Bhanupriya
| Bhanupriya | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Native name | భానుప్రియ |
| Born | Manga Bhama |
| Relatives | Shantipriya (sister) |
Manga Bhama, known by her stage name Bhanupriya, is an Indian actress.
Early life
Bhanupriya was born in Rangampeta village, near Rajamundry, Andhra Pradesh, into a Telugu family. Her family settled in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She has a younger sister Shantipriya who was also a film actress in 1990s.
Bhanupriya fell in love with Adarsh Kaushal, a Hyderabadi settled in the United States as a digital graphics’ engineer. Subsequently, the couple got married at the Sri Venkateswara temple in Malibu, California on 14 June 1998. The couple have a daughter Abhinaya born in 2003. Bhanupriya divorced Kaushal in 2005 and returned to India, where she resumed her acting career. Bhanupriya now lives in Chennai with her daughter Abhinaya.[1]
Film career
Bhanupriya has acted in over 150 films as the female lead since beginning her career. Her first film was Mella Pesungal (1983) in Tamil.[2][2]
Filmography
As actress
In order of languages in which she acted the most to least number of films.
| No | Year | Title | Role | Co-Star | Language | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1983 | Mella Pesungal | Uma | Vasanth | Tamil | Bharati Vasu | Debut Film in Tamil |
| 2 | 1983 | Sitaara | Sitaara / Kokila | Suman | Telugu | Vamsy | Debut Film in Telugu |
| 3 | 1984 | Rowdy | Ganga | Krishnam Raju | Telugu | A.Mohan Gandhi | |
| 4 | 1984 | Ramayanamlo Bhagavatam | Chandra Mohan | Telugu | Tatineni Prasad | ||
| 5 | 1984 | Palnati Puli | Rani | Balakrishna Nandamuri | Telugu | Tatineni Prasad | |
| 6 | 1984 | Jamesbond 999 | Suman | Telugu | P.Chandrasekhar Reddy | ||
| 7 | 1984 | Chadarangam | Naresh | Telugu | B.Bhaskara Rao | ||
| 8 | 1984 | Gruhalakshmi | Swapna priya | Mohan Babu | Telugu | B.Bhaskara Rao | |
| 9 | 1984 | Illale Devata | Akkineni Nageshwara Rao | Telugu | T.L.V.Prasad | ||
| 10 | 1985 | Jhansi Rani | Jhansi Rani | Rajendra Prasad | Telugu | Satyanand | |
| 11 | 1985 | Mogudu Pellalu | Saroja | Naresh | Telugu | Jandhyala | |
| 12 | 1985 | Musugu Donga | Swapna | Suman | Telugu | Boina Subba Rao | |
| 13 | 1985 | Bangaru Chiluka | Hema / Chilaka | Arjun Sarja | Telugu | Anil Kumar | Dual Role |
| 14 | 1985 | Preminchu Pelladu | Radha | Rajendra Prasad | Telugu | Jandyala | |
| 15 | 1985 | Jwala | Chiranjeevi | Telugu | Ravi Raja Pinishetty | ||
| 16 | 1985 | Thendral Thodhata Malar | Rajeev | Tamil | G.P.Balan | ||
| 17 | 1985 | Garjana | Suman | Telugu | Anil Kumar | ||
| 18 | 1985 | Kutumba Bandham | Rajesh | Telugu | M.Jaya dev | ||
| 19 | 1985 | Illaliko Pariksha | Mohan Babu | Telugu | T.L.V.Prasad | ||
| 20 | 1985 | Atmabalam | Vishali | Balakrishna Nandamuri | Telugu | Tatineni Prasad | |
| 21 | 1985 | America Alludu | Radha | Suman | Telugu | K.Vasu | |
| 22 | 1985 | Anveshana | Hema | Karthik | Telugu | Vamsy | |
| 23 | 1985 | Vijeta | Priyadarshini | Chiranjeevi | Telugu | Kodanda Rami Reddy | |
| 24 | 1986 | Bhale Mithrulu | Bharathi | BhanuChander | Telugu | A.Mohan Gandhi | |
| 26 | 1986 | Manchi Manasulu | Janaki | Bhanuchandar | Telugu | A.Mohan Gandhi | |
| 27 | 1986 | Pratibhavantudu | Krishna | Telugu | Prabhakar Reddy | ||
| 28 | 1986 | Shravana Meghaalu | Murali Mohan | Telugu | |||
| 29 | 1986 | Konaseema Kurradu | Jyothi | Arjun Sarja | Telugu | RaviRaja Pinishetty | |
| 30 | 1986 | Kashmora | Tulasi | Rajasekhar, Rajendra Prasad | Telugu | N.B.Chakravarthy | |
| 30 | 1986 | Dosti Dushmani | Rekha / Shanti | Rishi Kapoor, Jeetendra, Rajinikanth | Hindi | Rama Rao Thatineni | Debut Film in Hindi |
| 31 | 1986 | Aalapana | Usha | Mohan | Telugu | Vamsy | |
| 32 | 1986 | Apoorva Sahodarulu | Roja | Balakrishna Nandamuri | Telugu | K.Raghavendra Rao | |
| 33 | 1986 | Anadiga Aadadi | Rajendra Prasad | Telugu | Anil Kishore | ||
| 34 | 1986 | Anasuyammagari Alludu | Rukmini | Balakrishna Nandamuri | Telugu | Kodanda Rami Reddy | |
| 35 | 1986 | Chadastapu Mogudu | Janaki | Suman | Telugu | Sharath | |
| 36 | 1987 | Srinivasa Kalyanam | Lalitha | Venkatesh | Telugu | Kodi Ramakrishna | |
| 37 | 1987 | Shankaravam | Jyothi | Krishna | Telugu | Krishna | |
| 38 | 1987 | Prema Samrat | Madhulatha | Suman | Telugu | A.Mohan Gandhi | |
| 39 | 1987 | Insaf Ki Pukar | Rani | Dharmendra, Jeetendra | Hindi | Rama Rao Thatineni | |
| 40 | 1987 | Prema Deepalu | Sarath Babu | Telugu | C.S.Bose | ||
| 41 | 1987 | Chakravarthy | Rani | Chiranjeevi | Telugu | Ravi Raja Pinishetty | |
| 42 | 1987 | Kartika Pournami | Abilasha / Gowri | Shoban Babu | Telugu | Kodanda Rami Reddy | |
| 43 | 1987 | Khudgarz | Jaya Saxena | Jeetendra, Shatrughan Sinha | Hindi | Rakesh Roshan | |
| 44 | 1987 | Donga Mogudu | Priyamvada | Chiranjeevi | Telugu | Kodanda Rami Reddy | |
| 45 | 1987 | Allari Krishnayya | Lalitha | Balakrishna Nandamuri | Telugu | Nandamuri Ramesh | |
| 46 | 1987 | Jebu Donga | Bujji | Chiranjeevi | Telugu | Kodanda Rami Reddy | |
| 47 | 1988 | Mar Mitenge | Jenny | Jeetendra, Mithun Chakraborty | Hindi | Kewal Sharma | |
| 48 | 1988 | Bharatamlo Balachandrudu | Bhanu | Balakrishna Nandamuri | Telugu | Kodi Ramakrishna | |
| 49 | 1988 | Nyayaniki Siksha | Shiva Krishna | Telugu | Rama Rao Thatineni | ||
| 50 | 1988 | Agni Keratalu | Bhanurekha | Krishna | Telugu | Rama Rao Thatineni | |
| 51 | 1988 | Tiragabadda Telugu Bidda | Padma | Balakrishna Nandamuri | Telugu | Kodanda Rami Reddy | |
| 52 | 1988 | Tamacha | Seema | Jeetendra, Rajinikanth | Hindi | Ramesh Ahuja | |
| 53 | 1988 | Khaidi No 786 | Radha | Chiranjeevi | Telugu | Vijaya Bapineedu | |
| 54 | 1988 | Trinetrudu | Pratyusha | Chiranjeevi | Telugu | Kodanda Rami Reddy | Chiranjeevi's 100th Film |
| 55 | 1988 | Swarnakamalam | Meenakshi | Venkatesh | Telugu | K.Viswanath | Nandi Award for Best Actress |
| 56 | 1989 | Suryaa: An Awakening | Shanoo | Vinod Khanna | Hindi | Esmayeel Shroff | |
| 57 | 1989 | State Rowdy | Asha | Chiranjeevi | Telugu | B.Gopal | |
| 58 | 1989 | Bhagawan | Rekha | Krishnam Raju | Telugu | Siddhartha | |
| 59 | 1989 | Black Tiger | Ramesh Babu | Telugu | Dasari Narayana Rao | ||
| 60 | 1989 | Dav Pech | Sunita Verma | Jeetendra | Hindi | Kewal Sharma | |
| 61 | 1989 | Garibon Ka Daata | Naina | Mithun Chakraborty | Hindi | Ramesh Ahuja | |
| 62 | 1989 | Gudachari 117 | Krishna | Telugu | Kodi Ramakrishna | ||
| 63 | 1989 | Kasam Vardi Ki | Aarthi | Jeetendra | Hindi | Shibu Mitra | |
| 64 | 1989 | Asokha Chakravarty | Urmila | Balakrishna Nandamuri | Telugu | S S Ravichandra | |
| 66 | 1989 | Aararo Ariraro | Meenu | K.Bhagyaraj | Tamil | K.Bhagyaraj | Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize Filmfare Award for Best Actress |
| 66 | 1990 | Zahreelay | Seema | Sanjay Dutt, Jeetendra | Hindi | Jyotin Goel | |
| 67 | 1990 | Sirayil Pootha Chinna Malar | Chitra | Vijayakanth | Tamil | Amirtham | |
| 68 | 1990 | Jayasimha | Suman | Telugu | |||
| 69 | 1990 | Chatriyan | Banu | Vijayakanth | Tamil | K.Subash | |
| 70 | 1991 | Bhabhi | Sita / Kamini | Govinda, Juhi Chawla | Hindi | Kishore Vyas | |
| 71 | 1991 | Pudhu Manithan | Sugandhi | Sathyaraj | Tamil | Manivannan | |
| 72 | 1991 | Gopura Vasalile | Kalyani | Karthik | Tamil | Priyadarshan | |
| 73 | 1991 | Shri Edu Kondala Swamy | Goddess Padmavati Devi | Arun Govil | Telugu | K.Kameswar Rao | |
| 74 | 1991 | Pondatti Sonna Kettukanum | Indira | Chandra Sekhar | Tamil | V.Sekhar | |
| 75 | 1991 | Azhagan | Priya Ranjan | Mammootty | Tamil | K. Balachander | Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize |
| 76 | 1991 | People's Encounter | Srikanth | Telugu | A.Mohan Gandhi | ||
| 77 | 1991 | Bramma | Pavitra | Sathyaraj | Tamil | K.Subash | |
| 78 | 1991 | Thalapathi | Padma | Rajinikanth | Tamil | Manirathnam | |
| 79 | 1991 | Thaipoosam | Sivagami | Nassar | Tamil | ||
| 80 | 1991 | Ramudu Kadu Rakshasudu | Suman | Telugu | Dasari Narayana Rao | ||
| 81 | 1992 | Magudam | Bhavani | Sathyaraj | Tamil | Prathap K. Pothan | |
| 82 | 1992 | Bharathan | Indhu | Vijayakanth | Tamil | Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy | |
| 83 | 1992 | Therku Theru Machan | Parimala | Sathyaraj | Tamil | K.Subash | |
| 84 | 1992 | Sundara Kandam | Deivanai | K.Bhagyaraj | Tamil | K.Bhagyaraj | |
| 85 | 1992 | Pangali | Saidhai Tamizharasi | Sathyaraj | Tamil | K.Subash | |
| 86 | 1992 | Rajashilpi | Durga | Mohanlal | Malayalam | R.Sukumaran | Debut Film in Malayalam |
| 87 | 1992 | Amaran | Sivagaami | Karthik | Tamil | K.Rajeswar | |
| 88 | 1992 | Kaviya Thalaivan | Priya / Saradha | Vijayakanth | Tamil | Dual Role | |
| 89 | 1992 | Vaaname Ellai | Herself | Anand Babu, Ramya Krishnan | Tamil | K. Balachander | Guest Appearance in a special song |
| 90 | 1992 | Neenga Nalla Irukkanum | Anjalai | Nizhalgal Ravi | Tamil | Visu | |
| 91 | 1993 | Kattalai | Vijaya | Sathyaraj | Tamil | Liaquat Ali Khan | |
| 92 | 1993 | Porantha Veeda Puguntha Veeda | Amudha | Sivakumar | Tamil | V. Sekhar | |
| 93 | 1993 | Bhagat | Suman | Telugu | Satya Reddy | ||
| 94 | 1993 | Maharasan | Selvi | Kamal Haasan | Tamil | G.N.Rangarajan | |
| 95 | 1993 | Mutrugai | DSP Bhavani | Arun Pandiyan | Tamil | Manobala | |
| 96 | 1993 | Rajadurai | Vijayakanth | Tamil | S.A.Chandrasekhar | Guest Appearance in special song | |
| 97 | 1993 | Kirayi Gunda | Krishna | Telugu | |||
| 98 | 1993 | Gokulam | Gayathri / Mary | Arjun Sarja | Tamil | Vikraman | |
| 99 | 1993 | Uzhavan | Prabhu Ganesan | Tamil | Kathir | ||
| 100 | 1994 | Rasika | Ravichandran | Kannada | Dwarakish | Debut Film in Kannada | |
| 101 | 1994 | Ish Gup Chup | Ravali | Varun Kumar | Telugu | Jandhyala | |
| 102 | 1994 | Bangaru Mogudu | Amulya | Suman | Telugu | ThammaReddy Bharadwaj | |
| 103 | 1995 | Highway | Meera | Suresh Gopi | Malayalam | Jayaraaj | |
| 104 | 1995 | Peddarayudu | Lakshmi | Mohan Babu | Telugu | Ravi Raja Pinishetty | |
| 105 | 1995 | Chakravarthy | Bhanu | Karthik | Tamil | M.Baskar | |
| 106 | 1996 | Azhakiya Ravanan | Anuradha | Mammootty | Malayalam | Kamal | |
| 107 | 1996 | Amma Durgamma | Goddess Durga | Sasikumar | Telugu | ||
| 108 | 1997 | Mama Bagunnava | Gowri | Rajendra Prasad, Naresh | Telugu | Kodi RamaKrishna | |
| 109 | 1997 | Kulam | Subhadra | Suresh Gopi | Malayalam | Lenin Rajendran | |
| 110 | 1997 | Rishyasringan | Poornima | Krishna, Shyjudev | Malayalam | Suresh Unnithan | |
| 111 | 1997 | Annamayya | Goddess Padmavathi Devi | Akkineni Nagarjuna, Suman | Telugu | K. Raghavendra Rao | |
| 112 | 1998 | Thalaimurai | Panchavarnam | Rajkiran | Tamil | Rajkiran | |
| 113 | 1998 | Aaha | Rajeswari (Raaji) | Raghuvaran | Tamil | Suresh Krishna | |
| 114 | 1998 | Aaha | Geeta | Jagapati Babu | Telugu | Suresh Krishna | Guest Role |
| 115 | 1999 | Endrendrum Kadhal | Pooja | Vijay | Tamil | Manoj Bhatnagar | |
| 116 | 1999 | Anantha Poongathe | Banu | Karthik | Tamil | Raj Kapoor | Guest Role |
| 117 | 2000 | Annai | Kanagamahalakshmi | Nassar | Tamil | ||
| 118 | 2000 | February 14, Necklace Road | Suman | Telugu | Sreenivasa Reddy | Guest Role | |
| 119 | 2000 | Ayodhya Ramaiah | Padmavathi | Srihari | Telugu | Chandra Mahesh | |
| 120 | 2000 | Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal | Maya Varma | Jayaram | Malayalam | Sathyan Anthikad | |
| 121 | 2000 | Devara Maga | Shivarajkumar, Ambareesh | Kannada | D.Rajendra Babu | ||
| 122 | 2000 | Jayam Manadera | Bhuvaneswari | Venkatesh | Telugu | N. Shankar | |
| 123 | 2000 | Hindustan The Mother | Naresh | Telugu | G. Haribabu | ||
| 124 | 2001 | Sree Rajarajeswary | Goddess Parasakthi | Ramya Krishnan | Tamil | ||
| 125 | 2001 | Thaali Kaatha Kaaliamman | Goddess Kaali | Prabhu | Tamil | ||
| 126 | 2002 | Simhadriya Simha | Lakshmi | Vishnuvardhan, Meena, Umashree | Kannada | S. Narayan | |
| 127 | 2002 | Naina | Azhagu Nachiyar | Jayaram | Tamil | Manobala | |
| 128 | 2002 | Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo | Indu | Harikrishna, Suman | Telugu | YVS Chowdary | Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 129 | 2004 | Jai | Prashanth, Thyagarajan | Tamil | S. Narayan | ||
| 130 | 2004 | Manjupoloru Penkutti | Arundathi | Amrutha Prakash, Suresh Krishna | Malayalam | Kamal | |
| 131 | 2004 | Jore | Meenakshi | Sathyaraj, Sibiraj, Gajala | Tamil | Selva | |
| 132 | 2004 | Kadamba | Yamini | Dr.Vishnuvardhan, Avinash | Kannada | Suresh Krishna | |
| 133 | 2004 | Shravanamasam | Rajyam | Harikrishna, Krishna, Gajala | Telugu | Posani KrishnaMurali | |
| 134 | 2004 | Chellame | Vishal Krishna, Reema Sen | Tamil | Gandhi Krishna | Guest Appearance in a song "Kummi Adi" | |
| 135 | 2005 | Orey Pandu | Akhilandeswari | Sachin | Telugu | S. V. Krishna Reddy | |
| 136 | 2005 | Gautam S.S.C | Bhanu | Navadeep | Telugu | Arun Prasad | |
| 137 | 2005 | Hridayathi Sookshikkaan | Sreenath's mother | Kunchako Boban, Bhavana | Malayalam | Rajesh Pillai | |
| 138 | 2005 | Chhatrapati | Rajya Lakshmi | Prabhas, Shriya | Telugu | S.S.Rajamouli | Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 139 | 2006 | Raathrimazha | Malayalam | Lenin Rajendran | |||
| 140 | 2007 | Oru Ponnu Oru Paiyan | Sarath Babu | Tamil | |||
| 141 | 2007 | Polladhavan | Thilaka | Dhanush | Tamil | Vetrimaaran | |
| 142 | 2008 | Mahayagnam | Nassar | Telugu | Krishna Tota | ||
| 143 | 2008 | Theekuchi | Tamil | ||||
| 144 | 2008 | Pellaindi Kaani | Rajeshwari | Allari Naresh, Kamalini Mukherjee | Telugu | E.V.V.Sathya Narayana | |
| 145 | 2009 | Mesthru | Devaraj | Kannada | Mahadev | ||
| 146 | 2010 | My Name is Amruta | Bhanuchandar | Telugu | Venkat Gowri | ||
| 147 | 2012 | 3 | Ram's mother | Dhanush | Tamil | Aishwarya R. Dhanush | |
| 148 | 2012 | Dammu | Vasundhara | NTR Jr. | Telugu | Boyapati Srinu | |
| 149 | 2013 | Chatrapathi | Siddanth | Kannada | Dinesh Gandhi | ||
| 150 | 2014 | Avathaaram | Akkamma | Richard Rishi, Radhika Kumaraswamy | Telugu | Kodi Ramakrishna | |
Dubbing artist
- Urmila Matondkar - Indian (Tamil Movie)
Awards
- Nandi Award for Best Actress in 1988 for her performance in Swarna Kamalam
- Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu in 1988 for her performance in Swarna Kamalam
- Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil in 1989for her performance in Aararo Aaariraro
- Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize in 1989 for the film Aararo Aaariraro
- Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize in 1991 for the film Azhagan
- Cinema Express Awards in 1996 for the film Peddarayudu
- Screen Videocon Award for the television serial Shakti.
- Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2002 for the film Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo
- Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2005 for the film Chatrapati
- JFW Divas of South - Awarded on 12 October 2012 by Just for Women magazine for her contribution to south Indian cinema.
References
- ↑ SRIREKHA PILLAI (2004-09-13). "ABHINAYA, Bhanupriya's new love". The Hindu. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
- 1 2 S.R. Ashok Kumar (2006-10-01). "For Bhanupriya family comes first now". The Hindu. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
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