Saritha
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| Born |
Saritha 07 January 1959 ( Age=58 years) Munipalle, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Residence | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Occupation | Film actress, dubbing artist |
| Years active | 1978–1989; 2001-2004; 2013-present |
| Spouse(s) | Mukesh (m. 1988-2012) |
| Children | Shravan, Tejas |
| Relatives |
Viji Chandrasekhar(sister) Parvathamma Rajkumar(sister) |
Saritha is a South Indian actress. She has acted in more than 151 films in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu languages. She has also acted in a television serial, Selvi, in 2005. She dubbed her voice for many 1990s Tamil actresses. She mainly dubbed actress Nagma. She also dubbed tabu (Kadhal desam), Sushmita Sen (Ratchagan), Madhavi etc. Won many state awards from Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. Won 7 filmfare awards. 9 filmfans association awards. Special jury awards from Telugu state for the film Arjun. Her last Tamil film released in 2014 INAM, directed by Mr Santhosh Sivan.
Saritha was born in Municipalle, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India, and made her acting debut through Maro Charithra, a Telugu film directed by K. Balachander. The movie dealt with cross-cultural romance, where she acted opposite Kamal Haasan as a Telugu-speaking girl. She received more offers in Tamil films mostly directed by Balachander. Some of her films are Thappu Thalangal, Idi Katha Kaadu, Vandichakkaram, Netrikan, Agni Sakshi, Puthukavithai, Kalyana Agathigal and Achamillai Achamillai. Her performance in Vandichakkaram (1980) and Achamillai Achamillai (1984) won her Filmfare Best Tamil Actress awards. She also played guest roles as herself in 47 Natkal and its Telugu remake, directed by Balachander. She had her head tonsure for the cancer-affected role in Sujatha in 1980 and gained several pounds to play the psychotic role in the 2005 film Julie Ganapathi. Neither of these films were successful. She also won a Nandi Special Jury Award for her performance as "Aandaalu" in the movie Arjun in 2004. Saritha has also worked as a voice actor in Kannada, Telugu and Tamil films. She has lent her voice to other actresses including Madhavi, Soundarya, Ramya Krishnan, Nagma and Vijayashanti. She won Nandi Award for Best Female Dubbing Artist for her voice to Soundarya in Maa Ayana Bangaram (1997) and Anthapuram (1999).
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