Prema (Kannada actress)

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Prema
Ellaranthalla Nanna Ganda Kannada film screenshot.jpg
Prema in 1997
Born
Neravanda Chetticha Prema

(1977-01-06) 6 January 1977 (age 47)
Bangalore, India
OccupationActress
Years active1994–2009
2017–present
RelativesNeravanda Aiyappa (brother)

Neravanda Chetticha Prema (born 6 January 1977) is an Indian actress known for her work predominantly in Kannada and Telugu language films. She has appeared in many commercially successful and critically acclaimed feature films. She was a leading Kannada actress at the turn of the century and has received the Karnataka State Film Award and Filmfare Best Actress awards for her performances in Kannada films. She has featured in Om and Yajamana, which are the two major blockbuster and highest-grossing films of their time in Kannada cinema. After an eight-year hiatus, she returned to films with Upendra Matte Baa in 2017.[1]

Personal life[edit]

Prema was born on 6 January 1977 into Neravanda family, of the Kodava community to Chetticha and Kavery, in military hospital, Bangalore. She received high school education in Mahila Seva Samaja High School and completed her Pre-university course in Murnad junior college, Kodagu. As a student she was involved actively in sports and represented her school and college in high jump and volleyball events at the national level.[2] Her younger brother Neravanda Aiyappa was a cricket player who represented Karnataka in Ranji Trophy. Her younger sister Indu NC lives in Dubai.[3]

Prema was married to Jeevan Appacchu. She filed a divorce petition in the Family Court, Bangalore in March 2016.[3][4][5]

Film career[edit]

Prema began her career in the Rajkumar camp in 1995 starring opposite Shivarajkumar in Savyasachi and Raghavendra Rajkumar with Aata Hudugaata respectively. Though both films did not perform well at the box-office, she was given the lead role in another Shivarajkumar starrer Om directed by Upendra. The film turned out to be a blockbuster and also got her the Karnataka State Award for Best Actress.

In 1996 she acted in the Sunil Kumar Desai directed Nammoora Mandara Hoove co-starring Shivarajkumar and Ramesh Aravind. She also made her Malayalam debut with The Prince opposite Mohanlal and Telugu debut with Dharma Chakram. In 1999 the super success of her films had catapulted her to the top spot in Kannada movies. Chandramuki Pranasakhi, Upendra and V. Ravichandran's Naanu Nanna Hendthiru in Kannada and the Telugu language film, Devi which collected Rs. 18 crores at the box-office and was dubbed into Hindi as well.

In 2000 she saw 6 releases of which Yajamana opposite Vishnuvardhan was a runaway hit. 2001 proved lucky with the female-centric Kanasugara, the remake of Tamil film Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen, which fetched her the Filmfare Award for Best Actress and many other awards for her portrayal of a simple girl who becomes a famous singer.Her main release in 2002 was Sunil Kumar Desai's musical Parva co-starring Vishnuvardhan and Roja Selvamani. In 2003, she was praised by critics for her complex role in Singaaravva. In 2004, Prema played Vishnuvardhan's leading lady in Apthamitra, the Kannada remake of Malayalam Manichitrathazhu by P. Vasu.

She has shared screen space with Vishnuvardhan in seven films - Yajamana, Apthamitra, Jamindaru, Kshana Kshana, Ekadantha, Parva, Ellaranthalla Nanna Ganda.

Post her marriage in 2006, Prema cut down on her film assignments. In 2017 she made her comeback with Upendra Matte Baa.Her last release was Shishira in 2009. She has, thus far, acted in more than 70 movies in Kannada and more than 28 movies in Telugu. In 2017 she made her comeback with Upendra Matte Baa.

Awards[edit]

Filmography[edit]

Key
Films that have not yet been released Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Role Language Notes
1995 Savyasachi Raadha Kannada
1995 Om Madhuri Kannada Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress
1995 Aata Hudugaata Kannada
1995 Police Power Kannada
1996 Nammoora Mandara Hoove Suma Kannada Udaya Film Award for Best Actress
1996 Gaajina Mane Kannada
1996 The Prince Swarna Malayalam
1996 Dharma Chakram Surekha Telugu
1996 Jagadeka Veerudu Telugu
1996 Adirindi Guru Telugu
1997 Atta Nee Koduku Jagratta Telugu
1997 Korukunna Priyudu Telugu
1997 Chelikaadu Likhita Telugu
1997 Omkaram Telugu
1997 Ellaranthalla Nanna Ganda Kannada
1998 Thutta Mutta Pooja Kannada
1998 Kaurava Kannada
1998 Shanti Shanti Shanti Suzy Kannada
1998 Maa Aavida Collector Meena Telugu
1998 Dheerga Sumnagali Bhava Telugu
1998 Kangalin Vaarthaigal Tamil
1999 Chandramukhi Pranasakhi Sahana Kannada Cinema Express Award for Best Actress
1999 Chandrodaya Divya Kannada
1999 Naanu Nanna Hendthiru Manisha Kannada
1999 Upendra Swathi Kannada
1999 Z Prema Kannada
1999 Devi Devi Telugu Gemini Film award for Best Actress
1999 Raghavayya Gari Abbayi Telugu
1999 Eetharam Nehru Telugu
2000 Naga Devathe Kannada
2000 Maya Bazaar Kannada
2000 Nuvve Kavali Telugu Cameo appearance
2000 Ammo Okato Taariku Telugu
2000 Rayalaseema Ramanna Chowdary Nagasulochana Telugu
2000 Nannavalu Nannavalu Chandu Kannada Asianet Kaveri Film Award for Best Actress
(also for Yajamana and Chandramuki Pranasakhi)[8]
2000 Chiru Navvuto Aruna Telugu
2000 Uttara Dhruvadim Dakshina Dhruvaku Nandini Kannnada
2000 Yajamana Sangeetha Kannada ETV Film Award for Best Actress
2000 Daivathinte Makan Anjali Malayalam
2001 Anjali Geethanjali Anjali Kannada
2001 Kanasugara Sangeetha Kannada Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada
2001 Premi No.1 Kannada
2001 Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu Kannada
2001 Grama Devathe Kaveri Kannada
2001 Neelambari Kannada
2001 Prematho Raa Sandhya Telugu
2001 Devi Putrudu Goddess Telugu
2002 Balarama Kannada
2002 Chelvi Chelvi Kannada
2002 Tapori Kannada
2002 Jamindaru Kannada
2002 Marma Sudha Kannada
2002 Parva Suma Kannada
2002 Kambalahalli Kannada
2002 Mutthu Kannada
2002 Prema Prema Kannada
2002 Singaaravva Singaravva Kannada
2003 Mooru Manasu Nooru Kanasu Kannada
2003 Ai Naan Bhishma Kano Kannada
2003 Sri Renuka Devi Kannada
2003 Ananda Nilaya Kannada
2003 Vijayadashami Kannada
2003 Thaye Bhuvaneshwari Tamil
2003 Lavve Pasagali Kannada
2003 Janaki Weds Sriram Telugu
2004 Apthamitra Soumya Kannada
2004 Azhagesan Nandhini Tamil
2005 Inspector Jhansi Jhansi Kannada
2005 Ranachandi Kannada
2005 Pandu Ranga Vittala Prema Kannada
2005 Devi Abhayam Telugu
2005 Ayodhya Telugu
2006 A Aa E Ee Kannada
2007 Ekadantha Bhakti Kannada
2007 Kshana Kshana Phalguni Kannada
2007 Dhee Shankar Gowd's wife Telugu
2008 Sundarakanda Seetha Telugu
2008 Krishnarjuna Telugu
2009 Anjani Putrudu Telugu
2009 Shishira Kannada
2017 Upendra Matte Baa Sathyabhama Kannada [9]

References[edit]

  1. "Upendra, Prema combination back after 17 years". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  2. Lasrado, Richard. "Madikeri: Keen on a Silver-screen Comeback, Talented Prema Trashes Rumours of Illness". mangalorean.com. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Prema weds Jeevan!". Sify. 24 March 2006. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  4. "Actress Prema files for divorce". ManoramaOnline. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  5. "Kannada actress Prema files for divorce". International Business Times, India Edition. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  6. "Shivarajkumar sets a new record!". The Times of India. 9 March 2015. Archived from the original on 13 March 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  7. "Nuvvu Nenu wins 4 Filmfare awards". The Times of India. 6 April 2002. Archived from the original on 21 September 2012.
  8. "Lifetime Achievement award for Rajkumar". The Times of India. 14 May 2001. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  9. Sharadhaa, A. (23 May 2016). "Upendra, Prema combination back after 17 years". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 6 June 2016.