Hemashree Hosahalli Nagaraju (1982 – 9 October 2012)[1][2] was an Indian actress who worked in Kannada television soap operas. A struggling actress, she had also appeared in a handful of Kannada films in supporting roles. At the 2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections, she contested with a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) ticket for her home town Chikkanayakana Halli in the Tumkur region of Karnataka.[1][2] She died of mysterious circumstances in October 2012, and her husband Surendra Babu was alleged to have murdered her.
Career
Hemashree made her debut as an actress in 2001, as a 19-year-old, in a Kannada television soap opera. She trained at the Adarsha Film and T. V. Institute, Bangalore. In the following years, she worked in soaps such as Danda Pindagalu, Saahasa Lakshmiyaru and others made by S. Narayan. She appeared in minor roles in films, Varsha and Sirivantha (2006).Template:Citation needed
Personal life
Hemashree was married to R. Surendra Babu, an advocate and a realtor, on 22 June 2011.[2] She was coerced to marry him by her mother, who ha received a dowry of Template:INR50 lakh from Babu, who was 48 at the time. The followed day, she registered a complaint with the Bangalore City Police over the matter and sought police protection fearing that Babu could harm her.Template:Citation needed It was also revealed that her "allegedly greedy family" forced her into politics.[2] The couple lived in the Banashankari neighbourhood of Bangalore.[3]
Partial filmography
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2002 | Appu |
| Marma | |
| 2005 | Varsha |
| 2006 | Sirivantha |
| 2008 | Ugragami |
| 2009 | Cinema Alla Real Story |
| 2010 | Veera Parampare |
| Year | Title | Template:Abbr |
|---|---|---|
| Template:Unknown | Danda Pindagalu | |
| 2002 | Daridra Lakshmiyaru | |
| Template:Unknown | Mahamayi | |
| Template:Unknown | Tulasi | |
| 2004 | Uttarayana | |
| Template:Unknown | Vatara | [4] |
| 2006-2007 | Geethanjali | |
| 2011-12 | Manasu Mamatha |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Affidavit Details of Hemashree H N. empoweringindia.org.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Kannada actress Hemashree: Unhappy life, unexplained death. The Indian Express(23 October 2012).
- ↑ Kannada TV Actor Hemashree (38) Dies, Husband Detained. daijiworld.com.
- ↑ Hemashri | Appu | Surendra Babu | Kannada Seriel Actress | ಹೇಮಾಶ್ರೀ ಅಸಹಜ ಸಾವು: ಕೊಲೆಯೋ, ಆತ್ಮಹತ್ಯೆಯೋ?. m.kannada.webdunia.com.