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MALASRI KANNADA ACTRESS BORN 1973 AUGUST 10

 

MALASRI KANNADA ACTRESS 

BORN 1973 AUGUST 10



Malashri (born Sri Durga; 10 August 1973) is an Indian film actress. She has predominantly worked in Kannada movies and was the topmost heroine in the 1990s. She has also worked in Tamil and Telugu cinema. Malashri was popular for playing diverse roles in women-centric movies many of which were highly successful at the box-office. She was popularly called Kanasina Rani ("Dream Girl") in the media.[2]

Malashri made her debut as a heroine with the Kannada film Nanjundi Kalyana (1989). Her portrayal of a haughty, shrewish woman won her accolades and heralded her as a top actress of Kannada Cinema. She established herself as the topmost heroine in Kannada cinema with films like Gajapathi Garvabhanga (1989), Policena Hendthi (1990), Kitturina Huli (1990), Rani Maharani (1990), Hrudaya Haadithu (1991), for which she won the Filmfare Award for Best ActressRamachaari (1991), Belli Kalungura (1992), Solillada Saradara (1993) and Gadibidi Aliya (1995).

In 2015 she won her first Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress[3] for her action-oriented role in Ganga. In 1992, 19 movies starring her in lead roles were released. With that, she broke the 24-year-old record of highest releases in lead roles in Kannada in a single year surpassing Rajkumar who had 16 releases in 1968.[4]




Career[edit]

Child artiste[edit]

Malashri began her career as a child artiste and appeared in 34 films in Tamil and Telugu and she played the role of a boy in 26 of them.[5] In a talk show, Majaa Talkies, she said that as a child, she was a fan of actor Amitabh Bachchan and would dress up like him, which prompted directors to cast her as a boy, in 1979 films like Imayam and Neela Malargal.[6]

Lead roles[edit]

Writer and lyricist Chi. Udaya Shankar introduced Malashri to the Rajkumar family when they were on the look out for a fresh face opposite their son Raghavendra Rajkumar who was gearing to make his debut. Parvathamma Rajkumar decided to cast her in Nanjundi Kalyana (1989) and rechristened her from Durga to Malashri. Malashri went on to act in two other films with Vajreshwari Combines, Gajapathi Garvabhanga opposite Raghavendra again, and Mruthyunjaya with Shiva Rajkumar.

In 1990 Malashri took on the famous double role in Rani Maharani (immortalized by Sridevi in Chaalbaaz) and won a huge fan following with her powerhouse performance. Her next film Hrudaya Haadithu where she played a young woman inflicted with a heart problem won her acclaim from the masses and critics alike as well as the Filmfare Best actress award for 1991. As she churned out hit after hit even the stalwart V. Ravichandran, who till then believed only in importing heroines from other states, cashed in on her popularity by casting her in Ramachaari (a remake of Tamil Hit Chinna Thambi). The move paid off, enabling him to come out of the financial crisis he faced due to the debacle of Shanti Kranti.

In later part of the 90s, Malashri had a string of less successful films like Prema KhaidiSnehada KadalalliMegha MandaraArishina Kumkuma, and Solillada Saradara. She took brief hiatus after marriage and made comeback in the new millennium with "angry woman" roles in Chamundi (2000), Kannadada Kiran Bedi (2009), Shakti (2012), Veera (2013) and Ganga (2015).




Personal life[edit]

Malashri was born and brought up in Chennai (Chennai).[7] She shot to fame with Nanjundi Kalyana in 1989 but her personal life hit an all-time low the same year when her mother died in a road accident. She was in a relationship with actor Sunil, her co-star of many films.[8] But in 1994 they met with a car accident and while Malashree suffered multiple injuries, Sunil died on the spot. It was rumoured that they had been planning to get married.[9] She was married to film producer Ramu and they had a daughter together, Ananya (b. 2001).[10] Her sister Subhashri was also an actress, who appeared in South Indian films. Her husband Ramu died on 26 April 2021 due to Covid.[11]



Filmography[edit]

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
1979ImayamTamilCredited as Baby Durga
Neela MalargalTamil
1986ManakanakkuTamil
1988ChinababuPoornaTelugu
Ramudu BheemuduSurpanakaTelugu
VarasudochhaduBujjiTelugu
1989Nanjundi KalyanaDeviKannada
Gajapathi GarvabhangaSowmyaKannada
Chinnari SnehamTelugu
Chinna Chinna AasaigalTamilCredited as Rasika
1990Prema KhaidiNeelimaTeluguNominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu
Policena HendthiVanajaKannada
MruthyunjayaShylajaKannada
Raja Kempu RojaGeethaKannada
Aatha Naan Pass AyittaenTamil
Rani MaharaniSuma / RaniKannadaDual roles
PrathapRaniKannada
1991Hrudaya HaadithuAshaKannadaFilmfare Award for Best Actress
Kitturina HuliBharathiKannada
Thavarumane UdugoreLakshmiKannada
Readymade GandaKannada
S. P. BhargaviBhargaviKannada
RamachaariNandiniKannada
Gandu SidigunduKannada
Rowdy & MLAKannada
Halli Rambhe Belli BombeKannada
Gruha PraveshaKannada
Kollur KalaKannada
MangalyaKannada
1992Belli KalunguraBhadraKannada
Hatamari Hennu Kiladi GanduKannada
ShivanagaKannada
Belli ModagaluSeethaKannada
Sindhoora ThilakaKannada
VajrayudhaKannada
Malashree MamashreeMalashriKannada
Solillada SaradaraRadhaKannada
Nagaradalli NayakaruKannada
Kanasina RaniKannada
SahasiKannada
Prema SangamaKannada
Megha MandaraMeghaKannada
Gruha LakshmiKannada
Halli Krishna Delhi RadhaRadhaKannada
Snehada KadalalliKannada
Mana Mecchida SoseKannada
Marana MrudangaKannada
Belliyappa BangarappaHerselfKannadaGuest appearance
Kaliyuga SeetheKannada
1993Hendthi Helidare KelabekuMalaKannada
Mangalya BandhanaKannada
Kalyana RekheKannada
Navibbaru NamagibbaruKannada
Paruvu PrathisthaPremaTelugu
Akka ChelleluTelugu
UrmilaUrmilaTelugu
LoversTelugu
Bava BavamaridiGeetaTelugu
1994Police AlluduTelugu
Allari PoliceKasturiTelugu
Bhale MaavayyaVyjayantiTelugu
Bangaru MoguduRaniTelugu
Thodi KodalluVyjayanthiTelugu
1995Mutthinantha HendthiKannada
Gadibidi AliyaKannada
Giddu DadaKannada
Lady PoliceKannada
PutmalliPutmalliKannada
Hello SisterKannada
Gharana AlluduTelugu
1996Sahasa Veerudu Sagara KanyaGangaTelugu
Circle InspectorKannada
Arishina KunkumaKannada
NirnayaKannadaSpecial appearance
1997Surya PutruluTelugu
Ganga YamunaGangaKannada
C.B.I. DurgaDurgaKannada
Lady CommissionerKannada
AkkaKannada
ZindabadKannada
1998Lady TigerKannada
Agni SakshiKannada
Goonda Matthu PoliceKannada
Tiger PadminiPadminiKannada
2000ChamundiKannada
2001Bhavani IPSBhavaniKannada
2004DurgiDurgaKannada
2009Kannadada Kiran BediKiran Bedi / Bellary BhagyalakshmiKannada
2012ShaktiShakthiKannada
2013VeeraKannada
2013ElectionIndiraKannada
2014GharshaneNethraKannada
2015MahakaliDeviKannada
2015GangaGangaKannadaKarnataka State Film Award for Best Actress
2016John Jani JanardhanKannadaSpecial appearance
2017Uppu Huli KharaKannada
TBAMalashreeMalashriKannadaAnnounced[12]

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