Bhanupriya

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Bhanupriya
Born	January 15, 1967 (1967-01-15) (age 41) Andhra pradesh, India

Bhanu Priya Born on January 15, 1967 was a famous leading actress of the Telugu film industry and Kollywood from 1980 to 1993. She also acted in Bollywood in the 1990s. She is now living in United States teaching Bharatnatyam and Kuchipudi, the two famous South Indian classical dances. She has acted in over 111 films as a heroine. She is known as the 'other Sridevi'.

1 Career
2 Tamil Filmography
3 Family
4 Miscellanea
5 External links

[edit] Career

Bhanupriya made her debut in the Telugu movie Sitara directed by veteran Vamsy, which was a big hit. She has acted as a heroine in over 25 Telugu films, around 30 films in Tamil and also 14 Hindi films and a few Malayalam films.She is known to be an expert in classical dances,in fact all her critically acclaimed movies were based on the subject of classical dance, like Vamsy's "Sitara" and veteran Kasinadhuni Viswanath's "Swarnakamalam" in Telugu and Sathyan Anthikkad's Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal in Malayalam.She is also part of Mani Ratnam's stage show "Netru, Indru, Naalai".

[edit] Tamil Filmography

Kadamba - Dr.Vishnuvardhan(Kannada)
Mella Pesungal (Debut Film) - Vasanth
Araro Ariroro - K. Bagyaraj
Simhadriya simha - Dr.Vishnuvardhan(Kannada)
Dhalapathi - Rajinikanth, Mammootty
Maharasan - Kamalhassan
Bharathan - Vijayakanth
Sathriyan - Vijayakanth
Sirayil Pootha Chinna malar - Vijayakanth
Kaviya Thalaivan - Vijayakanth
Brahma - Sathyaraj, Khusboo
Magudam - Sathyaraj, Gouthami
Therkku theru machan - Sathyaraj
Kattalai - Sathyaraj
Pangali - Sathyaraj
Pudhu Manithan - Sathyaraj
Uzhavan - Prabhu
Chakravarthi - Karthik
Amaran - Karthik
Anantha Poonkatre - Karthik, Meena
Gopura Vasilile - Karthik
Azhagan - Mammooty
Vaname Ellai - Anandbabu - Cameo role
Porantha Veeda Puguntha Veeda- Sivakumar
Pondatti Sonna kettukanum - Chandrasekar
Thalaimurai - Rajkiran
Adi ratham - Nazaar

[edit] Family

Bhanupriya married Adarshkoushal, an award-winning photographer based in the United States and son of famous Bharatanatyam artist Sumathikoushal in United States. They have a daughter. Now, they are settled in Chennai.

[edit] Miscellanea

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Bhanupriya is now in Chennai and planing to direct a film , with classical dance as lead role^{[citation needed]}
She also acted in a television Serial Shakthi , shown over in Sun Network channels.
Her sister Shantipriya also acted in several films with moderate success.
She is famous for her expressions using her eyes , which led her to a career in modelling. Her most famous ad was of Eyetex, a popular eyeliner.
She is currently working on "Devathalu" ,"Pellaindhi Kaani "(Telugu) , "Oru Ponnu Oru Paiyan" , "Theekuchi" , "Polladhavan", "Porantha veeda pukuntha veeda"(TV serial) in Tamil.
Cinematographer and director P.C.Sriram once described her as having the most beautiful and photogenic face among south Indian movie actresses.