Padmapriya (actress)

Padmapriya (born Padmalochani) was predominantly a Kannada and Tamil actress who also acted in a few Malayalam and Telugu movies.

Not to be confused with Padmapriya Janakiraman, Malayalam actress.

Padmapriya
Born	Padmalochani Karnataka, India
Died	16 November 1997[1] T. Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1974–1995
Spouse(s)	Srinivasan (divorced), died (2016)[2]
Children	Vasumathi (daughter)[3]

Her first movie was in Telugu, Adapillala Tandri (1974), and she later debuted with Bangarada Gudi (1976) in the Kannada film industry; she was a popular actress during the early and late 1970s. She acted opposite the legendary Dr. Rajkumar in Operation Diamond Racket, Thayige Thakka Maga and Shankar Guru. She starred opposite Anant Nag in the comedy Narada Vijaya and the novel-based Baadada Hoo, and both were highly successful. With Dr. Vishnuvardhan, she acted in five or six movies and played glamorous roles. Srinath, Ashok and Lokesh were her other costars in Kannada movies.

She had a successful career in Tamil films as a lead heroine between 1974 and 1981. Vaira Nenjam, Mohana Punnagai, Vaazhnthu Kaattugiren, Kuppathu Raja, Aayiram Jenmangal, and Madhuraiyai Meetta Sundharapandiyan are some of her notable Tamil films. She acted opposite Sivaji Ganesan in Vaira Nenjam and Mohana Punnagai. She was paired with M. G. Ramachandran in Madhuraiyai Meetta Sundharapandiyan portraying the role of a princess. She acted in nearly 80 movies, mainly in South Indian languages.

Personal life

The beautiful Padmapriya was regarded as the Hema Malini of the South. Padmapriya was born in Karnataka. In 1983, she married Srinivasan and the couple has a daughter named Vasumathi. Just a year after marriage, the couple filed for divorce, which dragged on for a long time. After filing for divorce, Padmapriya stayed with her parents for 13 years at T. Nagar.[4] She died on 16 November 1997 from heart disease as well as kidney failure. After her death, Vasumathi gives a try on film industry however it fails, she settled in United Kingdom long time ago after her marriage.

Partial filmography

Padmapriya was fluent in all four South Indian languages and dubbed in her own voice. Her last movie in Tamil was Thotta Chinungi, where she played a mother's role. Table is in order of languages in which she acted, from the most to the fewest films after her marriage.

Tamil

Year	Film	Co-star	Role	Note
1975	Karotti Kannan	Thengai Srinivasan, Srikanth, Sripriya, M. N. Rajam	Kamala	Tamil Debut[5]
1975	Thiyaga Ullam	R. Muthuraman, Vincent, Kumari Padmini	Geetha
1975	Vaira Nenjam	Sivaji Ganesan, R. Muthuraman	Geetha
1975	Uravu Solla Oruvan	R. Muthuraman, Sivakumar, Sujatha	Indra
1975	Anaya Vilakku	M. K. Muthu, Srikanth, Lakshmi, Vennira Aadai Nirmala
1975	Vaazhnthu Kaattugiren	R. Muthuraman, Srikanth, Sujatha	Pankajam
1975	Engalakkum Kaadhal Varum	Ravichandran, Jaishankar, Kanchana
1976	Unmaiye Un Vilai Enna?	R. Muthuraman, Vijayakumar, Srikanth	Rama
1977	Sorgam Naragam	Sivakumar, Vijayakumar, Fatafat Jayalaxmi	Radha
1977	Perumaikkuriyaval	Sivakumar, Srikanth, Fatafat Jayalaxmi	Shanthi
1977	Deviyin Thirumanam	R. Muthuraman, Vijayakumar, K. R. Vijaya, Prameela
1977	Sahodara Sapatham	Rajinikanth, Vishnuvardhan, Bhavani
1977	Andru Sinthiya Ratham	Jaishankar, Thengai Srinivasan	Rohini
1978	Madhuraiyai Meetta Sundharapandiyan	M. G. Ramachandran, Latha	Princess Bhamini
1978	Kungumam Kadhai Sollugiradhu	M. G. C. Sukumar, Jaiganesh, Fatafat Jayalaxmi, Hema Chaudhary
1978	Aayiram Jenmangal	Vijayakumar, Rajinikanth, Latha	Radha
1978	Varuvan Vadivelan	Jaiganesh, R. Muthuraman, Vijayakumar, Jayachitra, Chandrakala, Fatafat Jayalaxmi
1978	Agni Pravesam	Srikanth
1979	Siri Siri Mama	Vijayakumar
1979	Kuppathu Raja	Rajinikanth, Vijayakumar, Manjula Vijayakumar	Kasthuri
1980	Neerottam	Vijayakanth, Praveena	Kanmani
1981	Mohana Punnagai	Sivaji Ganesan, Geetha, Jayabharathi, Anuradha, Anandhi	Bhama
1984	Idhayam Thedum Udhayam	Chakravarthy, Aruna
1990	Pudhu Varisu	Moulee, Pandiarajan, Rohini	Parvathi
1991	Nallathai Naadu Kekum	M. G. Ramachandran, Rajesh, Gautami, Rekha	Mala	Archived footage
1994	Kadhalan	Prabhu Deva, Nagma	Prabhu's mother
1995	Gandhi Pirantha Mann	Vijayakanth, Revathi, Ravali	Padma
1995	Thotta Chinungi[6]	Karthik, Raghuvaran, Revathi, Nagendra Prasad, Devayani, Rohini	Lakshmi	Last Tamil film

Kannada

Year	Film	Co-Star
1976	Bangarada Gudi	Gangadhar
1977	Lakshmi Nivasa	Ram Gopal
1978	Thayige Thakka Maga	Dr. Rajkumar
1978	Shankar Guru	Dr. Rajkumar
1978	Operation Diamond Racket	Dr. Rajkumar
1978	Madhura Sangama	Vishnuvardhan
1979	Maralu Sarapani	Ashok
1979	Preethi Madu Thamashe Nodu	Srinath
1979	Asadhya Aliya	Vishnuvardhan
1979	Rahasya Rathri	Vishnuvardhan
1980	Pattanakke Banda Patniyaru	Lokesh
1980	Narada Vijaya	Anant Nag
1980	Nanna Rosha Nooru Varusha	Vishnuvardhan
1980	Manku Thimma	Srinath
1982	Oorige Upakari	Vishnuvardhan
1982	Vasantha Nilaya	Rajesh
1982	Baadada Hoo	Anant Nag
1983	Kalluveene Nudiyithu	Vishnuvardhan
1983	Sri Nanjundeshwara Mahime	Srinivasamoorthy
1986	Aparaadhi Naanalla	Tiger Prabhakar, Srinath

Malayalam

Year	Film	Role
1977	Chathurvedam
1977	Akale Aakaasham
1977	Abhinivesham	Sathi
1977	Ashtamangalyam
1977	Sujatha
1978	Aval Kanda Lokam
1978	Prathyaksha Daivam
1979	Pathivritha
1979	Mani Koya Kurup

Telugu

Year	Film	Role
1974	Adapillala Tandri
1975	Chikati Velugulu
1976	Manchiki Maro Peru	Neelima
1977	Bhale Alludu
1978	Pottelu Punnamma
1980	Maa Inti Devatha
1989	Dhoorapu Kondalu

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