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{{short description|Indian actress}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Bhanupriya
| image = Bhanupriya.png
| caption = Bhanupriya in the film ''[[Donga Mogudu]]'' (1987)
| birthname = Mangabhanu
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1967|01|15}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 January 2014 |title=భానుప్రియ-వంశీ కాంబినేషన్ అంటేనే... |url=https://www.sakshi.com/news/features/bhanupriya-birth-day-97410 |access-date=23 December 2020 |website=[[Sakshi (newspaper)|Sakshi]] |language=te}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Rajahmundry]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], India
| years active = 1983–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Adarsh Kaushal|1998|2005|reason=divorced}}
| children = 1
| relatives = [[Shantipriya]] (sister)
}}

'''Bhanupriya''' (born '''Mangabhanu'''; 15 January 1967) is an Indian actress, [[Kuchipudi]] dancer, and voice artist. In a career spanning over 4 decades, Bhanupriya has appeared in 155 feature films, predominantly in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films, in a variety of roles.

She has garnered three state [[Nandi Awards]], two [[Tamil Nadu State Film Awards]], two [[Filmfare Awards South]] and two [[Cinema Express Awards]].

==Early life==
Bhanupriya was born on 15 January 1967 in [[Rangampeta]] village near [[Rajahmundry]], [[Andhra Pradesh]] in a [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-speaking family, to Pandu Babu and Ragamali. She was named as Mangabhanu.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 January 2019 |title=సితార - జనవరి 15 (సినీ చరిత్రలో ఈరోజు) - ఈరోజే |url=https://www2.sitara.net/eeroje/eeroju-january-15-2019%2c/7790 |access-date=23 December 2020 |website=[[Eenadu|సితార]] |language=te}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Chauhan |first=Ramesh |date=7 January 2017 |title=నాట్య మయూరి భానుప్రియ! |url=https://www.manatelangana.news/its-all-about-actress-bhanupriya/ |access-date=23 December 2020 |website=[[Mana Telangana]] |language=te}}</ref> Her family later moved to [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]. She has an elder brother Gopikrishana and a younger sister [[Shantipriya (actress)|Shantipriya]], who has also been a film actress since the 1990s.<ref name="indolink.com">{{cite web |title=An Interview with Bhanu Priya |url=http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/People/98/August/Bhanupriya.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323000031/http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/People/98/August/Bhanupriya.htm |archive-date=23 March 2017 |access-date=8 July 2017 |website=www.indolink.com}}</ref><ref name="thehindu.com">{{cite news |title=For actor Banupriya family comes first now |newspaper=The Hindu |date=28 September 2006 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/for-actor-banupriya-family-comes-first-now/article3082428.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107115221/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/for-actor-banupriya-family-comes-first-now/article3082428.ece |archive-date=7 November 2017 |access-date=8 July 2017}}</ref>

== Career ==
She was one of the mainstream top actresses for more than a decade from 1983 to 1995. She made her acting debut with the Tamil film ''[[Mella Pesungal]]'' (1983).<ref name="hindu">{{cite news |author=S.R. Ashok Kumar |date=1 October 2006 |title=For Bhanupriya family comes first now |work=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/for-banupriya-family-comes-first-now/article3055135.ece |url-status=live |access-date=15 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109103845/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/for-banupriya-family-comes-first-now/article3055135.ece |archive-date=9 January 2014}}</ref> She then appeared in the Telugu hit ''[[Sitaara]]'', which won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu]] for that year. She then played an [[ornithologist]] in the 1985 mystery film ''[[Anveshana]]''. In 1986, she made her Hindi film debut with ''[[Dosti Dushmani]]''.<ref name="32ndawardPDF">{{cite web |title=32nd National Film Awards (PDF) |url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/32nd_nff_1985.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029203732/http://dff.nic.in/2011/32nd_nff_1985.pdf |archive-date=29 October 2013 |access-date=6 January 2012 |publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]}}</ref>

In 1988, she appeared in ''[[Swarnakamalam]]'', which was screened at the Indian panorama section of the 1988 [[International Film Festival of India]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Directorate of Film Festival |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/FrmIP1988Award.aspx?PdfName=IP1988 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105656/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/FrmIP1988Award.aspx?PdfName=IP1988 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=8 July 2017}}</ref> and the [[Ann Arbor Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web |date=2 May 2017 |title=Dance without frontiers: K Viswanath – Director who aims to revive classical arts |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/viral-and-trending/020517/dance-without-frontiers-k-viswanath-director-who-aims-to-revive-classical-arts.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812035428/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/viral-and-trending/020517/dance-without-frontiers-k-viswanath-director-who-aims-to-revive-classical-arts.html |archive-date=12 August 2017 |access-date=8 July 2017}}</ref> Bhanupriya received the [[Cinema Express Awards - 1988|Indian Express Award for Best Actress]],<ref name="newspaper">{{Citation |author=Express News Service |title=Cinema Express readers choose Agni Nakshathiram |date=11 March 1989 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19910222&printsec=frontpage |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |page=4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011170042/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19910222&printsec=frontpage |access-date=7 October 2016 |archive-date=11 October 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> the [[Nandi Award for Best Actress]], and the [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu]] for her performance in the film.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S5ZZAAAAMAAJ |title=Vidura |publisher=C. Sarkar. |year=1989}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=- Ranjana Dave |date=30 June 2011 |title=The meaning in movement |url=http://archive.asianage.com/dance/meaning-movement-323 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006124629/http://archive.asianage.com/dance/meaning-movement-323 |archive-date=6 October 2014 |access-date=4 September 2012 |publisher=The Asian Age}}</ref> In 1989 and 1991, her performances in the Tamil hits ''[[Aararo Aariraro]],'' and ''[[Azhagan]]'' brought her the [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize]]s, respectively.<ref>{{cite book |last=Anandan |first=Film News |title=Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru (Tamil Film History and Its Achievements) |publisher=Sivagami Publications |year=2004 |page=738}}</ref>

She received the JFW Divas of South India Award - for her contribution to South Indian cinema, the Gemini TV Puraskaram for lifetime achievement in television and various other honors.<ref name="indolink.com" /><ref name="thehindu.com" />

==Personal life==
Bhanupriya married Adarsh Kaushal, a digital graphics engineer, at the Sri Venkateswara temple in [[Malibu, California]], on 14 June 1998. The couple has a daughter, Abhinaya, born in 2002.<ref name="indolink.com"/><ref name="thehindu.com"/>

Bhanupriya divorced Kaushal in 2005 and returned to India, and resumed her acting career. She lives in [[Chennai]] with her daughter.<ref>{{cite news |author=SRIREKHA PILLAI |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/09/13/stories/2004091302680300.htm |title=ABHINAYA, Bhanupriya's new love |date=13 September 2004 |access-date=15 September 2013 |archive-date=21 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921060826/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/09/13/stories/2004091302680300.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |url-status=dead}}</ref> Kaushal died in 2018 after suffering a cardiac arrest.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adivi |first=Sashidhar |date=3 February 2018 |title=Bhanu priya's ex husband passes away |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/tollywood/030218/bhanu-priyas-ex-husband-passed-away.html |access-date=6 May 2021 |website=Deccan Chronicle |language=en}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
====Acting roles====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+List of films and roles
|-
!Year!!Title!!Role!!Language!!class="unsortable"|Notes
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Mella Pesungal]]''
| Uma
| Tamil
| Debut Film in Tamil
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Sitaara]]''
| Sitaara / Kokila
| Telugu
| Debut Film in Telugu
|-
| 1984
| ''Rowdy''
| Ganga
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1984
| ''Ramayanamlo Bhagavatam''
|
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Palnati Puli]]''
| Rani
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1984
| ''[[James Bond (1999 film)|Jamesbond 999]]''
|
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1984
| ''Chadarangam''
|
| [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Gruhalakshmi]]''
| Swapna Priya
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Illale Devata]]''
|
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Jhansi Rani (1988 film)|Jhansi Rani]]''
| Jhansi Rani
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1985
| ''Mogudu Pellalu''
| Saroja
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1985
| ''Musugu Donga''
| Swapna
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1985
| ''Bangaru Chiluka''
| Hema / Chilaka
| Telugu
| Dual Role
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Preminchu Pelladu]]''
| Radha
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1985
| ''Jwala''
|
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1985
| ''Thendral Thodhata Malar''
|
| Tamil
|
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Garjana]]''
|
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1985
| ''Kutumba Bandham''
|
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1985
| ''Illaliko Pariksha''
|
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1985
| ''Atmabalam''
| Vishali
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1985
| ''America Alludu''
| Radha
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Anveshana]]''
| Hema
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Vijetha]]''
| Priyadarshini
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1986
| ''Bhale Mithrulu''
| Bharathi
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Manchi Manasulu]]''
| Janaki
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1986
| ''Pratibhavantudu''
|
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1986
| ''Shravana Meghaalu''
|
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1986
| ''Konaseema Kurradu''
| Jyothi
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1986
| ''Kashmora''
| Tulasi
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Dosti Dushmani]]''
| Rekha / Shanti
| Hindi
| Debut Film in Hindi
|-
| 1986
| ''Aalapana''
| Usha
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Apoorva Sahodarulu]]''
| Roja
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1986
| ''Anadiga Aadadi''
|
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1986
| ''Anasuyammagari Alludu''
| Rukmini
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1986
| ''Chadastapu Mogudu''
| Janaki
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Srinivasa Kalyanam]]''
| Lalitha
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1987
| ''Shankaravam''
| Jyothi
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1987
| ''Prema Samrat''
| Madhulatha
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Insaf Ki Pukar]]''
| Rani
| [[Hindi]]
|
|-
| 1987
| ''Prema Deepalu''
|
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Chakravarthy (1987 film)|Chakravarthy]]''
| Rani
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1987
| ''Kartika Pournami''
| Abilasha / Gowri
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Khudgarz]]''
| Jaya Saxena
| Hindi
|
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Donga Mogudu]]''
| Priyamvada
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1987
| ''Allari Krishnayya''
| Lalitha
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Dharmapatni (1987 film)|Dharmapatni]]''
| S.I Vidya
|Telugu
|
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Jebu Donga]]''
| Bujji
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Mar Mitenge]]''
| Jenny
| Hindi
|
|-
| 1988
| ''Bharatamlo Balachandrudu''
| Bhanu
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1988
| ''Nyayaniki Siksha''
|
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1988
| ''Agni Keratalu''
| Bhanurekha
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1988
| ''Tiragabadda Telugu Bidda''
| Padma
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Tamacha]]''
| Seema
| Hindi
|
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Khaidi No. 786]]''
| Radha
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Trinetrudu]]''
| Pratyusha
| Telugu
| Chiranjeevi's 100th Film
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Swarnakamalam]]''
| Meenakshi
| Telugu
| [[Nandi Award for Best Actress]]
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Suryaa: An Awakening]]''
| Shanoo
| Hindi
|
|-
| 1989
| ''[[State Rowdy]]''
| Asha
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Bhagawan]]''
| Rekha
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1989
| ''Black Tiger''
|
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Dav Pech]]''
| Sunita Verma
| Hindi
|
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Garibon Ka Daata]]''
| Naina
| Hindi
|
|-
| 1989
| ''Gudachari 117''
|
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Kasam Vardi Ki]]''
| Aarthi
| Hindi
|
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Ashoka Chakravarthy]]''
| Urmila
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Aararo Aaariraro|Aararo Ariraro]]''
| Meenu
| Tamil
| [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize]]<br/>[[Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil|Filmfare Award for Best Actress]]
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Zahreelay]]''
| Seema
| Hindi
|
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Sirayil Pootha Chinna Malar]]''
| Chitra
| Tamil
|
|-
| 1990
| ''Jayasimha''
|
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Chatriyan (film)|Chatriyan]]''
| Banu
| Tamil
|
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Bhabhi (1991 film)|Bhabhi]]''
| Sita / Kamini
| Hindi
|
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Pudhu Manithan]]''
| Sugandhi
| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
|
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Gopura Vasalile]]''
| Kalyani
| Tamil
|
|-
| 1991
| ''Shri Edu Kondala Swamy''
| Goddess Padmavati Devi
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Pondatti Sonna Kettukanum]]''
| Indira
| Tamil
|
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Azhagan]]''
| Priya Ranjan
| Tamil
| [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize]]
|-
| 1991
| ''[[People's Encounter]]''
|
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Bramma]]''
| Pavitra
| Tamil
|
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Thalapathi]]''
| Padma
| Tamil
|
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Thaipoosam]]''
| Sivagami
| Tamil
|
|-
| 1991
| ''Ramudu Kadu Rakshasudu''
|
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Magudam]]''
| Bhavani
| Tamil
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Bharathan (1992 film)|Bharathan]]''
| Indhu
| Tamil
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Therku Theru Machan]]''
| Parimala
| Tamil
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Sundara Kandam]]''
| Deivanai
| Tamil
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Pangali]]''
| Saidhai Tamizharasi
| Tamil
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Rajashilpi]]''
| Durga
| Malayalam
| Debut Film in Malayalam
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Amaran (film)|Amaran]]''
| Sivagaami
| Tamil
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Kaviya Thalaivan (1992 film)|Kaviya Thalaivan]]''
| Priya / Saradha
| Tamil
| Dual Role
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Vaaname Ellai]]''
| Herself
| Tamil
| Guest Appearance in a special song
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Neenga Nalla Irukkanum]]''
| Anjalai
| Tamil
|
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Kattalai (film)|Kattalai]]''
| Vijaya
| Tamil
|
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Porantha Veeda Puguntha Veeda]]''
| Amudha
| Tamil
|
|-
| 1993
| ''Bhagat''
|
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Maharasan]]''
| Selvi
| Tamil
|
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Mutrugai]]''
| DSP Bhavani
| Tamil
|
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Rajadurai (film)|Rajadurai]]''
|
| Tamil
| Guest Appearance in special song
|-
| 1993
| ''Kirayi Gunda''
|
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Gokulam]]''
| Gayathri / Mary
| Tamil
|
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Uzhavan]]''
|
| Tamil
|
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Rasika (film)|Rasika]]''
|
| Kannada
| Debut Film in Kannada
|-
| 1994
|''Ish Gup Chup''
| Ravali
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1994
| ''Bangaru Mogudu''
| Amulya
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Highway (1995 film)|Highway]]''
| Meera
| Malayalam
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Pedarayudu]]''
| Lakshmi
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Chakravarthy (1995 film)|Chakravarthy]]''
| Bhanu
| Tamil
|
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Azhakiya Ravanan]]''
| Anuradha
| Malayalam
|
|-
| 1996
| ''Amma Durgamma''
| Goddess Durga
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Mama Bagunnava]]''
| Gowri
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Kulam]]''
| Subhadra
| [[Malayalam]]
|
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Rishyasringan]]''
| Poornima
| Malayalam
|
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Annamayya (film)|Annamayya]]''
| [[Padmavathi|Goddess Padmavathi]]
| Telugu
|
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Thalaimurai]]''
| Panchavarnam
| Tamil
|
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Aahaa..! (1997 film)|Aahaa..!]]''
| Rajeswari (Raaji)
| Tamil
|
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Aahaa..! (1998 film)|Aahaa..!]]''
| Geeta
| Telugu
| Guest Role
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Endrendrum Kadhal]]''
| Pooja
| Tamil||Comeback film after her marriage
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Anantha Poongathe]]''
| Banu
| Tamil
| Guest Role
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Annai (2000 film)|Annai]]''
| Kanagamahalakshmi
| Tamil
|
|-
| 2000
| ''14 February Necklace Road''
| ''14 February Necklace Road''
| Telugu
| Guest Role
|-
| 2000
| ''Ayodhya Ramaiah''
| Padmavathi
| Telugu
|
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal]]''
| Maya Varma
| Malayalam
|
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Devara Maga]]''
| Annapoorna
| Kannada
|
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Jayam Manadera]]''
| Bhuvaneswari
| Telugu
|
|-
| 2000
| ''Hindustan The Mother''
|
| Telugu
|
|-
| 2001
| ''Sree Rajarajeswary''
| Goddess Parasakthi
| Tamil
|
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Thaali Kaatha Kaaliamman]]''
| Goddess Kaali
| Tamil
|
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Simhadriya Simha]]''
| Lakshmi
| [[Kannada]]
|
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Naina (2002 film)|Naina]]''
| Azhagu Nachiyar
| Tamil
|
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo]]''
| Indu
| Telugu
| [[Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress]]
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Jai (2004 Tamil film)|Jai]]''
| Veerapandi's wife / Jai's mother
| Tamil
|
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Manjupoloru Penkutti]]''
| Arundathi
| Malayalam
|
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Jore]]''
| Meenakshi
| Tamil
|
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Kadamba (2004 film)|Kadamba]]''
| Yamini
| Kannada
|
|-
| 2004
| ''Shravanamasam''
| Rajyam
| Telugu
|
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Chellamae]]''
| Herself
| Tamil
| Guest Appearance in a song "Kummi Adi"
|-
| 2005
| ''Orey Pandu''
| Akhilandeswari
| Telugu
|
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Gowtam SSC]]''
| Bhanu
| Telugu
|
|-
| 2005
| ''Hridayathi Sookshikkaan''
| Sreenath's mother
| Malayalam
|
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Chhatrapati (film)|Chhatrapati]]''
| Rajya Lakshmi
| Telugu
| [[Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress]]
|-
| 2006
| ''Raathrimazha''
|
| Malayalam
|
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Oru Ponnu Oru Paiyan]]''
| Ganga
| Tamil
|
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Polladhavan (2007 film)|Polladhavan]]''
| Thilaka
| Tamil
|
|-
| 2008
| ''Mahayagnam''
|
| Telugu
|
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Theekuchi]]''
| Sakthi
| Tamil
|
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Pellaindi Kaani]]''
| Rajeshwari
| Telugu
|
|-
| 2009
| ''Mesthru''
|
| Kannada
|
|-
| 2010
| ''My Name is Amruta''
|
| Telugu
|
|-
| 2012
| ''[[3 (2012 Indian film)|3]]''
| Ram's mother
| Tamil
|
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Dammu]]''
| Vasundhara
| Telugu
|
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Chatrapathi (2013 film)|Chatrapathi]]''
|
| Kannada
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Avatharam (2014 Telugu film)|Avathaaram]]''
| Akkamma
| Telugu
|
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Shivalinga (2017 film)|Shivalinga]]''
| Sarala
| Tamil
|
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Magalir Mattum (2017 film)|Magalir Mattum]]''
| Rani Amirthakumari
| Tamil
|
|-
|2018
| ''[[Mahanati]]''
| Durgama
| Telugu
|
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Kadaikutty Singam]]''
| Panchavanmadevi
| Tamil
|
|-
|2021
|''[[Natyam]]''
|Sitara's mother
|Telugu
|
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Ayalaan]]''
| Raghu's mother
| Tamil
| Post-production
|-
|}

====Dubbing artist====
* [[Urmila Matondkar]] - ''[[Indian (1996 film)|Indian]]'' (Tamil movie) (1996), Sathya (Telugu) (1998)
* [[Priya Raman]]- [[Suryavamsam (1997 film)|Suryavamsam]] (1997)
* [[Rambha (actress)|Rambha]] - ''Arunachalam'' (Telugu movie) (1997)
* [[Nivedita Jain]] - [[Thayin Manikodi]] (1998)

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+List of television shows and roles
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Language
! Channel
|-
|1991||''[[Penn (1991 TV series)|Penn]]''||||[[Tamil (language)|Tamil]]||
|-
|1997-1998 ||Sakthi || || [[Tamil (language)|Tamil]] || [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]
|-
|2000||Manase Mandiram||||[[Telugu (language)|Telugu]]||[[Gemini TV]]
|-
|2000-2001||Vaazhkkai||Seetha||[[Tamil (language)|Tamil]]||[[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]
|-
|2000||Gopi AVM||Yasodha||[[Tamil (language)|Tamil]]||[[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]
|-
|2001-2002||Take It Easy Vaazhkai||Story Narrator||Tamil||[[DD Podhigai/Sun TV]]
|-
|2004||Deivam||seetha ||[[Telugu (language)|Telugu]]||[[Gemini TV (india)/Star Maa|Gemini TV/Star Maa]]
|-
|2005-2006||Porandha Veeda Pugundha Veeda||Raji||[[Tamil (language)|Tamil]]||[[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]
|-
|2012-2013||[[Aaha (TV series)|Aaha]]||Raji||[[Tamil (language)|Tamil]]||[[Vijay TV]]
|-
|2016–2017||[[Nathicharami]]||Yamuna||[[Telugu language|Telugu]] || [[Gemini TV]]
|}

==Awards==

;[[Nandi Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ipr.ap.nic.in/New_Links/Film.pdf |title=నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008) |trans-title=A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008) |publisher=[[Andhra Pradesh (magazine)|Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh]] |access-date=21 August 2020}}(in [[Telugu language|Telugu]])</ref>
* [[Nandi Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] - ''[[Swarna Kamalam]]'' (1988)
* [[Nandi Award for Best Character Actress|Best Character Actress]] - ''[[Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo]]'' (2002)
* [[Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] - ''[[Chatrapathi (2005 film)|Chatrapati]]'' (2005)

;[[Filmfare Awards South]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu|Best Actress - Telugu]] in 1988 for her performance in ''[[Swarna Kamalam]]''
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil|Best Actress - Tamil]] in 1989 for her performance in ''[[Aararo Aaariraro]]''

;Other Awards
* [[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.
* JFW Divas of South - Awarded on 12 October 2012 by Just for Women magazine for her contribution to south Indian cinema.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* {{IMDb name|0080228}}
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