Uma Shankari is an Indian actress who appeared in regional Indian language films.

Career

In 2006, she appeared in Sakthi Chidambaram's ''

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'' opposite

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, featuring as

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's niece and also featured in ''Thodamaley'' alongside newcomers. She also acts in a few serials like Chikamma (the remake of the famous Tamil serial "Chithi" in Kannada) and

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(a new Tamil Serial).

Personal life

Uma was born to

D. Rajendra Babu D. Rajendra Babu (30 March 1951 – 3 November 2013) was an Indian filmmaker and screenplay writer in Kannada cinema. He has directed over 50 films in various genres, most of them being sentimental films. He wrote and directed numerous blockbust ...

, a commercial director in Kannada film industry, and actress Sumithra, who appeared in regional Indian films. Her younger sister,

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, made her debut with the film ''Doo'' in 2011. Alongside films, she studied B.A, English literature in Indira Gandhi Open University. She eventually married software engineer H. Dushyanth in Bangalore on 15 June 2006 and opted against signing any more films thereafter.

Filmography

References

Indian film actresses Actresses in Malayalam cinema Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses in Kannada cinema Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Actresses in Telugu cinema 21st-century Indian actresses Actresses in Tamil television Actresses in Kannada television Year of birth missing (living people) {{India-film-actor-stub