Anuradha | |
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| Born | Sulochana |
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| Children | 2 (Abhinayashree, Kalicharan) |
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Anuradha (bornSulochana Devi) is an Indian film and television actress. She was mainly active in the 1980s and 1990s. She was known for heritem numbers. She has acted inTamil,Malayalam,Telugu,Kannada,Hindi andOriya-language films.
Sulochana was introduced to the film industry by directorK. G. George at the age of 13. Even at that age she was very tall, he gave her the name Anuradha. She was the tallest actress at that time. She started off as a heroine and later moved on to doingitem numbers. Even with that imposing height, Anuradha could act in over 700 films, which is a great achievement even when most of her co-actors or heroes were far shorter than her. She is trained in martial arts and she did her action roles without any dupe. She was a motorcycle rider, who rode Java, Enfield bullet and other motorcycles. She was also seen in fewSun TV serials, includingThangam,Kannana kanne,MuthaaramandDeivamagal.[citation needed]
Anuradha was born to Krishna Kumar, achoreographer and Saroja Devi, ahairdresser foractresses in films. Her father isMaharashtrian and her mother is fromAndhra Pradesh.[1] She was married to Sathish Kumar in 1987, who was adance director. They had two childrenAbhinayashree (born 1988) and Kalicharan (born 1991), who have appeared as actors.[2]
However, Kumar met with amotorcycleaccident on 7 November 1996, which caused massive damage to his brain and he died in 2007 due toaspiration while ingesting food.
ForNagma in the 2001 filmCitizen.
| Year | Series/Show | Role | Language | Channel |
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| 1997–2001 | Antharangaalu | Nallapalli Meenakshi | Telugu | ETV |
| 2009–2013 | Thangam | Muttharasi | Tamil | Sun TV |
| 2011–2014 | Muthaaram | Rajalakshmi | ||
| 2013–2016; 2018 | Deivamagal | Annapoorani | ||
| 2017 | Ganga | Alangaara Naachiyaar | ||
| 2017–2019 | Nenjam Marappathillai | Akilandeswari | Star Vijay | |
| 2017–2018 | Kalyanaparisu | Rajalakshmi | Sun TV | |
| 2019 | Agni Natchathiram | Gangadevi | ||
| 2019; 2021 | Alitho Saradaga | Guest | Telugu | ETV |
| 2021 | Kannana Kanne | Kamala | Tamil | Sun TV |
| Jothi | ||||
| Thirumagal | Vanamadevi | |||
| 2022–2024 | Chellamma | Maragatham | Star Vijay | |
| 2022 | Anbe Vaa | Visalatchi | Sun TV | |
| Kanda Naal Mudhal | Thaai Kezhavi | Colors Tamil | ||
| 2023–2024 | Mr. Manaivi | Ranjitham | Sun TV | |
| 2025 | Naanga Ready Neenga Ready Ah | Judge | ||
| 2025–Present | Parijatham | Devaki | Zee Tamil | |
| 2025–Present | Chellame Chellame | Sun TV |