Shylashri is an Indian actress who acted in

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

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and Malayalam cinema. She was awarded the

Rajyotsava Award The Rajyotsava Prashasti or Rajyotsava Awards, the second highest civilian honor of the Karnataka state of India are conferred annually by the Karnataka Government on the occasion of the establishment of the state on 1 November celebrated as t ...

in 2019 for her contributions to Kannada Cinema. Shylashri is known to be one of 3 daughters of a classical musician, Veena Gnanambal, who taught music in Annamalai University.

Career

Shylashri began her career with a small role in the Kannada film ''

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'', released in 1966. She has acted as heroine and a supporting actress in many Kannada movies. She is well remembered for her role in the National Award-winning Kannada film '' Naguva Hoovu'', released in 1971 where she plays a nurse who falls in love with a doctor but sacrifices her love for a cancer patient who loves her. She also wrote the story for the film, which was produced by R.N.R. Productions. She acted as one of the heroines opposite

Dr. Rajkumar Singanalluru Puttaswamaiah Muthuraj (24 April 1929 – 12 April 2006), better known by his stage name Dr. Rajkumar, was an Indian actor and singer who worked in Kannada cinema. Regarded as one of the greatest actors in the history of Indian ci ...

in ''

Bangarada Hoovu ''Bangarada Hoovu'' () is a 1967 Indian Kannada language film directed, written and produced by B. A. Arasu Kumar. The film stars Rajkumar, Kalpana, Udaykumar and Shylashri. The film won many laurels upon release including the National Film A ...

and Jedara Bale.'' She has also appeared in a few Tamil films.

Marriage

She married Kannada actor R.N.Sudarshan, with whom she acted in films such as ''Naguva Hoovu'', ''

Kadina Rahasya ''Kadina Rahasya'' (Kannada: ಕಾಡಿನ ರಹಸ್ಯ) is a 1969 Indian Kannada film, directed by Geethapriya and produced by R. Rangappa and M. P. Shankar. The film stars Yashraj, Sudarshan, K. S. Ashwath and Narasimharaju in the lea ...

'', ''Kallara Kalla and'' ''Malathi Madhava''.

Partial Filmography

Kannada

Tamil

* ''

Vennira Aadai ''Vennira Aadai'' () is a 1965 Indian Tamil-language romance film, co-written, produced and directed by Sridhar. The film stars Jayalalithaa, Nirmala, Shylashri, Srikanth and Moorthy, all in their Tamil cinema debut. It was released on 14 ...

'' (1965) * ''

Motor Sundaram Pillai ''Motor Sundaram Pillai'' is a 1966 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by S. S. Balan and written by Veppathur Kittoo. A remake of the Hindi film '' Grahasti'' (1963), itself based on the American film '' The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker ...

'' (1966) * '' Pandhyam'' (1967) * '' Penne Nee Vaazhga'' (1967) * ''

Selva Magal ''Selva Magal'' () is a 1967 Indian Tamil-language romantic action film, directed by K. V. Srinivas and produced by T. S. Rajasundaresan. The dialogue was written by Subbu Arumugam and the story written by Rajasri. Music was by M. S. Viswanath ...

'' (1967) * ''

Muthu Chippi ''Muthu Chippi'' () is a 1968 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by M. Krishnan and produced by P. L. Mohan Ram. The film stars Jaishankar, Jayalalithaa and Nagesh. The film had musical score by S. M. Subbaiah Naidu. The film was released on ...

'' (1968) * ''Neeyum Naanum'' (1968) * ''Athai Magal'' (1969) * '' Aayiram Poi'' (1969) * ''

Pennai Vazha Vidungal ''Pennai Vazha Vidungal'' () is a 1969 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed and edited by R. Devarajan, and produced by M. Karnan who also handled the cinematography. It was released on 1 August 1969, and emerged a commercial success. Plo ...

'' (1969) * '' Vaa Raja Vaa'' (1969) * ''Subhadhinam'' (1969) * ''

Aindhu Laksham ''Aindhu Laksham'' () is a 1969 Indian Tamil language Tamil (; ' , ) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. Tamil is an official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the sovereign nations o ...

'' (1969) * ''

Thirumalai Thenkumari ''Thirumalai Thenkumari'' () is a 1970 Indian Tamil-language road film written and directed by A. P. Nagarajan. Inspired by the 1969 film '' If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium'', it features an ensemble cast consisting of Sivakumar, Kumari P ...

'' (1970) * ''

Dharisanam ''Dharisanam'' is a 1970 Indian Tamil-language film produced and directed by V. T. Arasu. The film stars A. V. M. Rajan and Pushpalatha. It was released on 6 February 1970. Plot Cast * A. V. M. Rajan * Pushpalatha * Srikanth * Cho * ...

'' (1970) * '' Thabalkaran Thangai'' (1970) * ''

Aathi Parasakthi ''Aathi Parasakthi'' () is a 1971 Indian Tamil-language Hindu mythological film directed by K. S. Gopalakrishnan and produced by Chitra Productions. It stars Gemini Ganesan and Jayalalithaa. The film was dubbed in Hindi as ''Jai Jagat Janani' ...

'' (1971) * ''

Kurathi Magan ''Kurathi Magan'' is a 1972 Indian Tamil-language film directed by K. S. Gopalakrishnan. The film features Gemini Ganesan, K. R. Vijaya, Master Sridhar and Jayachitra introduced in the film, Shylashri, V. S. Raghavan, Suruli Rajan and Kamal ...

'' (1972)

Malayalam

* '' Kalanjukittiya Thankam'' (1964) * ''

Velutha Kathreena ''Velutha Kathreena'' is a 1968 Indian Malayalam film, directed by J. Sasikumar and produced by P. Balthasar, based on the famous novel of the same name, written by Muttathu Varkey. The film stars Prem Nazir, Sathyan, Sheela and Jayabharathi ...

'' (1968)...Narthaki * '' Nazhikakkallu'' (1970) * '' Checkpost'' (1974)

Hindi

* '' Waris (1969)

Telugu

* ''Bhale Abbayilu'' (1969)

References

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