My meeting with Smt. Bharathi Vishnuvardhan

My meeting with Smt. Bharathi Vishnuvardhan

On August 15, 2018, at Vishnuvardhan's home in Jayanagar, Bangalore

On August 15, 2018, I met Smt. Bharathi Vishnuvardhan at her home in Jayanagar, received her blessings, wished her happy birthday, and handed her a book. I am very grateful for allowing me to wish her a happy birthday. I had the opportunity to take a picture with her and my friend, Music Director Suresh Chand.  

Bharathi Vishnuvardhan 

born on August 15, 1950 

Indian actress 

About Smt. Bharathi Vishnuvardhan

She began her career in 1966 as a lead actress in the Kannada movie Love in Bangalore.

In a career spanning over 50 years, Bharathi has appeared in 150 films. Apart from 100 films in Kannada, she has acted in a handful of Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. In the course of her career, she became known for her portrayal of the roles of mythological and historical characters, as well as that of a student, a romantic, and a rural belle. Her role in Sri Krishnadevaraya (1970) as Chennambike won her a Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress. In 2017, the government of India honored her with the Padma Shri.

Bharathi was born into the Marathi-speaking family of Ramachandra Rao in Bhadravathi on August 15, 1950, in the erstwhile Indian State of Mysore (now Karnataka).[1] As a student at Maharani's College in Mysore, she was active in sports, dance, and acting, the latter of which she started in 1964. Photos of her dance performance caught the eyes of Kannada film actor Kalyan Kumar, who cast her in his film Love in Bangalore. But, her second film, Dudde Doddappa, saw theatrical release first.[1]

Bharathi married one of the great actors, Vishnuvardhan, on February 27, 1975 in Bengaluru.