Vanisri
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Vanisri was a top Telugu film heroine from the late 1960s to 1970s. Her portfolio also includes Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam films.
[edit] Career
Vanisri was born in Andhra Pradesh. Her first film was Marapurani Kadha. She gained attention with a supporting role in the sister role in Sukha Dukhalu, where the famous song "idi mallela velayani" was picturized on her. She became a heroine and held the top spot through most of the 1970s until newer heroines Sridevi and Jayaprada took over in the late 1970s. Thereafter, Vanisri retired to get married and have a son and a daughter, who is now a doctor.
[edit] Return
Vanisri returned to films in the late 1980s in mother roles, such as the one in Attaku Yamudu-Ammayiki Mogudu (1989), which became a big hit. She has now specialized in playing arrogant mothers-in-law or aunts. She has also acted in television serials. She is involved in politics.[1]
[edit] Sources
1. http://www.indiavarta.com/Startrek/Archives.asp?Page=U&ID=IEE20040606072927&dt=6/6/2004
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