Tulasi (actress)

Tulasi (or Tulasi Shivamani) (born 20 June 1967) is an Indian actress. She started her career as a child actress, then became a lead actress and later did supporting roles in mother characters.[1] She has acted in over 300 films in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi languages.[2]

Career

Tulasi made her debut in the Telugu when she was three months old in 1967. For a song in the 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 then featured in one song when she was one-and-half year old in Jeevanatarangalu and said that she became a full-fledged actor when she was three.[3] She had never been to school.[3]

She got married at age 28 to Kannada director Sivamani.[2] She stated that "I met him in the morning and by evening we tied the knot".[4] She has one son Sai Tarun with him. 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 later also began acting in mother roles in Telugu and Tamil films like Sasirekha Parinayam (film)§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
1977Chillarakottu ChittammaTelugu
1978SeetamalakshmiTelugu
1979SankarabharanamSankaramTelugu
1981Nyayam KavaliPadmaTelugu
1981Mudda MandaramTelugu
1981Rama DhanduTelugu
1982bhakthadruva markhandeyaTelugu
1982Sakalakala VallavanTamil
1982Nalugu StambhalataTelugu
1982SubhalekhaLakshmiTelugu
1983Maga MaharajuNATelugu
1983Ee Pillaku PellavuthundhaTelugu
1983Konte KodalluBhagyalakshmi Telugu
1983NelavankaLalitaTelugu
1983TrisulamTelugu
1983Mantri Gari ViyyankuduSuseelaTelugu
1984AnubandhamTelugu
1984Nallavanuku NallavanTamil
1984Disco KingTelugu
1984Nagabekamma NagabekuKannada
1984Indina RamayanaKannada
1985Preminchu PelladuTelugu
1985Muchataga MugguruTelugu
1985SrivaruTelugu
1985Sri Katna LeelaluTelugu
1986Henne Ninagenu BandhanaKannada
1986Piranthaen ValarnthaenTamil
1986Poojaku Panikiraani PuvvuTelugu
1987AranyakandaNeelaTelugu
1987Dhoorathu PachaiTamil
1987ThambathyamTamil
1987Raaga LeelaTamil
1988Kanchana SeethaTelugu
1988Brahma Vishnu MaheshwaraKannada
1988Jeevana GangaTelugu
1990AlajadiTelugu
1990AppuMalayalam
1991KillerTelugu
1992Chitram Bhalare VichitramMeeraTelugu
1994MahanadiManjuTamil
1999Kannayya KittayyaTelugu
2003Excuse MeKannada
2005GunnaKannada
2006ChellataKannada
2006Sevanthi SevanthiKannada
2006Honeymoon ExpressKannada
2006SirivantaKannada
2006Jothe JotheyaliKannada
2007PoojariKannada
2007Ee Preethi OntharaKannada
2007Savi Savi NenapuKannada
2008SangamaKannada
2008NeenyareKannada
2009Ullasa UtsahaKannada
2009RajkumariKannada
2009JoshKannadaFilmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Kannada
2009MinchuKannada
2009Raaj the ShowmanKannada
2009RajaniKannada
2010PundaKannada
2010Nanjangud NanjundaKannada
2010Sihi GaaliKannada
2010EasanChezian's MotherTamil
2010DarlingRajeshwariTelugu
2011Pillaiyar Theru Kadaisi VeeduTamil
2011MankathaTamil
2011Mr. PerfectVicky's MotherTelugu
2012RajadhaniKannada
2012JulaiKaameshwari MurthyTelugu
2012PaagalKannada
2012SundarapandianArchana's motherTamil
2013SthreeshakthiKannada
2013IddarammayilathoKomali's motherTelugu
2013Aadhalal Kadhal SeiveerShweta's motherTamilNominated—Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actress
2013Pandiya NaaduSivagami ChidambaramTamil
2013Khatarnak Umesh ReddyKannada
2014Pannaiyarum PadminiyumChellammaTamil Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
2014AmbareeshaKannada
2014NinnindaleKannada
2015AambalaTulasiTamil
2015Oru Vadakkan SelfieHari's MotherMalayalam
2015SrimanthuduNarayana Rao's sister-in-lawTelugu
2015KaththukkuttiArivazhagan's motherTamil
2014RamleelaKannada
2014RX SooriKannada
2016Ammayitho AbbayiTelugu
2016Kalpana 2Kannada
2016ViraatKannada
2016SaagasamTamil
2016Aarathu SinamAravind's motherTamil
2016ZeroPriya's neighbourTamil
2016BrahmotsavamVaralakshmiTelugu
2016WagahVasu's motherTamil
2016HyperSurya's motherTelugu
2016MetroArivazhagan's MotherTamil
2017Nenu LocalKeerthi's MotherTelugu
2017RogueTelugu
Kannada
2017NakshatramRama Rao's motherTelugu
2017Meda Meeda AbbayiSrinu's motherTelugu
2017Nenjil ThunivirundhalKumar's motherTamil
2017C/O SuryaSurya's motherTelugu
2017Oye NinneVishnu's motherTelugu
2017RichieRadhaTamil
2018NimirValli's motherTamil
2018MahanatiMadhuravani's motherTelugu
2018AatagalluMunna's motherTelugu
2018NeevevaroKalyan's motherTelugu
2018Happy WeddingAkshara's motherTelugu
2018Nannu DochukunduvateMeghana's motherTelugu
2018SarkarM. Masilamani's wifeTamil
2019Dear ComradeJaya's motherTelugu
2019iSmart ShankarTelugu
2020Naadodigal 2Jeeva's motherTamil
2021Ellam Sheriyakkum TBAMalayalam
2021SR Kalyana MandapamTelugu
2021SashiTelugu

References

  1. Rao, Subha J. (9 May 2015). "Chellamma chronicles Actress Tulasi" via www.thehindu.com.
  2. "Tulasi rocks in her third innings". The New Indian Express. 13 November 2013
  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.
  6. "Review: Pannaiyarum Padminiyum is refreshing". Rediff.
  7. "News18.com: CNN-News18 Breaking News India, Latest News Headlines, Live News Updates". News18.
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