Chitra Shenoy

Chitra Shenoy is an Indian actress and producer in South Indian movies and television series. She has acted in more than 600 films, predominantly in Kannada and Malayalam. She is known as the 'young mother' in the Kannada film industry having portrayed the role of a mother to almost all top stars in Kannada. In Malayalam she rose to fame with her role as Mammootty's mother in Rajamanikyam.

She became a house-hold name in Kerala playing the villainous mother-in-law character in the Malayalam serial Sthreedhanam. She owns the production company Good Company Productions.

Personal life She was born in a Sankethi Brahmin family to M. K. Vinayak and Saraswathi, as the youngest of two children at Hassan. She has an elder sister, Jyothi. She is a home science graduate. She is married to Gurudas Shenoy, a Kannada Film & Television Producer. They have a daughter Kushi Shenoy. Gurudas & Chitra Shenoy together run two television production companies - Dakshin Videotech and Good Company Productions. She currently resides at Bangalore with her family.

Filmography Kannada films

Malayalam films Year Title Role Notes 2005 Raajamanikyam Muthulakshmi Ammal 2006 The Don Baba's wife 2007 Ali Bhai Anwar Ali's mother Rock & Roll Daya's mother 2008 Calcutta News Ajith's mother 2009 Samastha Keralam PO Saraswathi 2012 Father's Day Dr. Elizabeth Thomas Best Wishes 2013 Orissa Kaanchi Ammalu Amma 2015 Thinkal Muthal Velli VareInjakkadu Rukminiyamma Cameo Appearance 2016 Kavi Uddheshichathu..? Soosamma 2023 Sheela Simultaneously shot in Kannada 2024 Porattu Nadakam Lalithambal

Telugu films Year Film Role Language 2006 Naidu LLB Telugu 2010 Kantri Mogudu Telugu 2018 2 Friends Telugu

Tamil films Year Film Role Language 2006 Kadhale En Kadhale SaradhaTamil2007 Muruga Amudha's mother Tamil 2010 Nagaram Bharathi's mother Tamil

Other language films Year Film Role Language 2013 Rickshaw Driver Tulu 2014 Mr Joe B. Carvalho Sundari Karla Hindi

Television As actress

As producer

Awards

Won Film Fans Best Supporting Actress Award-1999 from Chennai for the film "Chaitrada Chiguru". Sir.M.Visvesvaraya National Mahila Sreeratna Award-2000 at Mantralayam. Arybhatta Award as a producer for “Kshamaya Dharithtri” Asianet television award for Most popular actress 2013 Asianet television award for Best Character actress (Special Jury mention) 2014 Asianet television award for Most popular actress 2015 Nominated Asianet television award for Best Character actress 2013 Asianet television award for Best Character actress 2014 Asianet television award for Most popular actress 2014 Asianet television award for Best Character actress 2015 2nd IIFA Utsavam for performance in a Supporting role female-Kannada 2017

Reality shows Munch Stars (Asianet) Ningalkkumakam Kodeeswaran (Asianet) Sell Me The Answer (Asianet) Badai Bungalow (Asianet) Kumkumam (Kairali TV)