1. Bhanupriya was born on Manga Bhanu; 15 January 1967 and is an Indian actress and dancer.
10 Facts About Bhanupriya
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Bhanupriya has starred in a variety of roles, which garnered her three state Nandi Awards, two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, two Filmfare Awards South and two Cinema Express Awards.
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Bhanupriya was born on 15 January 1967 in Rangampeta village near Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh in a Telugu-speaking family, to Pandu Babu and Ragamali.
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Bhanupriya has an elder brother Gopikrishana and a younger sister Shantipriya, who has been a film actress since the 1990s.
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Bhanupriya was one of the top mainstream actresses for more than a decade from 1983 to 1995.
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Bhanupriya was originally chosen to be the lead actress for Thooral Ninnu Pochchu after Bhagyaraj spotted her at a dance school, but after the photoshoot he felt she looked too young for this role and she was replaced by Sulakshana thus made her acting debut with the Tamil film Mella Pesungal.
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Bhanupriya then appeared in the Telugu hit Sitaara, which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for that year.
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Bhanupriya then played an ornithologist in the 1985 mystery film Anveshana.
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Bhanupriya received the JFW Divas of South India Award for her contribution to South Indian cinema, the Gemini TV Puraskaram for lifetime achievement in television and various other honours.
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Bhanupriya married Adarsh Kaushal, a digital graphics engineer, at the Sri Venkateswara temple in Malibu, California, on 14 June 1998.