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Abhinaya
NationalityIndian
OccupationActress
Years active1984–present
Spouse(s)
Umakanth
(
m. 2009)

Abhinaya (born 1971) is an Indian actress who works in Kannada films and soaps.[1] She is best known for her performance in the 1984 movie Anubhava directed and enacted by Kashinath,[2] which brought her Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress in 1983 – 84.

Career[edit | edit source]

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 at the age of 13.[3] 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.[3][4][5]

Awards[edit | edit source]

Selected filmography[edit | edit source]

Films
Television
  • Belli Chukki
  • Nagu Naguta Nali
  • Baduku
  • Agni Sakshi
  • Kavyanjali
  • Hitler Kalyana

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Kannada actress Abhinaya". Chiloka.com. Retrieved 10 Oct 2020.
  2. ↑ Muralidhara Khajane (18 Jan 2018). "Kashinath made a mark for himself". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 Oct 2020.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Shilpa Sebastian R. (20 August 2019). "Abhinaya's celluloid comeback to Kannada cinema". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 Oct 2020.
  4. ↑ "Abhinaya make a comeback in Sandalwood with 'Crush'". Times of India. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 10 Oct 2020.
  5. ↑ "ಏಳು ವರ್ಷದ ನಂತರ ಬೆಳ್ಳಿತೆರೆಗೆ ಮರಳಿದ ಅಭಿನಯ" [Abhinaya's comeback to silvar screen after 7 years gap]. Kannadaprabha (in Kannada). 22 May 2019. Retrieved 10 Oct 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)