Saritha is an Indian actress who has acted in more than 150 films and provided voice for many actress for more than 200 films in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu languages.
17 Facts About Saritha
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Saritha was one of the popular and critically acclaimed lead actresses during the 1980s.
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Saritha has dubbed her voice for Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Telugu movies for actresses like Nagma, Vijayashanti, Tabu, Sushmita Sen, Ramya Krishnan and Soundarya in 1990s.
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Saritha is a recipient of several state awards from Tamil, Telugu and Kannada, six Filmfare Awards and six Nandi Awards including a Special Jury Award for the film Arjun.
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Saritha received Tamil Nadu State Film Awards four times, Karnataka State Film Awards once and many Film fans association award.
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Saritha made her acting debut through Manchiki Sthanam Ledu a movie produced by producer based in Warangal named Akula Sanjeev Kumar in 1978 with a different screen name followed by Maro Charitra, a Telugu film directed by K Balachander.
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Saritha received more offers in Tamil films and Tamil Audience accepted herself as her own, she mostly acted films directed by Balachander.
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Saritha played guest roles as herself in 47 Natkal and its Telugu remake, directed by Balachander.
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Saritha gained critical acclaim for her performance in heroine-oriented movies like Eradu Rekhegalu and Sankranthi and the musical Malaya Marutha opposite Dr Vishnuvardhan.
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Saritha had her head tonsured for the cancer-affected role in Sujatha in 1980 and later gained several pounds to play the psychotic role in the 2005 film Julie Ganapathi.
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Saritha won a Nandi Special Jury Award for her performance as Aandaalu in the movie Arjun in 2004.
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Saritha worked as a voice actor in Kannada, Telugu and Tamil films.
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Saritha has lent her voice to other actresses, including Madhavi, Soundarya, Ramya Krishnan, Nagma, Vijayashanti, Simran, Tabu, Sushmita Sen, Roja, Suhasini, Radha, Radhika and Aarthi Agarwal.
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Saritha won four times the Nandi Award for Best Female Dubbing Artist for her voice to Soundarya in Ammoru, Maa Ayana Bangaram and Anthapuram.
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Saritha was born and brought up as Abhilasha in Munipalle, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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Saritha married Venkata Subbiah in 1975 though they separated after a year, their case involving the restitution of conjugal rights has become important in Hindu marriage law in India.
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Saritha then married Malayalam actor Mukesh on 2 September 1988 and they have two sons, Shravan and Tejas.