Biography Of Sharada – An Award Winning Indian Actress And Politician

Sharada is a veteran Indian Actress and senior politician who won many prestigious awards like National Award for her stunning portrayal in trademark cinemas. She earned success and fame through Telugu cinema and Malayalam cinema. She acted in more than 120 films in both Telugu and Malayalam cinema. She also did a few roles in Tamil and Kannada films. She was born on 25th June 1945 at Tenali, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India. She won two Filmfare Awards. The government of Andhra Pradesh awarded her with the NTR National Award for her helping hand to Indian cinema.

Sharada was born for Venkateswara Rao and Satyavathi Devi who belonged to a peasant family. Mohan Rao is the brother of Sharada. Since her family is facing financial issues, her grandmother Kanakamma use to care of Sharada in Madras. Sharada had a strict but memorable childhood with her grandmother. Sharada recalling a memory make a vivid picture of her grandmother as a "severe formalist" who in the latter days "made an exception for male stars by not letting them touch her granddaughter" and allowed "practice sessions only on Sundays" during her cinematic era. Sharada evoked to brushing up on dancing skills at the age of six. She did it because of her mother's desire that her daughter should learn to dance. Sharda's mother always dreamed of her daughter to become a big star in the cine field. Though Sharada's father was not interested in the idea, he did not discourage her.

After having remarkable cinematic achievements, Sharada married Telugu actor Chalam, the couple later divorced. At present, since she is divorced with no children, she started to live with her brother Mohan Rao and take care of his children. During her grown-up stages, she started to act in Telugu theatre. She entered into the Telugu industry with a trivial character in the film Kanyasulkam. Anyhow, she moved back to the theatre just after that she did a leading role in the Rakta Kanneeru, a Telugu remade Tamil drama. It was staged in many screens attracting the audiences over a wide range. It was in the year 1959, a new chapter of her career was started. Later, change in name did happen as there are many actors in the industry with a similar name. Eventually, a contract was signed by her for L. V. Prasad, a Telugu producer. Even though she didn't get a chance to act in any of his films, she obtained her credential remark in acting in his acting school. She was also got hold of Navarasa elements in acting during her schooling. She considerably featured her portrayals and rise in the possibilities to this training. She received her first hit with the Akkineni Nageswara Rao starring in Iddaru Mitrulu, which was a hefty hit. She was noted for the role in the film and fetched plenty of chances from Tamil, Malayalam and other language films.

The turning point of her happened in the year 1965 as Sharada sculptured her own cinema career in the Malayalam cinema industry with her back to back performances in various Malayalam films like Udhyogastha, Shakuntala, Murappennu by A. Vincent, Inapravukal by Kunchacko, and Kattu Thulasi by M. Krishnan Nair. After that, she started to focus on Malayalam films. While starring in Malayalam films, She acted only a few roles in other languages. She caught public eye in 1967 with an honorable national award for her performances in various films of the previous year which includes Iruttinte Athmavu. The award received by her was prior to the National Film Award for Best Actress, which was inaugurated in 1968. In the year1969, she received her dream award which is bagging her first National Film Award for Best Actress for her character achievement in Thulabharam. She proceeded to win the award two more times, for her role in Swayamvaram, a Malayalam film released in 1972, and Nimajjanam, a Telugu film released in1978. Along with that, she also collected the Kerala State Film Awards for Best Actress. After that in the year 1993, she became selective with her script and committed for only a few films. After some choosy performances, she entered politics. She was elected as a Member of Parliament on Telugu Desam Party ticket from her native town of Tenali. Even though she had a successful cinematic career, she was not clicked in the political career.

Currently, after 15 years, Sharada is returning to the silver screen with 'Beyond the Clouds' which is going to release soon. Reports are giving their views that her role as short as it is memorable.