|Indian actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
{{one source|date=May 2015}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Udaya Chandrika
| image = Udaya Chandrika.jpeg
| nationality = Indian
| occupation = Actress, Producer
| years_active = 1962-1985 (retired)
}}

'''Udaya Chandrika''' was a [[Kannada cinema]] actress of the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s. She also appeared in [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Malayalam]] and [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language films.

==Career==
Udaya Chandrika began her career with ''Katari Veera'', released in 1966. She played Dr. Rajkumar's sweetheart in that film. Later, she went on to play many roles in Kannada films till her last appearance in ''Udugore'', released in 1979, with Kalyan Kumar.

She acted with almost all the stars of her time, like [[Dr. Rajkumar]], [[Kalyan Kumar]], [[Udaykumar]], Rajesh, [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]], Srinath, Rajinikanth, etc. She even worked with [[Sivaji Ganesan]], [[MGR]], [[Prem Nazir]], [[Krishna]]{{clarify|date=October 2018}} in her other language films.

She produced two films under her banner Chandrika Films, ''Asadhya Aliya'', starring Vishnuvardhan and ''Kiladi Aliya'', starring Shankar Nag in the lead roles.
<ref>{{cite web|title=Asadhya Aliya Kannada Movie|url=http://chiloka.com/movie/asadhya-aliya-1979|website=chiloka.com|publisher=Chiloka|access-date=21 November 2015}}</ref>

Her famous films are [[Thillana Mohanambal]], ''Katari Veera'', ''Dhoomakethu'', ''Bhoopathi Ranga'', ''Anchusundarikal'', ''Pattukunte Laksha'', etc.

==Filmography==
===Kannada===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Name !! Co-Star !! Director
|-
| 1966 || ''[[Katari Veera]]'' || [[Dr. Rajkumar]] || Y. R. Swami
|-
| 1967 || ''Manassiddare Marga'' || Rajashankar|| M. R. Vittal
|-
| 1968 || ''Bhagya Devathe'' || [[Dr. Rajkumar]] ||
|-
| 1968 || ''Dhoomakethu'' || [[Dr. Rajkumar]] || R. N. Jayaopal
|-
| 1968 || ''Chinnari Puttanna'' || Ramesh ||B. R. Panthulu
|-
| 1969 || ''Mallammana Pavada'' || [[Dr. Rajkumar]], [[B. Saroja Devi]] || Puttanna Kanagal
|-
| 1969 || ''Suvarna Bhoomi'' || Rajesh, Sudarshan ||
|-
| 1970 || ''Bhale Kiladi''|| Srinath ||
|-
| 1970 || ''[[Bhoopathi Ranga]]'' || [[Dr. Rajkumar]] || Geethapriya
|-
| 1970 || ''Mrathyu Panjaradalli CID 555''|| [[Udaykumar]], [[Srinath]] ||
|-
| 1971 || 'Hennu Honnu Mannu''|| [[Rajesh (Kannada actor)|Rajesh]] || [[Basavaraj Kesthur]]
|-
| 1972 || ''Bethala Gudda'' || [[Rajesh (Kannada actor)|Rajesh]]||
|-
| 1972 || ''Seethe Alla Savithri''|| [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]] ||
|-
| 1972 || ''Uttara Dakshina'' || [[Ramesh]], [[Kalpana (Kannada actress)|Kalpana]] || Vijaya Sathyam
|-
| 1973 || ''Bettada Bhairava'' ||[[Udaykumar]]||
|-
| 1975 || ''Asha Soudha''|| [[Udaykumar]], [[Rajesh (Kannada actor)|Rajesh]], Kalpana || K. B. Srinivasan
|-
| 1976 || ''Baduku Bangaravayithu'' || [[Rajesh (Kannada actor)|Rajesh]], [[Srinath]], [[Jayanthi (actress)|Jayanthi]], [[Manjula (Kannada actress)|Manjula]] || A. V. Sheshagiri Rao
|-
| 1976 || ''Balu Jenu'' || [[Gangadhar]], [[Arathi]], [[Rajinikanth]] || Balan, [[Kunigal Nagabhushan]]
|-
| 1976 || ''Kadgichchu''|| Ramgopal || S. N. Singh
|-
| 1976 || ''Namma Oora Devaru'' || [[Rajesh (Kannada actor)|Rajesh]] ||
|-
| 1977 || ''Karthavyada Kare'' || Yashraj, [[B. V. Radha]] || Sunand
|-
| 1979 || ''Udugore'' || [[Kalyan Kumar]] ||
|-
| 1985 || ''Kiladi Aliya'' || [[Kalyan Kumar]], [[Shankar Nag]] ||
|-
|}

===Tamil===
# ''[[Deivathin Deivam]]'' (1962)
# ''Periya Manithan'' (1966)
# ''Rajathi'' (1967)
# ''[[Maadi Veettu Mappilai]]'' (1967)...Seetha
#''[[Thillana Mohanambal]] (1968) Minor Singaram's wife''
# ''[[Oru Thaai Makkal]]'' (1971)...Meena
# ''Swati Natchathiram'' (1974)

===Malayalam===
# ''[[Anchu Sundarikal]]'' (1968)
# ''[[Inspector (1968 film)|Inspector]]'' (1968)
# ''[[Bhaarya Illaatha Raathri]]'' (1975)

==References==
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[[Category:Actresses in Kannada cinema]]
[[Category:Indian film actresses]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses in Tamil cinema]]
[[Category:Actresses in Telugu cinema]]
[[Category:Actresses in Malayalam cinema]]

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