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Indian actress
A.K.A.
Bhanu Priya
Gender:
Female
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Birth:
15 January 1964(Rajahmundry)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Manga Bhama, known by her stage name Bhanupriya, is an Indian actress.
Early life
Bhanupriya was born in Rangampeta village, near Rajamundry, Andhra Pradesh, into a Telugu family. Her family settled in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She has a younger sister Shantipriya who was also a film actress in 1990s.
Bhanupriya fell in love with Adarsh Kaushal, a Hyderabadi settled in the United States as a digital graphics’ engineer. Subsequently, the couple got married at the Sri Venkateswara temple in Malibu, California on 14 June 1998. The couple have a daughter Abhinaya born in 2003. Bhanupriya divorced Kaushal in 2005 and returned to India, where she resumed her acting career. Bhanupriya now lives in Chennai with her daughter Abhinaya.
Film career
Bhanupriya has acted in over 150 films as the female lead since beginning her career. Her first film was Mella Pesungal (1983) in Tamil.
Filmography
As actress
In order of languages in which she acted the most to least number of films.
| No | Year | Title | Role | Co-Star | Language | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1983 | Mella Pesungal | Uma | Vasanth | Tamil | Bharati Vasu | Debut Film in Tamil |
| 2 | 1983 | Sitaara | Sitaara / Kokila | Suman | Telugu | Vamsy | Debut Film in Telugu |
| 3 | 1984 | Rowdy | Ganga | Krishnam Raju | Telugu | A.Mohan Gandhi | |
| 4 | 1984 | Ramayanamlo Bhagavatam | Chandra Mohan | Telugu | Tatineni Prasad | ||
| 5 | 1984 | Palnati Puli | Rani | Balakrishna Nandamuri | Telugu | Tatineni Prasad | |
| 6 | 1984 | Jamesbond 999 | Suman | Telugu | P.Chandrasekhar Reddy | ||
| 7 | 1984 | Chadarangam | Naresh | Telugu | B.Bhaskara Rao | ||
| 8 | 1984 | Gruhalakshmi | Swapna priya | Mohan Babu | Telugu | B.Bhaskara Rao | |
| 9 | 1984 | Illale Devata | Akkineni Nageshwara Rao | Telugu | T.L.V.Prasad | ||
| 10 | 1985 | Jhansi Rani | Jhansi Rani | Rajendra Prasad | Telugu | Satyanand | |
| 11 | 1985 | Mogudu Pellalu | Saroja | Naresh | Telugu | Jandhyala | |
| 12 | 1985 | Musugu Donga | Swapna | Suman | Telugu | Boina Subba Rao | |
| 13 | 1985 | Bangaru Chiluka | Hema / Chilaka | Arjun Sarja | Telugu | Anil Kumar | Dual Role |
| 14 | 1985 | Preminchu Pelladu | Radha | Rajendra Prasad | Telugu | Jandyala | |
| 15 | 1985 | Jwala | Chiranjeevi | Telugu | Ravi Raja Pinishetty | ||
| 16 | 1985 | Thendral Thodhata Malar | Rajeev | Tamil | G.P.Balan | ||
| 17 | 1985 | Garjana | Suman | Telugu | Anil Kumar | ||
| 18 | 1985 | Kutumba Bandham | Rajesh | Telugu | M.Jaya dev | ||
| 19 | 1985 | Illaliko Pariksha | Mohan Babu | Telugu | T.L.V.Prasad | ||
| 20 | 1985 | Atmabalam | Vishali | Balakrishna Nandamuri | Telugu | Tatineni Prasad | |
| 21 | 1985 | America Alludu | Radha | Suman | Telugu | K.Vasu | |
| 22 | 1985 | Anveshana | Hema | Karthik | Telugu | Vamsy | |
| 23 | 1985 | Vijeta | Priyadarshini | Chiranjeevi | Telugu | Kodanda Rami Reddy | |
| 24 | 1986 | Bhale Mithrulu | Bharathi | BhanuChander | Telugu | A.Mohan Gandhi | |
| 26 | 1986 | Manchi Manasulu | Janaki | Bhanuchandar | Telugu | A.Mohan Gandhi | |
| 27 | 1986 | Pratibhavantudu | Krishna | Telugu | Prabhakar Reddy | ||
| 28 | 1986 | Shravana Meghaalu | Murali Mohan | Telugu | |||
| 29 | 1986 | Konaseema Kurradu | Jyothi | Arjun Sarja | Telugu | RaviRaja Pinishetty | |
| 30 | 1986 | Kashmora | Tulasi | Rajasekhar, Rajendra Prasad | Telugu | N.B.Chakravarthy | |
| 30 | 1986 | Dosti Dushmani | Rekha / Shanti | Rishi Kapoor, Jeetendra, Rajinikanth | Hindi | Rama Rao Thatineni | Debut Film in Hindi |
| 31 | 1986 | Aalapana | Usha | Mohan | Telugu | Vamsy | |
| 32 | 1986 | Apoorva Sahodarulu | Roja | Balakrishna Nandamuri | Telugu | K.Raghavendra Rao | |
| 33 | 1986 | Anadiga Aadadi | Rajendra Prasad | Telugu | Anil Kishore | ||
| 34 | 1986 | Anasuyammagari Alludu | Rukmini | Balakrishna Nandamuri | Telugu | Kodanda Rami Reddy | |
| 35 | 1986 | Chadastapu Mogudu | Janaki | Suman | Telugu | Sharath | |
| 36 | 1987 | Srinivasa Kalyanam | Lalitha | Venkatesh | Telugu | Kodi Ramakrishna | |
| 37 | 1987 | Shankaravam | Jyothi | Krishna | Telugu | Krishna | |
| 38 | 1987 | Prema Samrat | Madhulatha | Suman | Telugu | A.Mohan Gandhi | |
| 39 | 1987 | Insaf Ki Pukar | Rani | Dharmendra, Jeetendra | Hindi | Rama Rao Thatineni | |
| 40 | 1987 | Prema Deepalu | Sarath Babu | Telugu | C.S.Bose | ||
| 41 | 1987 | Chakravarthy | Rani | Chiranjeevi | Telugu | Ravi Raja Pinishetty | |
| 42 | 1987 | Kartika Pournami | Abilasha / Gowri | Shoban Babu | Telugu | Kodanda Rami Reddy | |
| 43 | 1987 | Khudgarz | Jaya Saxena | Jeetendra, Shatrughan Sinha | Hindi | Rakesh Roshan | |
| 44 | 1987 | Donga Mogudu | Priyamvada | Chiranjeevi | Telugu | Kodanda Rami Reddy | |
| 45 | 1987 | Allari Krishnayya | Lalitha | Balakrishna Nandamuri | Telugu | Nandamuri Ramesh | |
| 46 | 1987 | Jebu Donga | Bujji | Chiranjeevi | Telugu | Kodanda Rami Reddy | |
| 47 | 1988 | Mar Mitenge | Jenny | Jeetendra, Mithun Chakraborty | Hindi | Kewal Sharma | |
| 48 | 1988 | Bharatamlo Balachandrudu | Bhanu | Balakrishna Nandamuri | Telugu | Kodi Ramakrishna | |
| 49 | 1988 | Nyayaniki Siksha | Shiva Krishna | Telugu | Rama Rao Thatineni | ||
| 50 | 1988 | Agni Keratalu | Bhanurekha | Krishna | Telugu | Rama Rao Thatineni | |
| 51 | 1988 | Tiragabadda Telugu Bidda | Padma | Balakrishna Nandamuri | Telugu | Kodanda Rami Reddy | |
| 52 | 1988 | Tamacha | Seema | Jeetendra, Rajinikanth | Hindi | Ramesh Ahuja | |
| 53 | 1988 | Khaidi No 786 | Radha | Chiranjeevi | Telugu | Vijaya Bapineedu | |
| 54 | 1988 | Trinetrudu | Pratyusha | Chiranjeevi | Telugu | Kodanda Rami Reddy | Chiranjeevi's 100th Film |
| 55 | 1988 | Swarnakamalam | Meenakshi | Venkatesh | Telugu | K.Viswanath | Nandi Award for Best Actress |
| 56 | 1989 | Suryaa: An Awakening | Shanoo | Vinod Khanna | Hindi | Esmayeel Shroff | |
| 57 | 1989 | State Rowdy | Asha | Chiranjeevi | Telugu | B.Gopal | |
| 58 | 1989 | Bhagawan | Rekha | Krishnam Raju | Telugu | Siddhartha | |
| 59 | 1989 | Black Tiger | Ramesh Babu | Telugu | Dasari Narayana Rao | ||
| 60 | 1989 | Dav Pech | Sunita Verma | Jeetendra | Hindi | Kewal Sharma | |
| 61 | 1989 | Garibon Ka Daata | Naina | Mithun Chakraborty | Hindi | Ramesh Ahuja | |
| 62 | 1989 | Gudachari 117 | Krishna | Telugu | Kodi Ramakrishna | ||
| 63 | 1989 | Kasam Vardi Ki | Aarthi | Jeetendra | Hindi | Shibu Mitra | |
| 64 | 1989 | Asokha Chakravarty | Urmila | Balakrishna Nandamuri | Telugu | S S Ravichandra | |
| 66 | 1989 | Aararo Ariraro | Meenu | K.Bhagyaraj | Tamil | K.Bhagyaraj | Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize Filmfare Award for Best Actress |
| 66 | 1990 | Zahreelay | Seema | Sanjay Dutt, Jeetendra | Hindi | Jyotin Goel | |
| 67 | 1990 | Sirayil Pootha Chinna Malar | Chitra | Vijayakanth | Tamil | Amirtham | |
| 68 | 1990 | Jayasimha | Suman | Telugu | |||
| 69 | 1990 | Chatriyan | Banu | Vijayakanth | Tamil | K.Subash | |
| 70 | 1991 | Bhabhi | Sita / Kamini | Govinda, Juhi Chawla | Hindi | Kishore Vyas | |
| 71 | 1991 | Pudhu Manithan | Sugandhi | Sathyaraj | Tamil | Manivannan | |
| 72 | 1991 | Gopura Vasalile | Kalyani | Karthik | Tamil | Priyadarshan | |
| 73 | 1991 | Shri Edu Kondala Swamy | Goddess Padmavati Devi | Arun Govil | Telugu | K.Kameswar Rao | |
| 74 | 1991 | Pondatti Sonna Kettukanum | Indira | Chandra Sekhar | Tamil | V.Sekhar | |
| 75 | 1991 | Azhagan | Priya Ranjan | Mammootty | Tamil | K. Balachander | Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize |
| 76 | 1991 | People's Encounter | Srikanth | Telugu | A.Mohan Gandhi | ||
| 77 | 1991 | Bramma | Pavitra | Sathyaraj | Tamil | K.Subash | |
| 78 | 1991 | Thalapathi | Padma | Rajinikanth | Tamil | Manirathnam | |
| 79 | 1991 | Thaipoosam | Sivagami | Nassar | Tamil | ||
| 80 | 1991 | Ramudu Kadu Rakshasudu | Suman | Telugu | Dasari Narayana Rao | ||
| 81 | 1992 | Magudam | Bhavani | Sathyaraj | Tamil | Prathap K. Pothan | |
| 82 | 1992 | Bharathan | Indhu | Vijayakanth | Tamil | Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy | |
| 83 | 1992 | Therku Theru Machan | Parimala | Sathyaraj | Tamil | K.Subash | |
| 84 | 1992 | Sundara Kandam | Deivanai | K.Bhagyaraj | Tamil | K.Bhagyaraj | |
| 85 | 1992 | Pangali | Saidhai Tamizharasi | Sathyaraj | Tamil | K.Subash | |
| 86 | 1992 | Rajashilpi | Durga | Mohanlal | Malayalam | R.Sukumaran | Debut Film in Malayalam |
| 87 | 1992 | Amaran | Sivagaami | Karthik | Tamil | K.Rajeswar | |
| 88 | 1992 | Kaviya Thalaivan | Priya / Saradha | Vijayakanth | Tamil | Dual Role | |
| 89 | 1992 | Vaaname Ellai | Herself | Anand Babu, Ramya Krishnan | Tamil | K. Balachander | Guest Appearance in a special song |
| 90 | 1992 | Neenga Nalla Irukkanum | Anjalai | Nizhalgal Ravi | Tamil | Visu | |
| 91 | 1993 | Kattalai | Vijaya | Sathyaraj | Tamil | Liaquat Ali Khan | |
| 92 | 1993 | Porantha Veeda Puguntha Veeda | Amudha | Sivakumar | Tamil | V. Sekhar | |
| 93 | 1993 | Bhagat | Suman | Telugu | Satya Reddy | ||
| 94 | 1993 | Maharasan | Selvi | Kamal Haasan | Tamil | G.N.Rangarajan | |
| 95 | 1993 | Mutrugai | DSP Bhavani | Arun Pandiyan | Tamil | Manobala | |
| 96 | 1993 | Rajadurai | Vijayakanth | Tamil | S.A.Chandrasekhar | Guest Appearance in special song | |
| 97 | 1993 | Kirayi Gunda | Krishna | Telugu | |||
| 98 | 1993 | Gokulam | Gayathri / Mary | Arjun Sarja | Tamil | Vikraman | |
| 99 | 1993 | Uzhavan | Prabhu Ganesan | Tamil | Kathir | ||
| 100 | 1994 | Rasika | Ravichandran | Kannada | Dwarakish | Debut Film in Kannada | |
| 101 | 1994 | Ish Gup Chup | Ravali | Varun Kumar | Telugu | Jandhyala | |
| 102 | 1994 | Bangaru Mogudu | Amulya | Suman | Telugu | ThammaReddy Bharadwaj | |
| 103 | 1995 | Highway | Meera | Suresh Gopi | Malayalam | Jayaraaj | |
| 104 | 1995 | Peddarayudu | Lakshmi | Mohan Babu | Telugu | Ravi Raja Pinishetty | |
| 105 | 1995 | Chakravarthy | Bhanu | Karthik | Tamil | M.Baskar | |
| 106 | 1996 | Azhakiya Ravanan | Anuradha | Mammootty | Malayalam | Kamal | |
| 107 | 1996 | Amma Durgamma | Goddess Durga | Sasikumar | Telugu | ||
| 108 | 1997 | Mama Bagunnava | Gowri | Rajendra Prasad, Naresh | Telugu | Kodi RamaKrishna | |
| 109 | 1997 | Kulam | Subhadra | Suresh Gopi | Malayalam | Lenin Rajendran | |
| 110 | 1997 | Rishyasringan | Poornima | Krishna, Shyjudev | Malayalam | Suresh Unnithan | |
| 111 | 1997 | Annamayya | Goddess Padmavathi Devi | Akkineni Nagarjuna, Suman | Telugu | K. Raghavendra Rao | |
| 112 | 1998 | Thalaimurai | Panchavarnam | Rajkiran | Tamil | Rajkiran | |
| 113 | 1998 | Aaha | Rajeswari (Raaji) | Raghuvaran | Tamil | Suresh Krishna | |
| 114 | 1998 | Aaha | Geeta | Jagapati Babu | Telugu | Suresh Krishna | Guest Role |
| 115 | 1999 | Endrendrum Kadhal | Pooja | Vijay | Tamil | Manoj Bhatnagar | |
| 116 | 1999 | Anantha Poongathe | Banu | Karthik | Tamil | Raj Kapoor | Guest Role |
| 117 | 2000 | Annai | Kanagamahalakshmi | Nassar | Tamil | ||
| 118 | 2000 | February 14, Necklace Road | Suman | Telugu | Sreenivasa Reddy | Guest Role | |
| 119 | 2000 | Ayodhya Ramaiah | Padmavathi | Srihari | Telugu | Chandra Mahesh | |
| 120 | 2000 | Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal | Maya Varma | Jayaram | Malayalam | Sathyan Anthikad | |
| 121 | 2000 | Devara Maga | Shivarajkumar, Ambareesh | Kannada | D.Rajendra Babu | ||
| 122 | 2000 | Jayam Manadera | Bhuvaneswari | Venkatesh | Telugu | N. Shankar | |
| 123 | 2000 | Hindustan The Mother | Naresh | Telugu | G. Haribabu | ||
| 124 | 2001 | Sree Rajarajeswary | Goddess Parasakthi | Ramya Krishnan | Tamil | ||
| 125 | 2001 | Thaali Kaatha Kaaliamman | Goddess Kaali | Prabhu | Tamil | ||
| 126 | 2002 | Simhadriya Simha | Lakshmi | Vishnuvardhan, Meena, Umashree | Kannada | S. Narayan | |
| 127 | 2002 | Naina | Azhagu Nachiyar | Jayaram | Tamil | Manobala | |
| 128 | 2002 | Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo | Indu | Harikrishna, Suman | Telugu | YVS Chowdary | Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 129 | 2004 | Jai | Prashanth, Thyagarajan | Tamil | S. Narayan | ||
| 130 | 2004 | Manjupoloru Penkutti | Arundathi | Amrutha Prakash, Suresh Krishna | Malayalam | Kamal | |
| 131 | 2004 | Jore | Meenakshi | Sathyaraj, Sibiraj, Gajala | Tamil | Selva | |
| 132 | 2004 | Kadamba | Yamini | Dr.Vishnuvardhan, Avinash | Kannada | Suresh Krishna | |
| 133 | 2004 | Shravanamasam | Rajyam | Harikrishna, Krishna, Gajala | Telugu | Posani KrishnaMurali | |
| 134 | 2004 | Chellame | Vishal Krishna, Reema Sen | Tamil | Gandhi Krishna | Guest Appearance in a song "Kummi Adi" | |
| 135 | 2005 | Orey Pandu | Akhilandeswari | Sachin | Telugu | S. V. Krishna Reddy | |
| 136 | 2005 | Gautam S.S.C | Bhanu | Navadeep | Telugu | Arun Prasad | |
| 137 | 2005 | Hridayathi Sookshikkaan | Sreenath's mother | Kunchako Boban, Bhavana | Malayalam | Rajesh Pillai | |
| 138 | 2005 | Chhatrapati | Rajya Lakshmi | Prabhas, Shriya | Telugu | S.S.Rajamouli | Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 139 | 2006 | Raathrimazha | Malayalam | Lenin Rajendran | |||
| 140 | 2007 | Oru Ponnu Oru Paiyan | Sarath Babu | Tamil | |||
| 141 | 2007 | Polladhavan | Thilaka | Dhanush | Tamil | Vetrimaaran | |
| 142 | 2008 | Mahayagnam | Nassar | Telugu | Krishna Tota | ||
| 143 | 2008 | Theekuchi | Tamil | ||||
| 144 | 2008 | Pellaindi Kaani | Rajeshwari | Allari Naresh, Kamalini Mukherjee | Telugu | E.V.V.Sathya Narayana | |
| 145 | 2009 | Mesthru | Devaraj | Kannada | Mahadev | ||
| 146 | 2010 | My Name is Amruta | Bhanuchandar | Telugu | Venkat Gowri | ||
| 147 | 2012 | 3 | Ram's mother | Dhanush | Tamil | Aishwarya R. Dhanush | |
| 148 | 2012 | Dammu | Vasundhara | NTR Jr. | Telugu | Boyapati Srinu | |
| 149 | 2013 | Chatrapathi | Siddanth | Kannada | Dinesh Gandhi | ||
| 150 | 2014 | Avathaaram | Akkamma | Richard Rishi, Radhika Kumaraswamy | Telugu | Kodi Ramakrishna |
Dubbing artist
- Urmila Matondkar - Indian (Tamil Movie)
Awards
- Nandi Award for Best Actress in 1988 for her performance in Swarna Kamalam
- Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu in 1988 for her performance in Swarna Kamalam
- Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil in 1989for her performance in Aararo Aaariraro
- Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize in 1989 for the film Aararo Aaariraro
- Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize in 1991 for the film Azhagan
- Cinema Express Awards in 1996 for the film Peddarayudu
- Screen Videocon Award for the television serial Shakti.
- Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2002 for the film Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo
- Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2005 for the film Chatrapati
- JFW Divas of South - Awarded on 12 October 2012 by Just for Women magazine for her contribution to south Indian cinema.