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Anu Prabhakar - Wikipedia

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Anu Prabhakar
Anu in TeachAids interview, 2013
Born	Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Occupation	Actress
Spouses	Krishna Kumar (m. 2002; div. 2014) Raghu Mukherjee (m. 2016)
Children	1

Anu Prabhakar, also known by her married name Anu Prabhakar Mukherjee, is an Indian actress, who predominantly appears in Kannada films and a few Tamil films.

Early life

Anu was born in Bangalore to M. V. Prabhakar, an employee with Bharat Heavy Electricals, and dubbing artiste and actress Gayathri Prabhakar. Anu grew up in the Malleswaram suburb of Bangalore, and studied in the Nirmala Rani High School. She appeared as a child artiste in Kannada films Chapala Chennigaraya (1990) and Shanti Kranti (1991), and English film Mysteries of the Dark Jungle (1990). While she dropped out of college when her career as a heroine took off^[1] she later went on to pursue a master's degree in sociology from Karnataka University through correspondence.^[1]^[2]

Career

Anu made her debut as a heroine in 1999 with Hrudaya Hrudaya opposite Shiva Rajkumar and became a top rung heroine in Kannada films. She formed a popular pair with Ramesh Aravind. She has co-starred with superstar Vishnuvardhan in several films like Soorappa, Jamindarru, Hrudayavantha, Sahukara and Varsha. Anu has acted in a few Tamil movies as well. In 2009, she gave her voice to an HIV/AIDS education animated software tutorial created by nonprofit organisation TeachAids.^[3] In her 2020 film based on the life of 12th-century Kannada poet Akka Mahadevi, she played a dual role; one of the poet and the other of Jyothi, a girl who pursues PhD on the poet.^[4]

Awards

Anu Prabhakar was honoured by Bangalore's Kolada Math, with the title 'Abhinaya Saraswathi' for her performance in various films. She has won other awards such as 'Karnataka State Government best actress award 2000–01'.

Personal life

In April 2016, Anu married Raghu Mukherjee, a model-turned-actor.^[5] They have a daughter named Nandana.^[6] Earlier she was married to Krishna Kumar, son of actress Jayanthi and they had divorced in January 2014 citing differences.

Filmography

Kannada films

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1990	Chapala Chennigaraya	Anu	Child artist
1990	Swarna Samsara
1991	Shanti Kranti
1999	Hrudaya Hrudaya	Usha	Debut as heroine
1999	Snehaloka	Priya
2000	Soorappa		Special appearance
	Shrirasthu Shubhamasthu	Swapna
	Yaarige Saluthe Sambala	Kusuma
2001	Hoo Anthiya Uhoo Anthiya	Chandana
	Anjali Geetanjali
	Shaapa	Kaveri	Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress^[7]
	Kanasugara		Special appearance
	Mr. Harishchandra
	Shivappanayaka
	Vishalakshammana Ganda
2002	Jamindaru
	Annayya Tammayya
	Thavarige Baa Thangi	Gowri
	Olu Saar Bari Olu	Roja
2003	Shri Kalikamba	Eeswari
	Nan Hendthi Maduve
	Nee Illade Naa Illa Kane
	Preethi Prema Pranaya
	Hrudayavantha	Gouthami
	Ardhangi	Mahadevi
2004	Bisi Bisi	Radha Ramesh
	Ok Saar Ok
	Preethi Nee Illade Naa Hyagirali	Chandramathi
	Kanakambari
	Sahukara
2005	Varsha	Roopa
2005	Udees	Seetha
2006	Mohini 9886788888
2006	Saavira Mettilu		Special Appearance
2007	No 73, Shanthi Nivasa	Neetha
	Sri Dhanamma Devi	Sri Dhanamma Devi
	Prarambha
2008	Mussanje Maathu	Shwetha	Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress (Kannada)
2008	Navashakthi Vaibhava	Goddess Annapurneshwari
2009	Gubbaachigalu	Gayathri
2009	Bhagyada Balegara
2010	Banashankari Devi Mahatme
2010	Pareekshe	Bangari	Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress
2011	Ko Ko
2012	Sri Kshetra Adi Chunchanagiri
2012	Samsaradalli Golmaal	Ragini
2013	Garbhada Gudi	Teresa
2013	Sakkare	Sneha
2014	Fair & Lovely
2015	Aatagara	Sandhya Ramagopal
2016	Shivayogi Sri Puttayyajja
2017	Once More Kaurava
2018	Tunturu
2019	Anukta
2021	Rathnan Prapancha	Tabassum
2022	James	Vijay Gayakwad's wife
2023	Melody Drama	Indirakka
2024	Bhairadevi	Shalini
TBA	Akka	Akka Mahadevi/ Jyoti	Filming

Other language films

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1990	Mysteries of the Dark Jungle		English	Child artist
2002	Arputham	Priya	Tamil
2003	Annai Kaligambal	Eeswari
2005	Majaa	Selvi

Television

Bale Bangara
Home Minister
Shrimati Karnataka
Manju Musukida Haadi
Nooru Dinagalu
Triveni Sangama
Nannamma Super Star (Judge)

References

^ ^a ^b Prabhakar, Anu. TV9 Mareyalaare: Actress Anu Prabhakar Shares Sweet Memories of Her Life Time - Full (in Kannada). Bangalore, India: TV9 Kannada. Event occurs at 15:00. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
^ "Anu Prabhakar mum on her separation from her husband". The Times of India. 1 August 2014. Archived from the original on 5 August 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
^ "Kannada actress, Anu Prabhakar, plays role in TeachAIDS production". TeachAids. 25 September 2009. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
^ "I try to keep my characters alive". Deccan Herald. 7 October 2014. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
^ "Actors Anu Prabhakar and Raghu Mukherjee tie the knot". The Hindu. 26 April 2016. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
^ "Doting parents! Sandalwood stars strike a pose with their cute babies". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
^ "'Mussanje' bags best film award". The Hindu. 29 May 2001. Archived from the original on 12 October 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2017.

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v t e Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress
1968–1980	Kalpana (1968) Kalpana (1969) Bharathi (1970) Kalpana (1971) L. V. Sharadha (1972) Aarathi (1973) Jayanthi & Nandini Bhaktavatsala (1974) no award (1975) Aarathi (1976) Jayanthi (1977) Aparna Narang (1978) Aarathi (1979) Vaishali Kasaravalli (1980)
1981–2000	Aarathi (1981) Jayanthi (1982) Padma Vasanthi (1983) Abhinaya (1984) Roopa Devi (1985) Jayanthi (1986) Geetha (1987) no award (1988) Saritha (1989) Sudha Rani (1990) Tara (1991) Sudha Rani (1992) Vinaya Prasad (1993) Lakshmi (1994) Shruti (1995) Prema (1996) Shilpa (1997) Jayamala (1998) Soundarya (1999) Tara (2000)
2001–present	Anu Prabhakar (2001) Soundarya (2002) Bhavana (2003) Radhika Kumaraswamy (2004) Shruti (2005) Pavitra Lokesh (2006) Tara (2007) Umashree (2008) Radhika Pandit (2009) Anu Prabhakar (2010) Ramya (2011) Bhavana (2012) Nirmala Chennappa (2013) Nivedhitha (2014) Lakshmi Gopalaswamy (2015) Sruthi Hariharan (2016)