Vanisri

Vanisri
Vanisri
Born	Rathna Kumari; 3 August 1948 (age 75); Nellore, Madras State, India
Other names	Kalabhinetri
Occupation	Actress; politician;
Years active	1962–1980; 1989-2004
Spouse(s)	Doctor Karunakaran (m.1978-present)
Awards	Filmfare Awards; Nandi Award

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Vanisri (born Rathna Kumari) is an Indian actress known for her works predominantly in Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada films.^[3]^[4] In a film career spanning 40 years, she has received three Filmfare Awards South, the Nandi Awards and the Tamil Nadu State Film Award.^[3]

Career[edit]

Vani made her debut with the 1964 Kannada movie Veera Sankalpa. She gained attention with a supporting role in a film penned by K. Balachander titled Sukha Dukhalu, and Marapurani Kadha (1967). Vanisri has starred in super hits such as Krishnaveni, Prem Nagar, Dussehra Bullodu, Aradhana, Jeevitha Chakram, Rangula Ratnam, Sri Krishna Tulabharam, Bhakta Kannappa, and Bobbili Raja.^[5]

She played dual roles in Iddaru Ammayilu (1972) (Telugu remake of 1969 release Kannada film Kappu Bilupu), Ganga Manga (1973 remake of the Hindi film Seeta Aur Geeta), Jeevana Jyothi (1975), and Chilipi Krishnudu (1978). She financed and starred in Shyam Benegal's only Telugu film Anugraham (1977), co-starring Smita Patil.

With actor M. G. R Vanisri acted in three films: Kannan En Kadhalan (1968), Thalaivan (1970), and Oorukku Uzhaippavan (1976).

She acted with Sivaji Ganesan in a 11 films such as Uyarntha Manithan (1968), Nirai Kudam (1969), Kulama Gunama (1971), Vasantha Maligai (1972), Sivakamiyin Selvan (1974), Vani Rani (Tamil remake of the Hindi film Seeta Aur Geeta) (1974), Rojavin Raja (1976), Ilaya Thalaimurai (1977), Punniya Boomi (1978), Vaazhkai Alaigal (1978) and Nallathoru Kudumbam (1979).^[6]^[5] In 2013, she received the state Raghupathi Venkaiah Award for her contribution to Telugu cinema.^[7]

Personal life[edit]

Vanisri married Dr. Karunkaran in 1978 and left the film industry. The couple have a son and a daughter. Vanisri returned to film to acting in mother roles from 1989, such as her character in Athaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu (1989). She was also in the 1999 Hindi film Main Tere Pyar Mein Pagal, directed by Telugu director K. Raghavendra Rao.^[5]

She lost her son Abhinaya Venkatesha Karthik aged 36 on 23 May 2020 due to cardiac arrest.^[8]

Awards and honours[edit]

Year	Award	Award Category	Awarded Work
1973	Filmfare Awards South	Filmfare Best Actress Award	Jeevana Tarangalu
1974	Filmfare Awards South	Filmfare Best Actress Award	Krishnaveni
1975	Filmfare Awards South	Filmfare Best Actress Award	Jeevana Jyothi
2001	Tamil Nadu State Film Awards	Kavignar Kannadasan Award	Contribution to film industry
2004	Vamsi Awards	Meena Kumari award at the Vamsi Awards	Contribution to film industry
2005	Madhavapeddi Prabhavathi Awards	Madhavapeddi Prabhavathi awards by the Siva Foundation	Contribution to film industry
2013	Nandi Awards	Raghupathi Venkaiah Award.^[7]	Contribution to film industry

Selected filmography[edit]

References[edit]

↑ https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1656609/
↑ https://indiankanoon.org/doc/898476/
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 "Resting on her laurels". The Hindu.
↑ "Vanisri News - List Of Indian Actresses on Newsaajtak - Newsaajtak - News Aajtak - Newsaajtak.in".
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 "Vanisri is my inspiration: Priya". The Times of India.
↑ "Vanisri".
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Correspondent, Special. "S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, Hema Malini bag NTR awards".
↑ "Prem Nagar actress Vanisri's son Abhinaya Venkatesha Karthik dies of cardiac arrest".

External links[edit]

Vanisri on IMDb

[1] ttps://indiankanoon.org/doc/1656609/

[2] ttps://indiankanoon.org/doc/898476/

[thehindu.com-3] 3.0 ^3.1 "Resting on her laurels". The Hindu.

[4] "Vanisri News - List Of Indian Actresses on Newsaajtak - Newsaajtak - News Aajtak - Newsaajtak.in".

[indiatimes.com-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 "Vanisri is my inspiration: Priya". The Times of India.

[6] "Vanisri".

[Correspondent-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Correspondent, Special. "S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, Hema Malini bag NTR awards".

[TOI_article-8] "Prem Nagar actress Vanisri's son Abhinaya Venkatesha Karthik dies of cardiac arrest".

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v t e Raghupathi Venkaiah Award
1980–1990	1980: L. V. Prasad (director and producer) 1981: P. Pullaiah and Santha Kumari (director and producer) 1982: B. A. Subba Rao (director, producer and writer) 1983: M. A. Rahman 1984: Kosaraju Raghavaiah Choudary (lyricist, poet and actor) 1985: Bhanumati (actor, producer, singer, music director, and writer) 1986: Bapu and Mullapudi Venkata Ramana 1987: B. Nagi Reddy (producer) 1988: D. V. S. Raju (producer) 1989: Akkineni Nageswara Rao (actor) 1990: Dasari Narayana Rao (actor, director, and producer)
1991–2000	1991: K. Viswanath (Film director) 1992: S. Rajeswara Rao (composer) 1993: D. Madhusudhana Rao (producer) 1994: Anjali Devi (actress) 1995: K. S. Prakash Rao (actor, cinematographer, director, producer) 1996: Inturi Venkateswara Rao 1997: V. Madhusudhan Rao 1998: Gummadi Venkateswara Rao (actor) 1999: Santha Kumari (actress and producer) 2000: Kanta Rao (actor, producer)
2001–present	2001: Allu Rama Lingaiah (actor) 2002: P. Susheela (playback singer) 2003: V. B. Rajendra Prasad (producer) 2004: Krishnaveni (actress and producer) 2005: M. S. Reddy (producer, writer, and director) 2006: Daggubati Rama Naidu (producer, actor) 2007: Tammareddy Krishna Murthy (producer) 2008: Vijaya Nirmala (actress, producer and director) 2009: K. Ragava (producer) 2010: M. Balaiah (actor, producer and director) 2011: Kaikala Satyanarayana (actor, producer and director) 2012: Kodi Ramakrishna (director) 2013: Vanisri (actress) 2014: Krishnam Raju (actor) 2015: Eswar (publicity designer, writer) 2016: Chiranjeevi (actor, producer)

v t e Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actress
1972–1980	Jayalalithaa (1972) Vanisri (1973) Vanisri (1974) Vanisri (1975) Jayasudha (1976) Jayasudha (1977) Talluri Rameshwari (1978) Sujatha (1979) Jyothi (1980)
1981–2000	Raadhika (1981) Jayasudha (1982) Jayaprada (1983) Suhasini (1984) Vijayashanti (1985) Lakshmi (1986) Vijayashanti (1987) Bhanupriya (1988) Vijayashanti (1989) Vijayashanti (1990) Sridevi (1991) Revathi (1992) Vijayashanti (1993) Aamani (1994) Soundarya (1995) Tabu (1996) Vijayashanti (1997) Soundarya (1998) Soundarya (1999) Richa Pallod (2000)
2001–2020	Bhumika Chawla (2001) Sadha (2002) Asin (2003) Trisha (2004) Trisha (2005) Genelia D'Souza (2006) Trisha (2007) Swathi Reddy (2008) Anushka Shetty (2009) Anushka Shetty (2010) Nayanthara (2011) Samantha (2012) Nithya Menen (2013) Shruti Haasan (2014) Anushka Shetty (2015) Samantha Akkineni (2016) Sai Pallavi (2017) Keerthy Suresh (2018)