Sangeetha Bhat is an Indian actress. She predominantly appears in
Kannada
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films and has also acted in
Tamil
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and
Telugu
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films.
Career
Before taking on movie roles, Bhat appeared on television series with ''Panjaradha Gili'' (Kasturi channel Kannada), ''Bhagyavantharu'' (Suvarna channel Kannada), ''Chandrachakori'' (Udaya TV Kannada), ''Neeli'' (Suvarna channel Kannada), and ''Chandramukhi'' (Kasturi channel Kannada). Also, a reality TV show ''Life Super Guru'' (Zee Kannada channel), BCL (Suvarna Plus).
She began her film career in ''Preethi Geethi Ityaadi'' in 2014, where she was given the lead role alongside
Pawan Wadeyar. Since then, she appeared in ''
Doo'', ''Kaaki / Ka Ka Ka'' a Telugu/Tamil bilingual, and ''Maamu Tea Angadi'', Bhat was featured in the Tamil movie titled ''Aarambamae Attagasam'', but in 2017 more successful films such as ''Eradane Sala'' and ''Dayavittu Gamanisu'' came her way. ''
Eradane Sala'' was appreciated by her fans because of her uncharacteristically bold performance. In ''
Dayavittu Gamanisi
''Dayavittu Gamanisi'' () is a 2017 Indian Kannada-language satirical film written, directed by Rohit Padaki, making his debut in direction. Krishna Sarthak is the main producer. It stars an ensemble cast including Raghu Mukherjee, Samyukta Ho ...
,'' she starred with
Vasishta N. Simha, portraying a teacher. The movie was critically acclaimed and nominated for SIIMA.
She played the lead role in the movie ''
Kismath'', along with
Vijay Raghavendra
Vijay Raghavendra is an Indian actor who appears predominantly in Kannada films. Referred to popularly as "Chinnari Mutha", Vijay is the son of producer S. A. Chinne Gowda and nephew of actor Dr.Rajkumar.
Vijay started his career as a child ...
, ''Anukta'', directed and produced by a talented Mangalorean team was also a critically acclaimed film. Her upcoming movies are ''Alidu Ulidavaru'' and ''Kapata Nataka Paathradhari'' (2018-2019-2020).
Sangeetha Bhat is known for her expressions and natural acting that connects to people and also known to be the critically acclaimed actress in the Kannada film industry. The actress also produced and acted in the short movie named ''Conversation'' from her own production house "Scrabble Productions", along with her husband Sudarshan Rangaprasad.
Filmography
*''All films are in Kannada, unless otherwise noted.''
Films
Television
*''Chandra Chakori''
*''Bhagyavantharu''
*''Neeli''
*''Chandramukhi''
*''Life Super Guru''
*''yediyur shree siddhalingeshwara''
*''
Short movies
*"Conversation" (2018)
Controversy
On 14 October 2018, through a three-page revelation, she kick-started the #MeToo movement in the Kannada film industry. Various celebrities came out in support, which led to further revelations.
References
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Living people
Indian film actresses
Actresses in Tamil cinema
Actresses in Kannada cinema
Actresses from Karnataka
1992 births