S. P. Sailaja

S. P. Sailaja
S. P. Sailaja
	Sailaja in Swarabhishekam
Born	Sripathi Panditaradhyula Sailaja; 9 October 1962 (age 61); Nellore, Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation	Singer, Actor, Voice Actor
Years active	1978 - Present
Spouse(s)	Subhalekha Sudhakar ; (m. 1989 – Present)
Children	Sreekar (b. 1991)
Relatives	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (Brother); S. P. Charan (Nephew);

Sripathi Panditaradhyula Sailaja is an Indian singer and actress who has lent her voice to Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam films. She has sung about 6000 songs to date.

Early life[edit]

She was born in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh. Her father, S. P. Sambamurthy, was a well-known exponent of Harikatha and her brother S. P. Balasubrahmanyam was a prolific playback singer in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam films. She is the youngest of the eight children of Sambamurthy and Sakunthalamma (d. 2019).

Career[edit]

Voice acting[edit]

Sailaja has occasionally worked as a voice actor and dubbed for various artistes including Tabu, Sonali Bendre and Sridevi among others. She started her dubbing for the movie Seetamalakshmi heroine Rameshwari.

Acting[edit]

Sailaja acted in Saagara Sangamam, a Telugu venture directed by K. Viswanath, in which she played the role of a classical dancer; it was dubbed into Tamil as Salangai Oli.

Television works[edit]

Sailaja started her television career with the ETV show SaRiGaMalu which she co-hosted along with singer Mano.

Thereon, Sailaja has appeared as both an audition judge and a guest judge in several reality talent hunt shows such as Vijay TV's Airtel Super Singer, Airtel Super Singer Junior,^[1] Jaya TV's Jaya Super Singer South India, Zee Telugu's SaReGaMaPa Little Champs and SaReGaMaPa among others.

Personal life[edit]

Template:Blp unsourced section She is married to actor Subhalekha Sudhakar in December 1989. The couple have a son, Sreekar born in 1991.

Filmography[edit]

Actress[edit]

Title	Role
Saagara Sangamam (1983)	Kum. Sailaja

Playback Singer[edit]

Maarpu (1977)
Shivaranjani (1978)
Pranam Kareedu (1978)
Mana Voori Pandavulu (1978)
Agal Vilakku (1979)
Kalyanaraman (1979) (Tamil)
Niram Maaratha Pookkal (1979)
Ponnu Oorukku Pudhusu (1979)
Suvarilladha Chiththirangal (1979)
Sankarabharanam (1979)
Mosagadu (1980)
Vamsa Vruksham (1980)
Johnny(1980)
Seethakoka Chiluka (1981)
Thanikattu Raja (1982)
Agaya Gangai (film) (1982)
Subhalekha (1982)
Sitaara (1983)
Saagara Sangamam (1983)
Rendu Jella Sita (1983)
Janani Janmabhoomi (1984)
Mayuri (1984)
Poi Mugangal (1986)
Swathi Muthyam (1985)
Swathi (1985)
Jackie (1985)
Sur Sangam (1985)
Thazhuvatha Kaigal (1986)
Sirivennela (1986)
Mr. Bharath (1986)
Padamati Sandhya Ragam (1986)
Magadheerudu (1986)
Sri Kanaka Mahalakshmi Recording Dance Troupe (1987)
Swayam Krushi (1987)
Rudra Veena (1988)
Bava Marudula Sawal (1988)
Swara Kalpana (1989)
Siva (1989)
Raja Chinna Roja (1989)
Kokila (1989)
Suthradharulu (1990)
Appula Appa Rao (1991)
Pelli Pusthakam (1991)
Siva Shakthi (1991)
Bangaru Bullodu (1993)
Aagraham (1993)
Subha Sankalpam (1995)
Annamayya (1997)
Aawaragaadu (2000)
Mrugaraju (2001)
Unnai Charanadainthaen (2003)

Dubbing[edit]

Year	Film	Actress
1982	Patnam Vachina Pativrathalu	Raadhika
1983	Prema Pichollu	Raadhika
1983	Vasantha Kokila (Telugu Dubbed version)	Sridevi
1984	Gudachari No.1	Raadhika
1987	Nayakudu (Telugu Dubbed version)	Saranya
1989	Mappillai (1989 film) (Tamil film)	Amala
1990	Doshi Nirdoshi	Lissy
1991	Guna (Telugu Dubbed version)	Rekha
1991	Teneteega	Rekha
1991	Aditya 369	Mohini
1995	Sashtri (Telugu Dubbed version)	Raadhika
1996	Ramayanam	Smitha Madhav
1996	Ninne Pelladutha	Tabu
1996	Bhamane Satyabhamane	Heera
1997	Master	Sakshi Shivanand
1997	Mama Bagunnava	Mohini
1997	Sindhooram	Sanghavi
1998	Chandralekha	Isha Koppikar
1998	Aavida Maa Aavide	Tabu
1998	Sri Sita Ramula Kalyanam Chootamu Raarandi	Chandni
2000	Thenali (Telugu Dubbed Version)	Devayani
2001	Mrugaraju	Sanghavi
2001	Murari	Sonali Bendre
2001	Abhay (Telugu dubbed version)	Raveena Tandon
2002	Panchathanthiram (Telugu dubbed version)	Aishwarya

References[edit]

↑ G. Prasad (17 October 2011). "Children pitch it right at audition - The Hindu". The Hindu. Retrieved 8 November 2014.

External links[edit]

Sailaja S. P. on IMDb

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[HinduOct11-1] G. Prasad (17 October 2011). "Children pitch it right at audition - The Hindu". The Hindu. Retrieved 8 November 2014.

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