Harini (Kannada actress)

Harini
Nationality Indian
Occupation Actress, Producer
Years active 1950–1968 (Retired)

Harini (born 1937) is a former actress in the Kannada cinema. She was active during the 1950s and 1960s, retiring at the peak of her career. As of 2006 she lived in Bangalore.[1]

Early life

Harini was born in 1937 to Srinivasa Upadhya and Bharathi in Udupi as their fourth child. Her brother Vadiraj was also an actor and producer. She was cast in Balakrishna roles in Tamil Film Haridas. She appeared as child artist in films like Sri Murugan and Kannika for which she received one rupee for delivering the dialogues very nicely. She became full fledged heroine through tamil film Punyavathi.[1][2]

Career

Harini made her debut as leading lady in Jaganmohini in the role of Mohini at the age of 15. She wore a swim suit and hence was the first heroine to wear a swim suit on the Kannada film screen. The film became a first silver jubilee hit and made Harini an overnight star. Harini got 200 letters for her stellar performance when she was shooting for her second film, bilingual Ratnadeep made simultaneously in Tamil and Hindi.[2]

From thereon Harini played a variety of roles in Dallali, Vichitra Prapancha, Nandi, Nanda Deepa, Kanya Dana, Gandharva Kanya and Pathivratha, among other films.[3] Harini acted with many stars of her time, including Dr. Rajkumar, with whom she acted in more than 10 films, Kalyan Kumar, and Udaykumar.[3]

Harini received precedent award for Best Actress for her films Nanda Deepa and Mangala Muhurtha.[4]

Sathi Sukanya, released in 1968, was her last film. Harini married in 1972 and moved to Saudi Arabia, staying there for 12 years.[5]

Apart from acting Harini tried her hand in film production too. She along with her brothers Vadiraj-Jawahar produced some meaningful films under the banner names Sri Bharathi Chitra and Vijaya Bharathi. Some of the films produced by Harini are Nandi, Nanda Deepa, Nava Jeevana, Namma Makkalu, and Seetha. [6]

Filmography

Year Title Co-Star Director
1951 Jaganmohini Prathima Devi D.Shankar Singh
1953 Dallali Sampath, Subbanna D.Shankar Singh
1953 Mangala Gowri Indu Shekhar T.R.Sundaram
1953 Sowbhagya Lakshmi Indu Shekhar B.Vittalacharya
1954 Madiddunno Maharaya Prathima Devi, Hunsur D.Shankar Singh
1954 Kanyadana Indu Shekhar, Balakrishna B.Vittalacharya
1954 Muttiddella Chinna Balakrishna, Prathima Devi D.Shankar Singh
1955 Gandharva Kanya Indu Shekhar, Rajasulochana D.Shankar Singh
1955 Vichitra Prapancha Indu Shekhar
1957 Prabhulinga Leele Prathima Devi Sri Manjunatha
1959 Dharma Vijaya Dr.Rajkumar, Leelavathi N.Jagannath
1960 Aasha Sundari Dr.Rajkumar Hunsur Krishnamurthy
1961 Nagarjuna Dr.Rajkumar, G. Varalakshmi
1962 Nanda Deepa Dr.Rajkumar M.R.Vittal
1962 Rathna Manjari Udaykumar Hunsur Krishnamurthy
1962 Karuneye Kutumbada Kannu Dr.Rajkumar,Rajashankar T.V.Singh Thakore
1962 Vidhi Vilasa Dr.Rajkumar Mahesh-Bhagwan
1963 Ananda Bashpa R. N. Sudarshan R.Nagendra Rao
1964 Naandi Dr.Rajkumar, Kalpana Laxminarayan
1964 Mangala Muhurta Rajashankar, R. N. Sudarshan M.R.Vittal
1964 Navajeevana Pandhari Bai, Sudarshan C.S.Murthy
1964 Shivagange Mahathme Dr.Rajkumar Govindaiha
1965 Pathivratha Dr.Rajkumar, Udaykumar P.S.Murthy
1965 Sarvagna Murthy Dr.Rajkumar Aruru Pattabhi
1965 Amarajeevi Rajashankar G.K.Murthy
1965 Ide Maha Sudina Udaykumar B.C.Srinivas
1967 Subba Shastry Kalyan Kumar Doreswamy Iyengar
1967 Sathi Sukanya Dr.Rajkumar Y.R.Swamy
1970 Seetha As producer

References

  1. 1 2 "The Hindu : Friday Review Bangalore : The good, bad and funny". The Hindu. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Harini - Content Heroine of Yesteryears - Telugu Movies News". Supergoodmovies.com. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Harini : Kannada Actress/Producer Movies". Chiloka. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  4. "National Film Awards". Kannada Movies Info. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  5. "I am not beautiful like Saroja Devi - Harini". Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  6. "Seetha – ಸೀತಾ (1970/೧೯೭೦)". kannadamoviesinfo.wordpress.com. Retrieved 14 Jan 2013.

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