Tulasi
Born
OccupationActress
Years active1967-present

Tulasi (or Tulasi Shivamani) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Telugu, Kannada, and Tamil cinema. She started her career as a child actress. Later she appeared in lead actress and supporting actress roles.[1] She has acted in over 300 films in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, and Bhojpuri languages.[2] She won two Nandi Awards and one Filmfare Award.

Career

Tulasi made her debut in the Telugu language when she was three months old in 1967. For a song in a film, a baby was needed and Tulasi was placed in the cradle after actress Savitri had requested Tulasi's mother, who was a friend of her.[3] She was featured in a song when she was three-and-half years old in Jeevanatarangalu and said that she became a full-fledged actor when she was four.[3] She had never been to school.[3]

She got married at age 28 to Kannada director Sivamani.[2] She stated, "I met him in the morning and by evening we tied the knot".[4] They have one son, Sai Tarun. Tulasi decided to quit acting after getting married, working only occasionally as a voice actor in Telugu films, including ones by Mani Ratnam.[1] When her son was around six years old, she received several mother character roles. She initially declined them all, but finally signed on one Kannada film, Excuse Me, in which she played mother to Divya Spandana and which became a big hit.[2] After that she was doing three films a year in Kannada.

She began to act mainly in mother roles in Telugu and Tamil film industries. Her notable supporting roles include performances in Sasirekha Parinayam, Mr. Perfect, Darling, Srimanthudu, Iddarammayilatho, Nenu Local, Mahanati & Dear Comrade in Telugu and Pillaiyar Theru Kadaisi Veedu, Easan, Mankatha, Sundarapandian, Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer and Pandiya Naadu in Tamil. Tulasi has said that Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer, in which she had played mother to Manisha Yadav's character, changed her life and brought her an "identity as a screen mother".[2] Her portrayal of Chellamma in Pannaiyarum Padminiyum was praised too,[1] with critics stating that she was "brilliant",[5][6] and had given her "career best performance".[7]

Partial filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
1967BharyaTelugu
1969Jeevana TarangaluTelugu
1973ArangetramTamil
1977Chillarakottu ChittammaTelugu
1978SeetamalakshmiTelugu
1979SankarabharanamSankaramTelugu
1981Nyayam KavaliPadmaTelugu
Mudda MandaramTelugu
Rama DhanduTelugu
1982 Iddaru Kodukulu Padma Telugu
Bhakthadruva MarkhandeyaTelugu
Jagannatha Rathachakralu[8] Lakshmi Telugu
Sakalakala VallavanTamil
TrisulamTelugu
Nalugu StambhalataTelugu
SubhalekhaLakshmiTelugu
1983Maga MaharajuTelugu
Ee Pillaku PellavuthundhaTelugu
Konte KodalluBhagyalakshmi Telugu
NelavankaLalitaTelugu
Mantri Gari ViyyankuduSuseelaTelugu
1984AnubandhamTelugu
Kotha DampathuluTelugu
Nallavanuku NallavanTamil
Disco KingTelugu
Nagabekamma NagabekuKannada
Indina RamayanaKannada
1985Preminchu PelladuTelugu
Rechukka Roja Telugu
Muchataga MugguruTelugu
Mugguru Mitrulu Telugu
SrivaruRajaniTelugu
Sri Katna LeelaluTelugu
1986 Driver Babu Radha Telugu
Henne Ninagenu BandhanaKannada
Naa Pilupe Prabhanjanam Gayathri Telugu
Aadi Dampatulu Telugu
Piranthaen ValarnthaenTamil
Poojaku Panikiraani PuvvuTelugu
1987AranyakandaNeelaTelugu
Dhoorathu PachaiTamil
ThambathyamTamil
Raaga LeelaTelugu
1988Kanchana SeethaTelugu
Brahma Vishnu MaheshwaraKannada
Jeevana GangaTelugu
1989 Zoo Laka Taka Telugu
1990AlajadiTelugu
AppuMalayalam
1991 Amma Rajinama Telugu
1992KillerTelugu
Chitram Bhalare VichitramMeeraTelugu
1993Kannayya KittayyaTelugu
Vintha Kodallu Telugu
1994MahanadhiManjuTamil
2003Excuse MeKannada
2005YashwanthKannada
JootataNandini DeviKannada
GunnaKannada
2006ChellataKannada
Sevanthi SevanthiKannada
Honeymoon ExpressKannada
SirivantaKannada
Jothe JotheyaliKannada
2007PoojariKannada
Ee Preethi OntharaKannada
Savi Savi NenapuKannada
2008SangamaKannada
NeenyareKannada
2009Sasirekha ParinayamTelugu
RajkumariKannada
Naa Girlfriend Baga RichSravya's motherTelugu
JoshSharadammaKannadaFilmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Kannada
MinchuKannada
Raaj the ShowmanKannada
RajaniKannada
2010Ullasa UtsahaKamalaKannada
PundaKannada
Nanjangud NanjundaKannada
Sihi GaaliKannada
EasanChezian's MotherTamil
DarlingRajeshwariTelugu
2011Pillaiyar Theru Kadaisi VeeduTamil
MankathaTamil
Mr. PerfectVicky's MotherTelugu
2012RajadhaniKannada
JulaiKaameshwari MurthyTelugu
PaagalKannada
SundarapandianArchana's motherTamil
2013SthreeshakthiKannada
IddarammayilathoKomali's motherTelugu
Aadhalal Kadhal SeiveerShweta's motherTamilNominated—Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actress
Pandiya NaaduSivagami ChidambaramTamil
Khatarnak Umesh ReddyKannada
2014Pannaiyarum PadminiyumChellammaTamilTamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
AmbareeshaKannada
NinnindaleKannada
2015AambalaTulasiTamil
Oru Vadakkan SelfieHari's MotherMalayalam
SrimanthuduNarayana Rao's sister-in-lawTelugu
KaththukkuttiArivazhagan's motherTamil
RamleelaKannada
RX SooriKannada
2016Ammayitho AbbayiTelugu
Kalpana 2Kannada
ViraatKannada
SaagasamTamil
Aarathu SinamAravind's motherTamil
ZeroPriya's neighbourTamil
BrahmotsavamVaralakshmiTelugu
WagahVasu's motherTamil
HyperSurya's motherTelugu
MetroArivazhagan's MotherTamil
2017Nenu LocalSiriTelugu
RogueTelugu
Kannada
NakshatramRama Rao's motherTelugu
Meda Meeda AbbayiSrinu's motherTelugu
Nenjil ThunivirundhalKumar's motherTamil
C/O SuryaSurya's motherTelugu
Oye NinneVishnu's motherTelugu
RichieRadhaTamil
2018NimirValli's motherTamil
MahanatiMadhuravani's motherTelugu
AatagalluMunna's motherTelugu
NeevevaroKalyan's motherTelugu
Happy WeddingAkshara's motherTelugu
Nannu DochukunduvateMeghana's motherTelugu
SarkarM. Masilamani's wifeTamil
2019Dear ComradeJaya's motherTelugu
iSmart ShankarTelugu
QueenRanganayakiTamilWeb series
2020Naadodigal 2Jeeva's motherTamil
2021SashiRaj's motherTelugu
MosagalluPadmaTelugu
SR KalyanamandapamSanthiTelugu
NavarasaKamal's motherTamilWeb series
Ellam SheriyakumAncy's motherMalayalam
Adbhutham Vennala's GrandmotherTelugu
Oka Chinna Family StoryRukminiTeluguWeb series
SkylabGowri's motherTelugu
2022Veeramae Vaagai SoodumPorus's and Dwaraka's motherTamil
F3Venky's stepmotherTelugu
KondaKonda ChennammaTelugu
Karthikeya 2Karthik's motherTelugu
Thank YouAbhi's motherTelugu
Vendhu Thanindhathu KaaduDurgaTamil
Naan Mirugamaai Maara Tamil
Dhamaka Yashoda Rao Telugu
2023Bhola ShankarTelugu
Lockdown DiarieTamil
Miss Shetty Mr Polishetty Siddhu's mother and Phanindra's wife Telugu
Saba NayaganTamil

Awards

Nandi Awards[9]
Filmfare Awards South

References

  1. 1 2 3 Rao, Subha J. (9 May 2015). "Chellamma chronicles Actress Tulasi". The Hindu.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Tulasi rocks in her third innings". The New Indian Express. 13 November 2013
  3. 1 2 3 Y. Sunita Chowdhary (9 July 2012). "My First Break: Tulasi". The Hindu.
  4. "Actress Tulasi – Prabhas Thinks I'm Hot". cinegoer.net. 10 August 2011
  5. "Pannaiyarum Padminiyum". Sify. Archived from the original on 7 June 2015.
  6. "Review: Pannaiyarum Padminiyum is refreshing". Rediff.
  7. "News18.com: CNN-News18 Breaking News India, Latest News Headlines, Live News Updates". News18. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014.
  8. Jagannatha Ratha Chakralu Full Movie - Krishna | Jayaprada | Jaggayya | Giribabu | V9 Videos, retrieved 12 January 2024
  9. "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2020. (in Telugu)
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