Santha Kumari (born 16 April 1965),
Web.archive.org. Retrieved 10 June 2014. widely known by her stage name Disco Shanti, is an Indian actress and dancer known for her performances in
item number
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s, particularly in
South Indian cinema
Cinema of South India, refers to the cinema of the four major film industries in South India; primarily engaged in making feature films in the four major Dravidian languages of the region, namely Telugu cinema, Telugu, Tamil Cinema, Tamil, Ma ...
. She has appeared in over 900 films in multiple languages, including
Tamil
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People, culture and language
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**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka
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,
Kannada
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,
Telugu,
Hindi
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,
Malayalam
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, and
Odia.
Personal life
Disco Shanti is the daughter of Tamil actor
C. L. Anandan, known for his roles in films such as ''
Vijayapuri Veeran'' (1960) and ''
Kaattumallika'' (1966). She has a younger sister,
Lalitha Kumari
Lalitha Kumari (born 18 May 1967) is an Indian actress who worked in Tamil films. She is the daughter of Tamil actor C. L. Anandan and the younger sister of actress Disco Shanti.
Personal life
Lalitha Kumari married actor Prakash Raj in 199 ...
, who is also an actress.
In 1996, she married Telugu actor
Srihari and subsequently retired from the film industry. The couple had two sons and a daughter. Their daughter, Akshara, died at the age of four months. In her memory, the family established the Akshara Foundation, which states that it focuses on quality education for every child, accelerating conventional learning through accessible technology-based innovations for teachers and children. Additionally, they adopted four villages in
Medchal district.
Srihari, who had been battling a liver ailment, died during the filming of ''
R... Rajkumar'' (2013). He experienced dizziness on set and was rushed to a hospital, where he later died.
Filmography
;As producer
*''
Seshadri Naidu'' (2004)
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