Udaya Chandrika was an Indian actress of

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from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s. She also appeared in

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and

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-language films.

Career

Udaya Chandrika began her career with ''Katari Veera'', released in 1966. She played Dr. Rajkumar's sweetheart in that film. Later, she went on to play many roles in Kannada films till her last appearance in ''Udugore'', released in 1979, with Kalyan Kumar. She acted with almost all the stars of her time, like Dr. Rajkumar,

Kalyan Kumar Kalyan Kumar (7 June 1928 – 1 August 1999) was an Indian actor, and an occasional film director and producer who worked primarily in Kannada and Tamil cinema. Making his acting debut in the mythological drama ''Natashekara'' (1954), Kalyan Kuma ...

Udaykumar Bommasandra Srinivasaiah Suryanarayana Murthy (16 March 1933 – 26 December 1985), known by his screen name Udaykumar, was an Indian actor and producer in Kannada cinema. He, along with Kalyan Kumar and Rajkumar, were called the ''Kumarat ...

, Rajesh, Vishnuvardhan, Srinath, Rajinikanth, etc. She even worked with

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, MGR,

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in her other language films. She produced two films under her banner Chandrika Films, ''Asadhya Aliya'', starring Vishnuvardhan and ''Kiladi Aliya'', starring Shankar Nag in the lead roles. Her famous films are

Thillana Mohanambal ''Thillana Mohanambal'' () is a 1968 Indian Tamil-language musical drama film written, directed and produced by A. P. Nagarajan. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Padmini and T. S. Balaiah, with A. V. M. Rajan, Nagesh and Manorama in supportin ...

, ''Katari Veera'', ''Dhoomakethu'', ''Bhoopathi Ranga'', ''Anchusundarikal'', ''Pattukunte Laksha'', etc.

Filmography

Kannada

Tamil

# ''

Deivathin Deivam ''Deivathin Deivam'' () is 1962 Indian Tamil-language drama film, written and directed by K. S. Gopalakrishnan. The film stars S. S. Rajendran, C. R. Vijayakumari, Geetanjali (credited as Manimala) and S. V. Ranga Rao, with music composed by ...

'' (1962) # ''

Anandhi Anandhi (born Rakshita; 10 December 1996) is an Indian actress who primarily appears in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. After her debut in the Telugu film '' Bus Stop'' (2012), she appeared in Vetrimaaran's Tamil production '' Poriyaalan'' ...

'' (1965) # '' Ennathan Mudivu'' (1965) # ''

Avan Pithana? ''Avan Pithana?'' () is a 1966 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film directed by P. Neelakantan, produced by P. Angamuthu and written by M. Karunanidhi. It is a remake of the Telugu film '' Dagudu Moothalu'' (1964). The film stars S. S. Raj ...

'' (1966) # ''Periya Manithan'' (1966) # ''Rajathi'' (1967) # '' Maadi Veettu Mappilai'' (1967)...Seetha #''

(1968) Minor Singaram's wife'' #'' Penn Deivam'' # '' Oru Thaai Makkal'' (1971)...Meena # ''Engal Thaai'' (1973) # ''Swati Natchathiram'' (1974) # '' Piriya Vidai'' (1975) # '' Dasavatharam '' (1976)

Malayalam

# '' Anchu Sundarikal'' (1968) # '' Inspector'' (1968) # '' Bhaarya Illaatha Raathri'' (1975)

References

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