Bhavani (actress) explained

Bhavani
Birth Place:Chennai, India
Years Active:1974–present
Occupation:Actress
Spouse:Reghu Kumar (Music director)

Bhavani is an Indian film and television actress best known for her work in Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu cinema.[1] She was the lead actress in the Telugu film industry.

Personal life

Born in Chennai and was married Malayalam producer/music director Reghu Kumar, known for films like Thalavattam and Hello My Dear Wrong Number.[2] They had two daughters: Bavitha and Bhavana.[3] She made a comeback through the Malayalam film Thandavam. Currently, she is acting in Tamil serials.[4] She is a granddaughter of Telugu actress singer Rushyendramani. Her mother tongue is Telugu.

Career

Bhavani's debut film was the Kannada-language Bhootayyana Maga Ayyu (1974), which won her the Best Actress award and in which she shared screen space with legendary actress, mentor and maternal grandmother Rushyendramani, who received the Best Supporting Actress award for the same film. With 75 films in a span of four years to her credit, Bhavani was considered as one of the leading actresses during the 1970s in the Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam film industries. She also has the distinction of acting with veteran actors like Prem Nazir, Jayan, and Sukumaran in Malayalam, Vishnuvardhan and Rajinikanth in Kannada, R. Muthuraman, Jaishankar, M. G. Ramachandran, and Sivaji Ganesan in Tamil, and N. T. Rama Rao, Chandramohan, Nandamuri Balakrishna, and Sridhar in Telugu. She was noted for her performance in the Malayalam movie Lisa. Currently she is busy in TV series doing mother and negative roles.

Filmography

Malayalam

Kannada

Tamil

Telugu

Television

Year Serial Channel Language Notes
2000VivaahithaAsianetMalayalam
2003ParvathySurya TVMalayalam
2005Kadamattathu KathanaarAsianetMalayalam
2005VasanthamSun TVTamil
2005-2006SelviSun TVTamil
2008-2010PaarijathamAsianetMalayalam
2009-2010SundarakandaGemini TVTelugu
2009KalyanamSun TVTamil
2010Kalaignar TVTamil
2010Sun TVTamil
2010Sun TVTamil Replaced by Rekha Suresh
2011MuthaaramSun TVTamilReplaced by J.Lalitha
2011-2012PaarijathamVijay TVTamil
2012-2013ValliSun TVTamil
2012-2013PokkishamKalaingar TVTamil
2012ParijataStar SuvarnaKannada
2013-2014BhagyadevathaMazhavil ManoramaMalayalam
2013-2014DeivamagalSun TV Tamil
2014Sun TVTamilReplaced by Dharini
2014Akka ThangaiKalignar TVTamil
2014-2015Andal AzhagarVijay TVTamilReplaced by Shanthi Williams
2015-2017Kairasi KudumbamJaya TVTamil
2020Ninne PelladathaZee TeluguTelugu

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Music Director Raghu Kumar Died . 20 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140226070446/http://www.indiancinemagallery.com/malayalam/news/music-director-raghu-kumar-died.html . 26 February 2014 . dead .
  2. Web site: Manorama Online | Malayalam News | Latest News | . 20 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140220053834/http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/mmonline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?contentId=16213735&programId=1073753760&tabId=11&contentType=EDITORIAL&BV_ID=@@@ . 20 February 2014 . dead .
  3. Web site: Music composer Raghu Kumar is no more. Kerala Online News . 20 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140226044606/http://keralaonlinenews.com/music-director-raghu-kumar-malayalam-news-70156.html/ . 26 February 2014 . dead .
  4. Web site: Music director Raghu Kumar passes away . 20 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140224013014/http://www.kaumudi.com/innerpage1.php?newsid=46716 . 24 February 2014 . dead .

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