Yamuna (actress)

Yamuna
Born Prema[1]
Occupation actor

Yamuna is an Indian actress predominately appeared in Telugu films in 1990's.[2][3] She appeared in award winning films like Mamagaru, Mouna Poratam, Yerra Mandaram.[4] After having a career with films, she also acted in TV serials. In 2011 police arrested her in a prostitution case, however she denied such claims.

Personal life

Yamuna was born as Prema. Director Balachander changed her name to Yamuna.[1]

Prostitution case

Yamuna was arrested for her alleged involvement in a prostitution racket in the ITC Royal Gardenia, a five star hotel in Bangalore in January, 2011.[5] However she denied that she was involved in such an act. She also revealed that she never visited that hotel on that day. She also revealed in an interview that at some point she wanted to commit suicide because of the false allegations, but refrained from doing so because of the future of her children.[2][3]

Career

Yamuna shot into fame in 1989 with award winning Telugu film Mouna Poratam[6][7] which is based on the real-life story of Sabita Badhei, which gained massive media coverage. Yamuna played the role of Durga who is betrayed by a government officer and fights for her conjugal rights, seeking marital recognition to give proper identity to her illegitimate child.[8] Later she played one of the heroines opposite Vinod Kumar in another award winning film Mamagaru.[9] In the 1990 film Puttinti Pattu Cheera, she played the role of an unlucky daughter who is harassed by her in-laws. She was also played the lead actress in 1990 film Erramandaram which bagged the Best feature film Nandi Award.[10] She also acted in Kannada films with Siva Rajkumar and Ravichandran.[11] After her marriage, she took a break from acting. After the break she started acting in TV serials. She appeared in a popular horror serial Anveshitha which was broadcast on ETV.

Filmography

TV series

References

  1. 1 2 "Yamuna Biography". cochintalkies.com. cochintalkies. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Yamuna profile on Fimibeat". filmibeat.com. Filmibeat. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  3. 1 2 Bollineni, Haribabu. "Why Senior Actress Tried to Commit Suicide?". chitramala.in. Chitramala. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  4. "ఆ మచ్చ కారణంగా చనిపోవాలనుకున్నా నటి యమున". neticinema.com. neticinema.com. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  5. Bojja, Kumar. "వ్యభిచారంలో ఇరికించారు, చనిపోవాలనుకున్నా: నటి యమున అంతరంగం, కన్నీళ్లు....". filmibeat.com. Filmibeat. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  6. "1989 Nandi Awards". awardsandwinners.com.
  7. "List of winners of the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film". telugufilmz.org.
  8. "Mouna Poratam Music by S Janaki". sjanaki.net.
  9. "1991 Nandi awards". awardsandwinners.com. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  10. "1990 Nandi Awards". awardsandwinners.com. Awards & Winners. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  11. "ఆ రూమర్ వచ్చాక... సూసైడ్ చేసుకోవాలని నిర్ణయించుకున్నా.. నటి యమున". telugu.webdunia.com. Webdunia. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
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