Sudha Rani

Sudha Rani
Born	Jayashree 14 August 1973 Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1978–present
Spouse(s)	Dr. Sanjay (divorced) Govardhan (present)

Jayashree (born 14 August 1973), known by her screen name Sudha Rani, is an Indian actress, voice artist and a former model. She has primarily worked in Kannada films, though she appeared in a few Tamil (credited as Shali), Telugu and Malayalam cinemas.^[1]

At the age of 3, Rani was chosen as a child model for a commercial biscuit brand. As a child artist, she played her first child role in the film Kiladi Kittu (1978). She followed it with films such as Kulla Kulli (1980), Anupama (1981) and Ranganayaki (1981). She debuted as a lead actress at age 12 with the film Anand (1986) opposite Shiva Rajkumar. 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) and Sparsha (2000) among others. Her Tamil films, Annakili Sonna Kathai (1989) and Vasanthakala Paravai (1991) were commercial successes.

She has so far won the Filmfare Awards and Karnataka State Film Awards twice for her performances.^[2]

Early years

Sudharani 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. She was also actively participating in the children shows at the Prabhat Kalavidaru theatre troupe.

Film career

Rani was noticed by the spouse of actor and singer Rajkumar in a thread ceremony video at the age of 12. Rajkumar selected her to be the heroine of the film Anand (1986). She went on to appear in such films as Mana Mechchida Hudugi, Samara, Aasegobba Meesegobba, Anna Tangi, and Midida Shruthi. In 1989, she made her debut in Tamil with the film Annakili Sonna Kathai and after a gap of 3 years, she starred in Vasanthakala Paravai, which was a commercial success. Following the same she has acted in 10 more Tamil films and in all these films she was credited as 'Shali'. She speaks Tamil very fluently. She paired with Ramesh Aravind in over eight films, including Panchama Veda, Shrigandha, Aragini, and Anuraga Sangama. Rani dominated the Kannada film industry in the 1990s.

Personal life

At the peak of her career, Rani married an U.S. based anesthesia specialist, Dr. Sanjay. However citing understanding differences, she parted ways after having stayed in the US for 5 years.^[3] Later, she married her relative, Govardhan.^[4] she has a daughter Nidhi born in the year 2001.^[5][6]

Awards

Sudha Rani was twice awarded the Karnataka State Award for Best Actress: in 1988 for the film Panchama Veda and in 1991 for Mysore Mallige. For the latter film, she also won the Filmfare Best Actress Award.Sudha lives in Bangalore and is actively involved in the films and art industry carefully picking her projects. She is widely respected as a judge of talent competitions and as an actress who has matured with age. She is very selective about the films that she signs

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
		Karnataka State Film Awards	Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress	Won
2000	Sparsha	Filmfare Awards South	Best Actress	Won

Filmography

Child roles

Year	Film	Role	Director	Notes	Ref(s)
1978	Kiladi Kittu	Geetha	K. S. R. Das	As child actress Credited as Baby Jayashree	[7]
1980	Kulla Kulli		H. R. Bhargava	As child actress Credited as Baby Jayashree	[8]
1981	Ranganayaki		Puttanna Kanagal	As child actress Credited as Baby Jayashree	[9]
	Anupama		Renuka Sharma	As child actress Credited as Baby Jayashree	[10]
	Bhagyavantha		B. S. Ranga	As child actress Credited as Baby Jayashree	[11]
1982	Baadada Hoo		K. V. Jayaram	As child actress Credited as Sudha	[12]

Adult lead roles

Year	Film	Role	Director	Notes	Ref(s)
1986	Anand	Mala	Singeetham Srinivasa Rao	Debut film as Lead actress	[13]
1987	Manamecchida Hudugi	Gowri	M. S. Rajashekar		[14]
	Vijayotsava		Dorai-Bhagavan		[15]
1988	Devatha Manushya	Seetha	Singeetham Srinivasa Rao		[16]
	Ranaranga	Shashikala	V. Somashekar		[17]
	Ganda Mane Makkalu		T. P. Gajendra		[18]
	Sambhavami Yuge Yuge		Siddalingaiah		[19]
1989	Krishna Nee Kunidaga	Radha	Dwarakish		[20]
	Manmatha Raja		Om Sai Prakash		[21]
	Avane Nanna Ganda		S. Umesh K. Prabhakar		[22]
	Annakili Sonna Kathai	Gowri	S. Devaraj	Tamil film	[23]
	Narasimha		Om Sai Prakash		[24]
1990	Panchama Veda	Rukmini	P. H. Vishwanath	Won - Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress	[25]
	Aasegobba Meesegobba	Asha	M. S. Rajashekar		[26]
	Abhimanyu		Ravi Raja		[27]
	Ashoka Chakra		B. Ramamurthy		[28]
	Halliya Surasuraru		Tiptur Raghu		[29]
	Prathap		V. Somashekar		[30]
	Shabarimale Swamy Ayyappa	Parvathi	Renuka Sharma		[31]
	Trinetra		Raj Kishore		[32]
1991	Varagala Bete		Renuka Sharma		[33]
	Vasanthakala Paravai		Pavithran	Tamil film Credited as Shali
1992	Mysore Mallige	Padma	T. S. Nagabharana	Won - Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress Won - Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada	[34]
	Midida Shruthi		M. S. Rajashekar		[35]
	Sugamana Sumaigal		R. Parthiban	Tamil film Credited as Shali	[36]
	Mannina Doni	Saubhagya	M. S. Rajashekar		[37]
	Jeevana Chaitra	Lakshmi	Dorai-Bhagavan	Guest appearance	[38]
	Vasanthakala Malargal		A. R. Ramesh	Tamil film Credited as Shali	[39]
	Sapthapadi		H. R. Bhargava		[40]
	Mouna Mozhi		Kasthuri Raja	Tamil film Credited as Shali	[41]
	Belliyappa Bangarappa	Herself	Poorna Pragna	Special appearance	[42]
	Hosa Raaga		K. V. Jayaram
1993	Munjaneya Manju	Meera	P. H. Vishwanath		[43]
	Mane Devru	Janaki	V. Ravichandran		[44]
	Bhagawan Sri Saibaba		Om Sai Prakash		[45]
	Hrudaya Bandhana		B. Ramamurthy		[46]
	Thangakkili		Rajavarman	Tamil film Credited as Shali
	Ananda Jyothi	Jyothi	Chi. Dattaraj		[47]
	Kumkuma Bhagya		B. Subba Rao		[48]
	Chinnari Mutha		T. S. Nagabharana	Special appearance	[49]
	Bangar Patler		Dr. Richard Castelino	Tulu film
1994	Mahakshathriya		Rajendra Singh Babu
	Swathi	Swathi	Shivamani		[50]
	Gold Medal		Om Prakash Rao		[51]
	Vijaya Kankana		Shankar Sugnalli		[52]
	Curfew		H. S. Rajashekar	Guest appearance
1995	Srigandha		P. H. Vishwanath		[53]
	Aragini		P. H. Vishwanath
	Aadyathe Kanmani	Ambika	Rajasenan	Malayalam film
	Mr. Abhishek		N. T. Jayarama Reddy
	Anuraga Sangama		V. Umakanth		[54]
	Samara		Chi Guru Dutt		[55]
	Kavya	Kavya	Kodlu Ramakrishna		[56]
1996	Simhadri		Raj Kishor		[57]
	Vasantha Kavya	Kavya	S. Narayan		[58]
	Stunt Master		V. Chandrahas		[59]
1999	Naanenu Maadlilla		Dinesh Babu		[60]
2000	Sparsha	Radha	Sunil Kumar Desai	Won - Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada	[61]
2001	Sri Manjunatha		K. Raghavendra Rao	Guest appearance
	Chandana Chiguru		Abdul Rehman Pasha		[62]
2003	Preethi Prema Pranaya		Kavitha Lankesh		[63]
	Khaaki		Shivamani		[64]
2004	Bimba		Kavitha Lankesh		[65]
2005	Namma Basava		Veera Shankar		[66]
	Anna Thangi		Om Sai Prakash		[67]
	Thunta		Om Prakash Rao
	Auto Shankar		D. Rajendra Babu
	Magic Ajji		Dinesh Babu		[68]
	Abhinandane		N. Ramachandra Rao
2006	Thirupathi		Shivamani		[69]
	O Priyathama		Shivaprabhu
	Mandya		Om Prakash Rao		[70]
2007	Thamashegagi		Kodlu Ramakrishna
	Ee Preethi Yeke Bhoomi Melide		Prem	Special appearance	[71]
2008	Accident	Suguna Shankar	Ramesh Aravind	Guest appearance
	Mr. Garagasa	Gauri	Dinesh Babu		[72]
	Prachanda Ravana		Srinivas Prasad
	Navashakti Vaibhava		Om Sai Prakash
2009	Maleyali Jotheyali		Preetham Gubbi	Special appearance
	Ghauttham		K. Rajeev Prasad		[73]
	Bhagyada Balegara		Om Sai Prakash	Guest appearance
	Eshtu Nagthi Nagu		Chindodi Madhukesh
	Huchchi		Venkatesh Panchangam
	Ishwar
2010	Kaanana
	Thamassu		Agni Sridhar	Guest appearance
2011	Jeevana Jokeali		Jayanth
	Jolly Boy		D. Sabhapathi
2012	Indina Satya		Aditya Chikkanna
	Dandupalya		Srinivasa Raju
	Guru	Tejaswini	Jaggesh		[74]
2013	Bharath Stores		P. Sheshadri		[75]
2014	Vasundhara		T. S. Nagabharana		[76]
	Sachin! Tendulkar Alla		S. Mohan
	Bahaddur		Chethan Kumar
2015	Siddhartha		Prakash Jayaram
	Vaastu Prakaara		Yogaraj Bhat		[77]
	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

Voice artist

Year	Film	Actress
1999	Premothsava	Voice artist for Roja
2002	Simhadriya Simha	Voice artist for actress Meena
2004	Maurya	Voice artist for actress Roja
2012	Prasad	Voice artist for Madhuri Bhattacharya

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4. http://www.rediff.com/movies/2000/dec/19spice.htm
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External links

• Sudha Rani at the Internet Movie Database