Vanisri was born in 1948 in Nellore, Madras Presidency, British India. Vanisri, (born Rathna Kumari) is an Indian film actress known for her works predominately in Telugu and Tamil, and a few Kannada and Hindi films. In a film career spanni... (Full Biography Below)
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Vanisri was born in 1948 in Nellore, Madras Presidency, British India. Vanisri, (born Rathna Kumari) is an Indian film actress known for her works predominately in Telugu and Tamil, and a few Kannada and Hindi films. In a film career spanning forty years, she has received three Filmfare Awards South, including the Nandi Awards and the Tamil Nadu State Film Award. She gained attention with a supporting role in a film penned by K. Balachander titled Sukha Dukhalu, and the Marapurani Kadha (1967). Vanisri is the typical starred in super hits such as Krishnaveni, Prem Nagar, Dussehra Bullodu, Aradhana, Jeevitha Chakram, Rangula Ratnam, Sri Krishna Tulabharam, Bhakta Kannappa, Bobbili Raja, etc. If there was a star heroine in Telugu film industry, the world health organization ruled on a par with the heroes, it must be only Vanisri. She was the only actress during that period who commanded a higher remuneration than her male co-stars. She played dual roles in Iddaru Ammayilu (1972) (the Telugu remake of the 1969 release of the Kannada film Kappu Bilupu), Ganga Manga (1973 remake of the Hindi film Seeta Aur Geeta), Jeevana Jyothi (1975), and Chilipi Krishnudu (1978). She financed and starred in Shyam Benegal's only Telugu film Anugraham (1977), co-starring Smita Patil. She acted with Sivaji Ganesan in a number of films such as Uyarntha Manithan (1968), Nirai Kudam (1969), Vasantha Maligai (1972), Sivakamiyin Selvan (1974), Vani Rani (Tamil remake of the Hindi film Seeta Aur Geeta) (1974), and the Nallathoru Kudumbam (1979). In 2013, she received the state of the Raghupathi Venkaiah Award for her contribution to Telugu cinema. In the late 1970s, Vanisri left films to get married and have a son and a daughter. Vanisri returned to film in the late 1980s acting in mother roles, such as her character in Athaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu (1989). Is A practicing Shaivite Hinduism, Vanisri is very religious. She was also in the 1999 Hindi film, Main the Stepmother Pyar Mein Pagal, directed by the Telugu director K. Raghavendra Rao.
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