Shylashri is an Indian actress who acted in Kannada, Tamil and Malayalam cinema. She was awarded the Rajyotsava Award in 2019 for her contributions to Kannada Cinema.

Shylashri is known to be one of 3 daughters of a classical musician, Veena Gnanambal, who taught music in Annamalai University.

Career

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Shylashri began her career with a small role in the Kannada film Sandhya Raga, released in 1966. She has acted as heroine and a supporting actress in many Kannada movies. She is well remembered for her role in the National Award-winning Kannada film Naguva Hoovu, released in 1971 where she plays a nurse who falls in love with a doctor but sacrifices her love for a cancer patient who loves her. She also wrote the story for the film, which was produced by R.N.R. Productions. She acted as one of the heroines opposite Dr. Rajkumar in Bangarada Hoovu and Jedara Bale. She has also appeared in a few Tamil films.[citation needed]

Marriage

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She married Kannada actor R.N.Sudarshan, with whom she acted in films such as Naguva Hoovu, Kadina Rahasya, Kallara Kalla and Malathi Madhava.[1]

Partial filmography

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Kannada

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Year Name Co-Stars Director
1966 Sandhya Raga Udaykumar
1967 Bangarada Hoovu Rajkumar Arasu Kumar
1967 Manassiddare Marga
1967 Nakkare Ade Swarga Narasimha Raju M .R. Vittal
1967 Jaanara Jana Rajashankar
1967 Devara Gedda Manava
1968 Jedara Bale Rajkumar Dorai–Bhagavan
1968 Bedi Bandavalu
1968 Dhoomakethu
1968 Mysore Tanga
1968 Manassakshi
1968 Manku Dinne Dinesh K. S. L. Swamy
1968 Lakshadeeshwara Dinesh
1968 Namma Ooru Dinesh C. V. Shivashankar
1969 Broker Bheeshmachari
1969 Makkale Manege Manikya Udaykumar A.V.Sheshagiri Rao
1969 Kaanike
1969 Kadina Rahasya R.N.Sudarshan Geethapriya
1969 Suvarna Bhoomi R.N.Sudarshan
1969 Hoobisilu Jayanthi, Ramesh
1970 Kallara Kalla R.N.Sudarshan
1970 Vagdhana Kalpana, R.N.Sudarshan
1970 Arishina Kumkuma Rajesh
1971 Naguva Hoovu R. N. Sudarshan R. N. Krishna Prasad
1971 Malathi Madhava R.N.Sudarshan B.R.Panthulu
1972 Bala Panjara
1973 Kaanada Kai Ramesh
1973 Cowboy Kulla Dwarkish
1973 Bharatha Rathna Jayanthi, Ranga
1974 Bangaarada Panjara Rajashankar
1974 Hemareddy Mallama
1975 Jagruthi Udaykumar Sridhar
1978 Vamshajyoti Kalpana, Rajesh Bhim Singh
1984 Avala Antaranga Roopadevi R.N. Jayagopal
2022-2023 Janani Varshika Nayak, Muniraj Honnesh R Gowda

Tamil

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Malayalam

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Hindi

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Telugu

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  • Bhale Abbayilu (1969)

References

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  1. ^ "Sudarshan relives his celluloid journey". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 January 2011.