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Vanisri (born Rathna Kumari) is an Indian actress known for her works predominantly in Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada films. In a film career spanning 40 years, she has received three Filmfare Awards South, the Nandi Awards and the Tamil Nadu State Film Award. Career Vani made her debut with the 1962 Telugu movie ''Bhishma''. She gained attention with a supporting role in a film penned by K. Balachander titled ''Sukha Dukhalu'', and ''Marapurani Katha'' (1967). Vanisri has starred in super hits such as '' Krishnaveni'', '' Prem Nagar'', ''Dussehra Bullodu'', ''Aradhana'', ''Jeevitha Chakram'', '' Rangula Ratnam'', ''Sri Krishna Tulabharam'', '' Bhakta Kannappa'', and ''Bobbili Raja''. She played dual roles in ''Iddaru Ammayilu'' (1972) (Telugu remake of 1969 release Kannada film ''Kappu Bilupu''), ''Ganga Manga'' (1973 remake of the Hindi film ''Seeta Aur Geeta''), '' Jeevana Jyothi'' (1975), and ''Chilipi Krishnudu'' (1978). She financed and starred in Shyam Benegal's only Te ...
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Vanisri
Vanisri (born Rathna Kumari) is an Indian actress known for her works predominantly in Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada films. In a film career spanning 40 years, she has received three Filmfare Awards South, the Nandi Awards and the Tamil Nadu State Film Award. Career Vani made her debut with the 1962 Telugu movie ''Bhishma''. She gained attention with a supporting role in a film penned by K. Balachander titled ''Sukha Dukhalu'', and ''Marapurani Katha'' (1967). Vanisri has starred in super hits such as '' Krishnaveni'', '' Prem Nagar'', ''Dussehra Bullodu'', ''Aradhana'', ''Jeevitha Chakram'', '' Rangula Ratnam'', ''Sri Krishna Tulabharam'', '' Bhakta Kannappa'', and ''Bobbili Raja''. She played dual roles in ''Iddaru Ammayilu'' (1972) (Telugu remake of 1969 release Kannada film ''Kappu Bilupu''), ''Ganga Manga'' (1973 remake of the Hindi film ''Seeta Aur Geeta''), '' Jeevana Jyothi'' (1975), and ''Chilipi Krishnudu'' (1978). She financed and starred in Shyam Benegal's only Te ...
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Krishnaveni (film)
Krishnaveni is a 1974 Indian Telugu-language film directed by V. Madhusudhana Rao, starring Krishnam Raju and Vanisri, under the banner of Gopikrishna Movies. The film met with strong critical reception and commercial success upon release. The movie was about a lady suffering from hysteria and the emotional trauma of her family. The film is a remake of the Kannada hit film ''Sharapanjara'' (1971).http://www.ghantasala.info/tfs/cdata0764.html Plot The movie starts with the marriage of a young couple, Krishnaveni (Vanisri) and Krishnamraju, and continues with a happy family life with kids. The couple decides to go to a tourist place called risailam Krishnaveni has subconscious bad memories of her childhood abuse and the place where she was molested. She starts having hallucinations, overwhelming fear and other symptoms of mental illness. She is sent to a mental hospital and treated by psychologists. After her return from hospital, she is not welcomed back by her family memb ...
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Oorukku Uzhaippavan
''Oorukku Uzhaippavan'' () is a 1976 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by M. Krishnan Nair, starring M. G. Ramachandran, Vanisri and Venniradai Nirmala. It is a remake of the 1970 Kannada film '' Baalu Belagithu''. The film was released on 12 November 1976. Plot Selvam, a secret agent, takes the place of a rich industrialist, Raja. The operation is facilitated because both men look alike. Indeed, a gang rages in the region and swindles the wealthy citizens like Raja. The mission of Selvam is to neutralise this group. The infiltrated policeman is going to find himself in the centre of a large number of problems until it affects his private life. But duty comes before family. Cast * M. G. Ramachandran as Selvam and Raja * Vanisri as Maliga * Vennira Aadai Nirmala as Kanchana * M. N. Rajam as Maliga's mother * Kumari Padmini as Kumudha and Rita, alias Radha * Baby Rajkumari as Rani, Raja's daughter * Thengaï Sinivasan as Pandhuragan James Bond, Selvam's ass ...
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Rangula Ratnam (1966 Film)
''Rangula Ratnam'' is a 1966 Indian Telugu-language film directed and produced by B. N. Reddy under the banner of Vauhini pictures. The film stars Chandra Mohan, Vanisri, Anjali Devi and Baby Rekha (in her on-screen debut). It is a social and political satire involving a middle-class family in the backdrop of politics and elections. The film won National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu and also won two Nandi Awards. B. N. Reddy introduced many stalwarts like Chandra Mohan, Vanisri, Rekha and Vijaya Nirmala as young artists to the film industry with this movie. Plot Though his forefathers are landlords, Sundara Ramayya is left with three acres of land. He sells that small bit of land and shifts along with his family to a nearby town in search of lively hood. He starts a small business but eventually can not get on with that as he fails to recollect dues from his customers. His ambition is to make his elder son Surya Chandra Rao an advocate and worries about his sec ...
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Jeevitha Chakram
Jeevitha Chakram () is a 1971 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by C. S. Rao. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Vanisri and Sarada, with music composed by Shankar–Jaikishan. It is produced by P. Gangadhar Rao under the Nava Sakthi Productions banner. Plot Suseela (Vanisri) is a middle-class working woman and her father (Ramana Reddy) and brother (Padmanabham) are quite lazy and without any responsibility. Her mother is bedridden and to look after the family, Suseela becomes a working lady. Cut from there to a village backdrop where an affluent couple (Perumal, Hemalatha) has a beautiful daughter named Kamala (Sarada). She is head over heels in love with her uncle's son Raja (Sr. NTR) who studies abroad. Raja's father (Nagayya) is a rich man who plans to give all the business responsibilities to his son as soon as the latter returns home. Kamala's parents also plan to get their daughter married to Raja the moment he is back. At this juncture, Raja returns to India and he mee ...
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Marapurani Katha
''Marapurani Katha'' () is a 1967 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by V. Ramachandra Rao in his debut. A remake of the Tamil film ''Kai Kodutha Deivam'' (1964), it stars Krishna and Vanisri. The film was released on 27 July 1967. Plot Cast * Krishna * Vanisri * Chandra Mohan * Kanchana * V. Nagayya * Raavi Kondala Rao * Sandhya Rani * M. V. Chalapathi Rao * G. S. R. Murthy Production The producers initially wanted to cast N. T. Rama Rao, Jaggayya and Savitri in the main roles, with V. Madhusudhana Rao as director. These plans were eventually dropped due to increasing production costs, so they instead cast Krishna, Vanisri and Chandra Mohan, with V. Ramachandra Rao making his directorial debut. Soundtrack The music was composed by T. Chalapathi Rao Tatineni Chalapathi Rao (22 December 1920 – 22 February 1994) was an Indian music composer who worked in Telugu cinema. His career spanned more than three decades from early 1950s, till 1980s. H ...
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Sukha Dukhalu
''Sukha Dukhalu'' (''Bittersweet'') is a 1968 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by I. N. Murthy. It is an adaptation of K. Balachander's Tamil play '' Major Chandrakanth''. The film stars Vanisri, Jayalalitha, Ramkrishna and Chandra Mohan, with S. V. Ranga Rao and Haranath in supporting roles. It was released on 4 January 1968. Plot Cast * Jayalalithaa * Vanisri * Chandra Mohan * Rama Krishna * S. V. Ranga Rao * Haranath * Ramana Reddy * Suryakantham * Saradhi * Maddali * B KoteswaraRao Soundtrack The music was composed by S. P. Kodandapani. The songs "Idi Mallela Velayani" and "Medante Meda Kadu" are famous songs till date. The latter was one of the first notable hits of S. P. Balasubrahmanyam in Telugu cinema. * - P Susheela Pulapaka Susheela (born 13 November 1935), popularly known as P. Susheela, is an Indian playback singer associated with the South Indian cinema primarily from Andhra Pradesh for over six decades. She is one of the greatest a ...
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Kannan En Kadhalan
''Kannan En Kadhalan'' () is a 1968 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by P. Neelakantan, produced and written by R. M. Veerappan, starring M. G. Ramachandran, Jayalalithaa and Vanisri. It was released on 25 April 1968. Plot Kannan is the adopted son of a retired Captain. Sundar is the real son. Mallika is the niece of this rich man, who is engaged, at birth to Sundar. Mallika is secretly in love with Kannan. Malathi lost her father in an accident; she now lives with the widow as her adopted daughter. Malathi and Kannan fall in love as they share good bonding. Kannan and Sunder aren't on good terms. Sundar's behaviour towards Mallika and Malathi is not appropriate. Kannan warns Sundar, but an irritated Sundar kills Kannan and forcefully marries Mallika and Malathi. Years passed, he is blessed with kids and his wives name one son as Kannan. The film ends. Cast * M. G. Ramachandran as Kannan * Jayalalithaa as Maliga * Vanisri as Malathi * R. Muthuraman as The engineer Su ...
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Anugraham
''Kondura'' / ''Anugraham'' is a 1978 Indian bilingual film directed by Shyam Benegal simultaneously in Hindi and Telugu. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Marathi writer, Chintamani T. Khanolkar, the screen adaptation was made by Shyam Benegal and Girish Karnad. The majority of the cast was common to both films and included Ananth Nag, Vanisri, Amrish Puri, Shekhar Chatterjee (Hindi version only), Rao Gopal Rao (Telugu version only) and Satyadev Dubey. The film was one of the Indian entries at the 4th Hong Kong International Film Festival. Overview The film involves the life of a young man who comes to believe that he has been bestowed supernatural powers. As the story unfolds, this boon eventually leads to a tragedy. ''Kondura'' is a story whose protagonist is a young Brahmin named Parshuram. He is married to Ansooya, but is dependent partially on his brother for a living. This makes the elder brother chide him often and that drives him away from home. Ho ...
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Chilipi Krishnudu
''Chilipi Krishnudu'' is a 1978 Telugu-language romantic drama film produced by D. Ramanaidu under the Suresh Productions banner and directed by Boina Subba Rao. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Vanisri, with music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. The film was remade in Hindi in 1980 as '' Bandish''. Plot The film begins with Dr. Krishna a medic is the son of a tycoon for whom life is playing pranks and troubling people around. Sooner, he is taught a lesson in humility by a fellow student, Vani, and gets a dramatic change in his outlook. Here Krishna proposes Vani then she explains regarding her family responsibilities and life ambition of serving poor people in their remote village when Krishna promises to share her goals at every level. But their joy is short-lived as Raja a rogue who has an evil eye on Vani tries to molest Vani when she commits suicide. On her deathbed, Krishna gives a word to look after her family. After that, Krishna reaches the village where he is astou ...
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Prem Nagar (1971 Film)
''Prema Nagar'' () is a 1971 Indian Telugu-language romance film directed by K. S. Prakash Rao and produced by D. Ramanaidu under the Suresh Productions banner. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Vanisri with music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. The film is based on a novel of the same name by Koduri Kausalya Devi. ''Prema Nagar'' was an all time blockbuster, grossing ₹1.45 crores at the box office. D. Ramanaidu whose earlier films had failed and was in financial troubles had a dramatic turnaround in his career with the stupendous success of ''Prema Nagar''. The film had a theatrical run of over 750 days. The film was remade in Tamil as ''Vasantha Maligai'' (1972) and in Hindi as '' Prem Nagar'' (1974) by K. S. Prakash Rao himself. Plot Kalyan (Akkineni Nageswara Rao), the second son of a wealthy Zamindar family, is a happy-go-lucky guy who enjoys his life with wine and women. Latha (Vanisri) a middle-class woman working as an air hostess, lives with her father (Gummadi), m ...
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Dussehra Bullodu
''Dasara Bullodu'' is a 1971 Indian Telugu-language romance film, produced and directed by V. B. Rajendra Prasad. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Vanisri and Chandrakala, with music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. It is the first film of Rajendra Prasad as a director. The film was a blockbuster at the box office and remained an all time superhit in Telugu film history. It is considered to be one of the biggest hits of ANR. It ran for 100 days at 25 theatres and went on to record a 200-day run at 4 centres. It was the first non-mythological film in Telugu to run for over 200 days. It had the unique distinction of celebrating 200 days run in all the three regions of the undivided Andhra Pradesh, first film to do so. It was remade in Hindi as '' Raaste Pyar Ke'' (1982) under the same banner and director. Plot The film begins in a village where Gopi, a breezy and jovial guy, well known as Dasara Bullodu was reared by his elder brother Vasu and sister-in-law Yashoda. Presiden ...
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