Santha Kumari (born 28 August 1965), famously known as Disco Shanti, is an Indian actress who was particularly famous in
South India for her appearances in
item numbers.
She has appeared in more than 900 films in different
languages of India, including
Tamil,
Telugu
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* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
S ...
,
Kannada,
Malayalam,
Hindi and
Odia
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* Odia people in Odisha, India
* Odia language, an Indian language, belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family
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.
Personal life
Disco Shanti is the daughter of Tamil actor
C. L. Anandan, who starred in many films, such as ''
Vijayapuri Veeran'' and ''
Kaattumallika
''Kaattumallika'' is a 1966 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed and produced by P. Subramaniam. The film stars Vaikkam Mani, Kalpana, Babu Joseph and C. L. Anandan. The film had musical score by M. S. Baburaj. ''Kattumallika'' is essentiall ...
''. She has a younger sister, actress
Lalitha Kumari. She married Telugu actor
Sri Hari
Srihari (15 August 1964 – 9 October 2013) was an Indian actor who was active mainly in Telugu cinema. He appeared in a few Tamil, Kannada and Hindi films as well. He won seven Nandi Awards and one Filmfare Award.
Early life
Srihari was born ...
in 1996 and stopped working in movies.
The couple had two sons and a daughter. Their daughter Akshara died when she was just four months old. The family started the Akshara Foundation in her memory, which aims to supply villages with fluoride-free water and students with school supplies. They also adopted four villages in
Medchal. Sri Hari, who had been suffering from a liver ailment for some time, complained of giddiness during the shooting of ''
R... Rajkumar'', being directed by
Prabhu Deva. He was rushed to a hospital where he died later.
Filmography
Disco Shanti performed / acted in the following movies.
Depictions in popular culture
''
The Dirty Picture'', a 2011
Bollywood musical
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Musical may also refer to:
* Musical theatre, a performance art that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance
* Musical film and television, a genre of film and television that incorporates into the narr ...
drama film was inspired by the life of
Silk Smitha (a South Indian actress noted for her erotic roles) as well as her southern contemporaries such as Disco Shanti and other women in popular culture, including
Hollywood
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* Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California
* Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States
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Places United States
* Hollywood District (disambiguation)
* Hollywood, ...
actress and sex symbol
Marilyn Monroe.
See also
*
South Indian film industry
References
External links
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20th-century Indian actresses
Actresses in Tamil cinema
Actresses in Kannada cinema
Indian film actresses
Living people
Actresses in Malayalam cinema
Actresses in Hindi cinema
Actresses in Telugu cinema
1965 births