Prema (actress)

Prema
Born Neravanda Chetticha Prema
(1977-01-06) 6 January 1977
Bangalore, India
Occupation Actress
Years active 1994–2009
2017-Present

Prema( born Neravanda Chetticha Prema on 6 January 1977) is an Indian, film actress. She has worked as a lead actress in numerous Kannada and Telugu films besides working in a few Tamil and Malayalam films. She has appeared in many commercially successful and critically acclaimed feature films. She received the Karnataka State Film Award and Filmfare Best Actress awards for her performances in Kannada films. She has featured in Om and Yajamana, which are the two major blockbuster and highest-grossing films of their time in Kannada Cinema.

She has shared screen space with Vishnuvardhan, Mohanlal, Venkatesh, Jagapati Babu, Mohan Babu, Krishna, Shivrajkumar, V. Ravichandran, Upendra, Saikumar, and Ramesh Aravind. She has also starred opposite many actors in her career spanning over two decades.

Personal life

Prema was born on 6 January 1977 into Neravanda family, of the Kodava community to Chetticha and Kavery, in Murnad Kodagu. She received high school education in Mahila Seva Samaja High School and completed her Pre-university course in Murnad junior college, Kodagu. As a student she was involved actively in sports and represented her school and college in high jump and volleyball events at the national level.[1] Her younger brother Neravanda Aiyappa is a cricket player who represents Karnataka in Ranji Trophy. Her younger sister Indu NC lives in Dubai.[2] Prema is married to Jeevan Appacchu. She recently filed a divorce petition against him in the Family Court, Bangalore in March 2016.[2][3][4]

Film career

Prema began her career in the Rajkumar camp in 1995 starring with both Rajkumar sons' Shivarajkumar and Raghavendra Rajkumar in Savyasachi and Aata Hudugaata respectively. Though both films did not perform well at the box-office, she was given the lead role in yet another Shivarajkumar starrer Om. This was directed by Upendra. This film also brought her the Karnataka State Award for Best Actress.

The year 1996 saw her perform in the Sunil Kumar Desai directed Nammoora Mandara Hoove co-starring Shivarajkumar and Ramesh Aravind. In the same year, she branched out to Malayalam and Telugu film industries. Her Malayalam debut in The Prince opposite Mohanlal. Dharma Chakram was her Telugu debut film.

Her comeback was noted in the 1999 released Chandramuki Pranasakhi co-starring Ramesh Aravind and Bhavana. She also starred in Upendra in the same year which had 3 other actresses. The same year saw her pairing with the lead actor V. Ravichandran for the film Naanu Nanna Hendthiru. Her Telugu language film, Devi made a collection of Rs. 18 crores and its dubbed version was released in Hindi language.

The year 2000 saw 6 releases of Prema films of which Yajamana. It had prema playing the leading lady for Vishnuvardhan. The other notable film of her in this year was the Malayalam Daivathinte Makan.

The year 2001 proved lucky again to Prema since she began with Kanasugara, a remake of Tamil film Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen, which fetched her the Filmfare Award for Best Actress. She also won other awards for her portrayal of a simple housewife character.

Her main release in 2002 was Sunil Kumar Desai's musical Parva co-starring Vishnuvardhan and Roja Selvamani. In 2003, she was praised by critics for her complex role in the film Singaaravva. In 2004, Apthamitra, a remake of Malayalam Manichitrathazhu by P. Vasu where she had to play the leading lady to Vishnuvardhan. She starred in the film as a supporting actress.

She has acted with Vishnuvardhan a few times. She has shared her screen space with him in films like Yajamana, Apthamitra, Jamindaru, Kshana Kshanam, Ekadantha, Parva, Ellaranthalla Nanna Ganda.

Post her marriage in 2006, Prema acted in very few films as a supporting character and completely stopped acting after her last release Shishira in 2009. She has, thus far, acted in more than 70 movies in Kannada and more than 28 movies in Telugu.

She made her comeback for Matte Hutti Banda Upendra, Inti Prema remake of Soggade Chinni Nayana

Awards

Filmography

Key
Films that have not yet been released Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
1995SavyasachiKannada
1995OmMadhuriKannadaKarnataka State Film Award for Best Actress
1995Aata HudugaataKannada
1995Police PowerKannada
1996Nammoora Mandara HooveSumaKannadaUdaya Film Award for Best Actress
1996Gaajina ManeKannada
1996The PrinceSwarnaMalayalam
1996Dharma ChakramTelugu
1996Jagadeka VeeruduTelugu
1996Adirindi GuruTelugu
1997Atta Nee Koduku JagrattaTelugu
1997Korukunna PriyuduTelugu
1997ChelikaaduLikhitaTelugu
1997OmkaramTelugu
1997Ellaranthalla Nanna GandaKannada
1998Thutta MuttaPoojaKannada
1998KauravaKannada
1998Shanti Shanti ShantiSuzyKannada
1998Maa Avida CollectorTelugu
1998Dheerga Sumnagali BhavaTelugu
1998Kangalin VaarthaigalTamil
1999Chandramukhi PranasakhiSahanaKannadaCinema Express Award for Best Actress
1999ChandrodayaDivyaKannada
1999Naanu Nanna HendthiruManishaKannada
1999UpendraKannada
1999ZPremaKannada
1999DeviDeviTeluguGemini Film award for Best Actress
1999Raghavayya Gari AbbayiTelugu
1999Eetharam NehruTelugu
2000Naga DevatheKannada
2000Maya BazaarKannada
2000Nuvve KavaliTeluguCameo appearance
2000Ammo Okato TaarikuTelugu
2000Rayalaseema Ramanna ChowdaryNagasulochanaTelugu
2000Nannavalu NannavaluKannadaAsianet Kaveri Film Award for Best Actress
(also for Yajamana and Chandramuki Pranasakhi)[5]
2000Chiru NavvuthoTelugu
2000Uttara Dhruvadim Dakshina DhruvakuNandiniKannnada
2000YajamanaSangeethaKannadaETV Film Award for Best Actress
2000Daivathinte MakanAnjaliMalayalam
2001Anjali GeethanjaliAnjaliKannada
2001KanasugaraKannadaFilmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada
2001Premi No.1Kannada
2001Kothigalu Saar KothigaluKannada
2001Grama DevatheKaveriKannada
2001NeelambariKannada
2001Prematho RaaSandhyaTelugu
2001Devi PutruduGoddessTelugu
2002BalaramaKannada
2002ChelviChelviKannada
2002TaporiKannada
2002JamindaruKannada
2002MarmaSudhaKannada
2002ParvaSumaKannada
2002KambalahalliKannada
2002MutthuKannada
2002PremaPremaKannada
2002SingaaravvaSingaravvaKannada
2003Mooru Manasu Nooru KanasuKannada
2003Ai Naan Bhishma KanoKannada
2003Sri Renuka DeviKannada
2003Ananda NilayaKannada
2003VijayadashamiKannada
2003Thaye BhuvaneshwariTamil
2003Lavve PasagaliKannada
2003Janaki Weds SriramTelugu
2004ApthamitraSoumyaKannada
2004AzhagesanNandhiniTamil
2005Inspector JhansiJhansiKannada
2005RanachandiKannada
2005Pandu Ranga VittalaKannada
2005Devi AbhayamTelugu
2005AyodhyaTelugu
2006A Aa E EeKannada
2007EkadanthaBhaktiKannada
2007Kshana KshanaPhalguniKannada
2007DheeTelugu
2008SundarakandaSeethaTelugu
2008KrishnarjunaTelugu
2009Anjani PutruduTelugu
2009ShishiraKannada
2017Upendra Matte BaaKannada[6]

References

  1. ↑ Lasrado, Richard. "Madikeri: Keen on a Silver-screen Comeback, Talented Prema Trashes Rumours of Illness". mangalorean.com. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Prema weds Jeevan!". Sify. 24 March 2006. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Actress Prema files for divorce". ManoramaOnline. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  4. ↑ "Kannada actress Prema files for divorce". International Business Times, India Edition. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  5. ↑ "Lifetime Achievement award for Rajkumar". The Times of India. 14 May 2001. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  6. ↑ Sharadhaa, A. (23 May 2016). "Upendra, Prema combination back after 17 years". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 6 June 2016.

  • "For Kannada actress Prema, it was beginning of a new 'Jeevan'". Daijiworld. 2006-07-07. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
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