Harini (Kannada actress)

Harini
Nationality Indian
Occupation Actress, Producer
Years active 1950–1968 (Retired)

Harini (born 1937) is a former actress in the Kannada cinema. She was active during the 1950s and 1960s, retiring at the peak of her career. As of 2006 she lived in Bangalore.[1]

Early life

Harini was born in 1937 to Srinivasa Upadhya and Bharathi in Udupi as their fourth child. Her brother Vadiraj was also an actor and producer. She was cast in Balakrishna roles in Tamil Film Haridas. She appeared as child artist in films like Sri Murugan and Kannika for which she received one rupee for delivering the dialogues very nicely. She became full fledged heroine through tamil film Punyavathi.[1][2]

Career

Harini made her debut as leading lady in Jaganmohini in the role of Mohini at the age of 15. She wore a swim suit and hence was the first heroine to wear a swim suit on the Kannada film screen. The film became a first silver jubilee hit and made Harini an overnight star. Harini got 200 letters for her stellar performance when she was shooting for her second film, bilingual Ratnadeep made simultaneously in Tamil and Hindi.[2]

From thereon Harini played a variety of roles in Dallali, Vichitra Prapancha, Nandi, Nanda Deepa, Kanya Dana, Gandharva Kanya and Pathivratha, among other films.[3] Harini acted with many stars of her time, including Dr. Rajkumar, with whom she acted in more than 10 films, Kalyan Kumar, and Udaykumar.[3]

Harini received precedent award for Best Actress for her films Nanda Deepa and Mangala Muhurtha.[4]

Sathi Sukanya, released in 1968, was her last film. Harini married in 1972 and moved to Saudi Arabia, staying there for 12 years.[5]

Apart from acting Harini tried her hand in film production too. She along with her brothers Vadiraj-Jawahar produced some meaningful films under the banner names Sri Bharathi Chitra and Vijaya Bharathi. Some of the films produced by Harini are Nandi, Nanda Deepa, Nava Jeevana, Namma Makkalu, and Seetha. [6]

Filmography

YearTitleCo-StarDirector
1951JaganmohiniPrathima DeviD.Shankar Singh
1953DallaliSampath, SubbannaD.Shankar Singh
1953Mangala GowriIndu ShekharT.R.Sundaram
1953Sowbhagya LakshmiIndu ShekharB.Vittalacharya
1954Madiddunno MaharayaPrathima Devi, HunsurD.Shankar Singh
1954KanyadanaIndu Shekhar, BalakrishnaB.Vittalacharya
1954Muttiddella ChinnaBalakrishna, Prathima DeviD.Shankar Singh
1955Gandharva KanyaIndu Shekhar, RajasulochanaD.Shankar Singh
1955Vichitra PrapanchaIndu Shekhar
1957Prabhulinga LeelePrathima DeviSri Manjunatha
1959Dharma VijayaDr.Rajkumar, LeelavathiN.Jagannath
1960Aasha SundariDr.RajkumarHunsur Krishnamurthy
1961NagarjunaDr.Rajkumar, G. Varalakshmi
1962Nanda DeepaDr.RajkumarM.R.Vittal
1962Rathna ManjariUdaykumarHunsur Krishnamurthy
1962Karuneye Kutumbada KannuDr.Rajkumar,RajashankarT.V.Singh Thakore
1962Vidhi VilasaDr.RajkumarMahesh-Bhagwan
1963Ananda BashpaR. N. SudarshanR.Nagendra Rao
1964NaandiDr.Rajkumar, KalpanaLaxminarayan
1964Mangala MuhurtaRajashankar, R. N. SudarshanM.R.Vittal
1964NavajeevanaPandhari Bai, SudarshanC.S.Murthy
1964Shivagange MahathmeDr.RajkumarGovindaiha
1965PathivrathaDr.Rajkumar, UdaykumarP.S.Murthy
1965Sarvagna MurthyDr.RajkumarAruru Pattabhi
1965AmarajeeviRajashankarG.K.Murthy
1965Ide Maha SudinaUdaykumarB.C.Srinivas
1967Subba ShastryKalyan KumarDoreswamy Iyengar
1967Sathi SukanyaDr.RajkumarY.R.Swamy
1970SeethaAs producer

References

  1. 1 2 "The Hindu : Friday Review Bangalore : The good, bad and funny". The Hindu. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Harini - Content Heroine of Yesteryears - Telugu Movies News". Supergoodmovies.com. Archived from the original on 26 January 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Harini : Kannada Actress/Producer Movies". Chiloka. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "National Film Awards". Kannada Movies Info. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "I am not beautiful like Saroja Devi - Harini". Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "Seetha – ಸೀತಾ (1970/೧೯೭೦)". kannadamoviesinfo.wordpress.com. Retrieved 14 Jan 2013.
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