Tara (Kannada actress)

Tara
Tara
	Tara, IFFI (2005)
Member (nominated) of Karnataka Legislative Council
	In office; 10 August 2012 – 2018
President of the Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy
	In office; 15 March 2012 – June 2013
President of The Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights Be
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; January 2020
Personal details
Born	Anuradha; 4 March 1973 (age 51); Bangalore, Mysore State, India; (now Karnataka, India)
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	H. C. Venugopal (m. 2005)
Children	1
Occupation	Actress, politician

Anuradha (born 4 March 1971), known by her stage name Tara, is an Indian politician and actress active in the Kannada cinema. She joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2009 and is currently a nominated member of the Karnataka Legislative Council.

Tara made her debut in film in 1984 with the Tamil film Ingeyum Oru Gangai. Her Kannada film debut came in 1986 with Thulasidala and has since portrayed many author-backed roles. Her notable performances came in films such as Krama (1991), Munjaneya Manju (1993), Kanooru Heggadithi (1999), Munnudi (2000), Mathadana (2001), Hasina (2005), Cyanide (2006) and Ee Bandhana (2007), Ulidavaru Kandanthe (2014). Her performance in Hasina won her the National Film Award for Best Actress.^[3] She has also won numerous Filmfare and State awards for her performance.

After joining BJP, she was elected as the president of the Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy in 2012 and held the position for a year.^[4] In the same year, she was nominated as a member of the Karnataka Legislative Council, the upper house of the legislature of Karnataka.^[5]

Career

Tara made her first appearance on screen for a Tamil film Ingeyum Oru Gangai directed by noted actor, Manivannan, in 1984 which also featured Murali in the lead. Followed by this, she featured in her first Kannada film Thulasidala in 1985. However, she got the big break of her career through a Rajkumar starrer Guri in 1986 and thereafter she has acted in several movies as a leading lady and mainly as supporting actress.

Tara worked with almost all of the leading male co-stars in the 1980s and 1990s including Rajkumar, Shankar Nag, Vishnuvardhan, Ambareesh, Ananth Nag, Ravichandran, Shashikumar, Tiger Prabhakar, Shivarajkumar, Raghavendra Rajkumar, Murali, Karthik, Sunil and Devaraj.

Her performance in Girish Karnad's Kanooru Heggadithi brought her widespread recognition. She received her first ever award as best actress for the Kannada movie Krama (1991), directed by debutant director Asrar Abid. In the late 1980s, she appeared in Mani Ratnam's blockbuster Tamil films, Nayakan and Agni Natchathiram, as a supporting actress. Her performance in Girish Karnad's Kanooru Heggadithi brought her widespread recognition for which she also received her second "best actress" state award. She received the "best supporting actress" award for Munjaneya Manju. She received wide critical acclaim for the female centric film Munnudi which received multiple National Film Awards, including the Best Film on Other Social Issues.^[6]^[7]

Tara (left) and Girish Kasaravalli (right) at a press conference in IFFI (2005)

In 2005, she was cast by Girish Kasaravalli in Hasina, for which she won the National Award. Subsequently, her role in the Kannada movie Deadly Soma was appreciated. Then came another breakthrough performance in Cyanide. In 2007, Tara received her third Best Actress award.^[8]

Beside acting, she produced Hasina, directed by Girish Kasaravalli, and she has also announced an intention to direct films as well.^[9]

Personal life

Tara married the cinematographer H. C. Venugopal in 2005. They have a son (b. 2013).^[2]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1984	Ingeyum Oru Gangai	Maruthayi	Tamil
1984	January 1		Tamil
1985	Thulasidala		Kannada
	Bullet		Telugu
	Brahmastra	Mala	Kannada
1986	Anand
	Guri
	Maneye Manthralaya
	Samsarada Guttu
	Sundara Swapnagalu
	Ella Hengasarinda
	Satkaara
1987	Nayakan	Shakila	Tamil
	Sankeertana		Telugu
	Ravana Rajya		Kannada
	Thulasi	Ponni	Tamil
	Shubha Milana		Kannada
1988	Agni Natchathiram	Mallika	Tamil
	Ranaranga	Bhavana	Kannada
	Sangliyana	Forest officer's wife
	Mutthaide
	Avale Nanna Hendthi	Gayathri
	Pelli Chesi Choodu	Seeta	Telugu
1989	Hendthighelbedi	Srinivas's wife	Kannada
	Sarvabhoumudu	Usha	Telugu
	Bidisada Bandha	Aruna	Kannada
	En Swamy Aliyandre
	Deva	Sujatha
	Anthintha Gandu Nanalla	Kamala
	Doctor Krishna	Chanchala
	Poli Huduga
	C.B.I. Shankar	Herself		Guest appearance
1990	Nigooda Rahasya
	Maheshwara
	Policena Hendthi
	Raja Kempu Roja
	Sirayil Pootha Chinna Malar	Muthappa's wife	Tamil
	Kaliyuga Abhimanyudu	Padma	Telugu
	Neti Siddhartha	Rekha	Telugu
	Maa Inti Katha		Telugu	Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress
1991	C. B. I. Shiva	Ranjini	Kannada
	Krama		Kannada	Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress
	Brahmarshi Viswamitra	Sakunthala's friend	Telugu
	Aranyadalli Abhimanyu		Kannada
	Ibbaru Hendira Muddina Police
	Karnana Sampathu
	Golmaal Part 2	Meera
1992	Undu Hoda Kondu Hoda	Rukmini
	Halli Meshtru	Teacher's first wife		Cameo
	Belli Kalungura	Tunga
	Nagaradalli Nayakaru
	Vajrayudha
	Malashree Mamashree
	Prema Sangama
1993	Munjaneya Manju	Hema		Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
	Karimaleya Kaggathalu
	Muddina Maava
	Bhagavan Sri Saibaba	Lakshmi
1994	Prana Snehitha
	Sammilana
	Gandhada Gudi Part 2	Marappa's wife
1995	Operation Antha
	Thumbida Mane	Geetha
	Mana Midiyithu
	Mister Abhishek	Revathi
1996	Ibbara Naduve Muddina Aata
	Sipayi
	Dhani
	Aadithya	Inspector
	Jeevanadhi
1997	Amrutha Varshini	Vimala
1997	Ellaranthalla Nanna Ganda
1998	Yaare Neenu Cheluve	Mary
1999	Kanooru Heggadithi	Subbamma		Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada Suprabhata Award for Best Actress^{[citation needed]}
1999	Premotsava	Shanti
2000	Galate Aliyandru
	Devara Maga	Sundari
	Munnudi	Rukhiya
	Swalpa Adjust Madkolli
2001	Diggajaru	Gowri
2001	Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu	An actress
2002	Mathadana	Lakshmi
	Ninagagi	Rukkamma
	Karmugilu	Gowri
2003	Paris Pranaya	Seetha
2003	Ondagona Baa
2004	Nalla	Dr Sarala Desai
	Aagodella Olledakke
	Jyeshta
2005	Deadly Soma
	Karnana Sampathu
	Siddhu
	Namma Basava
	Hasina	Hasina		National Film Award for Best Actress
	Dr. B. R. Ambedkar	Ramabai Ambedkar
	Pandu Ranga Vittala	Sarala
2006	Mata	Chandra's lover
	Cyanide	Mridula		Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress
	Pandavaru
	Care of Footpath	Saraswati
2007	Shri Kshetra Kaivara Thathaiah			Suvarna Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
	Maathaad Maathaadu Mallige
	Ee Bandhana	Sukanya		Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Kannada
2008	Aramane	Savitri
	Muniyandi Vilangial Moonramandu		Tamil
	Jnanajyothi Sri Siddaganga		Kannada
	Ganga Kaveri	Ganga's mother
2009	Birugaali
2010	Modalasala	Paaru
	School Master
	Eradane Maduve
2011	Mathond Madhuvena
	Kirataka	Nandisha's mother
	Jolly Boy	Lakshmi
	Panchamrutha	Shanthi		segment: "Ondu Kanasu: a dream"
2012	Bhageerathi			Udaya Award for Best Supporting Actress
	Maattrraan	Sudha	Tamil
	Samsaaradalli Golmaal		Kannada
	Kempe Gowda	Kavya's mother
2013	Galaate
2013	Shravani Subramanya	Anuradha		Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Kannada
2014	Ulidavaru Kandanthe	Ratna
2015	Octopus
2016	CBI Sathya
	Madamakki	Ratna
	Golisoda
2017	Sathriyan	Niranjana's mother	Tamil
2017	Bharjari	Nimmi	Kannada
2018	Hebbet Ramakka	Ramakka		Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress Nominated—Filmibeat Award for Best Actress – Kannada
2018	Atharva
2019	Sinnga	Janakamma
	Aadi Lakshmi Puraana	Shanthamma
	Ellidde Illi Tanaka	Lakshmi
	Bharaate	Jagan's mother
2020	Shivarjuna	Shiva's mother
2021	Tom And Jerry
	Mugilpete	Raja's mother
	Badava Rascal	Shankar's mother
2023	Tagaru Palya	Shantha
2023	Bad Manners	Lakshmamma
2024	Kotee	TBA
TBA	Vaamana	TBA

Television

Year	Serial	Channel	Role	Language	ref.
1993	Mikhaelinte Santhathikal	Asianet TV		Malayalam
2002	Parva			Kannada	^[10]
2021	Raja Rani	Colors Kannada	Judge	Kannada
2021-2022	Nannamma Super Star	Colors Kannada	Judge	Kannada

Notes

^ Tara has said that she was born on 4 March 1973^[1] whereas a news report carried by The Times of India in 2013 quoted she was 48, which implies she was born in c. 1965.^[2]

References

^ "ತಾರಾ ಜನ್ಮ ರಹಸ್ಯ" [The Secret of Tara's Birth]. Kannada Prabha (in Kannada). 4 March 2017. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Tara delivers a baby boy at 48!". The Times of India. 2 February 2013. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013.
^ "Saif, Tara win National Best movie song - Sangliayana part 2 "Prethinda pappi kotta mummy" awards". Rediff. 13 July 2005. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
- "It's better late than never, says Tara". The Hindu. 15 July 2005. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
^ Muthanna, Anjali (16 June 2013). "Tara officially resigns as Film Academy head". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
^ "Tara to head Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy". The Times of India. 16 January 2017. ISSN 0971-8257.
^ "48th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 13 March 2012. For attempting to discuss the misuse of Shariat by opportunistic men and the manipulation of the testaments on "Nikah" and "Talaaq".
^ "48th National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
^ "Kumaraswamy happy with resurgent Kannada cinema". The Hindu. 31 August 2007. Archived from the original on 18 January 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
^ "Tara – from actress to director". Indiaglitz. 25 February 2005. Archived from the original on 16 May 2006. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
^ "Another star turn for Tara?". Deccan Herald. 30 June 2002. Archived from the original on 2 December 2002. Retrieved 26 September 2023.

External links

Official website
Tara at IMDb

[3] Tara has said that she was born on 4 March 1973^[1] whereas a news report carried by The Times of India in 2013 quoted she was 48, which implies she was born in c. 1965.^[2]

[1] "ತಾರಾ ಜನ್ಮ ರಹಸ್ಯ" [The Secret of Tara's Birth]. Kannada Prabha (in Kannada). 4 March 2017. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.

[toi1-2] "Tara delivers a baby boy at 48!". The Times of India. 2 February 2013. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013.

[4] "Saif, Tara win National Best movie song - Sangliayana part 2 "Prethinda pappi kotta mummy" awards". Rediff. 13 July 2005. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
- "It's better late than never, says Tara". The Hindu. 15 July 2005. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2009.

[5] Muthanna, Anjali (16 June 2013). "Tara officially resigns as Film Academy head". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 March 2017.

[6] "Tara to head Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy". The Times of India. 16 January 2017. ISSN 0971-8257.

[48thawardPDF-7] "48th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 13 March 2012. For attempting to discuss the misuse of Shariat by opportunistic men and the manipulation of the testaments on "Nikah" and "Talaaq".

[48thaward-8] "48th National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2012.

[9] "Kumaraswamy happy with resurgent Kannada cinema". The Hindu. 31 August 2007. Archived from the original on 18 January 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2009.

[10] "Tara – from actress to director". Indiaglitz. 25 February 2005. Archived from the original on 16 May 2006. Retrieved 23 January 2009.

[11] "Another star turn for Tara?". Deccan Herald. 30 June 2002. Archived from the original on 2 December 2002. Retrieved 26 September 2023.

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v t e National Film Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
1967–1980	Nargis (1967) Sharada (1968) Madhabi Mukherjee (1969) Rehana Sultan (1970) Waheeda Rehman (1971) Sharada (1972) Nandini Bhaktavatsala (1973) Shabana Azmi (1974) Sharmila Tagore (1975) Lakshmi (1976) Smita Patil (1977) Sharada (1978) Shoba (1979) Smita Patil (1980)
1981–2000	Rekha (1981) Shabana Azmi (1982) Shabana Azmi (1983) Shabana Azmi (1984) Suhasini (1985) Monisha (1986) Archana (1987) Archana (1988) Sreelekha Mukherji (1989) Vijayashanti (1990) Moloya Goswami (1991) Dimple Kapadia (1992) Shobana (1993) Debashree Roy (1994) Seema Biswas (1995) Tabu (1996) Indrani Haldar and Rituparna Sengupta (1997) Shabana Azmi (1998) Kirron Kher (1999) Raveena Tandon (2000)
2001–2020	Shobana and Tabu (2001) Konkona Sen Sharma (2002) Meera Jasmine (2003) Tara (2004) Sarika (2005) Priyamani (2006) Umashree (2007) Priyanka Chopra (2008) Ananya Chatterjee (2009) Mitalee Jagtap Varadkar and Saranya Ponvannan (2010) Vidya Balan (2011) Usha Jadhav (2012) Geetanjali Thapa (2013) Kangana Ranaut (2014) Kangana Ranaut (2015) Surabhi Lakshmi (2016) Sridevi (2017) Keerthy Suresh (2018) Kangana Ranaut (2019) Aparna Balamurali (2020)
2021–present	Alia Bhatt and Kriti Sanon (2021) Nithya Menen and Manasi Parekh (2022)

v t e Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress
1968–1980	Kalpana (1968) Kalpana (1969) Bharathi (1970) Kalpana (1971) L. V. Sharadha (1972) Aarathi (1973) Jayanthi & Nandini Bhaktavatsala (1974) no award (1975) Aarathi (1976) Jayanthi (1977) Aparna Narang (1978) Aarathi (1979) Vaishali Kasaravalli (1980)
1981–2000	Aarathi (1981) Jayanthi (1982) Padma Vasanthi (1983) Abhinaya (1984) Roopa Devi (1985) Jayanthi (1986) Geetha (1987) no award (1988) Saritha (1989) Sudha Rani (1990) Tara (1991) Sudha Rani (1992) Vinaya Prasad (1993) Lakshmi (1994) Shruti (1995) Prema (1996) Shilpa (1997) Jayamala (1998) Soundarya (1999) Tara (2000)
2001–present	Anu Prabhakar (2001) Soundarya (2002) Bhavana (2003) Radhika Kumaraswamy (2004) Shruti (2005) Pavitra Lokesh (2006) Tara (2007) Umashree (2008) Radhika Pandit (2009) Anu Prabhakar (2010) Ramya (2011) Bhavana (2012) Nirmala Chennappa (2013) Nivedhitha (2014) Lakshmi Gopalaswamy (2015) Sruthi Hariharan (2016)

v t e Filmfare Award for Best Kannada Actress
1972–1989	Kalpana (1972) Jayanthi (1973) Aarathi (1974) Aarathi (1975) Jayanthi (1976) Manjula (1977) Shobha (1978) Aarathi (1979) Ashwini (1980) Aarathi (1981) Saritha (1982) Suhasini (1983) Suhasini (1984) Saritha (1985) Saritha (1986) Saritha (1989)
1990–2009	Suhasini (1990) Malashri (1991) Sudha Rani (1992) Lakshmi (1993) Shruti (1995) Shilpa (1996) Suhasini (1997) Jayamala (1998) Tara (1999) Sudha Rani (2000) Prema (2001) Soundarya (2002) Meena (2003) Soundarya (2004) Vidhya Venkatesh (2005) Ramya (2006) Rashmi (2007) Radhika Pandit (2008) Radhika Pandit (2009)
2010–present	Radhika Pandit (2010) Ramya (2011) Priyamani (2012) Amulya (2013) Shwetha Srivatsav (2014) Parul Yadav (2015) Shraddha Srinath (2016) Sruthi Hariharan (2017) Manvitha Kamath (2018) Yagna Shetty (2020/2021) Chaithra J. Achar (2022) Siri Ravikumar (2023)