Nandini Bhaktavatsala (born Prema) is an Indian actress who works in the

Kannada film industry Kannada cinema, also known as Sandalwood, or Chandanavana, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Kannada language widely spoken in the state of Karnataka. The 1934 film '' Sati Sulochana'' directe ...

. She won the

National Film Award for Best Actress The National Film Award for Best Actress (officially known as the Rajat Kamal Award for the Best Actress) is an honour presented annually at the National Film Awards of India since 1968 to an actress for the best performance in a leading role wi ...

in 1973 for the Kannada film '' Kaadu''. She is married to Bhaktavatsala, a film producer.

Biography

Nandini was born as Prema in

Tellicherry Thalassery (), formerly Tellicherry, is a municipality, Commercial City on the Malabar Coast in Kannur district, in the state of Kerala, India, bordered by the districts of Mahé (Pondicherry), Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kasaragod and Kodagu (Karnat ...

, Madras Presidency. Her family moved to Mysore where her father, Prof. O.K. Nambiar, taught English & History at the Maharaja College. Subsequently, the family moved to

Bangalore Bangalore (), List of renamed places in India, officially Bengaluru (), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan area, metropolitan population of a ...

when Prof Nambiar transferred to work at Central College. She graduated from the Mount Carmel College and Maharani College Mysore. Prema met and married Kannada film industry Titan, Moola Bhaktavatsala, who was also the president of the Karnataka Film Chamber. Nandini's role in

Girish Karnad Girish Karnad (19 May 1938 – 10 June 2019) was an Indian actor, film director, Kannada writer, playwright and a Jnanpith awardee, who predominantly worked in South Indian cinema and Bollywood. His rise as a playwright in the 1960s marked the ...

's '' Kaadu'' won her that year's

. Prema has three children Ananda Ranga, Ved Manu & Dev Siri. As of 2016, she is the vice president of International Music and Arts Society, Bangalore.

Filmography

*'' Kaadu'' (1973)

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1974 births Actresses from Kerala Living people Best Actress National Film Award winners Actresses in Kannada cinema People from Kannur district Indian film actresses 20th-century Indian actresses Actresses from Bangalore 21st-century Indian actresses Mount Carmel College, Bangalore alumni {{India-actor-stub