Tulasi (actress)

Tulasi (or Tulasi Shivamani) is an Indian actress. She started her career as a child actress, then became a lead actress and later did supporting roles in mother characters.[1] She has acted in over 300 films in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi languages.[2]

Career

Tulasi made her debut in the Telugu film Bharya when she was three months old in 1967. For a song in the film, a baby was needed and Tulasi was placed in the cradle after actress Savitri had requested Tulasi's mother, who was a friend of her.[3] She was then featured in one song when she was one-and-half year old in Jeevanatarangalu and said that she became a full-fledged actor when she was three.[3] She had never been to school.[3]

She got married at age 28 to Kannada director Sivamani.[2] She stated that "I met him in the morning and by evening we tied the knot".[4] She has one son Sai Tarun with him. Tulasi decided to quit acting after getting married, working only occasionally as a voice actor in Telugu films, including ones by Mani Ratnam.[1] When her son was around six years old, she received several mother character roles. She initially declined them all, but finally signed on one Kannada film, Excuse Me, in which she played mother to Divya Spandana and which became a big hit.[2] After that she was doing three films a year in Kannada.

She later also began acting in mother roles in Tamil films like Pillaiyar Theru Kadaisi Veedu, Easan, Mankatha, Sundarapandian, Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer and Pandiya Naadu. Tulasi has said that Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer, in which she had played mother to Manisha Yadav's character, changed her life and brought her an "identity as a screen mother".[2] Her portrayal of Chellamma in Pannaiyarum Padminiyum was praised too,[1] with critics stating that she was "brilliant",[5][6] and had given her "career best performance".[7]

Partial filmography

Year Film Role Language Notes
1967 Bharya Telugu
1969 Jeevana Tarangalu Telugu
1977 Chillarakottu Chittamma Telugu
1978 Seetamalakshmi Telugu President dr. Neelam Sanjeev reddy gave a special gold medal for her performance in sankharabharanam..won the best child actor male Nandi award 1979
1979 Sankarabharanam Telugu nandi award for best child actor make 1980
1981 Nyayam Kavali Padma Telugu
1981 Mudda Mandaram Telugu
1982 Sakalakala Vallavan Tamil
1982 Nalugu Stambhalaata Telugu
1982 Subhalekha Lakshmi Telugu won Nandi award for best supporting actress 1983
1983 Maga Maharaju NA Telugu
1983 Ee Pillaku Pellavuthundha Telugu
1983 Nelavanka Lalita Telugu
1983 Trisulam Telugu
1983 Mantri Gari Viyyankudu Suseela Telugu
1984 Anubandham Telugu
1984 Nallavanuku Nallavan Tamil Won madras film fans association award
1984 Disco King Telugu
1985 Preminchu Pelladu Telugu
1985 Muchataga Mugguru Telugu Won Sri relangi gold medal for best comic heroine
1985 Sri Katna Leelalu Telugu
1986 Henne Ninagenu Bandhana Kannada
1986 Poojaku Panikiraani Puvvu Telugu
1987 Aranyakanda Neela Telugu
1987 Dhoorathu Pachai Tamil
1988 Kanchana Seetha Telugu
1988 Brahma Vishnu Maheshwara Kannada
1988 Jeevana Ganga Telugu
1990 Alajadi Telugu
1991 Killer Telugu
1992 Chitram Bhalare Vichitram Meera Telugu
1994 Mahanadi Manju Tamil
1999 Kannayya Kittayya Telugu
2003 Excuse Me Kannada
2005 Gunna Kannada
2006 Chellata Kannada
2006 Sevanthi Sevanthi Kannada
2006 Honeymoon Express Kannada
2006 Sirivanta Kannada
2006 Jothe Jotheyali Kannada
2007 Poojari Kannada
2007 Ee Preethi Onthara Kannada
2007 Savi Savi Nenapu Kannada
2008 Sangama Kannada
2008 Neenyare Kannada
2009 Ullasa Utsaha Kannada
2009 Rajkumari Kannada
2009 Josh Kannada Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Kannada
2009 Minchu Kannada
2009 Raaj the Showman Kannada
2009 Rajani Kannada
2010 Punda Kannada
2010 Nanjangud Nanjunda Kannada
2010 Sihi Gaali Kannada
2010 Easan Tamil
2010 Darling Rajeshwari Telugu
2011 Pillaiyar Theru Kadaisi Veedu Tamil
2011 Mankatha Tamil
2012 Rajadhani Kannada
2012 Julai Kaameshwari Murthy Telugu
2012 Paagal Kannada
2012 Sundarapandian Archana's mother Tamil
2013 Sthreeshakthi Kannada
2013 Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer Shweta's mother Tamil Nominated—Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actress
2013 Pandiya Naadu Sivagami Chidambaram Tamil
2013 Khatarnak Umesh Reddy Kannada
2014 Pannaiyarum Padminiyum Chellamma Tamil
2014 Ambareesha Kannada
2015 Aambala Tulasi Tamil
2015 Oru Vadakkan Selfie Malayalam
2015 Srimanthudu Narayana Rao's sister-in-law Telugu
2015 Kaththukkutti Arivazhagan's mother Tamil
2016 Viraat Kannada
2016 Saagasam Tamil
2016 Aarathu Sinam Aravind's mother Tamil
2016 Zero Tamil
2016 Wagah Tamil Filming
2016 Ammayitho Abbayi Telugu Filming

References

  1. 1 2 3 http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/chellamma-chronicles-actress-tulasi/article7188335.ece
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Tulasi rocks in her third innings". The New Indian Express. 13 November 2013
  3. 1 2 3 Y. Sunita Chowdhary (9 July 2012). "My First Break: Tulasi". The Hindu.
  4. ↑ "Actress Tulasi – Prabhas Thinks I'm Hot". cinegoer.net. 10 August 2011
  5. ↑ http://www.sify.com/movies/pannaiyarum-padminiyum-review-tamil-pcmbjLjafbjec.html
  6. ↑ http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/review-pannaiyarum-padminiyum-is-refreshing/20140207.htm
  7. ↑ http://ibnlive.in.com/news/pannaiyarum-padminiyum-review-this-tamil-film-is-emotionally-uplifting/450712-71-180.html

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