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