Udaya Chandrika

Udaya Chandrika was an Indian actress of Kannada cinema from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s. She also appeared in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu-language films.

Career Udaya Chandrika began her career with Katari Veera, released in 1966. She played Dr. Rajkumar's sweetheart in that film. Later, she went on to play many roles in Kannada films till her last appearance in Udugore, released in 1979, with Kalyan Kumar.

She acted with almost all the stars of her time, like Dr. Rajkumar, Kalyan Kumar, Udaykumar, Rajesh, Vishnuvardhan, Srinath, Rajinikanth, etc. She even worked with Sivaji Ganesan, MGR, Prem Nazir, Krishna in her other language films.

She produced two films under her banner Chandrika Films, Asadhya Aliya, starring Vishnuvardhan and Kiladi Aliya, starring Shankar Nag in the lead roles.

Her famous films are Thillana Mohanambal, Katari Veera, Dhoomakethu, Bhoopathi Ranga, Anchusundarikal, Pattukunte Laksha, etc.

Filmography

Year Movie Co-Star Language Notes 1962 Deivathin Deivam Tamil 1965 Anandhi Tamil Ennathan Mudivu Tamil 1966 Avan Pithana? Tamil Periya Manithan Tamil Katari Veera Dr. Rajkumar Kannada 1967 Rajathi Tamil Maadi Veettu Mappilai Tamil Manassiddare Marga Rajashankar Kannada 1968 Thillana Mohanambal Tamil Bhagya Devathe Dr. Rajkumar Kannada Nadamantrapu SiriTelugu Dhoomakethu Dr. Rajkumar Kannada Chinnari Puttanna Ramesh Kannada Anchu Sundarikal Malayalam Inspector Malayalam 1969 Mallammana Pavada Dr. Rajkumar, B. Saroja Devi Kannada Suvarna Bhoomi Rajesh, Sudarshan Kannada 1970 Penn Deivam Tamil Bhale Kiladi Srinath Kannada Malli PelliTelugu Bhoopathi Ranga Dr. Rajkumar Kannada Mrathyu Panjaradalli CID 555 Udaykumar, Srinath Kannada Ishq Par Zor Nahin Hindi Special Appearance 1971 Oru Thaai Makkal Tamil Hennu Honnu Mannu Rajesh Kannada Bethala Gudda Rajesh Kannada 1972 Seethe Alla Savithri Vishnuvardhan Kannada Uttara Dakshina Ramesh, Kalpana Kannada 1973 Engal Thaai Tamil Bettada Bhairava Udaykumar Kannada 1974 Swati Natchathiram Tamil 1975 Piriya Vidai Tamil Asha Soudha Udaykumar, Rajesh, Kalpana Kannada Bhaarya Illaatha Raathri Malayalam 1976 Dasavatharam Tamil Baduku Bangaravayithu Rajesh, Srinath, Jayanthi, Manjula Kannada Balu Jenu Gangadhar, Arathi, Rajinikanth Kannada Makkala Bhagya Kannada Guest Appearance Kadgichchu Ramgopal Kannada Namma Oora Devaru Rajesh Kannada 1977 Karthavyada Kare Yashraj, B. V. Radha Kannada 1979 Udugore Kalyan Kumar Kannada Asadhya Aliya Kannada As Producer 1985 Kiladi Aliya Kalyan Kumar, Shankar Nag Kannada