Bhanupriya
Born	Manga Anandha Bhanu (1964-01-15)15 January 1964 (age 61) Rajahmundry,Andhra Pradesh,India (present-dayRajamahendravaram)
Years active	1983–present
Spouse	Adarsh Kaushal ​ (m. 1998⁠–⁠2018)​
Children	1
Relatives	Shantipriya (sister)

Bhanupriya (bornManga Anandha Bhanu; 15 January 1964) is an Indian actress and dancer. In a four decade old career, she has appeared in 165 feature films, predominantly inTelugu andTamil, and a few inMalayalam,Kannada andHindi films. She has starred in a variety of roles, which garnered her three stateNandi Awards, twoTamil Nadu State Film Awards, twoFilmfare Awards South and twoCinema Express Awards.

Bhanupriya was born on 15 January 1964^[1] inRangampeta nearRajahmundry,Andhra Pradesh in aTelugu family, to parents Pandu Babu and Ragamali. She was named Mangabhanu after birth.^[2][3] Her family later moved toChennai,Tamil Nadu. She has an elder brother Gopikrishana, and a younger sisterShantipriya, who is also an actress.^[4][5]

She was one of the top mainstream actresses for more than a decade from 1983 to 1995. She was originally chosen to be the lead actress forThooral Ninnu Pochchu (1982) 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 bySulakshana thus made her acting debut with the Tamil filmMella Pesungal (1983).^[6] She then appeared in the Telugu hitSitaara (1984), which won theNational Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for that year. She then played anornithologist in the 1985 Telugu mystery filmAnveshana. In 1986, she made her Hindi film debut withDosti Dushmani.^[7] In 1988, she appeared in the Telugu filmSwarnakamalam, which was screened at the Indian panorama section of the 1988International Film Festival of India,^[8] and theAnn Arbor Film Festival.^[9] Bhanupriya received theIndian Express Award for Best Actress,^[10] theNandi Award for Best Actress, and theFilmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu for her performance in the film.^[11][12] In 1989 and 1991, her performances in the Tamil hitsAararo Aariraro, andAzhagan brought her theTamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prizes, respectively.^[13] She received the JFW Divas of South India Award for her contribution to South Indian cinema, theGemini TV Puraskaram for lifetime achievement in television and various other honours.^[4][5]

Bhanupriya married Adarsh Kaushal, a digital graphics engineer, at theSri Venkateswara temple inMalibu, California, on 14 June 1998. The couple has a daughter, Abhinaya, born in 2002.^[4][5] Bhanupriya returned to India, and resumed her acting career. She lives inChennai with her daughter.^[14] Kaushal died in 2018 after suffering a cardiac arrest.^[15]

Nandi Awards^[17]

• Best Actress -Swarna Kamalam (1988)
• Best Character Actress -Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo (2002)
• Best Supporting Actress -Chatrapati (2005)

Filmfare Awards South

• Best Actress - Telugu in 1988 for her performance inSwarna Kamalam
• Best Actress - Tamil in 1989 for her performance inAararo Aaariraro

Other Awards

• Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize in 1989 for the filmAararo Aaariraro
• Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize in 1991 for the filmAzhagan
• Cinema Express Awards in 1996 for the filmPeddarayudu
• Screen Videocon Award for the television serial Shakti.
• JFW Divas of South - Awarded on 12 October 2012 by Just for Women magazine for her contribution to south Indian cinema.

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