Yamuna (actress)

Yamuna is an Indian actress who appeared primarily in Telugu films in the 1990s.[3][4] She appeared in films like Mamagaru, Mouna Poratam, Yerra Mandaram. After having a career with films, she also acted in TV.

Yamuna
Born
Prema[1]
OccupationActress
Childrenvisishta , Kaushika [2]

Personal life

Yamuna was born as Prema. Director Balachander changed her name to Yamuna.[1]

Career

Yamuna made her debut in Modada Mareyalli with Shiva Rajkumar. She acted in over 50 Kannada and Telugu movies as the female lead.[5] She shot into fame in 1989 with award winning Telugu film Mouna Poratam[6][7] which is based on the real-life story of Sabita Badhei, which gained massive media coverage. Yamuna played the role of Durga who is betrayed by a government officer and fights for her conjugal rights, seeking marital recognition to give proper identity to her illegitimate child.[8] Later she played one of the heroines opposite Vinod Kumar in another award winning film Mamagaru.[9] In the 1990 film Puttinti Pattu Cheera, she played the role of an unlucky daughter who is harassed by her in-laws. She was also played the lead actress in 1990 film Erramandaram which bagged the Best feature film Nandi Award.[10] She also acted in Kannada films with Siva Rajkumar and Ravichandran.[11] After her marriage, she took a break from acting. After the break she started acting in TV serials. She appeared in a popular horror serial Anveshitha which was broadcast on ETV.

False Allegations

Yamuna was arrested for her alleged involvement in a brothel racket in the ITC Royal Gardenia, a five star hotel in January 2011 at Bangalore.[12] In an YouTube interview, Frankly with TNR, she said she was exonerated by the court of chargers as a false allegation.[13]

Filmography
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Telugu

Malayalam

Kannada

Tamil

TV series
  • Thiruvilaiyadal (Sun TV)
  • Amman (Sun TV)
  • Vidhi (ETV) as Saroja / Rosy
  • Anveshitha (ETV) as Snigdha Devi
  • Raktha Sambandham (Gemini TV)
  • Allare Allari (ETV Plus)
  • Seethama Vakitilo Sirimalle Chettu (Vidhi-2) as Rosy
  • Lakshmi (Udaya TV)
  • Lakshmi Jhansiya Magalu (Udaya TV)
  • Devi (Zee Kannada)
  • Damini (Gemini TV)
  • Amrutam (etc)

References
  1. "Yamuna Biography". cochintalkies.com. cochintalkies. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. "విశాఖ నాకు సొంతిల్లులాంటిది: నటి". Sakshi. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  3. "Yamuna profile on Fimibeat". filmibeat.com. Filmibeat. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  4. Bollineni, Haribabu. "Why Senior Actress Tried to Commit Suicide?". chitramala.in. Chitramala. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  5. Shyam, Prasad S (27 September 2016). "Yamuna back on the big screen". Bangalore Mirror.
  6. "1989 Nandi Awards". awardsandwinners.com.
  7. "List of winners of the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film". telugufilmz.org.
  8. "Mouna Poratam Music by S Janaki". sjanaki.net.
  9. "1991 Nandi awards". awardsandwinners.com. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  10. "1990 Nandi Awards". awardsandwinners.com. Awards & Winners. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  11. "ఆ రూమర్ వచ్చాక... సూసైడ్ చేసుకోవాలని నిర్ణయించుకున్నా.. నటి యమున". telugu.webdunia.com. Webdunia. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  12. Bojja, Kumar. "వ్యభిచారంలో ఇరికించారు, చనిపోవాలనుకున్నా: నటి యమున అంతరంగం, కన్నీళ్లు..." filmibeat.com. Filmibeat. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  13. "Yamuna back on the big screen". bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com. BangaloreMirror. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
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