Bhanupriya

భానుప్రియ
Bhanupriya
Native name భానుప్రియ
Born Manga Bhama
(1967-01-15) 15 January 1967
Rangampeta, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India
Spouse(s) Adarsh Kaushal (1998–2005)
Children Abhinaya (b. 2003)
Relatives Shantipriya (sister)

Manga Bhama, known by her stage name Bhanupriya, is a mainstream Indian actress who has predominately appeared in Telugu and Tamil films. She has also acted in Malayalam, Kannada and Bollywood films.

Early life

Bhanupriya was born in Rangampeta village, near Rajamundry, Andhra Pradesh, into a Telugu family. Her family settled in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She has a younger sister Shantipriya who was also a film actress in 1990s.

Bhanupriya fell in love with Adarsh Kaushal, a Hyderabadi settled in the United States as a digital graphics’ engineer. Subsequently, the couple got married at the Sri Venkateswara temple in Malibu, California on 14 June 1998. The couple have a daughter Abhinaya born in 2003. Bhanupriya divorced Kaushal in 2005 and returned to India, where she resumed her acting career. Bhanupriya now lives in Chennai with her daughter Abhinaya.[1]

Film career

Bhanupriya has acted in over 150 films as the female lead after beginning her acting career when she was just 17. Her first film was Mella Pesungal (1983) in Tamil.[2] She made her Telugu debut with Sitaara, directed by veteran Vamsy. She has acted in over 80 Telugu films, about 40 Tamil films, 15 Hindi films, 12 Malayalam, and five Kannada films.[2]

Trained in classical dance, all her critically acclaimed movies were based on the subject, including Sitara and veteran K. Vishwanath's Swarnakamalam.

Another critically acclaimed movie was Sathyan Anthikkad's Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal in Malayalam. She along with another popular actress and dancer Lakshmi Gopalaswamy performed to the songs "Sivakara Damaruka" and "Ghanashyama" which were well received. She acted with Malayalam superstars Mohanlal and Mammootty in the movies Rajashilpi and Azhakiya Ravanan respectively.

She was also part of Mani Ratnam's stage show Netru, Indru, Naalai.

Her appearance and performances were well appreciated by her senior artistes and her co-stars in Tamil film industry from 1989 to 1993.

Tamil Cinema's ace actor, Sivaji Ganesan had mentioned in one of his interviews that Bhanupriya is the only actress from the younger generation with matchable acting ability as Savithri and Padmini. Telugu Megastar Chiranjeevi mentioned that he enjoyed the chemistry with other actresses while dancing but with Bhanupriya he missed out on that as she always concentrated on the technical aspects of her footwork and treated him as a competitor instead of a co-star. Khushboo had mentioned in an interview that one role that she would not be able to do justice would be the role Bhanupriya enacted in "Aararo Ariraro". S.P.Balasubramaniam, in the Telugu show "Paadutha Theeyaga", named her as one of the graceful dancers of cinema, apart from Kamalhassan, Chiranjeevi, Prabhudeva, L.Vijayalakshmi and Vyjayanthimala. Actor Prabhu, in the TV Show "Album", named her as one of the best heroines from the 80s. Karthik recognised her as the heroine with exceptional acting skills during his interview with Divayadarshini, in the show "Koffee with DD". Dance Master Kala named her as the best heroine from the 90s.

She had also acted in a television serial, Shakthi, telecast on Sun Network channels. She is famous for being expressive with her eyes, which led her to a career in modelling. Her most famous ad was of Eyetex, a popular eyeliner. Cinematographer and director P. C. Sreeram once described her as having the most beautiful and photogenic face among south Indian movie actresses.

Filmography

As actress

In order of languages in which she acted the most to least number of films.

NoYearTitleRoleCo-StarLanguageDirectorNotes
1 1983 Mella Pesungal Uma Vasanth Tamil Bharati Vasu Debut Film in Tamil
2 1983 Sitaara Sitaara / Kokila Suman Telugu Vamsy Debut Film in Telugu
3 1984 Rowdy Ganga Krishnam Raju Telugu A.Mohan Gandhi
4 1984 Ramayanamlo Bhagavatam Chandra Mohan Telugu Tatineni Prasad
5 1984 Palnati Puli Rani Balakrishna Nandamuri Telugu Tatineni Prasad
6 1984 Jamesbond 999 Suman Telugu P.Chandrasekhar Reddy
7 1984 Chadarangam Naresh Telugu B.Bhaskara Rao
8 1984 Gruhalakshmi Swapna priya Mohan Babu Telugu B.Bhaskara Rao
9 1984 Illale Devata Akkineni Nageshwara Rao Telugu T.L.V.Prasad
10 1985 Jhansi Rani Jhansi Rani Rajendra Prasad Telugu Satyanand
11 1985 Mogudu Pellalu Saroja Naresh Telugu Jandhyala
12 1985 Musugu Donga Swapna Suman Telugu Boina Subba Rao
13 1985 Bangaru Chiluka Hema / Chilaka Arjun Sarja Telugu Anil Kumar Dual Role
14 1985 Preminchu Pelladu Radha Rajendra Prasad Telugu Jandyala
15 1985 Jwala Chiranjeevi Telugu Ravi Raja Pinishetty
16 1985 Thendral Thodhata Malar Rajeev Tamil G.P.Balan
17 1985 Garjana Suman Telugu Anil Kumar
18 1985 Kutumba Bandham Rajesh Telugu M.Jaya dev
19 1985 Illaliko Pariksha Mohan Babu Telugu T.L.V.Prasad
20 1985 Atmabalam Vishali Balakrishna Nandamuri Telugu Tatineni Prasad
21 1985 America Alludu Radha Suman Telugu K.Vasu
22 1985 Anveshana Hema Karthik Telugu Vamsy
23 1985 Vijeta Priyadarshini Chiranjeevi Telugu Kodanda Rami Reddy
24 1986 Bhale Mithrulu Bharathi BhanuChander Telugu A.Mohan Gandhi
26 1986 Manchi Manasulu Janaki Bhanuchandar Telugu A.Mohan Gandhi
27 1986 Pratibhavantudu Krishna Telugu Prabhakar Reddy
28 1986 Shravana Meghaalu Murali Mohan Telugu
29 1986 Konaseema Kurradu Jyothi Arjun Sarja Telugu RaviRaja Pinishetty
30 1986 Kashmora Tulasi Rajasekhar, Rajendra Prasad Telugu N.B.Chakravarthy
30 1986 Dosti Dushmani Rekha / Shanti Rishi Kapoor, Jeetendra, Rajinikanth Hindi Rama Rao Thatineni Debut Film in Hindi
31 1986 Aalapana Usha Mohan Telugu Vamsy
32 1986 Apoorva Sahodarulu Roja Balakrishna Nandamuri Telugu K.Raghavendra Rao
33 1986 Anadiga Aadadi Rajendra Prasad Telugu Anil Kishore
34 1986 Anasuyammagari Alludu Rukmini Balakrishna Nandamuri Telugu Kodanda Rami Reddy
35 1986 Chadastapu Mogudu Janaki Suman Telugu Sharath
36 1987 Srinivasa Kalyanam Lalitha Venkatesh Telugu Kodi Ramakrishna
37 1987 Shankaravam Jyothi Krishna Telugu Krishna
38 1987 Prema Samrat Madhulatha Suman Telugu A.Mohan Gandhi
39 1987 Insaf Ki Pukar Rani Dharmendra, Jeetendra Hindi Rama Rao Thatineni
40 1987 Prema Deepalu Sarath Babu Telugu C.S.Bose
41 1987 Chakravarthy Rani Chiranjeevi Telugu Ravi Raja Pinishetty
42 1987 Kartika Pournami Abilasha / Gowri Shoban Babu Telugu Kodanda Rami Reddy
43 1987 Khudgarz Jaya Saxena Jeetendra, Shatrughan Sinha Hindi Rakesh Roshan
44 1987 Donga Mogudu Priyamvada Chiranjeevi Telugu Kodanda Rami Reddy
45 1987 Allari Krishnayya Lalitha Balakrishna Nandamuri Telugu Nandamuri Ramesh
46 1987 Jebu Donga Bujji Chiranjeevi Telugu Kodanda Rami Reddy
47 1988 Mar Mitenge Jenny Jeetendra, Mithun Chakraborty Hindi Kewal Sharma
48 1988 Bharatamlo Balachandrudu Bhanu Balakrishna Nandamuri Telugu Kodi Ramakrishna
49 1988 Nyayaniki Siksha Shiva Krishna Telugu Rama Rao Thatineni
50 1988 Agni Keratalu Bhanurekha Krishna Telugu Rama Rao Thatineni
51 1988 Tiragabadda Telugu Bidda Padma Balakrishna Nandamuri Telugu Kodanda Rami Reddy
52 1988 Tamacha Seema Jeetendra, Rajinikanth Hindi Ramesh Ahuja
53 1988 Khaidi No 786 Radha Chiranjeevi Telugu Vijaya Bapineedu
54 1988 Trinetrudu Pratyusha Chiranjeevi Telugu Kodanda Rami Reddy Chiranjeevi's 100th Film
55 1988 Swarnakamalam Meenakshi Venkatesh Telugu K.Viswanath Nandi Award for Best Actress
56 1989 Suryaa: An Awakening Shanoo Vinod Khanna Hindi Esmayeel Shroff
57 1989 State Rowdy Asha Chiranjeevi Telugu B.Gopal
58 1989 Bhagawan Rekha Krishnam Raju Telugu Siddhartha
59 1989 Black Tiger Ramesh Babu Telugu Dasari Narayana Rao
60 1989 Dav Pech Sunita Verma Jeetendra Hindi Kewal Sharma
61 1989 Garibon Ka Daata Naina Mithun Chakraborty Hindi Ramesh Ahuja
62 1989 Gudachari 117 Krishna Telugu Kodi Ramakrishna
63 1989 Kasam Vardi Ki Aarthi Jeetendra Hindi Shibu Mitra
64 1989 Asokha Chakravarty Urmila Balakrishna Nandamuri Telugu S S Ravichandra
66 1989 Aararo Ariraro Meenu K.Bhagyaraj Tamil K.Bhagyaraj Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize
Filmfare Award for Best Actress
66 1990 Zahreelay Seema Sanjay Dutt, Jeetendra Hindi Jyotin Goel
67 1990 Sirayil Pootha Chinna Malar Chitra Vijayakanth Tamil Amirtham
68 1990 Jayasimha Suman Telugu
69 1990 Chatriyan Banu Vijayakanth Tamil K.Subash
70 1991 Bhabhi Sita / Kamini Govinda, Juhi Chawla Hindi Kishore Vyas
71 1991 Pudhu Manithan Sugandhi Sathyaraj Tamil Manivannan
72 1991 Gopura Vasalile Kalyani Karthik Tamil Priyadarshan
73 1991 Shri Edu Kondala Swamy Goddess Padmavati Devi Arun Govil Telugu K.Kameswar Rao
74 1991 Pondatti Sonna kettukanum Indira Chandra Sekhar Tamil V.Sekhar
75 1991 Azhagan Priya Ranjan Mammootty Tamil K. Balachander Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize
76 1991 People's Encounter Srikanth Telugu A.Mohan Gandhi
77 1991 Bramma Pavitra Sathyaraj Tamil K.Subash
78 1991 Thalapathi Padma Rajinikanth Tamil Manirathnam
79 1991 Thaipoosam Sivagami Nassar Tamil
80 1991 Ramudu Kadu Rakshasudu Suman Telugu Dasari Narayana Rao
81 1992 Magudam Bhavani Sathyaraj Tamil Prathap K. Pothan
82 1992 Bharathan Indhu Vijayakanth Tamil Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy
83 1992 Therku Theru Machan Parimala Sathyaraj Tamil K.Subash
84 1992 Sundara Kandam Deivanai K.Bhagyaraj Tamil K.Bhagyaraj
85 1992 Pangali Saidhai Tamizharasi Sathyaraj Tamil K.Subash
86 1992 Rajashilpi Durga Mohanlal Malayalam R.Sukumaran Debut Film in Malayalam
87 1992 Amaran Sivagaami Karthik Tamil K.Rajeswar
88 1992 Kaviya Thalaivan Priya / Saradha Vijayakanth Tamil Dual Role
89 1992 Vaaname Ellai Herself Anand Babu, Ramya Krishnan Tamil K. Balachander Guest Appearance in a special song
90 1992 Neenga Nalla Irukkanum Anjalai Nizhalgal Ravi Tamil Visu
91 1993 Kattalai Vijaya Sathyaraj Tamil Liaquat Ali Khan
92 1993 Porantha Veeda Puguntha Veeda Amudha Sivakumar Tamil V.Sekhar
93 1993 Bhagat Suman Telugu Satya Reddy
94 1993 Maharasan Selvi Kamalhassan Tamil G.N.Rangarajan
95 1993 Mutrugai DSP Bhavani Arun Pandiyan Tamil Manobala
96 1993 Rajadurai Vijayakanth Tamil S.A.Chandrasekhar Guest Appearance in Special Song
97 1993 Kirayi Gunda Krishna Telugu
98 1993 Gokulam Gayathri / Mary Arjun Sarja Tamil Vikraman
99 1993 Uzhavan Prabhu Ganesan Tamil Kathir
100 1994 Rasika Ravichandran Kannada Dwarakish Debut Film in Kannada
101 1994 Ish Gup Chup Ravali Varun Kumar Telugu Jandhyala
102 1994 Bangaru Mogudu Amulya Suman Telugu ThammaReddy Bharadwaj
103 1995 Highway Meera Suresh Gopi Malayalam Jayaraaj
104 1995 Peddarayudu Lakshmi Mohan Babu Telugu RaviRaja Pinishetty
105 1995 Chakravarthy Bhanu Karthik Tamil M.Baskar
106 1996 Azhakiya Ravanan Anuradha Mammootty Malayalam Kamal
107 1996 Amma Durgamma Goddess Durga Sasikumar Telugu
108 1997 Mama Bagunnava Gowri Rajendra Prasad, Naresh Telugu Kodi RamaKrishna
109 1997 Kulam Subhadra Suresh Gopi Malayalam Lenin Rajendran
110 1997 Rishyasringan Poornima Krishna, Shyjudev Malayalam Suresh Unnithan
111 1997 Annamayya Goddess Padmavathi Devi Akkineni Nagarjuna, Suman Telugu K. Raghavendra Rao
112 1998 Thalaimurai Panchavarnam Rajkiran Tamil Rajkiran
113 1998 Aaha Rajeswari (Raaji) Raghuvaran Tamil Suresh Krishna
114 1998 Aaha Geeta Jagapati Babu Telugu Suresh Krishna Guest Role
115 1999 Endrendrum Kadhal Pooja Vijay Tamil Manoj Bhatnagar
116 1999 Anantha Poongathe Banu Karthik Tamil Raj Kapoor Guest Role
117 2000 Annai Kanagamahalakshmi Tamil
118 2000 February 14, Necklace Road Suman Telugu Sreenivasa Reddy Guest Role
119 2000 Ayodhya Ramaiah Padmavathi Srihari Telugu Chandra Mahesh
120 2000 Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal Maya Varma Jayaram Malayalam Sathyan Anthikad
121 2000 Devarmaga Shivarajkumar, Ambareesh Kannada D.Rajendra Babu
122 2000 Jayam Manadera Bhuvaneswari Venkatesh Telugu N. Shankar
123 2000 Hindustan The Mother Naresh Telugu G. Haribabu
124 2001 Sree Rajarajeswary Goddess Parasakthi Ramya Krishnan Tamil
125 2001 Thaali Kaatha Kaaliamman Goddess Kaali Prabhu Tamil
126 2002 Simhadriya Simha Lakshmi Vishnuvardhan, Meena, Umashree Kannada S. Narayan
127 2002 Naina Azhagu Nachiyar Jayaram Tamil Manobala
128 2002 Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo Indu Harikrishna, Suman Telugu YVS Chowdary Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress
129 2004 Jai Prashanth, Thyagarajan Tamil S. Narayan
130 2004 Manjupoloru Penkutti Arundathi Amrutha Prakash, Suresh Krishna Malayalam Kamal
131 2004 Jore Meenakshi Sathyaraj, Sibiraj, Gajala Tamil Selva
132 2004 Kadamba Yamini Dr.Vishnuvardhan, Avinash Kannada Suresh Krishna
133 2004 Shravanamasam Rajyam Harikrishna, Krishna, Gajala Telugu Posani KrishnaMurali
134 2004 Chellame Vishal Krishna, Reema Sen Tamil Gandhi Krishna Guest Appearance in a Special Song
135 2005 Orey Pandu Akhilandeswari Sachin Telugu S. V. Krishna Reddy
136 2005 Gautam S.S.C Bhanu Navadeep Telugu Arun Prasad
137 2005 Hridayathi Sookshikkaan Sreenath's mother Kunchako Boban, Bhavana Malayalam Rajesh Pillai
138 2005 Chhatrapati Rajya Lakshmi Prabhas, Shriya Telugu S.S.Rajamouli Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress
139 2006 Raathrimazha Malayalam Lenin Rajendran
140 2007 Oru Ponnu Oru Paiyan Sarath Babu Tamil
141 2007 Polladhavan Thilaka Dhanush Tamil Vetrimaaran
142 2008 Mahayagnam Nassar Telugu Krishna Tota
143 2008 Theekuchi Tamil
144 2008 Pellaindi Kaani Rajeshwari Allari Naresh, Kamalini Mukherjee Telugu E.V.V.Sathya Narayana
145 2009 Mesthru Devaraj Kannada Mahadev
146 2010 My Name is Amruta Bhanuchandar Telugu Venkat Gowri
147 2012 3 Ram's mother Dhanush Tamil Aishwarya R. Dhanush
148 2012 Dammu Vasundhara NTR Jr. Telugu Boyapati Srinu
149 2013 Chatrapathi Siddanth Kannada Dinesh Gandhi
150 2014 Avathaaram Akkamma Richard Rishi, Radhika Kumaraswamy Telugu Kodi Ramakrishna

Upcoming films

Dubbing

Television

Awards

References

  1. ↑ SRIREKHA PILLAI (2004-09-13). "ABHINAYA, Bhanupriya's new love". The Hindu. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
  2. 1 2 S.R. Ashok Kumar (2006-10-01). "For Bhanupriya family comes first now". The Hindu. Retrieved 2013-09-15.

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