Tulasi (actress)

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Tulasi
Born India
Other names Thulasi, Tulasi Shivamani, Baby Thulasi, Thulasi Ram
Occupation Film actress
Years active 1972-present
Spouse(s) Shivamani

Tulasi (or Tulasi Shivamani) is an Indian actress. She started her career as a child actress, then became a lead actress and later did supporting roles in mother characters. She has acted in over 300 films in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi languages.[1]

Career

Tulasi made her debut in the Telugu film Bharya when she was three months old. For a song in the film, a baby was needed and Tulasi was placed in the cradle after actress Savitri had requested Tulasi's mother, who was a friend of her.[2] She was then featured in one song when she was one-and-half year old in Jeevanatarangalu and said that she became a full-fledged actor when she was three.[3] She had never been to school.[4]

She got married at age 28 to Kannada director Sivamani.[5] She stated that "I met him in the morning and by evening we tied the knot".[6] She has one son Sai Tarun with him. Tulasi decided to quit acting after getting married but when her son was around six years old, she received many mother character roles. She initially declined them all, but finally signed on one Kannada film, Excuse Me, in which she played mother to Divya Spandana and which became a big hit.[7] After that she was doing three films a year.

She later also began acting in mother roles in Tamil films like Pillaiyar Theru Kadaisi Veedu, Easan, Mankatha, Sundarapandian, Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer and Pandiya Naadu. She said that Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer, in which she played mother to Manisha Yadav changed her life. "It brought me an identity as a screen mother", she stated.[8]

Filmography

Year Film Role Language Notes
1972 Bharya Telugu
1973 Jeevana Tarangalu Telugu
1977 Chillarakottu Chittamma Telugu
1978 Seetamalakshmi Telugu
1979 Sankarabharanam Sankaram Telugu
1979 Gorintaku Telugu
1981 Nyayam Kavali Padma Telugu
1981 Mudda Mandaram Telugu
1982 Nalugu Stambhalaata Telugu
1982 Subhalekha Lakshmi Telugu
1983 Ee Pillaku Pellavuthundha Telugu
1983 Nelavanka Lalita Telugu
1983 Trisulam Telugu
1983 Mantri Gari Viyyankudu Suseela Telugu
1984 Anubandham Telugu
1984 Nallavanuku Nallavan Tamil
1984 Disco King Telugu
1985 Preminchu Pelladu Telugu
1985 Muchataga Mugguru Telugu
1985 Sri Katna Leelalu Telugu
1986 Henne Ninagenu Bandhana Kannada
1986 Poojaku Panikiraani Puvvu Telugu
1987 Aranyakanda Neela Telugu
1987 Dhoorathu Pachai Tamil
1988 Kanchana Seetha Telugu
1988 Brahma Vishnu Maheswara Kannada
1988 Jeevana Ganga Telugu
1990 Alajadi Telugu
1992 Chitram Bhalare Vichitram Meera Telugu
1994 Mahanadi Tamil
1999 Kannayya Kittayya Telugu
2003 Excuse Me Kannada
2005 Gunna Kannada
2006 Chellata Kannada
2006 Sevanthi Sevanthi Kannada
2006 Honeymoon Express Kannada
2006 Sirivanta Kannada
2006 Jothe Jotheyali Kannada
2007 Poojari Kannada
2007 Ee Preethi Onthara Kannada
2007 Savi Savi Nenapu Kannada
2008 Sangama Kannada
2008 Neenyare Kannada
2009 Ullasa Utsaha Kannada
2009 Rajkumari Kannada
2009 Josh Kannada Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Kannada
2009 Minchu Kannada
2009 Raaj the Showman Kannada
2009 Rajani Kannada
2010 Punda Kannada
2010 Nanjangud Nanjunda Kannada
2010 Sihi Gaali Kannada
2010 Easan Tamil
2011 Pillaiyar Theru Kadaisi Veedu Tamil
2011 Mankatha Tamil
2012 Rajadhani Kannada
2012 Julai Kaameshwari Murthy Telugu
2012 Paagal Kannada
2012 Sundarapandian Tamil
2013 Sthreeshakthi Kannada
2013 Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer Tamil
2013 Pandiya Naadu Tamil
2013 Khatarnak Umesh Reddy Kannada
2013 Viraat Kannada
2013 Pannaiyarum Padminiyum Tamil Filming
2013 Kathukutti Tamil Filming

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