Sudha Rani

Sudha Rani
Sudha Rani
	Sudharani in 2020
Born	Jayashree; 14 August 1970 (age 53); Bangalore, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1978–present
Spouse(s)	Sanjay (m.1996; div. 1998) ; Govardhan (m.2000–present)
Children	Nidhi (b.2001)

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Jayashree (born 14 August 1970), known by her screen name Sudha Rani, is an Indian actress, voice artist and a former model. She has primarily worked in Kannada films, Telugu, Tulu and Malayalam cinemas.^[1]

At the age of three, Rani was chosen as a child model for a commercial biscuit brand. As a child artist, she acted in Kiladi Kittu (1978), Kulla Kulli (1980), Anupama (1981) Bhagyavantha and Ranganayaki (1981). She debuted as a lead actress at age 13 with Anand (1986). During the late 1980s and throughout 1990s, she was part of several commercial successes such as Ranaranga (1988), Krishna Nee Kunidaga (1989), Panchama Veda (1989), Mysooru Mallige (1992), Mannina Doni (1992), Mane Devru (1993), Anuraga Sangama (1995) Swathi, Midida Shruti, Aragini, Shreegandha, Kunkuma Bhagya, Kavya, Saptapadi, Munjaneya Manju, Manamecchida hudugi, and Sparsha (2000) among others. She has so far won the Filmfare Awards and Karnataka State Film Awards twice each for her performances.^[2]

Early years[edit]

Sudha Rani was born to Gopalakrishna and Nagalakshmi. She is the niece of popular film personality, Chi. Udaya Shankar and the cousin of actor-director Chi. Guru Dutt. She began modelling in print ads at the age of three. Her mother enrolled her in dance classes at age five. Rani is a Kuchipudi and Bharata Natyam dancer. At age 7, she was roped in by her brother for his short film based on children, titled as Child is Here which won an international award.^{[citation needed]} She also actively participated in the children shows at the Prabhat Kalavidaru theatre troupe.

Film career[edit]

Rani was noticed by producer Parvathamma Rajkumar in a thread ceremony video when she was 12 and selected to be the heroine for the film Anand (1986) opposite Shiva Rajkumar.^{[citation needed]} They became a popular pair and she went on to appear in more films as Mana Mechchida Hudugi, Samara, Aasegobba Meesegobba and Midida Shruthi opposite Shiva Rajkumar. She was paired with Ramesh Aravind in over eight films, including Panchama Veda, Shrigandha, Aragini, Ganda Mane Makkalu, Varagala Bete, Balondu Chaduranga, Accident and Anuraga Sangama. Her Tamil films Annakili Sonna Kathai and Vasanthakala Paravai, proved to be commercial successes. She acted in almost 10 Tamil films and was credited as Shali.

Personal life[edit]

Rani married a U.S.-based anesthesia specialist, Dr. Sanjay in 1996. However citing irreconcilable differences, they parted ways in 1998.^[3] Later, she married her relative, Govardhan in 2000^[4] and has a daughter Nidhi, born in 2001.^[5]^[6]

Awards[edit]

List of acting awards and nominations
Year	Film	Award	Category	Result
1991	Panchama Veda	Karnataka State Film Awards	Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress	Won
1992	Mysore Mallige	Filmfare Awards South	Best Actress	Won
1992	Mysore Mallige	Karnataka State Film Awards	Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress	Won
2000	Sparsha	Filmfare Awards South	Best Actress	Won
2015	Vaastu Prakaara	Filmfare Awards South	Best Supporting Actress	Won

Filmography[edit]

Key
	Denotes films that have not yet been released

All films are in Kannada, unless otherwise noted.

Year	Film	Role	Director	Notes	Ref.
1978	Kiladi Kittu	Geetha	K. S. R. Das	Credited as Baby Jayashree
1980	Kulla Kulli		H. R. Bhargava
1981	Ranganayaki	Young Ranganayaki	Puttanna Kanagal
	Anupama		Renuka Sharma
	Bhagyavantha		B. S. Ranga
1982	Baadada Hoo		K. V. Jayaram	Credited as Sudha
1986	Anand	Mala	Singeetham Srinivasa Rao	As lead actress
1987	Manamecchida Hudugi	Gowri	M. S. Rajashekar
1987	Vijayotsava		Dorai-Bhagavan
1988	Devatha Manushya	Seetha	Singeetham Srinivasa Rao
	Ranaranga	Shashikala	V. Somashekar
	Ganda Mane Makkalu		T. P. Gajendra
	Sambhavami Yuge Yuge		Siddalingaiah		^[7]
1989	Krishna Nee Kunidaga	Radha	Dwarakish
	Manmatha Raja		Om Sai Prakash		^[8]
	Avane Nanna Ganda		S. Umesh K. Prabhakar
	Annakili Sonna Kathai	Gowri	S. Devaraj	Tamil film	^[9]
	Narasimha		Om Sai Prakash		^[10]
1990	Panchama Veda	Rukmini	P. H. Vishwanath	Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress
	Aasegobba Meesegobba	Urmila	M. S. Rajashekar
	Abhimanyu		Ravi Raja
	Ashoka Chakra		B. Ramamurthy
	Halliya Surasuraru		Tiptur Raghu
	Prathap		V. Somashekar
	Shabarimale Swamy Ayyappa	Parvathi	Renuka Sharma
	Trinetra		Raj Kishore		^[11]
1991	Varagala Bete		Renuka Sharma
1991	Vasanthakala Paravai		Pavithran	Tamil film Credited as Shali
1992	Mysore Mallige	Padma	T. S. Nagabharana	Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada
	Midida Shruthi		M. S. Rajashekar
	Sugamana Sumaigal		R. Parthiban	Tamil film Credited as Shali	^[12]
	Mannina Doni	Saubhagya	M. S. Rajashekar
	Jeevana Chaitra	Lakshmi	Dorai-Bhagavan	Guest appearance
	Vasanthakala Malargal		A. R. Ramesh	Tamil film Credited as Shali	^[13]
	Sapthapadi		H. R. Bhargava
	Mouna Mozhi		Kasthuri Raja	Tamil film Credited as Shali	^[14]
	Belliyappa Bangarappa	Herself	Poorna Pragna	Guest appearance
	Hosa Raaga		K. V. Jayaram
1993	Munjaneya Manju	Meera	P. H. Vishwanath
	Mane Devru	Janaki	V. Ravichandran
	Bhagawan Sri Saibaba		Om Sai Prakash
	Hrudaya Bandhana		B. Ramamurthy
	Thangakkili		Rajavarman	Tamil film Credited as Shali
	Ananda Jyothi	Jyothi	Chi. Dattaraj
	Kumkuma Bhagya		B. Subba Rao
	Chinnari Mutha		T. S. Nagabharana	Special appearance
	Bangar Patler		Dr. Richard Castelino	Tulu film
1994	Mahakshathriya	Priyadarshini	Rajendra Singh Babu
	Swathi	Swathi	Shivamani
	Gold Medal		Om Prakash Rao
	Vijaya Kankana		Shankar Sugnalli
	Curfew		H. S. Rajashekar	Guest appearance
1995	Srigandha		P. H. Vishwanath
	Aragini		P. H. Vishwanath
	Aadyathe Kanmani	Ambika	Rajasenan	Malayalam film
	Kona Edaithe		B. Jayashree Devi	Guest appearance
	Mr. Abhishek		N. T. Jayarama Reddy
	Anuraga Sangama		V. Umakanth
	Samara		Chi Guru Dutt
	Kavya	Kavya	Kodlu Ramakrishna
1996	Simhadri		Raj Kishor
	Vasantha Kavya	Kavya	S. Narayan
	Stunt Master		V. Chandrahas
1999	Naanenu Maadlilla		Dinesh Babu
2000	Sparsha	Radha	Sunil Kumar Desai	Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada
2001	Sri Manjunatha		K. Raghavendra Rao	Also in Telugu; Guest appearance
2001	Chandana Chiguru	Bharathi Teacher	Abdul Rehman Pasha
2003	Preethi Prema Pranaya		Kavitha Lankesh
2003	Khaaki		Shivamani
2004	Bimba		Kavitha Lankesh
2004	Talikattuva Shubhavele	Jyothi	N. R. K. Vishwanath		^[15]
2005	Namma Basava		Veera Shankar
	Anna Thangi		Om Sai Prakash
	Thunta		Om Prakash Rao
	Auto Shankar		D. Rajendra Babu
	Magic Ajji	Nirmala Devi	Dinesh Babu
	Abhinandane	Kamala	N. Ramachandra Rao
2006	Thirupathi		Shivamani
	O Priyathama		Shivaprabhu
	Mandya		Om Prakash Rao
2007	Thamashegagi		Kodlu Ramakrishna
2007	Ee Preethi Yeke Bhoomi Melide		Prem	Special appearance
2008	Accident	Suguna Shankar	Ramesh Aravind	Guest appearance
	Mr. Garagasa	Gauri	Dinesh Babu
	Prachanda Ravana		Srinivas Prasad
	Navashakti Vaibhava	Goddess Sharadamba	Om Sai Prakash
2009	Maleyali Jotheyali		Preetham Gubbi	Special appearance
	Ghauttham	Rajeswari	K. Rajeev Prasad
	Bhagyada Balegara		Om Sai Prakash	Guest appearance
	Eshtu Nagthi Nagu		Chindodi Madhukesh
	Huchchi		Venkatesh Panchangam
	Ishwar
2010	Kaanana
2010	Thamassu		Agni Sridhar	Guest appearance
2011	Jeevana Jokeali		Jayanth
2011	Jolly Boy		D. Sabhapathi
2012	Indina Satya		Aditya Chikkanna
	Dandupalya		Srinivas Raju
	Guru	Tejaswini	Jaggesh
2013	Bharath Stores	Bharathi	P. Sheshadri
2014	Vasundhara		T. S. Nagabharana
	Sachin! Tendulkar Alla		S. Mohan
	Bahaddur		Chethan Kumar
	Belli	Nidhi	Mussanje Mahesh
2015	Siddhartha		Prakash Jayaram
	Vaastu Prakaara	Vandana	Yogaraj Bhat	Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress
	Rebel		Rajendra Singh Babu
	Billa		Rama Narayanan
	Love U Alia		Indrajit Lankesh
	Plus		Gadda Viji
	Sharpshooter		Ghouse Peer
2016	Siganduru Chowdeshwari Mahime	Chowdeshwari Devi	Shashikumar
2016	July 22, 1947		Vishal Raj
2017	Happy New Year	Varalakshmi	Pannaga Bharana
	Dada is Back		Santhosh
	Nibunan	Doctor	Arun Vaidyanathan	Tamil film
	Vismaya	Doctor	Arun Vaidyanathan
	Bharjari		Chethan Kumar
2018	Life Jothe Ondh Selfie	Thulsi	Dinakar Thoogudepa
2019	Premier Padmini	Spandana	Ramesh Indira
	Amar	Amar's mother	Nagashekar
	Chitrakatha		Yashasvi Nalaaditya
	Vrithra		Gowtham Iyer G
	Geetha	Geethanjali	Vijay Nagendra
	Kannad Gothilla		Mayura Raghavendra
	Padde Huli		Guru Deshpande
2020	Maayabazar 2016	Usha	Radha Krishna Reddy
	Law		Raghu Samarth
	Avatara Purusha		Suni	Filming
	Thurthu Nirgamana		Hemanth Kumar	Filming
2021	Yuvarathnaa	Professor	Santosh Ananddram

Voice over[edit]

Year	Film	Actress
1999	Premotsava	Roja
2002	Simhadriya Simha	Meena
2004	Maurya	Roja
2004	Monalisa	Sadha
2012	Prasad	Madhuri Bhattacharya
2014	Maanikya	Ramya Krishnan

References[edit]

↑ "Sudharani - Filmography, Movies, Photos, Biography". OneIndia. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
↑ "Sudharani Awards". Oneindia. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
↑ User, Super. "Sudharani Marriage - Exclusive - chitraloka.com - Kannada Movie News, Reviews - Image". www.chitraloka.com. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
↑ "rediff.com, Movies: Gossip from the Kannada film industry". www.rediff.com.
↑ "- Kannada Movie News - IndiaGlitz.com".
↑ "Exclusive biography of #Sudharani and on her life".
↑ "Ganda Mane Makkalu – ಗಂಡ ಮನೆ ಮಕ್ಕಳು (1988/೧೯೮೮)". Kannada Movies Info. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
↑ "Krishna Nee Kunidaga – ಕೃಷ್ಣ ನೀ ಕುಣಿದಾಗ (1989/೧೯೮೯)". Kannada Movies Info. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
↑ "Annakili Sonna Kathai (1989)". Critics Union. Retrieved 20 February 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}
↑ "Narasimha (ನರಸಿಂಹ) 1989-Drama". Chiloka. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
↑ "Thrinethra (ತ್ರಿನೇತ್ರ) 1990- Action". Chiloka. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
↑ "Sugamana Sumaigal 1992 Directed by Parthiban". Letter Box. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
↑ "Vasantha Kala Malargal (1992 - Tamil)". Gomolo. 22 February 2016.
↑ "Mouna Mozhi Tamil Movie". Spicy Onion. 22 February 2016.
↑ Deepak, S. N. (26 September 2004). "Talikattuva Shubhavele". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 9 March 2005. Retrieved 9 October 2020.

External links[edit]

Sudha Rani on IMDb

[1] "Sudharani - Filmography, Movies, Photos, Biography". OneIndia. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.

[2] "Sudharani Awards". Oneindia. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2012.

[3] User, Super. "Sudharani Marriage - Exclusive - chitraloka.com - Kannada Movie News, Reviews - Image". www.chitraloka.com. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

[4] "rediff.com, Movies: Gossip from the Kannada film industry". www.rediff.com.

[5] "- Kannada Movie News - IndiaGlitz.com".

[6] "Exclusive biography of #Sudharani and on her life".

[auto-7] "Ganda Mane Makkalu – ಗಂಡ ಮನೆ ಮಕ್ಕಳು (1988/೧೯೮೮)". Kannada Movies Info. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

[auto1-8] "Krishna Nee Kunidaga – ಕೃಷ್ಣ ನೀ ಕುಣಿದಾಗ (1989/೧೯೮೯)". Kannada Movies Info. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

[9] "Annakili Sonna Kathai (1989)". Critics Union. Retrieved 20 February 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}

[10] "Narasimha (ನರಸಿಂಹ) 1989-Drama". Chiloka. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

[11] "Thrinethra (ತ್ರಿನೇತ್ರ) 1990- Action". Chiloka. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

[12] "Sugamana Sumaigal 1992 Directed by Parthiban". Letter Box. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

[13] "Vasantha Kala Malargal (1992 - Tamil)". Gomolo. 22 February 2016.

[14] "Mouna Mozhi Tamil Movie". Spicy Onion. 22 February 2016.

[15] Deepak, S. N. (26 September 2004). "Talikattuva Shubhavele". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 9 March 2005. Retrieved 9 October 2020.

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v t e Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress
1968–1980	Kalpana (1968) Kalpana (1969) Bharathi (1970) Kalpana (1971) L. V. Sharadha (1972) Aarathi (1973) Jayanthi & Nandini Bhaktavatsala (1974) no award (1975) Aarathi (1976) Jayanthi (1977) Aparna Narang (1978) Aarathi (1979) Vaishali Kasaravalli (1980)
1981–2000	Aarathi (1981) Jayanthi (1982) Padma Vasanthi (1983) Abhinaya (1984) Roopa Devi (1985) Jayanthi (1986) Geetha (1987) no award (1988) Saritha (1989) Sudha Rani (1990) Tara (1991) Sudha Rani (1992) Vinaya Prasad (1993) Lakshmi (1994) Shruti (1995) Prema (1996) Shilpa (1997) Jayamala (1998) Soundarya (1999) Tara (2000)
2001–present	Anu Prabhakar (2001) Soundarya (2002) Bhavana (2003) Radhika Kumaraswamy (2004) Shruti (2005) Pavitra Lokesh (2006) Tara (2007) Umashree (2008) Radhika Pandit (2009) Anu Prabhakar (2010) Ramya (2011) Bhavana (2012) Nirmala Chennappa (2013) Nivedhitha (2014) Lakshmi Gopalaswamy (2015) Sruthi Hariharan (2016)

v t e Filmfare Award for Best Kannada Actress
1972–1989	Kalpana (1972) Jayanthi (1973) Aarathi (1974) Aarathi (1975) Jayanthi (1976) Manjula (1977) Shobha (1978) Aarathi (1979) Ashwini (1980) Aarathi (1981) Saritha (1982) Suhasini (1983) Suhasini (1984) Saritha (1985) Saritha (1986) Saritha (1989)
1990–2009	Suhasini (1990) Malashri (1991) Sudha Rani (1992) Lakshmi (1993) Shruti (1995) Shilpa (1996) Suhasini (1997) Jayamala (1998) Tara (1999) Sudha Rani (2000) Prema (2001) Soundarya (2002) Meena (2003) Soundarya (2004) Vidhya Venkatesh (2005) Ramya (2006) Rashmi (2007) Radhika Pandit (2008) Radhika Pandit (2009)
2010–present	Radhika Pandit (2010) Ramya (2011) Priyamani (2012) Amulya (2013) Shwetha Srivatsav (2014) Parul Yadav (2015) Shraddha Srinath (2016) Sruthi Hariharan (2017) Manvitha Kamath (2018)