Sudha Rani
Sudharani in 2020
Born
Jayashree

Bangalore, India
OccupationActress
Years active1978–present
Spouses
Sanjay
​
​
(m. 1996; div. 1998)​
    Govardhan
    ​
    (m. 2000)​
    Children1

    Jayashree, known by her screen name Sudha Rani, is an Indian actress, voice artist and former model. She has primarily worked in Kannada films. She also acted in a few Telugu, Tulu and Malayalam films in about 150 films.

    As a child artist, she acted in Kiladi Kittu (1978), Kulla Kulli (1980), Anupama (1981) Bhagyavantha and Ranganayaki (1981). She debuted as a lead actress at age 13 with Anand (1986). She has won the Filmfare Awards and the Karnataka State Film Awards twice for her performances in Panchama Veda (1990) and Mysore Mallige (1992).

    Early years

    Sudha Rani was born into a "a conservative Brahmin family" of H. S. Gopalakrishna and Nagalakshmi. The family lived in the Malleswaram suburb of Bengaluru. Sudha Rani aspired to be a doctor since most of her relatives were into academics with many doctors among them.[1] Her uncle was eminent film personality, Chi. Udaya Shankar.

    Sudha Rani was educated at St. Thomas school, in its Malleswaram and Seshadripura branches, and recalled reading books being her pastime as a child. She first faced camera for an advertisement for Kwality Biscuits when she was two-and-a-half years old. The cameraman of the advertisement recommended her name to director of the 1978 film, Kiladi Kittu, who cast her to play the younger version of Kavitha's character and her brother as the younger version of Rajinikanth's character.[1] Her mother enrolled Sudha Rani in dance classes at age five; she would train in Kuchipudi and Bharata Natyam. At age 7, she was roped in by her brother for his short film based on children, titled as Child is Here which won an international award. She also actively participated in the children shows at the Prabhat Kalavidaru theatre troupe.

    Film career

    Sudha Rani made her first appearance in television as a child in the Kwality biscuits advertisement when she was two and a half years old. She made her debut in Kannada cinema as a child artist at the age of three with the film Kiladi Kittu starring Vishnuvardhan and Rajinikanth. Sudha Rani was noticed by producer Parvathamma Rajkumar in a thread ceremony video when she was 12 and selected to be the heroine for the film Anand (1986) opposite Shiva Rajkumar and the film became a commercial success.[2] They became a popular pair and she went on to appear in more films as Mana Mechchida Hudugi, Samara, Aasegobba Meesegobba and Midida Shruthi opposite Shiva Rajkumar. She was paired with Ramesh Aravind in over eight films, including Panchama Veda, Shrigandha, Aragini, Ganda Mane Makkalu, Varagala Bete, Balondu Chaduranga, Accident and Anuraga Sangama. Her Tamil films Annakili Sonna Kathai and Vasanthakala Paravai, proved to be commercial successes. She acted in almost 10 Tamil films and was credited as Shali.

    Personal life

    Sudha Rani married a U.S.-based anesthesia specialist, Dr. Sanjay in 1996. However citing irreconcilable differences, they parted ways in 1998. Later, she married Govardhan in 2000[3] and has a daughter Nidhi, born in 2001.[4]

    Filmography

    • Films mainly in Kannada except where otherwise noted.
    Key
    † Denotes films that have not yet been released
    Year Film Role Language Notes Ref.
    1978Kiladi KittuGeetha KannadaCredited as Baby Jayashree[5]
    1980Kulla KulliYoung Chitra Kannada Credited as Baby Jayashree[5]
    1981RanganayakiYoung Ranganayaki Kannada Credited as Baby Jayashree[6]
    AnupamaYoung Anupama Kannada Credited as Baby Jayashree[5]
    BhagyavanthaYoung Tara Kannada Credited as Baby Jayashree[5]
    1982Baadada HooUsha KannadaCredited as Sudha
    1986 AnandMala KannadaDebut as lead actor[7]
    1987 Manamecchida HudugiGowri Kannada[8]
    Vijayotsava Kannada
    1988 Devatha ManushyaSeetha Kannada[9]
    RanarangaShashikala Kannada[10]
    Ganda Mane MakkaluKamala Kannada
    Sambhavami Yuge Yuge Kannada[11]
    1989 Krishna Nee KunidagaRadha Kannada[10]
    Manmatha RajaRathi Kannada[12]
    Avane Nanna GandaMangala Kannada
    Annakili Sonna KathaiGowri Tamil
    1990 Panchama VedaRukmini Kannada[13]
    Aasegobba MeesegobbaUrmila Kannada
    Ashoka ChakraAsha Kannada
    Irugillu Porugillu Telugu
    Halliya SurasuraruGowri Kannada
    PrathapShanthi Kannada[14]
    Shabarimale Swamy AyyappaParvati Kannada
    ThrinethraAsha Kannada
    1991 Varagala Bete Kannada
    Vasanthakala ParavaiUma TamilCredited as Shali
    1992 Mysore MalligePadma Kannada [10]
    Midida ShruthiSujatha Kannada
    Sugamana Sumaigal TamilCredited as Shali[15]
    Mannina DoniSowbhagya/Padmavathi[lower-alpha 1] Kannada
    Jeevana ChaitraLakshmi KannadaExtended special appearance
    Vasanthakala MalargalShanthi TamilCredited as Shali
    SapthapadiSudha Kannada
    Mouna Mozhi TamilCredited as Shali
    Belliyappa BangarappaHerself KannadaCameo
    Hosa Raaga Kannada
    1993 Munjaneya ManjuMeera Kannada
    Mane Devru Janaki Kannada [16]
    Bhagawan Sri SaibabaParvati Kannada
    Hrudaya BandhanaDr. Asha Kannada
    ThangakkiliSwathi TamilCredited as Shali
    Ananda JyothiJyothi Kannada
    Kumkuma BhagyaMary Kannada
    Chinnari MuthaMarisha KannadaSpecial appearance in song Maarisha Maarisha
    Bangar Patler Tulu
    1994 MahakshathriyaPriyadarshini/Lakshmi KannadaDouble role
    SwathiSwathi Kannada
    Gold MedalUsha Kannada
    Vijaya KankanaNayana Kannada
    CurfewSudha KannadaCameo
    1995 SrigandhaArundathi Kannada[17]
    AraginiRani Kannada[18]
    Aadyathe KanmaniAmbika Malayalam
    Kona EdaitheVishnu's wife KannadaCameo
    Mister AbhishekKiran Kannada
    Anuraga SangamaKasthuri Kannada
    SamaraUsha Kannada
    KavyaKavya Kannada
    1996 Simhadri Kannada
    Vasantha KavyaKavya Kannada
    Stunt MasterPooja Kannada
    1999 Naanenu MaadlillaChitra Kannada
    2000 SparshaRadha Kannada[19]
    2001 Sri ManjunathaBhoodevi KannadaCameo
    Sri Manjunatha Bhoodevi Telugu Cameo
    Chandana ChiguruBharathi Kannada
    2002 Thrishakthi Jahnavi Kannada
    2003 Badri Kannada Cameo [20]
    Preethi Prema Pranaya Jyothi Kannada [21]
    Khaaki Tulasi Kannada
    2004 BimbaDolly Kannada[22]
    Talikattuva ShubhaveleJyothi Kannada[23]
    2005 Namma BasavaBasava's sister-in-law Kannada[24]
    Anna Thangi Kannada
    ThuntaSudha Kannada
    Auto ShankarGeetha Kannada
    Magic AjjiNirmala Devi Kannada
    AbhinandaneKamala Kannada
    2006 TirupathiDistrict Commissioner Margaret Kannada
    O PriyathamaVasu Kannada
    MandyaGayatri Kannada
    2007 ThamashegagiRamya Kannada
    Ee Preethi Yeke Bhoomi MelideChikkayya's wife KannadaCameo
    2008 AccidentSuguna Shankar KannadaCameo
    Mr. GaragasaGauri Kannada
    Prachanda RavanaMandodari Kannada
    Navashakthi VaibhavaSharadamba Kannada
    2009 Maleyali JotheyaliLucky's mother KannadaCameo
    GhautthamRajeswari Kannada
    Bhagyada BalegaraUnnamed KannadaSpecial appearance in song Ghallu Ghallenutha
    Eshtu Nagthi Nagu Kannada
    Huchchi Kannada
    Ishwar Kannada
    2010 KaananaBasanthi Kannada
    ThamassuMunavar's mother KannadaCameo
    2011 Jolly BoyIndramma Gopalaswamy Kannada
    2012 Jeevana Joke-alliAmrutha Kannada
    Indina Satya Kannada
    DandupalyaBharathi Kannada
    GuruTejaswini Kannada
    2013 Bharath StoresBharathi Kannada
    2014 Vasundhara Kannada
    Sachin! Tendulkar Alla Kannada
    BahaddurDoctor Kannada
    BelliNidhi Kannada
    2015 Siddhartha Kannada
    Vaastu Prakaara Vandana Kannada
    Rebel Kannada
    Billa Kannada
    Luv U Alia Kiran's mother Kannada
    Plus Samarthana Kannada [25]
    Sharpshooter Kannada [26]
    2016 Siganduru Chowdeshwari Mahime Chowdeshwari Devi Kannada
    July 22, 1947 Kannada [27]
    2017 Happy New Year Varalakshmi Kannada [28]
    Dada is Back Kannada
    Vismaya Dr. Prema Bilingual Credited as Shali (Tamil) [29]
    Bharjari Kannada [30]
    2018 Life Jothe Ondh Selfie Thulsi Kannada [31]
    2019 Jessie Dr. Aradhya Telugu
    Padde Huli Sampath's mother Kannada [16]
    Premier Padmini Spandana Kannada [32]
    Amar Amar's mother Kannada [33]
    Chitrakatha Samaya Kannada [34]
    Geetha Geethanjali Kannada [35]
    Vrithra Kannada [36]
    Kannad Gothilla Commissioner of Police Kannada [37]
    2020 Mayabazar 2016 Usha Kannada [38]
    Law Dr. Vimala Pathak Kannada [39]
    2021 Yuvarathnaa Professor Kannada [40]
    2022 Trikona Seetha Kannada [41]
    Avatara Purusha Yashodha Kannada [42]
    Thurthu Nirgamana Nurse Kannada [43]
    Vasanthi Nalidaga Madhu Kannada [44]
    2023 Prajarajya Vagdevi Kannada [45]

    Voice-over

    Year Film Actress
    1999PremotsavaRoja
    2002Simhadriya SimhaMeena
    2004MauryaRoja
    2004MonalisaSadha
    2012PrasadMadhuri Bhattacharya
    2014MaanikyaRamya Krishnan
    2022K.G.F: Chapter 2Raveena Tandon

    Awards and nominations

    Year[lower-alpha 2] Award Category Work Result Ref(s)
    1987 Mana Mechchida Hudugi BR Panthulu Award Best Actress Won
    1991 Panchama Veda Karnataka State Film Awards Best Actress Won
    1992 Mysore Mallige Won
    Filmfare Awards South Best Actress Won [46]
    2000 Sparsha Won [47]
    2015 Vaastu Prakaara Best Supporting Actress – Kannada Won [48]
    2019 Life Jothe Ondh Selfie Nominated [49]
    2023 Thurthu Nirgamana Chandanavana Film Critics Academy Awards Best Supporting Actress Won [50]
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    Notes

    1. ↑ She played one character with two names.
    2. ↑ Refers to the year in which the ceremony was held.

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