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Jayanthi is a Actor Indian born on 6 january 1945 at Bangalore (Inde)

Jayanthi

Jayanthi
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Birth name Kamala Kumari
Nationality Inde
Birth 6 january 1945 at Bangalore (Inde)
Death 26 july 2021 (at 76 years)
Awards Filmfare Awards South

Jayanthi (born Kamala Kumari around 1945) is an Indian actress. She has appeared in over 500 films, including films in the Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi and Marathi languages. Kannada film industry honored her with the title "Abhinaya Sharadhe" meaning Goddess Sharada in acting.

Usually with

Rajkumar
Rajkumar
(29 films)
K. S. Ashwath
K. S. Ashwath
(26 films)
T. N. Balakrishna
T. N. Balakrishna
(21 films)
T. R. Narasimharaju
T. R. Narasimharaju
(21 films)
Kailasam Balachander
Kailasam Balachander
(8 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Jayanthi (134 films)

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Actress

Vasundhara
Vasundhara (2013)

Directed by T. S. Nagabharana
Actors Rajesh, Aishwarya Nag, T. S. Nagabharana, Jayanthi, Sudha Rani

The film revolves around the trials and tribulations of Vasundhara AKA as Mrs. Bagatov who is inadvertently caught in the cauldron of terrorist violence, communal frenzy, corporate greediness, corrupt bureaucracy and media manipulations. In the process it also unravels the positive power of the media, the uncompromising commitment to distinguish between right and wrong in the face of great suffering and the need for empowerment of women in the interest of the future of our society.
Koormavatara
Koormavatara (2011)
, 2h13
Directed by Girish Kasaravalli
Actors Jayanthi
Roles Susheela / Kasturba Gandhi
Rating83% 4.1538854.1538854.1538854.1538854.153885
Rao, who is at the edge of retirement from government service, happens to play the role of Mahatma Gandhi in a television serial. Unknowingly the qualities of Gandhiji imbibe in him. How resurrect is the crux of the film? ‘One would certainly question himself after seeing this film' opines Dr Girish.
Nannavanu
Nannavanu (2009)

Genres Romance
Themes Films about religion
Actors Prajwal Devaraj, Aindrita Ray, Avinash, Jayanthi, Doddanna, Ramesh Bhat

Sanjana (Aindrita) suddenly wakes up to know that she was murdered in her previous birth. She musters up courage to fight a case and seek justice to her murder through a lawyer. She finds a struggling lawyer Bharadwaj (Prajwal) who has a striking resemblance to her lover in her previous birth. She hires him to fight her case and offers him huge amount even if he lost the case. They take up the case to fight against an MLA (Avinash) who was the Chief Minister earlier responsible for her death. What happens to her case and who wins forms the rest of the story.
Prarambha
Prarambha (2007)
, 13minutes
Directed by Santosh Sivan
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, HIV/AIDS in film
Actors Prabhu Deva, B. Saroja Devi, Jayanthi, Anu Prabhakar, Ramya, Sadhu Kokila
Roles Kittu's Grandmother
Rating77% 3.887883.887883.887883.887883.88788
The story of the film begins when Puttaswamy (Prabhu Deva), a truck driver, arrives at his place in Mysore. Puttaswamy discovers a little boy Kittu (Skandha) in the back of his truck. Kittu is on a journey to find his mother (Anu Prabhakar), who left him upon discovering that she was HIV positive.
Raraju
Raraju (2006)

Genres Drama, Action
Actors Tottempudi Gopichand, Sivaji, Meera Jasmine, Ankitha Jhaveri, Venu Madhav, Suman
Roles Kalyani

Kali (Gopichand) lives along with his mother on the business of hiring mike set and lighting equipment for wedding and other ceremonies. Jyothi (Meera Jasmine) is a singer who sings chorus in films. A lady police inspector (Ankitha) keeps on following Kali and tries to seduce him to make him fall in her love. Kali is also a threat for many in his area as he answers only with muscle power if things work against him. Knowing this, once Jyothi claims that she is Kali’s person to save herself from a group of eve teasers. Eve teasers leave her for the fear of Kali. In a dramatic sequence, like in any other film Kali happens to encounter Jyothi. Gopichand inclines for Jyothi and proposes her. But she negates and tells her flash back.
Housefull
Housefull (1999)
, 2h18
Directed by Radhakrishnan Parthiban
Genres Thriller
Actors Radhakrishnan Parthiban, Vikram, Roja, Suvalakshmi, Pasupathy, Aishwarya
Rating67% 3.3798053.3798053.3798053.3798053.379805
Parthiban plays Ayya, a respected man who runs a cinema theater. The story begins when bombs are placed inside the theater during a movie. Surya and Rattan play police officers who want to defuse the bombs without letting the audience know. Vikram plays a man inside the theater, and Suvalakshmi the woman outside who loves him.
Gopala Gopala
Gopala Gopala (1996)
, 2h35
Directed by Pandiarajan
Genres Drama, Comedy, Documentary, Romance
Actors Kushboo Sundar, Pandiarajan, S. Manivannan, Venniradai Moorthy, Charle, Janagaraj
Roles Usha's mother
Rating16% 0.832190.832190.832190.832190.83219
Gopalakrishnan (Pandiarajan), a clever cook from Coimbatore, moves to an apartment in Chennai. He becomes quickly popular and appreciated among the apartment's women, however their husbands get jealous of Gopalakrishnan. Meanwhile, he falls in love with Usha (Kushboo). He decides to marry her with the support of his neighbours. After the marriage, Usha has just learned that Gopalakrishnan was already married. Gopalakrishnan got married with a girl (Sindhu) but she was already pregnant and she eloped with her lover that very evening. Usha is upset and refuses to live with him. Later, Gopalakrishnan finds a forsaken baby (by his ex-wife) in a dustbin and leaves the baby to an orphanage. Gopalakrishnan's father (Manivannan), an army officer, comes to live with his son and he helps his son to win back Usha's heart.