Prema (Kannada actress)
Neravanda Chetticha Prema is an Indian actress known for her work predominantly in Kannada, Telugu and few Tamil language films. She has appeared in many commercially successful and critically feature films. She was a leading Kannada actress at the turn of the century and has received the Karnataka State Film Award and Filmfare Best Actress awards for her performances in Kannada films. She has featured in Om and Yajamana, which are the two major blockbuster and highest-grossing films of their time in Kannada cinema. After an eight-year hiatus, she returned to films with Upendra Matte Baa in 2017.[1]
Prema | |
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| Born | Neravanda Chetticha Prema Bangalore, India |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1994–2009 2017–present |
| Relatives | Neravanda Aiyappa (brother) |
Personal life
Prema was born into Neravanda family, of the Kodava community to Chetticha and Kavery, in military hospital, Bangalore. She received high school education in Mahila Seva Samaja High School and completed her Pre-university course in Murnad junior college, Kodagu. As a student she was involved actively in sports and represented her school and college in high jump and volleyball events at the national level.[citation needed] Her younger brother Neravanda Aiyappa was a cricket player who represented Karnataka in Ranji Trophy. Her younger sister Indu NC lives in Dubai.[2]
Prema was married to Jeevan Appacchu. She filed a divorce petition in the Family Court, Bangalore in March 2016.[2][3][4]
Film career
Prema began her career in the Rajkumar camp in 1995 starring opposite Shivarajkumar in Savyasachi and Raghavendra Rajkumar with Aata Hudugaata respectively. Though both films did not perform well at the box-office, she was given the lead role in another Shivarajkumar starrer Om directed by Upendra. The film turned out to be a blockbuster and also got her the Karnataka State Award for Best Actress.
In 1996 she acted in the Sunil Kumar Desai directed Nammoora Mandara Hoove co-starring Shivarajkumar and Ramesh Aravind. She also made her Malayalam debut with The Prince opposite Mohanlal,directed by Tamil director Suresh Krissna fresh from the success of Baashha. The same year, she made her Telugu debut with Dharma Chakram. In 1999 the super success of her films had catapulted her to the top spot in Kannada movies. Chandramuki Pranasakhi, Upendra and V. Ravichandran's Naanu Nanna Hendthiru in Kannada and the Telugu language film, Devi which collected Rs. 18 crores at the box-office and was dubbed into Hindi as well.
In 2000 she saw 6 releases of which Yajamana opposite Vishnuvardhan was a runaway hit. 2001 proved lucky with the female-centric Kanasugara, the remake of Tamil film Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen, which fetched her the Filmfare Award for Best Actress and many other awards for her portrayal of a simple girl who becomes a famous singer. Her main release in 2002 was Sunil Kumar Desai's musical Parva co-starring Vishnuvardhan and Roja Selvamani. In 2003, she was praised by critics for her complex role in Singaaravva. In 2004, Prema played Vishnuvardhan's leading lady in Apthamitra, the Kannada remake of Malayalam Manichitrathazhu by P. Vasu.
She has shared screen space with Vishnuvardhan in seven films - Yajamana, Apthamitra, Jamindaru, Kshana Kshana, Ekadantha, Parva, Ellaranthalla Nanna Ganda.
Post her marriage in 2006, Prema cut down on her film assignments. In 2017 she made her comeback with Upendra Matte Baa.Her last release was Shishira in 2009. She has, thus far, acted in more than 70 movies in Kannada and more than 28 movies in Telugu. In 2017 she made her comeback with Upendra Matte Baa.
Awards
Filmography
| Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Savyasachi | Raadha | Kannada | |
| 1995 | Om | Madhuri | Kannada | Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress |
| 1995 | Aata Hudugaata | Kannada | ||
| 1995 | Police Power | Kannada | ||
| 1996 | Nammoora Mandara Hoove | Suma | Kannada | Udaya Film Award for Best Actress |
| 1996 | Gaajina Mane | Kannada | ||
| 1996 | The Prince | Swarna | Malayalam | |
| 1996 | Dharma Chakram | Surekha | Telugu | |
| 1996 | Jagadeka Veerudu | Telugu | ||
| 1996 | Adirindi Guru | Telugu | ||
| 1997 | Atta Nee Koduku Jagratta | Telugu | ||
| 1997 | Korukunna Priyudu | Priya | Telugu | |
| 1997 | Chelikaadu | Likhita | Telugu | |
| 1997 | Omkaram | Telugu | ||
| 1997 | Ellaranthalla Nanna Ganda | Kannada | ||
| 1998 | Thutta Mutta | Pooja | Kannada | |
| 1998 | Kaurava | Kannada | ||
| 1998 | Shanti Shanti Shanti | Suzy | Kannada | |
| 1998 | Maa Aavida Collector | Meena | Telugu | |
| 1998 | Dheerga Sumangali Bhava | Telugu | ||
| 1998 | Kangalin Vaarthaigal | Tamil | ||
| 1999 | Chandramukhi Pranasakhi | Sahana | Kannada | Cinema Express Award for Best Actress |
| 1999 | Chandrodaya | Divya | Kannada | |
| 1999 | Naanu Nanna Hendthiru | Manisha | Kannada | |
| 1999 | Upendra | Swathi | Kannada | |
| 1999 | Z | Prema | Kannada | |
| 1999 | Devi | Devi | Telugu | Gemini Film award for Best Actress |
| 1999 | Raghavayya Gari Abbayi | Telugu | ||
| 1999 | Eetharam Nehru | Telugu | ||
| 2000 | Naga Devathe | Nagalakshmi | Kannada | |
| 2000 | Maya Bazaar | Kannada | ||
| 2000 | Nuvve Kavali | Telugu | Cameo appearance | |
| 2000 | Ammo Okato Taariku | Telugu | ||
| 2000 | Rayalaseema Ramanna Chowdary | Nagasulochana | Telugu | |
| 2000 | Nannavalu Nannavalu | Chandu | Kannada | Asianet Kaveri Film Award for Best Actress (also for Yajamana and Chandramuki Pranasakhi)[7] |
| 2000 | Chiru Navvutho | Aruna | Telugu | |
| 2000 | Uttara Dhruvadim Dakshina Dhruvaku | Nandini | Kannada | |
| 2000 | Yajamana | Sangeetha | Kannada | ETV Film Award for Best Actress |
| 2000 | Daivathinte Makan | Anjali | Malayalam | |
| 2001 | Anjali Geethanjali | Anjali | Kannada | |
| 2001 | Kanasugara | Sangeetha | Kannada | Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada |
| 2001 | Premi No.1 | Kannada | ||
| 2001 | Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu | Kannada | ||
| 2001 | Grama Devathe | Kaveri | Kannada | |
| 2001 | Neelambari | Kannada | ||
| 2001 | Prematho Raa | Sandhya | Telugu | |
| 2001 | Devi Putrudu | Goddess | Telugu | |
| 2002 | Balarama | Kannada | ||
| 2002 | Chelvi | Chelvi | Kannada | |
| 2002 | Tapori | Kannada | ||
| 2002 | Jamindaru | Kannada | ||
| 2002 | Marma | Sudha | Kannada | |
| 2002 | Parva | Suma | Kannada | |
| 2002 | Kambalahalli | Kannada | ||
| 2002 | Mutthu | Kannada | ||
| 2002 | Prema | Prema | Kannada | |
| 2002 | Singaaravva | Singaravva | Kannada | |
| 2003 | Mooru Manasu Nooru Kanasu | Kannada | ||
| 2003 | Ai Naan Bhishma Kano | Kannada | ||
| 2003 | Sri Renuka Devi | Kannada | ||
| 2003 | Ananda Nilaya | Kannada | ||
| 2003 | Vijayadashami | Kannada | ||
| 2003 | Thaye Bhuvaneshwari | Tamil | ||
| 2003 | Lavve Pasagali | Kannada | ||
| 2003 | Janaki Weds Sriram | Telugu | ||
| 2004 | Apthamitra | Soumya | Kannada | |
| 2004 | Azhagesan | Nandhini | Tamil | |
| 2005 | Inspector Jhansi | Jhansi | Kannada | |
| 2005 | Ranachandi | Kannada | ||
| 2005 | Pandu Ranga Vittala | Prema | Kannada | |
| 2005 | Devi Abhayam | Naag Devi | Telugu | |
| 2005 | Ayodhya | Telugu | ||
| 2006 | A Aa E Ee | Kannada | ||
| 2007 | Ekadantha | Bhakti | Kannada | |
| 2007 | Kshana Kshana | Phalguni | Kannada | |
| 2007 | Dhee | Shankar Gowd's wife | Telugu | |
| 2008 | Sundarakanda | Seetha | Telugu | |
| 2008 | Krishnarjuna | Telugu | ||
| 2008 | Navashakthi Vaibhava | Chamundeshwari | Kannada | |
| 2009 | Anjani Putrudu | Telugu | ||
| 2009 | Shishira | Kannada | ||
| 2017 | Upendra Matte Baa | Sathyabhama | Kannada | [8] |
| 2022 | Wedding Gift | Prema | Kannada |
References
- ^ "Upendra, Prema combination back after 17 years". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ a b . Sify. 24 March 2006. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ^ "Actress Prema files for divorce". ManoramaOnline. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ^ "Kannada actress Prema files for divorce". International Business Times, India Edition. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ^ . The Times of India. 9 March 2015. Archived from the original on 13 March 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ^ . The Times of India. 6 April 2002. Archived from the original on 21 September 2012.
- ^ "Lifetime Achievement award for Rajkumar". The Times of India. 14 May 2001. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ^ Sharadhaa, A. (23 May 2016). "Upendra, Prema combination back after 17 years". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
- "For Kannada actress Prema, it was beginning of a new 'Jeevan'". Daijiworld. 7 July 2006. Retrieved 11 May 2008.