Jayashree, known by her screen name Sudha Rani, is an Indian actress, voice artist and a former model. She has primarily worked in

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films.she also acted in a few

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, Tulu and

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films. At the age of three, Rani was chosen as a child model for a commercial biscuit brand. As a child artist, she acted in '' Kiladi Kittu'' (1978), '' Kulla Kulli'' (1980), '' Anupama'' (1981) Bhagyavantha and '' Ranganayaki'' (1981). She debuted as a lead actress at age 13 with ''

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'' (1986). During the late 1980s and throughout 1990s, she was part of several commercial successes such as '' Ranaranga'' (1988), '' Krishna Nee Kunidaga'' (1989), '' Panchama Veda'' (1989), '' Mysooru Mallige'' (1992), '' Mannina Doni'' (1992), ''

Mane Devru ''Mane Devru'' is a 1993 Indian Kannada language romantic drama film directed and enacted by V. Ravichandran along with Sudharani pairing together for the first time. The supporting cast features K. S. Ashwath, Tennis Krishna, Disco Shanti among ...

'' (1993), ''

Anuraga Sangama ''Anuraga Sangama'' is a 1995 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed and written by V. Umakanth. The film stars Ramesh Aravind, Kumar Govind and Sudharani. The film is loosely inspired by the Charlie Chaplin film ''City Lights''. ...

'' (1995) Swathi, Midida Shruti, Aragini, Shreegandha, Kunkuma Bhagya, Kavya, Saptapadi, Munjaneya Manju, Manamecchida hudugi, and '' Sparsha'' (2000) among others. She has so far won the

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and Karnataka State Film Awards twice each for her performances.

Early years

Sudha Rani was born to Gopalakrishna and Nagalakshmi. She is the niece of popular film personality, Chi. Udaya Shankar and the cousin of actor-director Chi. Guru Dutt. She began modelling in print ads at the age of three. Her mother enrolled her in dance classes at age five. Rani is a Kuchipudi and Bharata Natyam dancer. At age 7, she was roped in by her brother for his short film based on children, titled as ''Child is Here'' which won an international award. She also actively participated in the children shows at the Prabhat Kalavidaru theatre troupe.

Film career

Sudha Rani was noticed by producer Parvathamma Rajkumar in a thread ceremony video when she was 12 and selected to be the heroine for the film ''

'' (1986) opposite Shiva Rajkumar. They became a popular pair and she went on to appear in more films as '' Mana Mechchida Hudugi'', ''

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'', '' Aasegobba Meesegobba'' and '' Midida Shruthi'' opposite Shiva Rajkumar. She was paired with Ramesh Aravind in over eight films, including '' Panchama Veda'', ''Shrigandha'', ''Aragini'', ''Ganda Mane Makkalu'', ''Varagala Bete'', ''Balondu Chaduranga'', ''Accident'' and ''

''. Her Tamil films '' Annakili Sonna Kathai'' and '' Vasanthakala Paravai'', proved to be commercial successes. She acted in almost 10 Tamil films and was credited as ''Shali''.

Personal life

Sudha Rani married a U.S.-based anesthesia specialist, Dr. Sanjay in 1996. However citing irreconcilable differences, they parted ways in 1998. Later, she married Govardhan in 2000 and has a daughter Nidhi, born in 2001.

Awards

Filmography

*''All films are in Kannada, unless otherwise noted.''

Voice over

References

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