Sudha Rani


Jayashree, 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.
At the age of 3, Rani was chosen as a child model for a commercial biscuit brand. As a child artist, she acted in Kiladi Kittu, Kulla Kulli, Anupama and Ranganayaki. She debuted as a lead actress at age 13 with Anand. During the late 1980s and throughout 1990s, she was part of several commercial successes such as Ranaranga, Krishna Nee Kunidaga, Panchama Veda, Mysooru Mallige, Mannina Doni, Mane Devru, Anuraga Sangama and Sparsha among others. She has so far won the Filmfare Awards and Karnataka State Film Awards twice each for her performances.

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 the spouse of actor Rajkumar in a thread ceremony video when she was 12 and selected to be the heroine of the film Anand 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. Later, she married her relative, Govardhan and has a daughter Nidhi, born in 2001.

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.
YearFilmAwardCategoryResult
1991Panchama VedaKarnataka State Film AwardsKarnataka State Film Award for Best Actress
1992Mysore MalligeFilmfare Awards SouthBest Actress
1992Mysore MalligeKarnataka State Film AwardsKarnataka State Film Award for Best Actress
2000SparshaFilmfare Awards SouthBest Actress
2015Vaastu PrakaaraFilmfare Awards SouthBest Supporting Actress

Filmography

Child roles

Lead and supporting roles

YearNoFilmRoleDirectorNotes
19861AnandMalaSingeetham Srinivasa RaoDebut film as Lead actress
19872Manamecchida HudugiGowriM. S. Rajashekar
19873VijayotsavaDorai-Bhagavan
19884Devatha ManushyaSeethaSingeetham Srinivasa Rao
19885RanarangaShashikalaV. Somashekar
19886Ganda Mane MakkaluT. P. Gajendra
19887Sambhavami Yuge YugeSiddalingaiah
19898Krishna Nee KunidagaRadhaDwarakish
19899Manmatha RajaOm Sai Prakash
198910Avane Nanna GandaS. Umesh
K. Prabhakar
198911Annakili Sonna KathaiGowriS. DevarajTamil film
198912NarasimhaOm Sai Prakash
199013Panchama VedaRukminiP. H. VishwanathKarnataka State Film Award for Best Actress
199014Aasegobba MeesegobbaAshaM. S. Rajashekar
199015AbhimanyuRavi Raja
199016Ashoka ChakraB. Ramamurthy
199017Halliya SurasuraruTiptur Raghu
199018PrathapV. Somashekar
199019Shabarimale Swamy AyyappaParvathiRenuka Sharma
199020TrinetraRaj Kishore
199121Varagala BeteRenuka Sharma
199122Vasanthakala ParavaiPavithranTamil film
Credited as Shali
199223Mysore MalligePadmaT. S. NagabharanaKarnataka State Film Award for Best Actress
Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada
199224Midida ShruthiM. S. Rajashekar
199225Sugamana SumaigalR. ParthibanTamil film
Credited as Shali
199226Mannina DoniSaubhagyaM. S. Rajashekar
199227Jeevana ChaitraLakshmiDorai-BhagavanGuest appearance
199228Vasanthakala MalargalA. R. RameshTamil film
Credited as Shali
199229SapthapadiH. R. Bhargava
199230Mouna MozhiKasthuri RajaTamil film
Credited as Shali
199231Belliyappa BangarappaHerselfPoorna PragnaGuest appearance
199232Hosa RaagaK. V. Jayaram
199333Munjaneya ManjuMeeraP. H. Vishwanath
199334Mane DevruJanakiV. Ravichandran
199335Bhagawan Sri SaibabaOm Sai Prakash
199336Hrudaya BandhanaB. Ramamurthy
199337ThangakkiliRajavarmanTamil film
Credited as Shali
199338Ananda JyothiJyothiChi. Dattaraj
199339Kumkuma BhagyaB. Subba Rao
199340Chinnari MuthaT. S. NagabharanaSpecial appearance
199341Bangar PatlerDr. Richard CastelinoTulu film
199442MahakshathriyaPriyadarshiniRajendra Singh Babu
199443SwathiSwathiShivamani
199444Gold MedalOm Prakash Rao
199445Vijaya KankanaShankar Sugnalli
199446CurfewH. S. RajashekarGuest appearance
199547SrigandhaP. H. Vishwanath
199548AraginiP. H. Vishwanath
199549Aadyathe KanmaniAmbikaRajasenanMalayalam film
199550Kona EdaitheB. Jayashree DeviGuest appearance
199551Mr. AbhishekN. T. Jayarama Reddy
199552Anuraga SangamaV. Umakanth
199553SamaraChi Guru Dutt
199554KavyaKavyaKodlu Ramakrishna
199655SimhadriRaj Kishor
199656Vasantha KavyaKavyaS. Narayan
199657Stunt MasterV. Chandrahas
199958Naanenu MaadlillaDinesh Babu
200059SparshaRadhaSunil Kumar DesaiFilmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada
200160Sri ManjunathaK. Raghavendra RaoGuest appearance
200161Chandana ChiguruBharathi TeacherAbdul Rehman Pasha
200362Preethi Prema PranayaKavitha Lankesh
200363KhaakiShivamani
200464BimbaKavitha Lankesh
200565Namma BasavaVeera Shankar
200566Anna ThangiOm Sai Prakash
200567ThuntaOm Prakash Rao
200568Auto ShankarD. Rajendra Babu
200569Magic AjjiNirmala DeviDinesh Babu
200570AbhinandaneN. Ramachandra Rao
200671ThirupathiShivamani
200672O PriyathamaShivaprabhu
200673MandyaOm Prakash Rao
200774ThamashegagiKodlu Ramakrishna
200775Ee Preethi Yeke Bhoomi MelidePremSpecial appearance
200876AccidentSuguna ShankarRamesh AravindGuest appearance
200877Mr. GaragasaGauriDinesh Babu
200878Prachanda RavanaSrinivas Prasad
200879Navashakti VaibhavaHoranadu AnnapoorneshwariOm Sai Prakash
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200984HuchchiVenkatesh Panchangam
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201086Kaanana
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