Saritha
Saritha is an Indian actress who has acted in more than 160 films in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu languages. She was one of the popular and critically acclaimed lead actresses during the 1980s. She also appeared in a television serial, "Selvi". She is also credited as a dubbing artist. She has dubbed her voice for Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Telugu movies for actresses like Nagma, Vijayashanti, Tabu, Sushmita Sen, Ramya Krishnan and Soundarya in 1990s. She is a recipient of several state awards from Tamil, Telugu and Kannada, six Filmfare Awards and six Nandi Awards including a Special  Jury Award for the film "Arjun". Saritha received Tamil Nadu State Film Awards four times, Karnataka State Film Awards once and many Film fans association awards. Career. Saritha made her acting debut through "Manchiki Sthanam Ledu" a movie produced by producer based in Warangal in 1978 with a different screen name followed by "Maro Charitra", a Telugu film directed by K. Balachander. The movie dealt with cross-cultural romance, where she acted opposite Kamal Haasan as a Telugu-speaking girl. She received more offers in Tamil films, mostly directed by Balachander. Some of her films are "Thappu Thalangal", "Idi Katha  Kaadu", "Vandichakkaram", "Netrikan", "Agni Sakshi", "Puthukavithai", "Kalyana Agathigal" and "Achamillai Achamillai". Her performance in "Vandichakkaram" (1980) and "Achamillai Achamillai" (1984) won her the Filmfare Best Tamil Actress awards. She also played guest roles as herself in "47 Natkal" and its Telugu remake, directed by Balachander. She acted in many popular Kannada movies with famous Kannada actor Dr. Rajkumar like "Hosa Belaku", "Keralida Simha", "Bhakta Prahlada", "Chalisuva Modagalu" and "Kaamana Billu". Her other popular Kannada movies include "Eradu Rekhegalu", "Sankranthi" and "Malaya Marutha". She had her head tonsured for the cancer-affected role in "Sujatha" in 1980 and gained several pounds  to play the psychotic role in the 2005 film "Julie Ganapathi". Neither of these films were successful but won Critical acclaim. She also won a Nandi Special Jury Award for her performance as "Aandaalu" in the movie "Arjun" in 2004. Saritha also worked as a voice actor in Kannada, Telugu and Tamil films. She has lent her voice to other actresses, including Madhavi, Soundarya, Ramya Krishnan, Nagma, Vijayashanti, Simran, Tabu, Sushmita Sen, Roja, Suhasini, Radha, Radhika and Aarthi Agarwal. She won four times the Nandi Award for Best Female Dubbing Artist for her voice to Soundarya in "Ammoru", "Maa Ayana  Bangaram" (1997) and "Anthapuram" (1999). Personal life. Saritha was born as Abhilasha in Guntur,Andhra Pradesh, India in 1960. Her sister is actress Viji Chandrasekhar. She married Malayalam actor Mukesh on 2 September 1988 and they have two sons, Shravan and Tejas. The couple separated in 2011. Saritha now resides with Shravan in Al Ain, UAE.