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Indian Actress Bhanupriya 1964

Bhanu Priya (Telugu: భానుప్రియ ) is an Indian actress. She was a former leading actress of the Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam film industries from 1980 to 1993. She also acted in few Bollywood films in the 1990s.

Born January 15, 1964 (1964-01-15) (age 47)
Andhra pradesh, India
Spouse Adarsh Kaushal

She was born in Rangampeta village, which is near to Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, on 15 January 1964 in a Telugu family and was settled in Chennai, Tamil Nadu at a very young age.

Her sister Nishanthi, known as Shantipriya, also acted in several films, including the biggest hit, Enga ooru paatukran (1988). She was also seen on national small screen TV sci-fi epic Aaryamaan - Brahmaand Ka Yoddha opposite Mukesh Khanna, in 2002 and one more her sisiter JyothiPriya also acted as heroine in few of TV serieals and films,

Career

Bhanupriya has acted in over 111 films as a heroine in various languages. She made her debut in the Telugu movie Sitaara, directed by veteran Vamsy, which was a big hit.[citation needed] She has acted in over 55 Telugu films, about 40 Tamil films, 14 Hindi films and a few Malayalam and Kannada films.

Bhanupriya began her film acting career when she was just 19 years old. Her first film was Mella Pesungal (1983) in Tamil. In Telugu it was Sitaara (1983).

Trained in classical dance, all her critically acclaimed movies were based on the subject of classical dance, like Vamsy's Sitara and veteran K. Vishwanath's Swarnakamalam in Telugu and Sathyan Anthikkad's Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal in Malayalam. She is also part of Mani Ratnam's stage show Netru, Indru, Naalai. Banupriya's excellent Bharathanatyam dancing skills are much appreciated in her films.

In her prime, Bhanupriya possessed an enviably perfect hourglass figure. Many fans remember her for the role of Menaka, an Apsara, in the famous television serial Mahabharat. Since Bhanupriya had a figure that was very close that of the ideal depictions of apsaras in temples such as Khajuraho - with an idyllically beautiful face, large expressive eyes, full breasts, wide and curved hips, a deep navel and long and tapering arms and legs - the director of Mahabharat is often complemented for finding the ideal woman to portray Menaka. Her dedication and mastering the art of classical dance did help her to further enhance her natural physical beauty.

Bhanupriya is now based in Chennai and planning to direct a film , with classical dance as lead role. She had also acted in a television serial, Shakthi , shown over in Sun Network channels. She is currently working on "Devathalu" ,"Pellaindhi Kaani " (Telugu), "Oru Ponnu Oru Paiyan", "Theekuchi", "Polladhavan", "Porantha veeda pukuntha veeda" (TV serial) in Tamil.

She is famous for her expressions using her eyes, which led her to a career in modelling. Her most famous ad was of Eyetex, a popular eyeliner. Cinematographer and director P.C.Sriram once described her as having the most beautiful and photogenic face among south Indian movie actresses.

Personal life

Bhanupriya married Adarsh Kaushal, an award-winning photographer based in the United States and son of famous Bharatanatyam artist Sumathi kaushal in United States. They have a daughter. Now, they are settled in Chennai.

Filmography

Telugu

Year Film Cast Direction Notes
2011 Devathalu Rishi Kodi Ramakrishna Filming
2010 My Name is Amrutha Bhanuchander Venkat Gowri - 2008 pelliayindhikani Allari Naresh, Kamalini Mukherjee E.V.V.Sathya Narayana - 2008 Mahayagnam Nazer Krishna Thota - 2005 Chatrapathi Prabhas, Shriya S.S.Rajamouli Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress
2006 Gautam S.S.C Navadeep, Sindhu Tolani Arun Prasad
2005 Orey Pandu Sachin S.V.Krishna Reddy - 2004 Sravanamasam Harikrishna, Krishna, Gajala Posani KrishnaMurali - 2002 Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo HariKrishna, Suman Y.V.S.Chowdary Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress
2000 Ayodhya Ramaiah Srihari Chandra Mahesh - 2000 Jayam Manadera Venkatesh encounter shankar - 2000 February 14, Necklace Road Suman Srinivasa Reddy
1998 Aaha Jagapati Babu Suresh Krishna
1997 Annamayya Akkineni Nagarjuna, Suman K. Raghavendra Rao
1997 Mama Bagunnava Rajendra Prasad, Naresh Kodi RamaKrishna
1996 Amma Durgamma Sasikumar, Ooha

1995 Pedharayudu Mohan Babu RaviRaja Pinishetty
1994 Bangaru Mogudu Suman ThammaReddy Bharadwaj
1994 Ish Gup Chup Varun Kumar Jandhyala
1993 Kirayi Gunda Krishna

1993 Bhagath Suman Sathya Reddy
1991 Ramudu Kadu Rakshasudu Suman Dasari Narayana Rao
1991 People's Encounter Srikanth Mohan Gandhi
1991 Sri Yedu Kondala Swamy Arun Govil K.Kameswar Rao
1990 Jayasimha Suman

1989 Asokha Chakravarty Balakrishna Nandamuri S S Ravichandra
1989 Gudachari 117 Krishna Kodi Ramakrishna
1989 Black Tiger Ramesh Babu Dasari Narayana Rao
1989 Bhagawan Krishnam Raju Siddharta
1989 State Rowdy Chiranjeevi B.Gopal
1988 AgniKeratalu Krishna T.Rama Rao - 1988 Swarnakamalam Venkatesh K.Viswanath Nandi Award for Best Actress
1988 Trinetrudu Chiranjeevi Kodanda Rami Reddy - 1988 Khaidi No 786 Chiranjeevi Vijaya Bapineedu
1988 Thiragabadda Telugu Bidda Balakrishna Nandamuri Kodanda Rami Reddy - 1988 Nyayaniki Siksha Shiva Krishna T.Rama Rao - 1988 Bharathamlo Balachandrudu Balakrishna Kodi Ramakrishna
1987 Allari Krishnayya Balakrishna Nandamuri Ramesh - 1987 Jebu Donga Chiranjeevi Kodanda Rami Reddy - 1987 Donga Mogudu Chiranjeevi Kodanda Rami Reddy - 1987 Chakravarthy Chiranjeevi Ravi Raja Pinishetty - 1987 Prema Deepalu Sarath Banu C.S.Bose - 1987 Prema Samrat Suman A.Mohan Gandhi - 1987 Shankaravam Krishna Krishna - 1987 Srinivasa Kalyanam Venkatesh kodi ramakrishna - 1986 Anasuyammagari Alludu Balakrishna Nandamuri Kodanda Rami Reddy
1986 Anadiga Aadadi Rajendra Prasad Anil Kishore
1986 Apoorva Sahodarulu Balakrishna K.Raghavendra Rao - 1986 Aalapana Mohan Vamsy
1986 Kashmora Rajasekhar, Rajendra Prasad N.B.Chakravarthy
1986 Konaseema Kurradu Arjun Sarja RaviRaja Pinishetty - 1986 Prathibavanthudu Krishna Prabhakar Reddy - 1986 Manchi Manasulu Bhanuchandar A.Mohan Gandhi
1985 Vijetha Chiranjeevi Kodanda Rami Reddy
1985 Chiranjeevi Chiranjeevi C.V.Rajendran
1985 Anveshana Karthik Vamsy
1985 America Alludu Suman K.Vasu
1985 Athmabalam Balakrishna Nandamuri Tatineni Prasad
1985 Illaliko Pariksha Mohan Babu T.L.V.Prasad
1985 Kutumba Bandham Rajesh M.Jaya dev
1985 Garjana Suman Anil Kumar
1985 Jwala Chiranjeevi Ravi Raja Pinishetty
1985 Preminchu Pelladu Rajendra Prasad Jandyala
1985 Bangaru Chiluka Arjun Sarja Anil Kumar
1985 Musugu Donga Suman Boina Subba Rao
1985 Mogudu Pellalu Naresh Jandyala
1985 Jhansi Rani Rajendra Prasad Sathyanand
1984 Illale Devatha Akkineni Nageshwara Rao T.L.V.Prasad
1984 Gruhalakshmi Mohan Babu B.Bhaskara Rao
1984 Chadarangam Narehs B.Bhaskara Rao
1984 Jamesbond 999 Suman P.Chandrasekhar Reddy
1984 Palnati Puli Balakrishna Tatineni Prasad
1984 Ramayanamlo Bhagavatham Chandra Mohan Tatineni Prasad
1984 Rowdy Krishnam Raju A.Mohan Gandhi
1983 Sitara Suman Vamsy

Hindi

S.NO Year Film Cast Direction Notes
1 1986 Dosti Dushmani Rishi Kapoor, Jeetendra, Rajini Kanth Rama Rao Thatineni
2 1987 Insaf Ki Pukar Dharmendra, Jeetendra Rama Rao Thatineni
3 1987 Khudgarz Jeetendra, Shatrughan Sinha Rakesh Roshan
4 1988 Mar Mitenge Jeetendra, Mithun Chakraborthy Kewal Sharma
5 1988 Tamacha Jeetendra, Rajini Kanth Ramesh Ahuja
6 1989 Dav Pech Jeetendra Kewal Sharma
7 1989 Garibon Ka Daata Mithun Chakraborthy Ramesh Ahuja
8 1989 Kasam Vardi Ki Jeetendra Shibu Mitra
9 1989 Suryaa : An Awakening Vinod Khanna Esmayeel Shroff
10 1990 Zahreelay Sanjay Dutt, Jeetendra Jyotin Goel
11 1991 Bhabhi Govinda, Juhi chawla Kishore Vyas

Malayalam

S.No Year Film Cast Direction Notes
1 1992 Rajashilpi Mohanlal R.Sukumaran
2 1995 Highway Suresh Gopi Jayaraaj
3 1996 Azhakiya Ravanan Mammotty Kamal
4 1997 Kulam Suresh Gopi Lenin Rajendran
5 1997 Rishyasringan Krishna, Shyjudev Suresh Unnithan
6 2000 Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal Jayaram, Lakshmi Gopalaswamy Sathyan Anthikad
7 2004 Manjupoloru Penkutti Amrutha Prakash, Suresh Krishna Kamal
8 2005 Hridayathi Sookshikkaan Kunchako Boban, Bhavana Rajesh Pillai
9 2011 Kattu Paranja Katha
Shyam Gopal Filming

Kannada

S.No Year Film Cast Direction Notes
1 1994 Rasika Ravichandran Dwarakish
2 2000 Devarmaga Shivrajkumar, Ambareesh D.Rajendra Babu
3 2002 Simhadriya Simha Vishnuvardan S.Narayan
4 2004 Kadamba Vishnuvardan Suresh Krishna
5 2009 Meshtru Devaraj Mahadev

Tamil

S.No Year Film Cast Direction Notes
1 1983 Mella Pesungal Vasanth Bharativasu Debut Film
2 1985 Thendral Thodhata Malar Rajeev G.P.Balan
3 1989 Araro Ariroro K. Bhagyaraj K. Bhagyaraj
4 1990 Sirayil Pootha Chinna malar Vijayakanth Amirtham
5 1991 Pudhu Manithan Sathyaraj

6 1991 Gopura Vasilile Karthik

7 1991 Sathriyan Vijayakanth Subash
8 1991 Pondatti Sonna kettukanum Chandrasekhar

9 1991 Azhagan Mammootty K.Balachander
10 1991 Brahma Sathyaraj

11 1991 Thalapathi Rajinikanth Manirathnam
12 1991 Thaipoosam Nazar

13 1992 Magudam Sathyaraj

14 1992 Bharathan Vijayakanth S.D.Saba
15 1992 Therkku theru machan Sathyaraj

16 1992 Sundara Kaandam K. Bhagyaraj K. Bhagyaraj
17 1992 Pangali Sathyaraj

18 1992 Amaran Karthik

19 1992 Kaviya Thalaivan Vijayakanth

20 1992 Vaname Ellai Anand Babu, Ramya Krishnan K.Balachander Special Song
21 1992 Neenga Nalla Irukkanum Nizhalgal Ravi Visu
22 1993 Kattalai Sathyaraj

23 1993 Porantha Veeda Puguntha Veeda Sivakumar

24 1993 Maharasan Kamalhassan

25 1993 Mutrugai Arun Pandiyan, Ranjitha Manobala
26 1993 Gokulam Arjun Sarja Vikraman
27 1993 Uzhavan Prabhu Ganesan

28 1993 Raja Durai Vijayakanth S. A. Chandrasekhar Special Song
29 1995 Chakravarthi Karthik

30 1998 Thalaimurai Rajkiran Rajkiran
31 1998 Aaha Raghuvaran Suresh Krishna
32 1999 Endrendrum Kadhal Vijay

33 1999 Anantha Poonkatre Karthik
Special Appearance
34 2000 Annai


35 2001 Sree Rajarajeswary Ramya Krishnan

36 2001 Thaali Kaatha Kaaliamman Prabu

37 2002 Naina Jayaram

38 2004 Jai Prashanth, Thyagarajan

39 2004 Jore Sathyaraj, Sibiraj, Gajala

40 2004 Chellame Vishal Krishna, Reema sen
Special Song
41 2007 Oru Ponnu Oru Payyan


42 2007 Polladhavan Dhanush Vetrimaran
43 2008 Theekuchi


Television

  • Vishwamitra - Telecasted on Doordarshan - Directed by Dasari Narayana Rao
  • Shakti - Telecasted on Sun TV
  • Vazhkai - Telecasted on Sun TV

Awards

  • Govt. of Andhrapradesh Nandi Awards in 2005 for Best Supporting Actress in the film Chatrapati
  • Govt. of Andhrapradesh Nandi Awards in 2002 for Best Supporting Actress in the film Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo
  • Nandi Award for Best Actress in 1988 for her performance in Swarna Kamalam
  • Filmfare Best Actress Award (Telugu) in 1988 for her performance in Swarna Kamalam

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