Praveena Bhagyaraj was an Indian actress who had worked mainly in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. She married director

K. Bhagyaraj Krishnasaamy Bhagyaraj (born 7 January 1953) is an Indian director, actor, screenwriter, music director, producer and politician active mainly in Tamil films. He has also written and directed Hindi and Telugu films and TV serials. As an actor, ...

in 1981. Praveena starred in several films like '' Manmatha Leelai'', '' Manthoppu Kiliye'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

Bhama Rukmani ''Bhama Rukmani'' is a 1980 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by R. Bhaskaran. The film stars K. Bhagyaraj, Raadhika and Praveena. It was released on 12 June 1980. Plot Nandagopal (K. Bhagyaraj) has been in love with Rukmani (Praveena ...

''.

Film career

She made her debut in 1976 in the Tamil movie '' Manmadha Leelai'', directed by

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, with

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in the lead role. After that, she has acted in films as supporting roles and minor roles, and also lead actress in a few movies. She has acted with

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in ''

'' (1980). ''Billa'' was released on 26 January 1980, and became a commercial success, running for over 25 weeks in theatres.

Personal life

In her early days, both Praveena and Bhagyaraj had a lot of trouble getting film offers. Praveena entered as an actress in the film industry. Praveena helped her boyfriend Bhagyaraj, who had little chance of progressing as the second hero and main supporting characters. When she taught Tamil to Bhagyaraj, they had love between them. Later, they both married in 1981. Praveena's marriage was over in a very short span.

Death

Praveena died on 5 September 1983 due to jaundice. She was just 25 when she died. After her death, Bhagyaraj married

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, also a popular actress, with whom he has two children -

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and Shanthanu, both of them who later became actors.

Filmography

References

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* {{IMDb name, id=10274579 Tamil actresses Indian actresses 1983 deaths Indian film actresses 20th-century Indian actresses 1958 births