Sudha Rani

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, Telugu, Tulu and Malayalam cinemas.[1]

Sudha Rani
Sudharani in Bharath Stores, 2012
Born
Jayashree

(1973-08-14) 14 August 1973
Bangalore, India
OccupationActress
Years active1978–present
Spouse(s)Sanjay (divorced)
Govardhan (2000–present)
Children1

At the age of three, Rani was chosen as a child model for a commercial biscuit brand. As a child artist, she acted in Kiladi Kittu (1978), Kulla Kulli (1980), Anupama (1981) Bhagyavantha and Ranganayaki (1981). She debuted as a lead actress at age 13 with Anand (1986). 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) Swathi, Midida Shruti, Aragini, Shreegandha, Kunkuma Bhagya, Kavya, Saptapadi, Munjaneya Manju, Manamecchida hudugi, and Sparsha (2000) among others. She has so far won the Filmfare Awards and Karnataka State Film Awards twice each for her performances.[2]

Early years

Sudha Rani 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 also actively participated in the children shows at the Prabhat Kalavidaru theatre troupe.

Film career

Rani was noticed by producer Parvathamma Rajkumar in a thread ceremony video when she was 12 and selected to be the heroine for the film Anand (1986) opposite Shiva Rajkumar. They became a popular pair and she went on to appear in more films as Mana Mechchida Hudugi, Samara, Aasegobba Meesegobba, Anna Tangi, and Midida Shruthi opposite Shiva Rajkumar. She was paired with Ramesh Aravind in over eight films, including Panchama Veda, Shrigandha, Aragini, Ganda Mane Makkalu, Varagala Bete, Balondu Chaduranga, Accident and Anuraga Sangama. Rani dominated the Kannada film industry in the 1990s. Her Tamil films Annakili Sonna Kathai and Vasanthakala Paravai, proved to be commercial successes. She acted in almost 10 Tamil films and was credited as 'Shali'.

Personal life

At the peak of her career, Rani married a U.S.-based anesthesia specialist, Dr. Sanjay based the US. However citing irreconcilable differences, they parted ways.[3] Later, she married her relative, Govardhan[4] and has a daughter Nidhi, born in 2001.[5][6]

Awards

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. She 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
2015 Vaastu Prakaara Filmfare Awards South Best Supporting Actress Won

Filmography
Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
  • All films are in Kannada, unless otherwise noted.
Year Film Role Director Notes Ref.
1978Kiladi KittuGeethaK. S. R. DasCredited as Baby Jayashree
1980Kulla KulliH. R. BhargavaCredited as Baby Jayashree
1981RanganayakiPuttanna KanagalCredited as Baby Jayashree
AnupamaRenuka SharmaCredited as Baby Jayashree
BhagyavanthaB. S. RangaCredited as Baby Jayashree
1982Baadada HooK. V. JayaramCredited as Sudha
1986 AnandMalaSingeetham Srinivasa RaoAs lead actress
1987 Manamecchida HudugiGowriM. S. Rajashekar
VijayotsavaDorai-Bhagavan
1988 Devatha ManushyaSeethaSingeetham Srinivasa Rao
RanarangaShashikalaV. Somashekar
Ganda Mane MakkaluT. P. Gajendra
Sambhavami Yuge YugeSiddalingaiah[7]
1989 Krishna Nee KunidagaRadhaDwarakish
Manmatha RajaOm Sai Prakash[8]
Avane Nanna GandaS. Umesh
K. Prabhakar
Annakili Sonna KathaiGowriS. DevarajTamil film[9]
NarasimhaOm Sai Prakash[10]
1990 Panchama VedaRukminiP. H. VishwanathKarnataka State Film Award for Best Actress
Aasegobba MeesegobbaAshaM. S. Rajashekar
AbhimanyuRavi Raja
Ashoka ChakraB. Ramamurthy
Halliya SurasuraruTiptur Raghu
PrathapV. Somashekar
Shabarimale Swamy AyyappaParvathiRenuka Sharma
TrinetraRaj Kishore[11]
1991 Varagala BeteRenuka Sharma
Vasanthakala ParavaiPavithranTamil film
Credited as Shali
1992 Mysore MalligePadmaT. S. NagabharanaKarnataka State Film Award for Best Actress
Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada
Midida ShruthiM. S. Rajashekar
Sugamana SumaigalR. ParthibanTamil film
Credited as Shali		[12]
Mannina DoniSaubhagyaM. S. Rajashekar
Jeevana ChaitraLakshmiDorai-BhagavanGuest appearance
Vasanthakala MalargalA. R. RameshTamil film
Credited as Shali		[13]
SapthapadiH. R. Bhargava
Mouna MozhiKasthuri RajaTamil film
Credited as Shali		[14]
Belliyappa BangarappaHerselfPoorna PragnaGuest appearance
Hosa RaagaK. V. Jayaram
1993 Munjaneya ManjuMeeraP. H. Vishwanath
Mane DevruJanakiV. Ravichandran
Bhagawan Sri SaibabaOm Sai Prakash
Hrudaya BandhanaB. Ramamurthy
ThangakkiliRajavarmanTamil film
Credited as Shali
Ananda JyothiJyothiChi. Dattaraj
Kumkuma BhagyaB. Subba Rao
Chinnari MuthaT. S. NagabharanaSpecial appearance
Bangar PatlerDr. Richard CastelinoTulu film
1994 MahakshathriyaPriyadarshiniRajendra Singh Babu
SwathiSwathiShivamani
Gold MedalOm Prakash Rao
Vijaya KankanaShankar Sugnalli
CurfewH. S. RajashekarGuest appearance
1995 SrigandhaP. H. Vishwanath
AraginiP. H. Vishwanath
Aadyathe KanmaniAmbikaRajasenanMalayalam film
Kona EdaitheB. Jayashree DeviGuest appearance
Mr. AbhishekN. T. Jayarama Reddy
Anuraga SangamaV. Umakanth
SamaraChi Guru Dutt
KavyaKavyaKodlu Ramakrishna
1996 SimhadriRaj Kishor
Vasantha KavyaKavyaS. Narayan
Stunt MasterV. Chandrahas
1999 Naanenu MaadlillaDinesh Babu
2000 SparshaRadhaSunil Kumar DesaiFilmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada
2001 Sri ManjunathaK. Raghavendra RaoAlso in Telugu;
Guest appearance
Chandana ChiguruBharathi TeacherAbdul Rehman Pasha
2003 Preethi Prema PranayaKavitha Lankesh
KhaakiShivamani
2004 BimbaKavitha Lankesh
Talikattuva ShubhaveleJyothiN. R. K. Vishwanath[15]
2005 Namma BasavaVeera Shankar
Anna ThangiOm Sai Prakash
ThuntaOm Prakash Rao
Auto ShankarD. Rajendra Babu
Magic AjjiNirmala DeviDinesh Babu
AbhinandaneKamalaN. Ramachandra Rao
2006 ThirupathiShivamani
O PriyathamaShivaprabhu
MandyaOm Prakash Rao
2007 ThamashegagiKodlu Ramakrishna
Ee Preethi Yeke Bhoomi MelidePremSpecial appearance
2008 AccidentSuguna ShankarRamesh AravindGuest appearance
Mr. GaragasaGauriDinesh Babu
Prachanda RavanaSrinivas Prasad
Navashakti VaibhavaGoddess SharadambaOm Sai Prakash
2009 Maleyali JotheyaliPreetham GubbiSpecial appearance
GhautthamRajeswariK. Rajeev Prasad
Bhagyada BalegaraOm Sai PrakashGuest appearance
Eshtu Nagthi NaguChindodi Madhukesh
HuchchiVenkatesh Panchangam
Ishwar
2010 Kaanana
ThamassuAgni SridharGuest appearance
2011 Jeevana JokealiJayanth
Jolly BoyD. Sabhapathi
2012 Indina SatyaAditya Chikkanna
DandupalyaSrinivas Raju
GuruTejaswiniJaggesh
2013 Bharath StoresBharathiP. Sheshadri
2014 VasundharaT. S. Nagabharana
Sachin! Tendulkar AllaS. Mohan
BahaddurChethan Kumar
BelliNidhiMussanje Mahesh
2015 SiddharthaPrakash Jayaram
Vaastu PrakaaraVandanaYogaraj BhatFilmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress
RebelRajendra Singh Babu
BillaRama Narayanan
Love U AliaIndrajit Lankesh
PlusGadda Viji
SharpshooterGhouse Peer
2016 Siganduru Chowdeshwari MahimeChowdeshwari DeviShashikumar
July 22, 1947Vishal Raj
2017 Happy New YearVaralakshmiPannaga Bharana
Dada is BackSanthosh
NibunanDoctor Arun VaidyanathanTamil film
Vismaya
BharjariChethan Kumar
2018 Life Jothe Ondh SelfieThulsiDinakar Thoogudepa
2019 Premier PadminiSpandana Ramesh Indira
AmarAmar's motherNagashekar
Chitrakatha Yashasvi Nalaaditya
Vrithra Gowtham Iyer G
GeethaGeethanjali Vijay Nagendra
Kannad Gothilla Mayura Raghavendra
Padde Huli Guru Deshpande
2020 Maayabazar 2016 Usha Radha Krishna Reddy
Law Raghu Samarth
Avatara Purusha Suni Filming
Thurthu Nirgamana Hemanth Kumar Filming
Yuvarathnaa Santosh Ananddram Filming

Voice over
Year Film Actress
1999PremotsavaRoja
2002Simhadriya SimhaMeena
2004MauryaRoja
2004MonalisaSadha
2012PrasadMadhuri Bhattacharya
2014MaanikyaRamya Krishnan

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