Aarathi

Aarathi
Aarathi
Born	Bharathi; 1954 (age 69–70); Aregallu, (near Kushalanagar), Arakalagudu, Karnataka, India
Other names	Ranganayaki
Occupation(s)	Actress, film director
Years active	1969–1986; 2005
Spouses	; Puttanna Kanagal (divorced) Chandrashekar Desaigoudar;
Children	2

Aarathi (born in 1954)^[2]^[3] is an Indian actress who mainly acted in Kannada films during the 1970s and 1980s. She has won the Filmfare awards South and the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress four times. After her retirement from films in the 1980s, she made a comeback in 2005 as a director with Mithayi Mane which was met with critical appreciation and also won the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Children's Film.^[4] She was nominated as a Member of the Legislative Council of the Vidhana parishad, making her the second actress after B. Jayamma to be nominated.^[5]

Career

After a short role in Gejje Pooje (1969), Aarathi starred as a leading actress in over 120 films including Naagarahaavu, Edakallu Guddada Mele, Bili Hendthi, Dharmasere, Paduvaaralli Pandavaru, Ranganayaki, Hombisilu, Upasane and Shubhamangala. Her collaboration with director Puttanna Kanagal included twelve films. In 1986 she directed the TV series, Namma Nammalli.^[3]

Filmography

As director


Year	Title	Notes
1986	Namma Nammalli	Bangalore DD serial
2005	Mithayi Mane	Karnataka State Film Award for Best Children Film

As actress


Year	Title	Roles	Language	Notes
1969	Gejje Pooje	Lalitha	Kannada
1970	Inti Gowravam		Telugu
	Kallara Kalla	Malli	Kannada
	Takka! Bitre Sikka!!	Jayanthi	Kannada
1971	Kasturi Nivasa	Lakshmi	Kannada	Special appearance
	Makane Ninakku Vendi	Sophia	Malayalam
	Anugraha	Gowri	Kannada
	Nyayave Devaru	Lalitha	Kannada	Guest appearance
	Sri Krishna Rukmini Satyabhama	Jambavathi	Kannada
	Prathidhawani	Usha	Kannada
1972	Sipayi Ramu	Champa	Kannada
	Bangarada Manushya	Sharavati	Kannada
	Bhale Huchcha	Chandra	Kannada
	Ooriki Upakari		Telugu
	Naagarahaavu	Alamelu	Kannada	Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress
1973	Mane Belagida Sose		Kannada
	Edakallu Guddada Mele	Devaki	Kannada	Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
	Mooroovare Vajragalu	Rukmini	Kannada
1974	Bangaarada Panjara	Mallamma	Kannada
	Upasane	Sharada	Kannada	Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada
	Maha Thyaga	Dr. Saroja	Kannada
	Gumasthavin Magal	Seetha	Tamil
	Mannina Magalu		Kannada
	Nanu Baalabeku	Prabha	Kannada
	Bhale Bhatta		Kannada
1975	Daari Tappida Maga	Radha Devi	Kannada
	Shubhamangala	Hema	Kannada	Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada
	Bili Hendthi	Sharada	Kannada
	Devara Kannu	Sandhya	Kannada
1976	Katha Sangama	Munithayi	Kannada	Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress
	Hosilu Mettida Hennu		Kannada
	Premada Kanike	Seetha	Kannada
	Punaradatta	Padmini	Kannada
	Bahaddur Gandu	Radha	Kannada
	Raja Nanna Raja	Ganga/Geetha	Kannada
	Baalu Jenu	Geetha	Kannada
	Phalitamsha	Sheela	Kannada
	Aparadhi	Usha	Kannada
1977	Maagiya Kanasu	Radha	Kannada
	Pavana Ganga	Ganga	Kannada
	Anuroopa	Asha	Kannada
1978	Kudure Mukha	Rekha	Kannada
	Hombisilu	Dr. Roopa	Kannada
	Maathu Tappada Maga	Revathi	Kannada
	Muyyige Muyyi	Uma	Kannada
	Paduvaaralli Pandavaru	Journalist	Kannada	Special appearance
	Anuraga Bandhana		Kannada
	Premayana	Pammi	Kannada
	Vasantha Lakshmi	Vasantha	Kannada
	Balu Aparoopa Nam Jodi	Suji	Kannada
1979	Dharmasere	Tunga	Kannada	Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada; Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress
	Adalu Badalu	Radha	Kannada
	Naniruvude Ninagagi	Sarasa	Kannada
	Manini	Hema/Prema	Kannada
	Nentaro Gantu Kallaro	Shobha	Kannada
1980	Bhaktha Siriyala	Mangala	Kannada
	Hanthakana Sanchu	Anita	Kannada
	Bangarada Jinke	Asha	Kannada
	Nyaya Neethi Dharma	Revathi	Kannada
	Anurakthe	Sumi	Kannada
1981	Ranganayaki	Ranganayaki/ Mala	Kannada	Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada; Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress
	Thayiya Madilalli	Ganga	Kannada
	Naari Swargakke Daari	Seetha	Kannada
	Ganesha Mahime	Saraswati	Kannada
	Bhagyavantha	Seeta	Kannada
	Chadurida Chitragalu	Ganga	Kannada
	Bhagyada Belaku	Janaki	Kannada
	Edeyuru Siddalingeshwara		Kannada
	Preetisi Nodu	Madhu	Kannada
1982	Pedda Gedda	Jyothi	Kannada
	Archana	Archana	Kannada
	Mullina Gulabi	Mala	Kannada
	Karmika Kallanalla	Lakshmi	Kannada
	Mava Sose Saval		Kannada
	Parajitha	Dr. Rani	Kannada
	Nyaya Yellide	Inspector Durga	Kannada
	Kannu Terasida Hennu	Arundhati	Kannada
	Suvarna Sethuve	Saroja Teacher	Kannada
	Hasyaratna Ramakrishna	Kamala	Kannada
	Raja Maharaja		Kannada
1983	Tirugu Baana	Saroja	Kannada
	Gedda Maga	Sheela	Kannada
	Jaggu	Roopa/ Mother	Kannada
	Nyaya Gedditu	Geetha	Kannada	Special appearance
	Kalluveene Nudiyithu	Prapulla	Kannada
	Thayiya Nudi	Annapoorna	Kannada
	Sididedda Sahodara	Latha	Kannada
	Kranthiyogi Basavanna	Gangambike	Kannada
	Ananda Sagara	Shanthi	Kannada
	Gandharvagiri	Netravati	Kannada
	Mutthaide Bhagya	Seetha	Kannada
	Aakrosha	Shobha	Kannada
	Chalisada Sagara		Kannada
	Samarpane	Sarala	Kannada
1984	Kaliyuga	Parvathi	Kannada
	Khaidi	Dr. Sujata	Kannada
	Pooja Phala		Kannada
	Premave Balina Belaku	Vanaja	Kannada
	Hennina Saubhagya	Dr. Vatsala	Kannada
	Bekkina Kannu		Kannada
	Ramapurada Ravana	Seetha	Kannada
	Pavitra Prema	Shylaja	Kannada
	Ajnathavasa	Saroja	Kannada
	Preethi Vathsalya	Lawyer Saroja	Kannada
	Avala Antaranga		Kannada	Special appearance
	Bilee Gulabi		Kannada	Special appearance
	Madhuve Madu Tamashe Nodu	Uma	Kannada
1985	Kuridoddi Kurukshetra		Kannada
	Nee Nakkaga		Kannada
	Sati Sakkubai	Sakkubai & Incarnate of Krishna	Kannada	Dubbed as Shantha Sakkubai-Marathi) and Shri Pandurangaleela-Telugu)
	Lakshmi Kataksha	Padmavathi	Kannada
	Haavu Eni Aata	Suma	Kannada
	Kumkuma Thanda Saubhagya	Lawyer Lakshmi	Kannada
	Swabhimana	Nirmala	Kannada	Special appearance
	Vajra Mushti	Bharati	Kannada	Special appearance
	Shiva Kotta Sowbhagya	Princess Ratna	Kannada
	Thulasi Dala		Kannada
1986	Bettada Thayi		Kannada
	Seelu Nakshatra	Sharvari	Kannada
	Tiger	Aruna	Kannada
1987	Sedina Daaha	Asha	Kannada	Unreleased

References

^ ನಟಿ 'ಆರತಿ'ಯನ್ನು ಪರಿಚಯ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದು, ಆಮೇಲೆ ಪುಟ್ಟಣ್ಣ ಅವರನ್ನ ಮದುವೆಯಾದ ಕಥೆ / Actor S Shivaram Life Story P-4 [The Story of Aarathi's Introduction and Marriage] (in Kannada). Heggadde Studio. 20 August 2020. Event occurs at 6:07. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
^ "ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಬದುಕಿನಿಂದ ದೂರವಾಗಿದ್ದೇಕೆ ನಟಿ ಆರತಿ? ಈಗ ಎಲ್ಲಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಅವರು?" (in Kannada). 19 February 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b Ashish Rajadhyaksha; Paul Willemen (10 July 2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-135-94325-7. Archived from the original on 16 February 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
^ "A chat with director Aarahti". www.viggy.com. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
^ "Why Actress Aarathi's Personal Life Was Always Full of Struggles". News18. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2024.

External links

Aarathi at IMDb

[1] ನಟಿ 'ಆರತಿ'ಯನ್ನು ಪರಿಚಯ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದು, ಆಮೇಲೆ ಪುಟ್ಟಣ್ಣ ಅವರನ್ನ ಮದುವೆಯಾದ ಕಥೆ / Actor S Shivaram Life Story P-4 [The Story of Aarathi's Introduction and Marriage] (in Kannada). Heggadde Studio. 20 August 2020. Event occurs at 6:07. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

[VijayKarnataka2020-2] "ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಬದುಕಿನಿಂದ ದೂರವಾಗಿದ್ದೇಕೆ ನಟಿ ಆರತಿ? ಈಗ ಎಲ್ಲಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಅವರು?" (in Kannada). 19 February 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

[RajadhyakshaWillemen2014-3] Ashish Rajadhyaksha; Paul Willemen (10 July 2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-135-94325-7. Archived from the original on 16 February 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2015.

[4] "A chat with director Aarahti". www.viggy.com. Retrieved 20 January 2023.

[5] "Why Actress Aarathi's Personal Life Was Always Full of Struggles". News18. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2024.

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v t e Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress
1968–1980	Kalpana (1968) Kalpana (1969) Bharathi (1970) Kalpana (1971) L. V. Sharadha (1972) Aarathi (1973) Jayanthi & Nandini Bhaktavatsala (1974) no award (1975) Aarathi (1976) Jayanthi (1977) Aparna Narang (1978) Aarathi (1979) Vaishali Kasaravalli (1980)
1981–2000	Aarathi (1981) Jayanthi (1982) Padma Vasanthi (1983) Abhinaya (1984) Roopa Devi (1985) Jayanthi (1986) Geetha (1987) no award (1988) Saritha (1989) Sudha Rani (1990) Tara (1991) Sudha Rani (1992) Vinaya Prasad (1993) Lakshmi (1994) Shruti (1995) Prema (1996) Shilpa (1997) Jayamala (1998) Soundarya (1999) Tara (2000)
2001–present	Anu Prabhakar (2001) Soundarya (2002) Bhavana (2003) Radhika Kumaraswamy (2004) Shruti (2005) Pavitra Lokesh (2006) Tara (2007) Umashree (2008) Radhika Pandit (2009) Anu Prabhakar (2010) Ramya (2011) Bhavana (2012) Nirmala Chennappa (2013) Nivedhitha (2014) Lakshmi Gopalaswamy (2015) Sruthi Hariharan (2016)

v t e Filmfare Award for Best Kannada Actress
1972–1989	Kalpana (1972) Jayanthi (1973) Aarathi (1974) Aarathi (1975) Jayanthi (1976) Manjula (1977) Shobha (1978) Aarathi (1979) Ashwini (1980) Aarathi (1981) Saritha (1982) Suhasini (1983) Suhasini (1984) Saritha (1985) Saritha (1986) Saritha (1989)
1990–2009	Suhasini (1990) Malashri (1991) Sudha Rani (1992) Lakshmi (1993) Shruti (1995) Shilpa (1996) Suhasini (1997) Jayamala (1998) Tara (1999) Sudha Rani (2000) Prema (2001) Soundarya (2002) Meena (2003) Soundarya (2004) Vidhya Venkatesh (2005) Ramya (2006) Rashmi (2007) Radhika Pandit (2008) Radhika Pandit (2009)
2010–present	Radhika Pandit (2010) Ramya (2011) Priyamani (2012) Amulya (2013) Shwetha Srivatsav (2014) Parul Yadav (2015) Shraddha Srinath (2016) Sruthi Hariharan (2017) Manvitha Kamath (2018) Yagna Shetty (2020/2021) Chaithra J. Achar (2022) Siri Ravikumar (2023)