Saritha

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Saritha
Born	Saritha Chandrasekhar
Residence	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation	Film actress
Years active	1978–1988
Spouse(s)	Venkata Subbaih (1975–1976),^[1] Mukesh (actor) (1988–2007)
Children	Sravan , Thejas
Relatives	Viji Chandrasekhar (sister)

Saritha is a South Indian actress. She has acted more than 140 films in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu languages and was in a television serial Selvi in 2005. Her mainstream career spanned from 1978 to 1988. Her younger sister Viji Chandrasekhar is also an actress in Tamil movies.

Career

Saritha made her acting debut through Maro Charithra, a Telugu film directed by K. Balachander. The movie dealt with cross-cultural romance, where she acted opposite Kamal Haasan as a Telugu-speaking girl. She received more offers in Tamil films mostly directed by Balachander. Some of her films include Thappu Thalangal, Idi Katha Kaadu, Vandichakkaram, Netrikan, Agni Sakshi, Puthukavithai, Kalyana Agathigal and Achamillai Achamillai. Her performance in Vandichakkaram (1980) and Achamillai Achamillai (1984) won her Filmfare Best Tamil Actress awards. She also played guest roles as herself in 47 Natkal and its Telugu remake, directed by Balachander.^[2] She had her head tonsure for the cancer-affected role in Sujatha in 1980 and gained several pounds to play the psychotic role in the 2005 film Julie Ganapathi. Neither of these films were successful. She also won a Nandi Special Jury Award for her performance as "Aandaalu" in the movie Arjun in 2004.Saritha has also worked as a voice actor in Telugu and Tamil films. She has lent her voice to other actresses including Soundarya, Ramya Krishnan, Nagma and Vijayashanti. She won Nandi Award for Best Female Dubbing Artist for her voice to Soundarya in Maa Ayana Bangaram (1997) and Anthapuram (1999).

Personal life

Saritha was married to Telugu actor Venkata Subbaih at Tirupathi on 13 December 1975 when she was hardly sixteen years old; they lived together for only six months and divorced in 1988.^[1] Later she married Malayalam actor Mukesh (actor) on 5 September 1988 and has two sons Sravan & Thejas.^[3] Sravan is pursuing M.B.B.S in Ras Al Khaima University Dubai and Thejas is pursuing his undergraduate degree from Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand.^[4] In March 2007, the couple filed for divorce and it was granted in 2009.^[5] Both sons are staying with Saritha at Dubai.

Awards

Filmfare Awards South

1980 – Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil for Vandichakkaram
1982 – Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada for Hosa Belaku
1984 – Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil for Achamillai Achamillai
1985 – Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada for Mugila Mallige
1986 – Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada for Mouna Geethe
1989 – Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada for Sankranthi

Nandi Awards

1982– Special Jury Award – Best Actress for Telugu Kokilamma
1995 – Best Female Dubbing Artist Award for Ammoru
1996 – Best Female Dubbing Artist Award for Maavichiguru
1997 – Best Female Dubbing Artist Award for Maa Ayana Bangaram
1998 – Best Female Dubbing Artist Award for Anthapuram
2004 – Nandi Special Jury Award for Arjun

Tamil Nadu State Film Awards

Kalaimamani Award from Tamilnadu State
1979 – Best Actress Award for Oru Vellaadu Vengaiyagiradhu
1982 – Best Actress Award for Agni Sakshi
1988 – Best Actress Award for Poo Pootha Nandavanam

Karnataka State Award

1989 – Best Actress Award for Sankranthi

Selected filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Other notes
1978	Maro Charitra	Swapna	Telugu
1978	Thappida Thala	Character unknown	Kannada
1979	Guppedu Manasu	Character unknown	Telugu
1980	Sujatha	Character unknown	Tamil
1980	Rusi Kanda Poonai	Savithri	Tamil
1981	Thaneer Thaneer	Kannamma	Tamil
1981	Aadavallu Meeku Joharulu	Character unknown
1982	Thai Mookambhikai	Character unknown
	Chalisuva Modagalu	Leela	Kannada
	Agni Sakshi	Character unknown	Malayalam
	Hosabelaku	Vatsala	Kannada
	Eradu Rekhegalu	Ramu Amma	Kannada
	Nenjil oru Ragam	Character unknown	Malayalam
1983	Bhakta Prahlada	Kayadhu	Kannada
	Kamanabillu	Girija	Kannada
	Kokilamma	Kokilamma	Telugu
	Malaiyur Mambattiyan	Character unknown
1984	Komberi Mookan	Thiagarajan
	Brahma Gantu	Muniyamma	Kannada
	Kanchana Ganga	Kanchana	Telugu
	P.C.369	Character unknown	Malayalam
	Minimol Vathicanil		Malayalam
	Kutettan	Character unknown	Malayalam
	Oru Kochukatha Aarum Parayatha Katha	Janu	Malayalam
	Achamillai Achamillai	Thenmozhi	Tamil
	Sandharbham		Malayalam
1985	Muhurtham Pathnonnu Muppathinu	Indu	Malayalam
	Mugila Mallige	Character Unknown	Kannada
	Kathodu Kathoram	Marykutty	Malayalam
	Oru Kochu Karyam		Malayalam
1986	Malaya Marutha	Sharada	Kannada
	Sri Venkateshwara Mahime	Character Unknown	Kannada
	Mouna Geethe	Dual Role	Kannada
	Baalondu Bhaavageethe	Character Unknown	Kannada
	Dharmam	Character unknown	Tamil
1987	Thaniyavartanam	Character unknown	Malayalam
	Maanasaveene	Character Unknown	Kannada
	Yagagni	Bhairavi	Malayalam
	Kani Kanum Neram		Malayalam
	Manasa Maine Varu		Malayalam
	Vilambaram		Malayalam
1988	Sankranthi	Banneri	Kannada
	Sangham		Malayalam
	Anuragi		Malayalam
	Onnum Onnum Pathinonnu		Malayalam
1989	Lal Americayil		Malayalam
1990	Kuttettan		Malayalam
2000	Film Title	Character
2003	Life Is Beautiful	Vice Principal	Malayalam
	Ammakilikkoodu	Janaki
	Chakravalam		Malayalam
	Julie Ganapathi		Tamil
2004	Arjun	Andal	Telugu
2004	Album	Character unknown
2013	Ceylon	Tsunami Akka	Tamil/English

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Selvi	Thamarai

Kannada films

Chalisuva Modagalu-1981

Yeradu Rekhegalu-1983
Mouna Geethe-1985
Hosa Belaku-1982
Bhakta Prahlada-1983
Keralida Simha-1981
Kamana Billu-1983
Malaya Marutha-1986
Mugila Mallige-1984
Raam
Machchaa-2009
Kadala Mage-2006
Abhinandane-2005
Sankranthi-1988
Sri Venkateshwara Mahime-1988
Kurukshethra-1987
Hennina Koogu-1986
Bramha Gantu-1985
Jeevakke Jeeva-1981
Tappida Taala-1978

Tamil films

Nenjil oru Ragam
Malaiyur Mambattiyan
Komberi Mookan
Mouna Geethankal
Netrikan
Thanneer Thaneer
Oomai vizhigal
Vettukku oru Kannagi
Sattai Illatha Pamparam
Anni
Agni Satchi
Achamillai Achamillai
Kalyana Agathigal
Ponnu orukku pudhusu
Enga Oru Ponnu
Melmaruvathur Athiparasakthi
Thai Mookambigai
Pudhu Kavithai
Sivappu Sooriyan
Thangaikku oru geetham
Noolveli
Poo Poova puthirukku
Vedham Pudithu
Oru Pullangulal Adupu othugirathu
Kilvanam sivakkum
Nantri
Vandi chakkram
Sainthadamma sainthadu
Album
Friends"
June R
Julie Ganapathi
Thappu thalankal

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Please Provide the non executable order Sarita Case details. Lawyersclubindia.com. Retrieved on 6 January 2014.
↑ Second time also lucky. Hinduonnet.com (27 April 2005). Retrieved on 24 August 2013.
↑ Movies | Nostalgia |. Manorama Online (25 October 2013). Retrieved on 6 January 2014.
↑ http://www.mangalamvarika.com/index.php/en/home/index/125/28
↑ Actress Saritha seeks divorce. newstodaynet.com

External links

Saritha at the Internet Movie Database
Saritha at MSI

v t e Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actress

1972–1979	Jayalalithaa (1972) Jayalalithaa (1973) Lakshmi (1974) Sujatha (1975) Sujatha (1976) Sujatha (1977) Latha (1978) Shoba (1979)

1980–1989	Saritha (1980) Sridevi (1981) Poornima Jayaram (1982) Lakshmi (1983) Saritha (1984) Radha (1985) Radhika (1986) Unknown (1987) Unknown (1988) Unknown (1989)

1990–1999	Radhika (1990) Gouthami (1991) Revathi (1992) Revathi (1993) Revathi and Nagma (1994) Manisha Koirala (1995) Shruti (1996) Meena (1997) Kausalya (1998) Ramya Krishnan (1999)

2000–2009	Jyothika (2000) Laila (2001) Simran (2002) Laila (2003) Sandhya (2004) Asin (2005) Bhavana (2006) Priyamani (2007) Parvathy (2008) Pooja (2009)

2010–2019	Anjali (2010) Anjali (2011) Samantha (2012)

v t e Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress

1967–1980	K. R. Vijaya (1967) Padmini (1968) Sowcar Janaki (1969) K. R. Vijaya (1970) no award (1971) no award (1972) no award (1973) no award (1974) no award (1975) no award (1976) Latha (1977) Lakshmi (1978) Saritha (1979) Suhasini (1980)

1981–2000	Sridevi (1981) Saritha (1982) no award (1983) no award (1984) no award (1985) no award (1986) no award (1987) Saritha (1988) Raadhika (1989) Revathy (1990) Kushboo (1991) Sukanya (1992) Meena (1993) Rajashree (1994) Kushboo (1995) Shruti (1996) Meena & Devayani (1997) Roja (1998) Simran (1999) Devayani (2000)

2001–present	Sneha (2001) Meena (2002) Laila (2003) Jyothika (2004) Jyothika (2005) Priyamani (2006) Jyothika (2007) Sneha (2008)

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) Vidya Venkatesh (2005) Ramya (2006) Rashmi (2007) Radhika Pandit (2008) Radhika Pandit (2009)

2010–present	Radhika Pandit (2010) Ramya (2011) Priyamani (2012)

Persondata
Name	Saritha
Alternative names
Short description	Indian actor
Date of birth
Place of birth	Chennai
Date of death
Place of death

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