Harini (Kannada actress)

Harini (born 1937) is a former actress in the Kannada cinema. She was active during the 1950s and 1960s, retiring at the peak of her career. As of 2006 she lived in Bangalore.[1]

Harini
NationalityIndian
OccupationActress, Producer
Years active1950–1968 (Retired)

Early life

Harini was born in 1937 to Srinivasa Upadhya and Bharathi in Udupi as their fourth child. Her brother Vadiraj was also an actor and producer. She appeared as a child artist in films like Sri Murugan and Kannika for which she received one rupee for delivering the dialogues very nicely. She became a full-fledged heroine through Tamil film Punyavathi.[1]

Career

Harini made her debut as leading lady in Jaganmohini in the role of Mohini at the age of 15. She was the first heroine to wear a swimsuit on the Kannada film screen. The film became a silver jubilee hit and made Harini an overnight star. Harini got 200 letters for her stellar performance when she was shooting for her second film, bilingual Ratnadeep made simultaneously in Tamil and Hindi.

From thereon Harini played a variety of roles in Dallali, Vichitra Prapancha, Nandi, Nanda Deepa, Kanya Dana, Gandharva Kanya and Pathivratha, among other films. Harini acted with many stars of her time, including Dr. Rajkumar, with whom she acted in more than 10 films, Kalyan Kumar, and Udaykumar. Harini has received best actress awards for Nanda Deepa and Mangala Muhurtha.

Sathi Sukanya, released in 1968, was her last film. Harini got married in 1972, moved to Saudi Arabia, and stayed there for 12 years.[2]

Apart from acting, Harini has tried her hand in film production too. Along with her brothers Vadiraj-Jawahar she has produced some meaningful films under the banners of Sri Bharathi Chitra and Vijaya Bharathi. Some of the films produced by Harini are Naandi, Nanda Deepa, Nava Jeevana, Namma Makkalu, and Seetha.

Awards

Filmography
YearTitleCo-StarDirector
1951JaganmohiniPrathima DeviD.Shankar Singh
1953DallaliSampath, SubbannaD.Shankar Singh
1953Mangala GowriIndu ShekharT.R.Sundaram
1953Sowbhagya LakshmiIndu ShekharB.Vittalacharya
1954Madiddunno MaharayaPrathima Devi, HunsurD.Shankar Singh
1954KanyadanaIndu Shekhar, BalakrishnaB.Vittalacharya
1954Muttiddella ChinnaBalakrishna, Prathima DeviD.Shankar Singh
1955Gandharva KanyaIndu Shekhar, RajasulochanaD.Shankar Singh
1955Vichitra PrapanchaIndu Shekhar
1957Prabhulinga LeelePrathima DeviSri Manjunatha
1959Dharma VijayaDr.Rajkumar, LeelavathiN.Jagannath
1960Aasha SundariDr.RajkumarHunsur Krishnamurthy
1961NagarjunaDr.Rajkumar, G. Varalakshmi
1962Nanda DeepaDr.RajkumarM.R.Vittal
1962Rathna ManjariUdaykumarHunsur Krishnamurthy
1962Karuneye Kutumbada KannuDr.Rajkumar,RajashankarT.V.Singh Thakore
1962Vidhi VilasaDr.RajkumarMahesh-Bhagwan
1963Ananda BashpaR. N. SudarshanR.Nagendra Rao
1964NaandiDr.Rajkumar, KalpanaLaxminarayan
1964Mangala MuhurtaRajashankar, R. N. SudarshanM.R.Vittal
1964NavajeevanaPandhari Bai, SudarshanC.S.Murthy
1964Shivagange MahathmeDr.RajkumarGovindaiha
1965PathivrathaDr.Rajkumar, UdaykumarP.S.Murthy
1965Sarvagna MurthyDr.RajkumarAruru Pattabhi
1965AmarajeeviRajashankarG.K.Murthy
1965Ide Maha SudinaUdaykumarB.C.Srinivas
1967Subba ShastryKalyan KumarDoreswamy Iyengar
1967Sathi SukanyaDr.RajkumarY.R.Swamy
1970SeethaAs producer

References
  1. "The Hindu : Friday Review Bangalore : The good, bad and funny". The Hindu. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  2. "I am not beautiful like Saroja Devi - Harini". Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  3. "Harini to be honoured with Dr. Rajkumar award". Times of India. 23 July 2016.
  4. "Saroja Devi National Award". uniindia.com.
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