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{{short description|Indian actress}}
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{{Infobox person
| nameĀ  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  = Udaya Chandrika
| nameĀ  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  = Udaya Chandrika
| image = Udaya Chandrika.jpeg
| image = Udaya Chandrika.jpeg
| nationalityĀ  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  = Indian
| occupationĀ  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  = Actress, Producer
| occupationĀ  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  = Actress, Producer
| years_activeĀ  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  = 1962-1985 (retired)
| years_activeĀ  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  = 1962-1985 (retired)
}}
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'''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.
'''Udaya Chandrika''' was an Indian actress of [[Kannada cinema]] from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s. She also appeared in [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Malayalam]] and [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language films.


==Career==
==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.
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 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.{{sfn|Ramachandran|2014|p=55}}


She produced two films under her banner Chandrika Films, ''Asadhya Aliya'', starring Vishnuvardhan and ''Kiladi Aliya'', starring Shankar Nag in the lead roles.
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.
Her famous films are ''[[Thillana Mohanambal]]'', ''Katari Veera'', ''Dhoomakethu'', ''Bhoopathi Ranga'', ''Anchusundarikal'', ''Pattukunte Laksha'', etc.


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
===Kannada===
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{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! Year !! Name !! Co-Star !! Director
! Year !! Name !! Co-Star !! Language !! Notes
|-
| 1962 || ''[[Deivathin Deivam]]''|| || Tamil ||
|-
|Ā  rowspan="2" |1965 || ''[[AnandhiĀ (film)|Anandhi]]'' || || Tamil ||
|-
| ''[[Ennathan Mudivu]]'' || || Tamil ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1966 || ''[[Avan Pithana?]]'' || || Tamil ||
|-
| ''Periya Manithan'' || || Tamil ||
|-
| ''[[Katari Veera]]'' || [[Dr. Rajkumar]] || Kannada ||
|-
| rowspan="3" |1967 || ''Rajathi'' || || Tamil ||
|-
| ''[[Maadi Veettu Mappilai]]'' || || Tamil ||
|-
| ''[[Manassiddare Marga]]'' || Rajashankar|| Kannada ||
|-
| rowspan="6" |1968 || ''[[Thillana Mohanambal]]'' || || Tamil ||
|-
| ''[[Bhagya Devathe]]'' || [[Dr. Rajkumar]] || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Dhoomakethu]]'' || [[Dr. Rajkumar]] || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Chinnari Puttanna]]'' || Ramesh || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Anchu Sundarikal]]'' || || Malayalam ||
|-
| ''[[Inspector (1968 film)|Inspector]]'' || || Malayalam ||
|-
|Ā  rowspan="2" |1969 || ''[[Mallammana Pavada]]'' || [[Dr. Rajkumar]], [[B. Saroja Devi]] || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Suvarna Bhoomi]]'' ||Ā  Rajesh, SudarshanĀ  ||Ā  Kannada ||
|-
| rowspan="5" |1970 || ''[[Penn Deivam]]'' || || Tamil ||
|-
| ''Bhale Kiladi''|| Srinath || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Bhoopathi Ranga]]'' || [[Dr. Rajkumar]] || Kannada ||
|-
| ''Mrathyu Panjaradalli CID 555''|| [[Udaykumar]], [[Srinath (Kannada actor)|Srinath]] || Kannada ||
|-
|-
| 1966 || ''[[Katari Veera]]'' || [[Dr. Rajkumar]] || Y. R. Swami
| ''[[Ishq Par Zor Nahin]]'' || || Hindi || Special Appearance
|-
|-
| 1967 || ''Manassiddare Marga'' || Rajashankar|| M. R. Vittal
| rowspan="3" | 1971 || ''[[Oru Thaai Makkal]]'' || || Tamil ||
|-
|-
| 1968 || ''Bhagya Devathe'' || [[Dr. Rajkumar]] ||Ā  Ā 
| ''Hennu Honnu Mannu''|| [[Rajesh (Kannada actor)|Rajesh]] ||Ā  Kannada ||
|-
|-
| 1968 || ''Dhoomakethu'' || [[Dr. Rajkumar]] || R. N. Jayaopal
| ''Bethala Gudda'' || [[Rajesh (Kannada actor)|Rajesh]]|| Kannada ||
|-
|-
| 1968 || ''Chinnari Puttanna'' || Ramesh ||B. R. Panthulu
| rowspan="2" | 1972 || ''[[Seethe Alla Savithri]]''|| [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]] || Kannada ||
|-
|-
| 1969 || ''Mallammana Pavada'' || [[Dr. Rajkumar]], [[B. Saroja Devi]] || Puttanna Kanagal
| ''Uttara Dakshina'' || [[Ramesh]], [[Kalpana (Kannada actress)|Kalpana]] || Kannada ||
|-
|-
| 1969 || ''Suvarna Bhoomi'' || Rajesh, SudarshanĀ  ||
| rowspan="2" | 1973 || ''Engal Thaai'' || || Tamil ||
|-
|-
| 1970 || ''Bhale Kiladi''|| Srinath ||
| ''Bettada Bhairava'' ||[[Udaykumar]]|| Kannada ||
|-
|-
| 1970 || ''[[Bhoopathi Ranga]]'' || [[Dr. Rajkumar]] || Geethapriya
| 1974 || ''Swati Natchathiram'' || || Tamil ||
|-
|-
| 1970 || ''Mrathyu Panjaradalli CID 555''|| [[Udaykumar]], [[Srinath]] ||
| rowspan="3" | 1975 || ''[[Piriya Vidai]]'' || || Tamil ||
|-
|-
| 1971 || 'Hennu Honnu Mannu''|| [[Rajesh (Kannada actor)|Rajesh]] ||Ā  [[Basavaraj Kesthur]]
| ''Asha Soudha''|| [[Udaykumar]], [[Rajesh (Kannada actor)|Rajesh]], Kalpana ||Ā  Kannada ||
|-
|-
| 1972 || ''Bethala Gudda'' || [[Rajesh (Kannada actor)|Rajesh]]||
| ''[[Bhaarya Illaatha Raathri]]'' || || Malayalam ||
|-
|-
| 1972 || ''Seethe Alla Savithri''|| [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]] || Ā 
| rowspan="6" |1976 || ''[[DasavatharamĀ (film)|Dasavatharam]] '' || || Tamil ||
|-
|-
| 1972 || ''Uttara Dakshina'' || [[Ramesh]], [[Kalpana (Kannada actress)|Kalpana]] || Vijaya Sathyam
| ''Baduku Bangaravayithu'' || [[Rajesh (Kannada actor)|Rajesh]], [[Srinath (Kannada actor)|Srinath]], [[Jayanthi (actress)|Jayanthi]], [[Manjula (Kannada actress)|Manjula]] || Kannada ||
|-
| 1973 || ''Bettada Bhairava'' ||[[Udaykumar]]||
|-
|-
| 1975 || ''Asha Soudha''|| [[Udaykumar]], [[Rajesh (Kannada actor)|Rajesh]], Kalpana || K. B. Srinivasan
| ''Balu Jenu'' || [[Gangadhar]], [[Arathi]], [[Rajinikanth]] || Kannada ||
|-
|-
| 1976 || ''Baduku Bangaravayithu'' || [[Rajesh (Kannada actor)|Rajesh]], [[Srinath]], [[Jayanthi (actress)|Jayanthi]], [[Manjula (Kannada actress)|Manjula]] || A. V. Sheshagiri Rao
| ''[[Makkala Bhagya]]'' || || Kannada || Guest Appearance
|-
|-
| 1976 || ''Balu Jenu'' || [[Gangadhar]], [[Arathi]], [[Rajinikanth]] || Balan, [[Kunigal Nagabhushan]]
| ''Kadgichchu''|| Ramgopal || Kannada ||
|-
|-
| 1976 || ''Kadgichchu''|| Ramgopal || S. N. Singh
| ''Namma Oora Devaru'' || [[Rajesh (Kannada actor)|Rajesh]] || Kannada ||
|-
|-
| 1976 || ''Namma Oora Devaru'' || [[Rajesh (Kannada actor)|Rajesh]] ||
| 1977 || ''Karthavyada Kare'' || Yashraj, [[B. V. Radha]] || Kannada ||
|-
|-
| 1977 || ''Karthavyada Kare'' || Yashraj, [[B. V. Radha]] || Sunand
| rowspan="2" | 1979 || ''Udugore'' || [[Kalyan Kumar]] || Kannada ||
|-
|-
| 1979 || ''Udugore'' || [[Kalyan Kumar]] ||
| ''[[Asadhya Aliya]]'' || || Kannada || As Producer
|-
|-
| 1985 || ''Kiladi Aliya'' || [[Kalyan Kumar]], [[Shankar Nag]] ||
| 1985 || ''Kiladi Aliya'' || [[Kalyan Kumar]], [[Shankar Nag]] || Kannada ||
|-
|-
|}
|}
===Tamil===
# ''[[Deivathin Deivam]]'' (1962)
# ''Periya Manithan'' (1966)
# ''Rajathi'' (1967)
# ''[[Maadi Veettu Mappilai]]'' (1967)...Seetha
#''[[Thillana Mohanambal]]Ā  (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==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}
== Bibliography ==
* {{Cite book |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |title=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography |title-link=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-14-342111-5 |location=New Delhi |author-link=Naman Ramachandran |orig-date=2012}}


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[[Category:Actresses in Malayalam cinema]]
[[Category:Actresses in Malayalam cinema]]


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Udaya Chandrika
File:Udaya Chandrika.jpeg
OccupationActress, Producer
Years active1962-1985 (retired)

Udaya Chandrika was an Indian actress of Kannada cinema from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s. She also appeared in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu-language films.

Career[edit | edit source]

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, Srinath, Rajinikanth, etc. She even worked with Sivaji Ganesan, MGR, Prem Nazir, Krishna[clarification needed] in her other language films.[1]

She produced two films under her banner Chandrika Films, Asadhya Aliya, starring Vishnuvardhan and Kiladi Aliya, starring Shankar Nag in the lead roles.

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

Filmography[edit | edit source]

Year Name Co-Star Language Notes
1962 Deivathin Deivam Tamil
1965 Anandhi Tamil
Ennathan Mudivu Tamil
1966 Avan Pithana? Tamil
Periya Manithan Tamil
Katari Veera Dr. Rajkumar Kannada
1967 Rajathi Tamil
Maadi Veettu Mappilai Tamil
Manassiddare Marga Rajashankar Kannada
1968 Thillana Mohanambal Tamil
Bhagya Devathe Dr. Rajkumar Kannada
Dhoomakethu Dr. Rajkumar Kannada
Chinnari Puttanna Ramesh Kannada
Anchu Sundarikal Malayalam
Inspector Malayalam
1969 Mallammana Pavada Dr. Rajkumar, B. Saroja Devi Kannada
Suvarna Bhoomi Rajesh, Sudarshan Kannada
1970 Penn Deivam Tamil
Bhale Kiladi Srinath Kannada
Bhoopathi Ranga Dr. Rajkumar Kannada
Mrathyu Panjaradalli CID 555 Udaykumar, Srinath Kannada
Ishq Par Zor Nahin Hindi Special Appearance
1971 Oru Thaai Makkal Tamil
Hennu Honnu Mannu Rajesh Kannada
Bethala Gudda Rajesh Kannada
1972 Seethe Alla Savithri Vishnuvardhan Kannada
Uttara Dakshina Ramesh, Kalpana Kannada
1973 Engal Thaai Tamil
Bettada Bhairava Udaykumar Kannada
1974 Swati Natchathiram Tamil
1975 Piriya Vidai Tamil
Asha Soudha Udaykumar, Rajesh, Kalpana Kannada
Bhaarya Illaatha Raathri Malayalam
1976 Dasavatharam Tamil
Baduku Bangaravayithu Rajesh, Srinath, Jayanthi, Manjula Kannada
Balu Jenu Gangadhar, Arathi, Rajinikanth Kannada
Makkala Bhagya Kannada Guest Appearance
Kadgichchu Ramgopal Kannada
Namma Oora Devaru Rajesh Kannada
1977 Karthavyada Kare Yashraj, B. V. Radha Kannada
1979 Udugore Kalyan Kumar Kannada
Asadhya Aliya Kannada As Producer
1985 Kiladi Aliya Kalyan Kumar, Shankar Nag Kannada

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ā†‘ Ramachandran 2014, p. 55.

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

  • Ramachandran, Naman (2014) [2012]. Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography. New Delhi: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-342111-5.
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