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Yamuna (actress)

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Yamuna
Born
Prema[1]

Bangalore, Karnataka, India
OccupationActress
Children2[2]

Yamuna is an Indian actress who has appeared primarily in Telugu films in addition to a few Malayalam, Kannada and Tamil films.[3] She appeared in films like Mamagaru, Mouna Poratam, and Yerra Mandaram. She also acted in TV shows.

Personal life

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Yamuna was born as Prema in Bangalore, Karnataka into a Telugu-speaking family. Their native is Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh but her family later moved to Bangalore. Director Balachander changed her name to Yamuna after film debut.[1]

Career

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Yamuna made her debut in film in a lead role through Kannada film Modada Mareyalli (1991) alongside Shiva Rajkumar. She acted in over 50 Kannada and Telugu movies as the female lead.[4] She shot into fame in 1989 with award-winning Telugu film Mouna Poratam[5][6] which is based on the real-life story of Sabita Badhei, which gained massive media coverage. Yamuna played the role of Durga who is betrayed by a government officer and fights for her conjugal rights, seeking marital recognition to give proper identity to her illegitimate child.[7]

Later she played one of the leads opposite Vinod Kumar in the successful film Mamagaru.[8] In the 1990 film Puttinti Pattu Cheera, she played the role of an unlucky daughter who is harassed by her in-laws. She also played the lead role in Erramandaram.[9] She also acted in Kannada films with Siva Rajkumar and Ravichandran.[10]

After her marriage, she took a break from acting. After the break she started acting in TV serials. She appeared in the TV series Anveshitha which was broadcast on ETV.

Allegations

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Yamuna was arrested for her alleged involvement in a brothel racket in the ITC Royal Gardenia, a five star hotel, in January 2011 in Bangalore.[citation needed] In a YouTube interview, Frankly with TNR, she said she was exonerated by the court of chargers as they were false allegations.[11]

Filmography

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Telugu

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Malayalam

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Kannada

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Tamil

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Television

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  • Thiruvilaiyadal (Sun TV)
  • Amman (Sun TV)
  • Vidhi (ETV) as Saroja / Rosy
  • Anveshitha (ETV) as Snigdha Devi
  • Raktha Sambandham (Gemini TV)
  • Allare Allari (ETV Plus)
  • Seethama Vakitilo Sirimalle Chettu (Vidhi-2) as Rosy
  • Lakshmi (Udaya TV)
  • Lakshmi Jhansiya Magalu (Udaya TV)
  • Devi (Zee Kannada)
  • Damini (Gemini TV)
  • Amrutam
  • Mouna Poratam (ETV)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Yamuna Biography". cochintalkies.com. cochintalkies. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. ^ "విశాఖ నాకు సొంతిల్లులాంటిది: నటి". Sakshi. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  3. ^ Bollineni, Haribabu (21 August 2016). "Why Senior Actress Tried to Commit Suicide?". chitramala.in. Chitramala. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  4. ^ Shyam, Prasad S (27 September 2016). "Yamuna back on the big screen". Bangalore Mirror.
  5. ^ "1989 Nandi Awards". awardsandwinners.com.
  6. ^ "List of winners of the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film". telugufilmz.org. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  7. ^ "Mouna Poratam Music by S Janaki". sjanaki.net.
  8. ^ "1991 Nandi awards". awardsandwinners.com. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  9. ^ "1990 Nandi Awards". awardsandwinners.com. Awards & Winners. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  10. ^ "ఆ రూమర్ వచ్చాక... సూసైడ్ చేసుకోవాలని నిర్ణయించుకున్నా.. నటి యమున". telugu.webdunia.com. Webdunia. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  11. ^ "Yamuna back on the big screen". The Times of India. BangaloreMirror. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
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