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Sumithra (born 18 September 1953) is an Indian actress. She has appeared in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu language films. She acted as the lead heroine in films between 1974 and 1986. She later started being known for her roles as a mother since the 1990s.

Sumithra
Born (1953-09-18) 18 September 1953 (age 69)
OccupationActress
Years active1972–present
Spouse
(m. 1980; died 2013)
[1]
ChildrenUmashankari
Nakshatra[2][3]

Early life


Sumithra was born on 18 September 1953 to Raghavan Nair and Janaki at Thrissur, Kerala.[4] She has three brothers, her father was working in an oil refining company. When she was doing her schooling, she learnt dance from Murugappan Master, who was the guide to actress K. R. Vijaya at that time. Sumithra is a good classical dancer.

Sumithra started her career at 19 years of age in the film Nrithasala (1972); director A. B. Raj is the first to have noticed Sumithra's talent.

Sumithra acted as heroine with Rajani and Kamal as well as she acted as mother to both of them.

Sumithra made her debut in Nirmalayam. She has acted in over 200 films in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu languages. In Tamil, Avalum Penn Thaane (1974) was her first movie. Later in 1975, she made her debut Kannada movie Mugiyada Kathe, which had the popular song "Kangalu Vandane Helide". She has acted with leading heroes such as Vishnuvardhan, Rajesh in Kannada, Sivaji Ganesan, Jaishankar, Sivakumar, Rajnikanth and Kamal Haasan in Tamil. She's performed supporting roles in hundreds of Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu movies.


Personal life


She was married to notable Kannada film director D. Rajendra Babu in 1980 and has two daughters Umashankari (born in 1982) and Nakshatra (born in 1990)

Her elder daughter Umashankari made her entry into movies through the Kannada movie Uppi Dada M.B.B.S. andChikkamma in the lead role, which is telecast on Udaya TV. Her second daughter Nakshatra debuted as lead actress in Tamil movie Doo


Filmography



Tamil


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Malayalam



Kannada



Telugu


Challani talli (1975)


Television



References


  1. "Kannada film director Rajendra Babu dead". The Hindu. 3 November 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  2. "Actress Uma's Wedding Reception". indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  3. "Sumitra's younger daughter Nakshatra debuts". southdreamz.com. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  4. "ഇതൊരു അപൂര്‍വ്വ സൗഭാഗ്യം". mangalam.com. Retrieved 7 January 2015.





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