Udaya Chandrika was an Indian actress of

Kannada cinema Kannada cinema, also known as Sandalwood, or Chandanavana, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Kannada language widely spoken in the state of Karnataka. The 1934 film ''Sati Sulochana'' directed ...

from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s. She also appeared in

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and Telugu-language films.

Career

Udaya Chandrika began her career with ''Katari Veera'', released in 1966. She played Dr. Rajkumar's sweetheart in that film. Later, she went on to play many roles in Kannada films till her last appearance in ''Udugore'', released in 1979, with Kalyan Kumar. She acted with almost all the stars of her time, like

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Udaykumar Bommasandra Srinivasaiah Suryanarayana Murthy (16 March 1933 – 26 December 1985), known by his screen name Udaykumar, was an Indian actor and producer in Kannada cinema. He, along with Kalyan Kumar and Rajkumar, were called the ''Kumarath ...

, Rajesh, Vishnuvardhan, Srinath, Rajinikanth, etc. She even worked with

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, MGR,

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in her other language films. She produced two films under her banner Chandrika Films, ''Asadhya Aliya'', starring Vishnuvardhan and ''Kiladi Aliya'', starring Shankar Nag in the lead roles. Her famous films are

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, ''Katari Veera'', ''Dhoomakethu'', ''Bhoopathi Ranga'', ''Anchusundarikal'', ''Pattukunte Laksha'', etc.

Filmography

Kannada

Tamil

# '' Deivathin Deivam'' (1962) # ''

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'' (1965) # ''

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'' (1965) # '' Avan Pithana?'' (1966) # ''Periya Manithan'' (1966) # ''Rajathi'' (1967) # ''

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'' (1967)...Seetha #''

(1968) Minor Singaram's wife'' #'' Penn Deivam'' # ''

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'' (1971)...Meena # ''Engal Thaai'' (1973) # ''Swati Natchathiram'' (1974) # '' Piriya Vidai'' (1975) # '' Dasavatharam '' (1976)

Malayalam

# '' Anchu Sundarikal'' (1968) # ''

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'' (1968) # '' Bhaarya Illaatha Raathri'' (1975)

References

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