Tara (Kannada actress)

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

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The Minister of Culture & Urban Development Shri S.Jaipal Reddy inaugurating the International Film Festival of India - 2005, in Panaji, Goa on November 24, 2005 (1).jpg
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
Assumed office
January 2020
Personal details
Born
Anuradha

(1973-03-04) 4 March 1973[lower-alpha 1]
Bangalore, Mysore State (now Karnataka), India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse
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(m. 2005)​
Children1
OccupationActress, politician

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). Her performance in Hasina won her the National Film Award for Best Actress.[3]

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.

Career
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Tara in 2004 Kannada film Hasina, which won her National Film Award for Best Actress

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. 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.

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. She received her second "best actress" state award for the movie Kanooru Heggadithi and "best supporting actress" award for the movie Munjaneya Manju. She also received critical acclaim for the female centric film Munnudi, which received multiple National Film Awards, including the Best Film on Other Social Issues.[5][6]

In 2005, she was cast by Girish Kasaravalli in his film Hasina, for which she won a National Award from the Indian Government. Subsequently, her role in the Kannada movie Deadly Soma was appreciated. Then came another breakthrough performance in the movie Cyanide. In 2007, Tara received her third Best Actress award.[7] Beside acting, she produced Hasina, directed by Girish Kasaravalli, and she has also announced an intention to direct films as well.[8]

Personal life

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

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

Filmography
YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
1984Ingeyum Oru GangaiMaruthayiTamil
January 1Tamil
1985ThulasidalaKannada
BrahmastraMalaKannada
1986AnandKannada
GuriKannada
Maneye ManthralayaKannada
Samsarada GuttuKannada
Sundara SwapnagaluKannada
Ella Hengasarinda Kannada
SatkaaraKannada
1987NayakanShakilaTamil
SankeertanaTelugu
Ravana RajyaKannada
ThulasiPonniTamil
Shubha MilanaKannada
1988Agni NatchathiramMallikaTamil
RanarangaBhavanaKannada
SangliyanaForest officer's wifeKannada
MutthaideKannada
Avale Nanna HendthiGayathriKannada
Pelli Chesi ChooduSeetaTelugu
1989HendthighelbediSrinivas's wifeKannada
En Swamy AliyandreKannada
DevaSujathaKannada
Anthintha Gandu NanallaKamalaKannada
Doctor KrishnaChanchalaKannada
Poli HudugaKannada
C.B.I. ShankarHerselfKannadaCameo
1990Nigooda RahasyaKannada
MaheshwaraKannada
Policena HendthiKannada
Raja Kempu RojaKannada
Sirayil Pootha Chinna MalarMuthappa's wifeTamil
Neti SiddharthaRekhaTelugu
Maa Inti KathaTeluguNandi Award for Best Supporting Actress
1991C. B. I. ShivaRanjiniKannada
KramaKannadaKarnataka State Film Award for Best Actress
Brahmarshi ViswamitraSakunthala's friendTelugu
Aranyadalli AbhimanyuKannada
Ibbaru Hendira Muddina PoliceKannada
Karnana SampathuKannada
Golmaal Part 2MeeraKannada
1992Undu Hoda Kondu HodaRukminiKannada
Halli MeshtruTeacher's first wifeKannadaCameo
Belli KalunguraTungaKannada
Nagaradalli NayakaruKannada
VajrayudhaKannada
Malashree MamashreeKannada
Prema SangamaKannada
1993Munjaneya ManjuHemaKannadaKarnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
Karimaleya KaggathaluKannada
Muddina MaavaKannada
Bhagavan Sri Saibaba LakshmiKannada
1994Prana SnehithaKannada
SammilanaKannada
Gandhada Gudi Part 2Marappa's wifeKannada
1995Operation AnthaKannada
Thumbida ManeGeethaKannada
Mana MidiyithuKannada
Mister AbhishekRevathiKannada
1996Ibbara Naduve Muddina AataKannada
SipayiKannada
DhaniKannada
AadithyaInspectorKannada
JeevanadhiKannada
1997Amrutha VarshiniVimalaKannada
Ellaranthalla Nanna GandaKannada
1998Yaare Neenu CheluveMaryKannada
1999Kanooru HeggadithiSubbammaKannadaKarnataka State Film Award for Best Actress
Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada
Suprabhata Award for Best Actress
PremotsavaShantiKannada
2000Galate AliyandruKannada
Devara MagaSundariKannada
MunnudiRukhiyaKannada
Swalpa Adjust MadkolliKannada
2001DiggajaruGowriKannada
Kothigalu Saar KothigaluAn actressKannada
2002MathadanaLakshmiKannada
NinagagiRukkammaKannada
KarmugiluGowriKannada
2003Paris PranayaSeethaKannada
Ondagona BaaKannada
2004NallaDr Sarala DesaiKannada
Aagodella OlledakkeKannada
JyeshtaKannada
2005Deadly SomaKannada
Karnana SampathuKannada
SiddhuKannada
Namma BasavaKannada
HasinaHasinaKannadaNational Film Award for Best Actress
Dr. B. R. AmbedkarRamabai AmbedkarKannada
Pandu Ranga VittalaSaralaKannada
2006MataChandra's loverKannada
CyanideMridulaKannadaKarnataka State Film Award for Best Actress
PandavaruKannada
Care of FootpathSaraswatiKannada
2007Shri Kshetra Kaivara ThathaiahKannadaSuvarna Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
Maathaad Maathaadu MalligeKannada
Ee BandhanaSukanyaKannadaFilmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Kannada
2008AramaneSavitriKannada
Muniyandi Vilangial MoonramanduTamil
Jnanajyothi Sri SiddagangaKannada
Ganga KaveriGanga's motherKannada
2009BirugaaliKannada
2010ModalasalaPaaruKannada
School MasterKannada
Eradane MaduveKannada
2011Mathond MadhuvenaKannada
KiratakaNandisha's motherKannada
Jolly BoyLakshmiKannada
2012BhageerathiKannadaUdaya Award for Best Supporting Actress
MaattrraanSudhaTamil
Samsaaradalli GolmaalKannada
Kempe GowdaKavya's motherKannada
2013GalaateKannada
Shravani SubramanyaAnuradhaKannadaNominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Kannada
2014Ulidavaru KandantheRatnaKannada
2015OctopusKannada
2016CBI SathyaKannada
MadamakkiRatnaKannada
GolisodaKannada
2017SathriyanNiranjana's motherTamil
BharjariNimmiKannada
2018Hebbet RamakkaRamakkaKannadaKarnataka State Film Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Filmibeat Award for Best Actress – Kannada
AtharvaKannada
2019SinngaJanakammaKannada
Aadi Lakshmi PuraanaShanthammaKannada
Ellidde Illi TanakaLakshmiKannada
BharaateJaganmohan's motherKannada
2020ShivarjunaShiva's motherKannada
2021MugilpeteRaja's motherKannada
Badava Rascal Shankar's mother Kannada
2023VaamanaTBAKannada

Television
Year Serial Channel Role Language Notes ref.
1993 Mikhaelinte Santhathikal Asianet TV Malayalam
2002 Parva Kannada [9]
2021 Raja Rani Colors Kannada Judge Kannada
2021-2022 Nannamma Super Star Colors Kannada Judge Kannada

Notes
  1. 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]
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References
  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.
  2. "Tara delivers a baby boy at 48!". The Times of India. 2 February 2013. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013.
  3. "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.
  4. Muthanna, Anjali (16 June 2013). "Tara officially resigns as Film Academy head". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  5. "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".
  6. "48th National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  7. "Kumaraswamy happy with resurgent Kannada cinema". The Hindu. 31 August 2007. Archived from the original on 18 January 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
  8. "Tara – from actress to director". Indiaglitz. 25 February 2005. Archived from the original on 16 May 2006. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
  9. "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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