He asked the still photographer Ashwath Narayan to provide if there is any suitable new talent for the lead role.Īshwath Narayan had seen Manjula act in minor roles in some movies. Producer of Bangarada Panjara, KCN Gowda was all set to introduce a new talent as the heroine of the movie. But fate had planned something else for Manjula as her photos did not reach the person searching for the new talent for the movie. Manjula, an aspiring actress, who was in search of a lead role in the movies had almost got to act with Dr Rajkumar as his lead in the movie ‘Bangarada Panjara’. Here is how she entered the filmdom, ruled it and vanished from this land of mortals. At the time of her death she had no movies on hand.Manjula, the gritty woman of Kannada film industry, still haunts us with her performance. It was first reported that she died due to a kitchen stove-burst. Depressed, she committed suicide on 12 September 1986. The film offers dried up and she had financial difficulties.

Manjula suffered from weight related problems during the early 1980s, while she was at the top of her career, and that ended her career as a romantic actress.

Winner - Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada Some of her notable films include Sampathige Savaal, Durgi, Yeradu Kanasu, Besuge and Seetha Ramu. She has played a variety of roles and most of her films became successful. She starred in over one hundred films during her film career. She has shared screen with south super stars like Rajkumar and Vishnuvardhan and also other prominent actors like Srinath and Shankar Nag and others, but most successful is with Srinath. Her lead actress debut was in the 1972 film Yaara Saakshi, which was directed by veteran director M. She then entered the Kannada film industry in a small role through the film Mane Katti Nodu in 1966. Manjula started her acting career in 1965 with a drama troupe Prabhat Kalavidaru. The couple had a son, Abhishek, who married Sushma Srinivas, in 2009 and an adopted daughter, Abhinaya. She was married to film director Amritham who worked with her in films such as: Hudugaatada Hudugi.

She belonged to a prominent lingayat family, her father Shivanna was a police sub inspector. Shivanna and Deveramma on Apin Honnenahalli, a village in Tumkur District.

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