Sharada (actress)
| Sharada | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Saraswati Devi 25 June 1945 Tenali, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1959–present |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Chalam (divorced) |
| Parent(s) | Venkateswar Rao Satyavathi Devi |
| Awards |
Best Actress 1969 – Thulabharam 1973 – Swayamvaram 1979 – Nimajjanam |
Sharada (born 25 June 1945) is a three-time National Award winning Indian actress and Indian Parliament member. She originally hails from Andhra Pradesh. She has achieved success through Malayalam movies. Initially she had many supporting roles in Telugu films and later on moved to the Malayalam film industry and gained success there. She is also known as Urvasi Sharada because earlier the National Film Award for Best Actress was officially designated the Urvasi Award.She won two Filmfare Awards. Sharada has been selected for the prestigious NTR National Award instituted by the Andhra Pradesh state government for the year 2010. She is a very beautiful and talented actress, especially in character roles.
Sharada was born Saraswati Devi in Tenali, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India. Her parents Venkateswar Rao and Satyavathi Devi belonged to a family of agriculturalists. She has a brother, named Mohan Rao. Sharada was sent to Madras in her childhood to live with her grandmother Kanakamma. Sharada describes her grandmother as a strict disciplinarian who in the later days wouldn’t even let the heroes touch her and allowed rehearsals only on Sundays. Sharada started to learn dance when she was six. She used to perform during Dasara and other temple festivals. It was because of her mother's desire that she learned dance. Her mother wanted her to become a big star in cine field. Though Sharada's father was not too interested in the idea, he did not stop her.
Sharada married Chalam, a famous Telugu hero, producer and comedian. He was her co-star in her debut film Tandrulu Kodukulu. They later divorced.
When she grew up, she started acting in theatre, under the supervision of her grandmother. In Indian theatre and cinema, the female lead stars used to leave the field as soon as they are married. So, most of the female lead stars were very young compared to the male leads. Sharada remembers in one of the plays she acted as the wife of a person 30 years older than she was when she was just 13. Her debut in films was with a minor role in the Telugu film Kanyasulkam. However, she returned to theatre after it and did a major role in the Telugu version of Rakta Kanneeru, a Tamil drama. The play went to get staged over 100 times in Tamil Nadu.
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