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{{short description|Indian actress (born 1969)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Malashri
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| birth_name = Sri Durga
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|08|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Madras, Tamil Nadu]], India
| other_names = Malashree
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 1979–present
| relatives = [[Subhashri]] (sister)
| spouse = [[Ramu (film producer)|Ramu]] (died 2021) <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kannada-film-producer-ramu-dies-covid-19-bengaluru-147909 | title=Kannada film producer Ramu dies of COVID-19 in Bengaluru | publisher=NewsMinute | date=27 April 2021 | accessdate=27 April 2021}}</ref>
| children = 2
}}

'''Malashri''' (born 10 August 1973) is an Indian actress. She has predominantly worked in [[Kannada films]] and was the topmost heroine in the 1990s. She has also worked in Tamil and Telugu cinema. Malashri was popular for playing diverse roles in women-centric movies many of which were highly successful at the box-office. She was popularly called Kanasina Rani ("Dream Girl") in the media.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/The-name-is-star-super-star/articleshow/3695290.cms|title=The name is star, super star|newspaper=The Times of India|date=11 November 2008|access-date=19 October 2015|archive-date=13 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513163328/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/The-name-is-star-super-star/articleshow/3695290.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>

Malashri made her debut as a heroine with the Kannada film ''[[Nanjundi Kalyana]]'' (1989). Her portrayal of a haughty, shrewish woman won her accolades and heralded her as a top actress of Kannada Cinema. She established herself as the topmost heroine in Kannada cinema with films like ''[[Gajapathi Garvabhanga]]'' (1989), ''[[Policena Hendthi]]'' (1990), ''[[Kitturina Huli]]'' (1990), ''[[Rani Maharani]]'' (1990), ''[[Hrudaya Haadithu]]'' (1991), for which she won the [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada|Filmfare Award for Best Actress]], ''[[Ramachaari]]'' (1991), ''[[Belli Kalungura]]'' (1992), ''[[Solillada Saradara]]'' (1993) and ''[[Gadibidi Aliya]]'' (1995).

In 2015 she won her first [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bangaloremirror.com/entertainment/south-masala/Karnataka-State-Film-Awards-2015-Full-List/articleshow/52311976.cms |title=Karnataka State Film Awards, 2015: Full List |access-date=18 May 2016 |archive-date=18 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160518094804/http://www.bangaloremirror.com/entertainment/south-masala/Karnataka-State-Film-Awards-2015-Full-List/articleshow/52311976.cms |url-status=dead }}</ref> for her action-oriented role in ''[[Ganga (2015 film)|Ganga]].''
In 1992, 19 movies starring her in lead roles were released. With that, she broke the 24-year-old record of highest releases in lead roles in Kannada in a single year surpassing [[Rajkumar (actor)|Rajkumar]] who had 16 releases in 1968.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QmbLF0uc8IY&feature=youtu.be|title = ಸಿನಿ ಸಿಪ್ 23-ಮಾಲಾಶ್ರೀ ಮೆಟ್ಟಿಲುಗಳು...| Malashree's film path}}</ref>

==Career==
===Child artiste===
Malashri began her career as a child artiste and appeared in 34 films in Tamil and Telugu and she played the role of a boy in 26 of them.<ref>{{cite news|title=I played a boy in 26 films: Malashri|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-29/news-interviews/38124978_1_malashri-mother-four-films|date=29 March 2013|access-date=25 October 2013|archive-date=29 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029205623/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-29/news-interviews/38124978_1_malashri-mother-four-films|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=dead}}</ref> In a talk show, ''[[Majaa Talkies]]'', she said that as a child, she was a fan of actor [[Amitabh Bachchan]] and would dress up like him, which prompted directors to cast her as a boy, in 1979 films like ''[[Imayam]]'' and ''[[Neela Malargal]]''.<ref>{{cite AV media|people=Malashri|date=17 August 2015|title=Majaa Takies - 17th October 2015 - ಮಜಾ ಟಾಕೀಸ್ - Full Episode|language=kn|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5iqOJOua7A|access-date=24 October 2015|publisher=Colors Kannada}}</ref>

===Lead roles===
Writer and lyricist [[Chi. Udaya Shankar]] introduced Malashri to the [[Rajkumar (actor)|Rajkumar family]] when they were on the look out for a fresh face opposite their son [[Raghavendra Rajkumar]] who was gearing to make his debut. [[Parvathamma Rajkumar]] decided to cast her in ''[[Nanjundi Kalyana]]'' (1989) and rechristened her from Durga to Malashri. Malashri went on to act in two other films with Vajreshwari Combines, ''[[Gajapathi Garvabhanga]]'' opposite Raghavendra again, and ''Mruthyunjaya'' with [[Shiva Rajkumar]].

In 1990 Malashri took on the famous double role in ''[[Rani Maharani]]'' (immortalized by [[Sridevi]] in ''[[ChaalBaaz|Chaalbaaz]]'') and won a huge fan following with her powerhouse performance. Her next film ''Hrudaya Haadithu'' where she played a young woman inflicted with a heart problem won her acclaim from the masses and critics alike as well as the [[Filmfare]] Best actress award for 1991. As she churned out hit after hit even the stalwart [[V. Ravichandran]], who till then believed only in importing heroines from other states, cashed in on her popularity by casting her in ''[[Ramachaari]]'' (a remake of Tamil Hit ''[[Chinna Thambi]]''). The move paid off, enabling him to come out of the financial crisis he faced due to the debacle of ''[[Shanti Kranti (1991 Kannada film)|Shanti Kranti]].''

In later part of the 90s, Malashri had a string of less successful films like ''Prema Khaidi'', ''Snehada Kadalalli'', ''Megha Mandara'', ''Arishina Kumkuma'', and ''Solillada Saradara''. She took brief hiatus after marriage and made comeback in the new millennium with "angry woman" roles in ''[[Chamundi (film)|Chamundi]]'' (2000), ''[[Kannadada Kiran Bedi]]'' (2009), ''[[Shakti (2012 film)|Shakti]]'' (2012), ''[[Veera (2013 film)|Veera]]'' (2013) and ''[[Ganga (2015 film)|Ganga]]'' (2015).

==Personal life==
Malashri was born and brought up in [[Chennai]] (Chennai).<ref>{{cite news |title= Combat queen |url= http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/combat-queen/article658141.ece |newspaper= The Hindu |date= 17 April 2009 |access-date= 26 October 2013 |archive-date= 29 October 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131029213928/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/combat-queen/article658141.ece |url-status= live }}</ref> She shot to fame with ''[[Nanjundi Kalyana]]'' in 1989 but her personal life hit an all-time low the same year when her mother died in a road accident. She was in a relationship with actor [[Sunil (Kannada Actor)|Sunil]], her co-star of many films.<ref>{{cite news |title= Malashree's comeback effort |url= http://www.rediff.com/movies/2000/may/05spice.htm |publisher= Rediff |date= 5 May 2000 |access-date= 26 October 2013 |archive-date= 29 October 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131029204150/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2000/may/05spice.htm |url-status= live }}</ref> But in 1994 they met with a car accident and while Malashree suffered multiple injuries, Sunil died on the spot. It was rumoured that they had been planning to get married.<ref>{{cite web |title= Kannada Actress Malashree Profile |url= http://www.karnatakaspider.com/celebrities/20-Kannada-Actress-Malashree-profile-biography.aspx |publisher= karnatakaspider |access-date= 26 October 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131029203739/http://www.karnatakaspider.com/celebrities/20-Kannada-Actress-Malashree-profile-biography.aspx |archive-date= 29 October 2013 |url-status= dead }}</ref> She was married to film producer [[Ramu (Film Producer)|Ramu]] and they had a daughter together, Ananya (b. 2001).<ref>{{cite news|title=IT'S MOTHER MALASHREE|url=http://www.chitraloka.com/english/action_cut/malashree_baby.html|access-date=26 April 2016|work=chitraloka.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010303111028/http://www.chitraloka.com/english/action_cut/malashree_baby.html|archive-date=3 March 2001}}</ref> Her sister [[Subhashri]] was also an actress, who appeared in [[Cinema of South India|South Indian films]]. Her husband [[Ramu (film producer)|Ramu]] died on 26 April 2021 due to Covid.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/kannada-film-producer-ramu-dies-due-to-covid-19/articleshow/82261710.cms | title=Kannada film producer Ramu dies due to Covid-19 | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=26 April 2021 | accessdate=27 April 2021}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Role
! Language
! Notes
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1979 || ''[[Imayam]]'' || || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] || Credited as Baby Durga
|-
| ''[[Neela Malargal]]'' || || Tamil ||
|-
| 1986 || ''[[Manakanakku]]'' || || Tamil ||
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1988 || ''[[Chinababu]]'' || Poorna || Telugu ||
|-
| ''[[Ramudu Bheemudu (1988 film)|Ramudu Bheemudu]]'' || Surpanaka || Telugu
|-
| ''[[Varasudochhadu]]'' || Bujji || Telugu ||
|-
|rowspan="4"| 1989 || ''[[Nanjundi Kalyana]]'' || Devi || [[Kannada language|Kannada]] ||
|-
| ''[[Gajapathi Garvabhanga]]'' || Sowmya || Kannada ||
|-
| ''Chinnari Sneham'' || || [[Telugu language|Telugu]] ||
|-
| ''[[Chinna Chinna Aasaigal]]'' || || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] || Credited as Rasika
|-
|rowspan="7"| 1990 || ''[[Prema Khaidi]]'' || Neelima || Telugu ||Nominated—[[Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu]]
|-
| ''[[Policena Hendthi]]'' || Vanaja || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Mruthyunjaya]]'' || Shylaja || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Raja Kempu Roja]]'' || Geetha || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Aatha Naan Pass Ayittaen]]'' || || Tamil ||
|-
| ''[[Rani Maharani]]'' || Suma / Rani || Kannada || Dual roles
|-
| ''[[Prathap (1990 film)|Prathap]]'' || Rani || Kannada ||
|-
|rowspan="12"| 1991 || ''[[Hrudaya Haadithu]]'' || Asha || Kannada || [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada|Filmfare Award for Best Actress]]
|-
| ''[[Kitturina Huli]]'' || Bharathi || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Thavarumane Udugore]]'' || Lakshmi || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Readymade Ganda]]'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[S. P. Bhargavi]]'' || Bhargavi || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Ramachaari]]'' || Nandini || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Gandu Sidigundu]]'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Rowdy & MLA]]'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Halli Rambhe Belli Bombe]]'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Gruha Pravesha]]'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Kollur Kala]]'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Mangalya (film)|Mangalya]]'' || || Kannada ||
|-
|rowspan="20"| 1992 || ''[[Belli Kalungura]]'' || Bhadra || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Hatamari Hennu Kiladi Gandu]]'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Shivanaga]]'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Belli Modagalu]]'' || Seetha || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Sindhoora Thilaka]]'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Vajrayudha (film)|Vajrayudha]]'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Malashree Mamashree]]'' || Malashri || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Solillada Saradara]]'' || Radha || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Nagaradalli Nayakaru]]''|| || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Kanasina Rani]]'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Sahasi (film)|Sahasi]]'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Prema Sangama]]'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Megha Mandara]]'' || Megha || Kannada ||
|-
| ''Gruha Lakshmi'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''Halli Krishna Delhi Radha'' || Radha || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Snehada Kadalalli]]'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Mana Mecchida Sose]]'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Marana Mrudanga]]'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Belliyappa Bangarappa]]'' || Herself || Kannada || Guest appearance
|-
| ''[[Kaliyuga Seethe]]'' || || Kannada ||
|-
|rowspan="9"| 1993 || ''[[Hendthi Helidare Kelabeku]]'' || Mala || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Mangalya Bandhana]]'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Kalyana Rekhe]]'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''Navibbaru Namagibbaru'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''Paruvu Prathistha'' || Prema || Telugu ||
|-
| ''Akka Chellelu '' || || Telugu ||
|-
| ''[[Urmila]] '' || Urmila || Telugu ||
|-
| ''Lovers'' || || Telugu ||
|-
| ''[[Bava Bavamaridi]]'' || Geeta || Telugu ||
|-
|rowspan="5"| 1994 || ''Police Alludu'' || || Telugu ||
|-
| ''Allari Police '' || Kasturi || Telugu ||
|-
| ''Bhale Maavayya'' || Vyjayanti || Telugu ||
|-
| ''Bangaru Mogudu '' || Rani || Telugu ||
|-
| ''Thodi Kodallu'' || Vyjayanthi || Telugu ||
|-
|rowspan="7"| 1995 || ''Mutthinantha Hendthi'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Gadibidi Aliya]]'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''Giddu Dada'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''Lady Police'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''Putmalli'' || Putmalli || Kannada ||
|-
| ''Hello Sister'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''Gharana Alludu'' || || Telugu ||
|-
|rowspan="4"| 1996 || ''[[Sahasa Veerudu Sagara Kanya]]'' || Ganga || Telugu ||
|-
| ''Circle Inspector'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''Arishina Kunkuma'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''Nirnaya'' || || Kannada || Special appearance
|-
|rowspan="6"| 1997 || ''[[Surya Putrulu]]'' || || Telugu ||
|-
| ''[[Ganga Yamuna]]'' || Ganga || Kannada ||
|-
| ''C.B.I. Durga'' || Durga || Kannada ||
|-
| ''Lady Commissioner'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''Akka'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''Zindabad'' || || Kannada ||
|-
|rowspan="4"| 1998 || ''Lady Tiger'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''Agni Sakshi'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''Goonda Matthu Police'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''Tiger Padmini'' || Padmini || Kannada ||
|-
| 2000 || ''[[Chamundi (film)|Chamundi]]'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| 2001 || ''Bhavani IPS'' || Bhavani || Kannada ||
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Durgi (film)|Durgi]]'' || Durga || Kannada ||
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Kannadada Kiran Bedi]]'' || Kiran Bedi / Bellary Bhagyalakshmi || Kannada ||
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Shakti (2012 film)|Shakti]]'' || Shakthi || Kannada ||
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Veera (2013 film)|Veera]]'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Election (2013 film)|Election]]'' || Indira || Kannada ||
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Gharshane]]'' || Nethra || Kannada ||
|-
| 2015 || ''Mahakali'' || Devi || Kannada ||
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Ganga (2015 film)|Ganga]]'' || Ganga || Kannada || [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress]]
|-
| 2016 || ''[[John Jani Janardhan (2016 film)|John Jani Janardhan]]'' || || Kannada || Special appearance
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Uppu Huli Khara]]'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| {{TBA}} || ''Malashree'' || Malashri || Kannada || Announced<ref>{{cite news |title= Action queen returns with a new role |url= http://www.deccanherald.com/content/359738/action-queen-returns-role.html |newspaper= The Indian Express |date= 28 September 2013 |access-date= 25 October 2013 |archive-date= 3 January 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150103072357/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/359738/action-queen-returns-role.html |url-status= live }}</ref>
|-
|}

==Awards==
;[[Karnataka State Film Awards]]
* 2015 : [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress]] : ''[[Ganga (2015 film)|Ganga]]''

;[[Filmfare Awards South]]
* 1991: [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada|Filmfare Award for Best Actress]]: ''[[Hrudaya Haadithu]]''<ref>{{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20170208061710/https://archive.org/details/39thAnnualFilmfareKannadaBestActorActress}}</ref>

;Other awards
* 2011: NTR Award<ref>{{cite news|title=Land for Telugu institute: Somanna|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/article535566.ece|access-date=24 October 2015|work=The New Indian Express|date=5 June 2012|archive-date=16 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151116221511/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/article535566.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>
*2016: Santosham Award for Completing 25 Years in Cinema at [[14th Santosham Film Awards]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDB name|0538972}}
* [http://www.filmibeat.com/celebs/malashri/filmography.html Malashri Filmography]

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