Snehalatha Reddy was an Indian actress, producer and social activist known for her works in Kannada cinema, Kannada theatre, Telugu cinema, and Telugu theatre.
12 Facts About Snehalata Reddy
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Snehalata Reddy was arrested over her involvement in the Baroda dynamite case and imprisoned for over 8 months during the Emergency in India.
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Snehalata Reddy was the co-founder of the Madras Players in the 1960s, the amateur group that staged memorable productions like Ibsen's Peer Gynt, directed by Douglas Alger, besides Twelfth Night and Tennessee William's Night of the Iguana, directed by Peter Coe.
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Snehalata Reddy acted in, directed, or produced plays such as A View from the Bridge and The House of Bernarda Alba.
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Snehalata Reddy strongly opposed the Colonial Rule and her initial years were immersed in the freedom struggle.
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Snehalata Reddy resented the British to such an extent that she reverted to her Indian name and wore only Indian clothes.
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Snehalata Reddy's daughter Nandana Reddy is a human rights, social and political activist.
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Snehalata Reddy is the founder and director of CWC, a Bangalore-based NGO that was nominated for 2012 Nobel Peace Prize.
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Snehalata Reddy was a close friend of George Fernandes, the trade unionist and politician and was arrested on 2 May 1976 for being a part of the Baroda dynamite case.
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Snehalata Reddy was held without trial for eight months in Bangalore Central Jail, enduring regular torture and was subjected to inhumane conditions.
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Snehalata Reddy is one of the first martyrs of the Emergency.
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Madhu Dandavate, who was in the same jail where Snehalata Reddy was imprisoned, writes in his memoir, "I could hear the screams of Snehalata Reddy from her cell in the silence of the night".