Friday, 6 March 2015
ABOUT SHARADA
Sharada
BornSaraswati Devi
12 June 1945 (age 69)
Tenali
, Andhra Pradesh, India
OccupationActress
Years active1959–present
Political partyTelugu Desam Party
Spouse(s)Chalam
(divorced)
Parent(s)Venkateswar Rao
Satyavathi Devi
AwardsNational Film Award for Best Actress
*Sharada* (born 12 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 did many supporting roles inTelugu films
and later on moved toMalayalam film
industry and gained success there. She is also known as*Urvasi Sharada* because earlier theNational Film Award for Best Actress
was officially designated the "Urvasi Award". Sharada has been selected for the prestigious NTR National Award
instituted by the Andhra Pradesh state government for the year 2010.
Early lifeEdit
Sharada was born Saraswati Devi inTenali
, 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".[1]
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 didn't stop her.[1]
Sharada married Chalam
, a famous Telugu hero, producer and comedian. He was her co-star in her debut film"Tandrulu Kodukulu". They divorced later on.Early careerEdit
When she grew up, she started acting in theatre, under the supervision of her grandmother. In Indian theatre
andcinema
, 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.[1]
Her debut in films was with a minor role in theTelugu 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
.[1]
Film career
In 1959, she began her career as Sharada. The change in name was attributed to the presence of a few other actors in the industry with the name Saraswati.[1]
She came under contract to L.V. Prasad
, a Telugu
producer. Though she didn't get to act in any of his films, she got her formal training in acting under him, including the Navarasa
lessons. She largely attributes her performances and growth in the field to this training.[1]
Her first break came with the Akkineni Nageswara Rao
starrer "Iddaru Mitrulu", which was a major hit. Noted for the role in the film, she got chances fromTamil
and Malayalam films
as well. The year 1965 changed her career as Sharada carved her niche for herself in the Malayalam film industry with her performances in "Shakuntala
,Murappennu
," Udhyogastha
"by P. Venu
,Kattu Thulasi
" and "Inapravukal
". After that, she focused in Malayalam films, acting only a few roles in other languages. Recognition came in 1967 in the form of a national honorary award for her performances in various films of 1966 including "Iruttinte Athmavu
".[1]
The award was the predecessor to theNational Film Award for Best Actress
, which was instituted in 1968. In 1969, she won her first National Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in"Thulabharam
". She went on to win the award 2 more times, for "Swayamvaram
"(1972, Malayalam) and "Nimajjanam
"(1978, Telugu). She also won the Kerala State Film Awards
for Best Actress one time.
Later she saw success in Telugu films in protagonist roles. She was so popular that she did lead roles in films starring most of the successful heroes of Telugu film industry. Post 1993, she became choosy and did only a few films. Her major films off late were"Mazhathullikkilukkam
" (2002, Malayalam), "Rappakal
" (2005, Malayalam), "Nayika
" (2011, Malayalam) and "Stalin
" (2006, Telugu).
She owns a chocolate factory named"Lotus Chocolates". She was elected as Member of Parliament on Telugu Desam Party
ticket from her native town of Tenali
.AwardsEdit
National Film AwardsYearCategoryFilmDirectorLanguage
1968Best Actress
"Thulabharam
"[2]
A. Vincent
Malayalam
1972Best Actress"Swayamvaram
"[3]
Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Malayalam
1977Best Actress"Nimajjanam
"Narayana B.S.Telugu
Kerala State Film Awards
* 1979 – Best Actress ("Thriveni" and"Thara")NTR National Award
* NTR National Award
– 2010
* Sathyan memorial award - 2013Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards
* 1970 – BFJA Award
for Best Actress (Hindi) – Samaj Ko Badal Dalo
[4]
Filmfare Awards South
* 1997 – Lifetime Achievement Award – South
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