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Manjula
Born	Honnenhalli Shivanna Manjula (1954-11-08)8 November 1954 Tumkur, Mysore State (now Karnataka), India
Died	12 September 1986(1986-09-12) (aged 31) Bangalore, India
Occupation	Film actress
Years active	1972–1986
Spouse	Amritham
Children	1

Honnenhalli Shivanna Manjula (8 November 1954 – 12 September 1986) was an Indian actress who acted in predominantly Kannada language films in addition to Tamil (credited as Kumari Manjula) and Telugu films (credited as Kannada Manjula). She was one of the most successful and prominent actresses of Kannada films in the 1970s and 1980s. She acted in more than 100 films and won several awards for her performances, including a Filmfare Award.

Personal life

Manjula was born to M. H. Shivanna and Deveramma in Honnenahalli, a village in Tumkur District. Her father Shivanna was a police sub inspector. She was married to film director Amrutham who worked with her in films such as Hudugaatada Hudugi and Kanasu Nanasu. The couple had a son, Abhishek.

Career

Manjula started her acting career in 1965 with a drama troupe Prabhat Kalavidaru. She entered the Kannada film industry in a small role in Mane Katti Nodu in 1966. Her debut as a heroine was in the 1972 film Yaara Saakshi, directed by veteran director M. R. Vittal. She shared the screen with all the top Kannada actors including Rajkumar, Vishnuvardhan, Srinath, Ashok and Shankar Nag. Her most successful pairing was with Srinath and they acted together in about 35 films.

She starred in over one hundred films. She specialized in the role of the bossy tomboyish village belle which brought her huge success as a top Kannada heroine in the late 1970s. Some of her notable films are Sampathige Savaal, Eradu Kanasu, Sose Thanda Sowbhagya, Besuge and Seetharamu. She also acted with well known actors in other languages like Ramakrishna (Telugu), Kamalahasan and Rajinikanth (Tamil).

Filmography

Kannada

Tamil and Telugu

Manjula died after suffering burns during a kitchen fire on 9 September 1986. While initially deemed an accident, the Times of India reported the death as suicide.

References

Citations

1. ^ "Manjula's Profile". Chitraranga.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2007. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
2. Patil, S.H. (2002). Community dominance and political modernisation: the Lingayats. Mittal Publications. p. 50. ISBN 81-7099-867-0.
3. B. V. Shiva Shankar (30 March 2007). "Made for each other". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 16 September 2008. Retrieved 18 August 2009.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
4. "From Soundarya and Shankar Nag to Kalpana, Manjula and Sunil - Sandalwood stars who passed away too soon". The Times of India. 5 February 2020. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 4 March 2023.

Sources

• "Kumari Manjula [Kannada Manjula]". Antrukandamugam.wordpress.com. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2019.

External links

• Manjula at IMDb

• 1954 births
• Actresses from Karnataka
• Indian film actresses
• Actresses in Kannada cinema
• Kannada actresses
• People from Tumkur
• Filmfare Awards South winners
• 20th-century Indian actresses
• Child actresses in Kannada cinema
• Actresses in Telugu cinema
• Indian child actresses
• Actresses in Tamil cinema
• 1986 suicides
• 1986 deaths
• Suicides in India