Saritha
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Saritha is a South India
n actress. She has acted in at least 141 feature films, and was cast in the television serial Selvi
in 2005. Her mainstream career spanned from 1979 to 1989, when she took a break to marry Indian actor and producer Mukesh
and raise their two sons. In March 2007, she filed for divorce.
remake of Maro Charithra, because he needed a Punjabi
actress for the film to work in Bollywood, so he casted Rati Agnihotri
instead. However, he liked Saritha's performance in "Marocharithra" (1979) so much that he cast her in 22 more South Indian
films, including Agni Satchi, Kalyana Agathigal and Achamillai Achamillai. She also played herself in a guest role in his 1981 film 47 Natkal
.
She has won several acting awards for her performances in Balachander's films. Considered to be a very sincere actress, she had head tonsured
for the cancer-affected girl role in Sujatha in 1980 and gained several pounds to play the psychotic role in the 2005 film Julie Ganapathy. Neither of these films were successful.
Saritha has also worked as a dubbing artist
in Telugu and Tamil. She has lent her voice to various other actresses including Soundarya
, Ramya Krishnan
, Nagma
and Vijayashanti
. She won Nandi Award for Best Female Dubbing Artist
for her voice to Soundarya
in Maa Ayana Bangaram (1997) and Anthahpuram (1999).
She also won a Nandi Special Jury Award
for her performance as "Aandaalu" in the movie Arjun in 2004.
Kannada
Tamil
South India
South India is the area encompassing India's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area...
n actress. She has acted in at least 141 feature films, and was cast in the television serial Selvi
Selvi
Selvi was a Tamil soap opera aired on India's Sun TV Network. It is produced by Radaan Mediaworks Limited, as the successor to its two previous hit serials, Chithi and Annamalai. Its 499 episodes run began on 24 January 2005 and came to an end on 29 December 2006...
in 2005. Her mainstream career spanned from 1979 to 1989, when she took a break to marry Indian actor and producer Mukesh
Mukesh (actor)
Mukesh , born Mukesh Babu, is an Indian film actor and producer known for his work in Malayalam cinema.- Personal Life :...
and raise their two sons. In March 2007, she filed for divorce.
Career
Balachander didn't cast her in the HindiBollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
remake of Maro Charithra, because he needed a Punjabi
Punjabi people
The Punjabi people , ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ), also Panjabi people, are an Indo-Aryan group from South Asia. They are the second largest of the many ethnic groups in South Asia. They originate in the Punjab region, which has been been the location of some of the oldest civilizations in the world including, the...
actress for the film to work in Bollywood, so he casted Rati Agnihotri
Rati Agnihotri
Rati Agnihotri is a veteran Indian actress. Her portfolio mainly includes films in Hindi-Urdu, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. She was born to a Sikh family.-Film career:...
instead. However, he liked Saritha's performance in "Marocharithra" (1979) so much that he cast her in 22 more South Indian
Cinema of India
The cinema of India consists of films produced across India, which includes the cinematic culture of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Orissa, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal. Indian films came to be followed throughout South Asia and...
films, including Agni Satchi, Kalyana Agathigal and Achamillai Achamillai. She also played herself in a guest role in his 1981 film 47 Natkal
47 Natkal
47 Natkal is a 1981 Indian Tamil drama film directed by K. Balachander starring Chiranjeevi, Jayaprada, Sarath Babu and Ramaprabha. It was simultaneously made into in Telugu as 47 Rojulu Actress Saritha plays herself in a guest role. The film is based on a novel by Sivashankari...
.
She has won several acting awards for her performances in Balachander's films. Considered to be a very sincere actress, she had head tonsured
Tonsure
Tonsure is the traditional practice of Christian churches of cutting or shaving the hair from the scalp of clerics, monastics, and, in the Eastern Orthodox Church, all baptized members...
for the cancer-affected girl role in Sujatha in 1980 and gained several pounds to play the psychotic role in the 2005 film Julie Ganapathy. Neither of these films were successful.
Saritha has also worked as a dubbing artist
Dubbing (filmmaking)
Dubbing is the post-production process of recording and replacing voices on a motion picture or television soundtrack subsequent to the original shooting. The term most commonly refers to the substitution of the voices of the actors shown on the screen by those of different performers, who may be...
in Telugu and Tamil. She has lent her voice to various other actresses including Soundarya
Soundarya
Soundarya was a film actress who appeared in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam films. She acted in more than 90 films, most of them in Telugu. She was killed in a plane crash near Bangalore.-Film career:...
, Ramya Krishnan
Ramya Krishnan
Ramya Krishnan is an actress who performs in Indian cinema. She has acted in over 200 films in five languages; Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi.-Early life and background:...
, Nagma
Nagma
Nandita Morarji better known as Nagma . At her peak in the 1990s, The Hindu stated that she "dominated Telugu and Tamil cinema" with her movies Killer, Gharana Mogudu, Kadhalan, Baashha and many others...
and Vijayashanti
Vijayashanti
Vijayashanti is an Indian film actress and a politician from Andhra Pradesh. She has acted in over 185 movies in seven languages including Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi. She was born in Anaparti, India on 24 June 1966. She is credited as "The Lady Superstar" of South Indian cinema...
. She won Nandi Award for Best Female Dubbing Artist
Nandi Award for Best Female Dubbing Artist
The Nandi Award for Best Female Dubbing Artist winners:...
for her voice to Soundarya
Soundarya
Soundarya was a film actress who appeared in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam films. She acted in more than 90 films, most of them in Telugu. She was killed in a plane crash near Bangalore.-Film career:...
in Maa Ayana Bangaram (1997) and Anthahpuram (1999).
She also won a Nandi Special Jury Award
Nandi Special Jury Award
The Nandi Special Jury Award is given by the state government as part of its annual Nandi Awards for Telugu films....
for her performance as "Aandaalu" in the movie Arjun in 2004.
Selected Filmography
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| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
| 1978 1978 in film The year 1978 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 1 - Bob Dylan's film Renaldo and Clara, a documentary of the "Rolling Thunder Revue" tour premieres in Los Angeles, California.... |
Maro Charithra Maro Charithra Maro Charithra is a 1978 Telugu-language Indian feature film directed by K. Balachander, starring Kamal Haasan, Saritha, Madhavi and Sarath Babu. The film still remains as one of the biggest blockbusters... |
Swapna | Telugu |
| 1978 | Thappida Thala Thappida Thala Thappida Thaala is a Kannada film directed by K. Balachander.. It was simultaneously made in Tamil as Thappu Thalangal-Plot:It features Rajanikanth as Devu, a local thug whose weapon of choice is a bicycle chain he sports casually around the neck. Devu charges Rs.30 to slice a finger, Rs.300 to... |
Character unknown | Kannada |
| 1979 1979 in film The year 1979 in film involved some significant events.- Major events :* March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.* May 25 - Alien, a landmark of the science fiction genre, is released.... |
Guppedu Manasu Guppedu Manasu Guppedu Manasu is a 1979 Telugu film directed by K. Balachander and starring Sarath Babu, Sujatha and Saritha in prominent roles. It was a bi-lingual film made simultaneousy into Tamil as Nool Veli . The film was a remake of the Malayalam film Aa Nimikasham... |
Character unknown | Telugu |
| 1980 1980 in film - Events :* May 21 - Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back is released and is the biggest grosser of the year .... |
Sujatha | Character unknown | Malayalam Malayalam cinema The Cinema of Kerala or Malayalam cinema refers to the film industry in the Indian state of Kerala, which makes films in the Malayalam language. Malayalam movies typically portray social or family issues and are considered more realistic than films from other parts of India. Malayalam cinema has... |
| 1981 1981 in film -Events:*January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. UA was humiliated by the astronomical losses on the $40,000,000 movie Heaven's Gate, a major factor in the decision of owner Transamerica to sell it.... |
Thaneer Thaneer Thaneer Thaneer Thaneer Thaneer is a 1981 Indian Tamil language drama film directed by K. Balachander starring Saritha, Shunmugham, V. K. Veeraswami and Radha Ravi. The film, based on a story by Komal Swaminathan was filmed by B. S. Lokanathan and featured music by M. S. Viswanathan... |
Kannamma | Tamil Tamil language Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore... |
| Aadavallu Meeku Joharulu | Character unknown | ||
| 1982 1982 in film -Events:* March 26 = I Ought to Be in Pictures, starring Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret and Dinah Manoff is released. Manoff would not appear in another movie until 1987's Backfire.* June = PG-rated film E.T... |
Thai Mookambhikai | Character unknown | |
| Agni Sakshi | Character unknown | Malayalam Malayalam cinema The Cinema of Kerala or Malayalam cinema refers to the film industry in the Indian state of Kerala, which makes films in the Malayalam language. Malayalam movies typically portray social or family issues and are considered more realistic than films from other parts of India. Malayalam cinema has... |
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| Nenjil oru Ragam | Character unknown | Malayalam Malayalam cinema The Cinema of Kerala or Malayalam cinema refers to the film industry in the Indian state of Kerala, which makes films in the Malayalam language. Malayalam movies typically portray social or family issues and are considered more realistic than films from other parts of India. Malayalam cinema has... |
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| 1983 1983 in film -Events:*February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York*May 25 - Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, the final film in the original Star Wars trilogy, is released. Like the previous films, it goes on to become the top grossing picture of... |
Kokilamma Kokilamma Kokilamma is a 1983 Telugu film directed by K. Balachander. The title role of Kokilamma is played with humility by Saritha.It is a musical hit film with some excellent songs penned Acharya Atreya and music score provided by M. S. Viswanathan.-Soundtrack:... |
Kokilamma | Telugu |
| Malaiyur Mambattiyan | Character unknown | ||
| 1984 1984 in film -Events:* The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name.* Tri-Star Pictures, a joint venture of Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS, releases its first film.... |
Komberi Mookan | Thiagarajan | |
| Kanchana Ganga Kanchana Ganga -Cast:* Chandra Mohan ... Prabhakar* Sarath Babu ... Jayasimha* Saritha ... Kanchana* Swapna ... Ganga* Pratap Pothan* J. V. Ramana Murthy* Suthi Veerabhadra Rao* Suthi Velu* Raavi Kondala Rao* Annapurna-Soundtrack:... |
Kanchana | Telugu | |
| P.C.369 | Character unknown | Malayalam Malayalam cinema The Cinema of Kerala or Malayalam cinema refers to the film industry in the Indian state of Kerala, which makes films in the Malayalam language. Malayalam movies typically portray social or family issues and are considered more realistic than films from other parts of India. Malayalam cinema has... |
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| Kutettan | Character unknown | Malayalam | |
| Oru Kochukatha Aarum Parayatha Katha | Janu | Malayalam | |
| Achamillai Achamillai | Thenmozhi | ||
| 1985 1985 in film -Events:* 3 December - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films. He is replaced by Timothy Dalton.* The Academy Award for Best Picture was won by Out Of Africa, while the highest grossing film was Back to the Future.* Bliss wins AFI Award for best Movie... |
Muhurtham Pathnonnu Muppathinu | Indu | Malayalam |
| Kathodu Kathoram | Marykutty | Malayalam | |
| 1986 1986 in film -Events:*April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Go's Belinda Carlisle.*April 26 - Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries television journalist Maria Shriver.*May - Actress Heather Locklear marries Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee.... |
Malaya Marutha Malaya Marutha Malaya Marutha is a 1986 Musical Kannada film starring Vishnuvardhan, Saritha and Madhavi in the lead roles . The film has been directed and written by Lalitha Ravi and produced by C. V. L Shastry under "Shastry Movies" production house. Vijaya Bhaskar has composed the soundtrack and the background... |
Sharada | |
| 1987 1987 in film -Events:*January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois, to officially become the world's longest film according to Guinness World Records.... |
Thaniyavartanam | Character unknown | Malayalam |
| 2000 2000 in film The year 2000 in film involved some significant events.The top grosser worldwide was Mission: Impossible II. Domestically in North America, Gladiator won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor .... |
Film Title | Character | |
| 2003 2003 in film The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,... |
Life Is Beautiful | Vice Principal | Malayalam |
| Ammakilikkoodu | Janaki | ||
| 2004 2004 in film The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol... |
Arjun Arjun (film) Arjun is a Tollywood film released on 18 August 2004, and was directed by Gunasekhar. This is the second time Mahesh Babu and Gunasekhar have teamed up after delivering the blockbuster Okkadu... |
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| Album | Character unknown | ||
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2005 2005 in television The year 2005 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2005.For the American TV schedule, see: 2005–06 United States network television schedule.-Events:-Debuts:-Miniseries:... |
Selvi | Thamarai | |
KannadaCinema of KarnatakaThe cinema of Karnataka , sometimes colloquially referred to as Sandalwood and as Chandanavana in Kannada, encompasses movies made in the Indian state of Karnataka based in Bangalore. Most of the movies are made in Kannada, with a handful of them in Konkani or Tulu. Today more than 100 films are...
films
- Chalisuva Modagalu
- Yeradu Rekhegalu
- Mouna Geethe
- Hosa Belaku
- Bhakta Prahlada
- Keralida Simha
- Kamana Billu
- Malaya Marutha
- Mugila Mallige
TamilTamil cinemaTamil cinema is the film industry based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to the production of films in the Tamil language. It is based in Chennai's Kodambakkam district, where several South Indian film production companies are headquartered...
films
- Nenjil oru Ragam
- Malaiyur Mambattiyan
- Komberi Mookan
- Mouna Geethankal
- NetrikanNetri KannNetri Kann is a Tamil film directed by SP. Muthuraman, starring Rajnikanth and Sarath Babu.- Plot :The story revolves around Chakravarthy who is a successful textile businessman in Coimbatore. He is a great womaniser and picks up any women he wants...
- Thanneer Thaneer
- Oomai vizhigal
- Vettukku oru Kannagi
- Sattai Illatha Pamparam
- Anni
- Agni Satchi
- Achamillai Achamillai
- Kalyana Agathigal
- Ponnu orukku pudhusu
- Enga Oru Ponnu
- Melmaruvathur Athiparasakthi
- Thai Mookambigai
- Pudhu Kavithai
- Sivappu Sooriyan
- Thangaikku oru geetham
- Noolveli
- Poo Poova puthirukku
- Vedham Pudithu
- Oru Pullangulal Adupu othugirathu
- Kilvanam sivakkum
- Nantri
- Vandi chakkram
- Sainthadamma sainthadu
- Album
- Friends
- June RJune RJune R is a Tamil film directed by Revathy Varma. The film stars Jyothika, Kushboo, Saritha and Biju Menon in critical roles. Surya appears in a guest role. The film's soundtrack are composed by Malayalam composer Sharreth.-Plot:...
- Julie GanapathiJulie GanapathiJulie Ganapathi is a 2003 South Indian motion picture. It is a remake of the 1990 American film Misery, itself an adaptation of the Stephen King novel.-Plot:...
- Thappu thalankal