KANNADA ACTRESS SUDHA RANI ALIAS JEYASHREE BORN 1973 AUGUST 14

KANNADA ACTRESS SUDHA RANI ALIAS JEYASHREE 

BORN 1973 AUGUST 14

 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

Film career[edit]

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[edit]
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[edit]
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

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[edit]

Child roles[edit]

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[edit]

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
	Kona Edaithe		B. Jayashree Devi	Guest appearance
	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	Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress	[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
	July 22, 1947		Vishal Raj

Voice artist[edit]

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