14 Facts About Malashri

Malashri began her career as a child artiste in the 1979 Tamil film Imayam.

Malashri made her debut as a adult in the 1989 Kannada-language film Nanjundi Kalyana.

Malashri had been called, by the media and fans, "Kanasina Rani".

Malashri is popular for playing diverse roles in women-centric movies many of which were highly successful at the box-office.

Malashri won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress in 1991 for her performance as a young woman inflicted with an incurable heart disease in the movie Hrudaya Haadithu.

Malashri was considered Hema Malini of Kannada cinema by Dr Rajkumar.

Malashri was born and brought up in Madras to a Telugu-speaking mother, Chandralekha, and a Punjabi-speaking father, Pandey.

Malashri shot to fame with Nanjundi Kalyana in 1989 but her personal life hit an all-time low the same year when her step mother and grandmother died in a road accident.

Malashri was in a relationship with actor Sunil, her co-star of many films.

Malashri's sister Subhashri was an actress, who appeared in South Indian films.

Malashri began her career as a child artiste and appeared in 35 films in Tamil and Telugu and she played the role of a boy in 26 of them.

Malashri went on to act in two other films with Vajreshwari Combines, Gajapathi Garvabhanga opposite Raghavendra again, and Mruthyunjaya with Shiva Rajkumar.

In 1990 Malashri took on the famous double role in Rani Maharani and won a huge fan following with her powerhouse performance.

Malashri took brief hiatus after marriage and made a comeback in the new millennium with "angry woman" roles in Chamundi, Durgi, Kannadada Kiran Bedi, Shakti, Veera and Ganga.