Jayanthi
Birth : 1945-01-06, Bellary, Karnataka, India
Death : 2021-07-26
History
Jayanthi, is an Indian actress. She is noted for her contributions to different genres of films from the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s. She has appeared in over 500 films, including films in the Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi and Marathi languages.
In Girish Kasaravalli's gently philosophical character piece, a humble, low-level civil servant cast as the lead in a popular TV serial chronicling the life of Gandhi finds uncanny echoes between his own life and that of the legendary leader — and sets out to correct their mutual failings. (TIFF)
Kittu's Grandmother
A truck driver helps a boy in his quest for finding his mother, and then helps get him reinstated in school, from which he had been dismissed for being HIV-positive.
2003
When a bomb is placed inside a theatre during a show, the owner has to decide if he should go against the cops and empty the theatre. Instead, the cops want to defuse it without informing the viewers.
Parvathi
Siva is an honest police officer who was brought up by the judge Sathyamoorthy, when his mother died. Sathyamoorthy has two sons : Aravind and Raja. The influential smuggler Mudaliar often clashes with Siva and Sathyamoorthy. Siva and the jolly college student Priya fall in love with each other, later they get married with Sathyamoorthy's blessing. One day, Raja rapes Mudaliar's daughter. The next day, Raja is found dead and Siva conducts the investigation. Ramesh admits to his father Sathyamoorthy that he killed his younger Raja. Sathyamoorthy decides to protect Ramesh at all costs while Siva wants to send Ramesh to jail. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.
Gopal causes much angst among his male neighbours as he is friendly with their spouses. They are relieved when he marries Usha. But Usha leaves him after learning that he was married once before.
Paparayudu's Sister
Pedarayudu, the eldest brother, sits on an ancestral throne that is cursed and whoever delivers a wrong verdict dies. However, things take a turn after his youngest brother is accused of murder.
Sarada
Raja is a tonga driver who fights for the downtrodden while Ammaji is an ambitious politician. He enters her house as her grandson-in-law to fight for justice and end her tyranny.
Rekha is in love with the village simpleton Krishna. However, the rivalry between Krishna's mother and Rekha's father poses a hurdle.
Radhakarishna's aunt
An egotistical music teacher envious of the extraordinary talent of his prodigious young disciple.
Belli Modagalu is a 1992 Kannada film directed by K V Raju and produced by Govinda G. The film stars Ramesh Aravind, Malashri, Doddanna and Avinash in lead roles. Music was composed by Upendrakumar.
Aval Oru Vasantham is a 1992 Tamil movie directed by Jayadevan
Inspired by 1988 American film Coming to America.
A 1990 romantic action drama in Tamil.
Thangapandian, an honest forest officer, is transferred to a village. The village chief cuts illegally the sandalwood trees. Radha is brought up by her adoptive family. When she was young, her father, a famous singer, died in a car accident. Thangapandian falls in love with Radha. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.
Meenakshi
Vardarajan's wife gets extremely arrogant when she inherits her ancestral property. However, a humble Vardarajan gets an opportunity to teach her a lesson when their daughter's marriage gets fixed.
Donga Mogudu is a action comedy based movie in which, Chiranjiveei played dual role in this movie. Ravi Teja (Chiranjeevi) is an industrialist, who owns a textile company. He is a successful person in business but his personal life lacks harmony and peace. Tortured by his wife Madhavi and her mother, he finds life miserable. Meanwhile, his opponents cannot digest his success in business and plan to stop him from getting yet another business deal. Here, he meets Nagaraju (Chiranjeevi), who is a small-time thief. Ravi Teja is saved by Nagaraju and he plans to exchange their positions, so that his problems can be solved forever. Nagaraju agrees, and teaches madhavi, her mother, and Ravi Teja
Anasuya Matha
Sri Datta Darsanam, dubbed into Hindi as Shri Datta Darshan in 1988, is a 1985 Telugu film directed by Kamalakara Kameswara Rao. The story is based on the life of Hindu deity Dattatreya.
When the young guest of honor is kidnapped from a birthday party, five courageous kids risk everything to rescue their friend. Along the way, they learn that the kidnapper, Balbir Gupta, is an old partner of the abducted child's father, recently released from prison and looking to settle a score. Directed by S.V. Rajendra Singh, this action adventure stars Amrish Puri, Sundar Krishna Urs, M.B. Shetty, Jayanthi and Manjula.
Parvathi
Friends Vishnu and Shankar, who are fascinated by the same girl, try to outsmart each other. They turn rivals when Shankar brands Vishnu with theft and sends him to jail.
Meenakshi
Margayya, a smart moneylender, works as an advisor for the innocent villagers. However, his life takes a drastic turn when he loses his job.
Janaki
A court room drama where a blind lawyer attempts to free an innocent defendant.
Annapurna
A policeman attempts to discipline his rebellious son, but his efforts go in vain as his son starts resenting him.
Kamala
Bahaddur Gandu is a 1976 Indian Kannada film, directed by A V Sheshgiri Rao and produced by Srikanth Nahatha and Srikanth Patel. The film Stars Dr Rajkumar, Jayanthi, Aarathi and Shantha in lead roles. The music of the film was composed by M Ranga Rao.
Lord Krishna warns Lord Hanuman to release Nagakanya but Hanuman refuses, which leads to a war between the two. Hanuman has no intentions of giving up even when Sathyabhama disguises herself as Sita.
Mangalya Bhagyam is a 1974 Telugu family-drama film directed and produced by B. Padmanabham. The film starred Bhanumathi, Jayanthi, and Subha, and Sreedhar in the lead roles. M. Muthu composed the film's songs.
Satyavati
This story is based on the epic of Mahabharatha.
Bala, a tennis champion, is happily married to his wife and children. Things get difficult for him after his fan Sheela comes into his life and they develop feelings for each other.
Seetha
Kanna Nalama is a Tamil language film starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role of the protagonist.
Punnagai means Smile. Smile which has many emotions and represents many gestures and expressions of life. Punnagai is a story of five friends Satya(Gemini Ganesan), Rajan(Muthuraman), Haniff who studied in the same college, while graduating they took an oath in front of Gandhi's statue saying they will always stand with truth. But later they got split as Haniff dies in a car accident and each of them got settled in their profession where they have to cheat their profession and principles. The story begins with three different stories (plots) where as the one friend (Nagesh)out of four explains the story. Will they follow Gandhi's principles ?
A reputed college professor is accused of sexual harassment by three women including his students and his neighbor. His fiancee sets out to investigate the truth behind the accusations.
Neela
The story of an extremely generous and righteous man, Ravi Varma, who succumbs to his intention of being generous no matter what happens. The movie is based on a story, Kasturi Nivasam written by G. Balasubramanium. The film stresses the principle that "life is to give—not to take". The role of Ravi Varma, the protagonist played by Rajkumar is a character who upholds the values of life even it means his destruction; a person who is keen on retaining his character's purity and those morals he has cherished. Ravi Varma led a lonely yet righteous life. He did not break his principles even as it lead to his downfall.
Tirumalamba Devi
Sri Krishnadevaraya is a 1970 Indian historical drama film in Kannada language, produced and directed by B. R. Panthulu. It stars Rajkumar as Krishnadevaraya, an emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire in the 16th century. R. Nagendra Rao, B. R. Panthulu, Narasimharaju and N. Bharathi appear in pivotal roles.
Jaya
A man's new family deals with his secret past when his previous wife is assigned to work with him in the same collector's office.
Radha
A gang of diamond smugglers led by a wily chief is assets by Babu, his niece Malathy meets the CID officer Shankar and hands over a packet at an Airport lounge to be handed over to her uncle. and her elder sister Radha meets the pal Seetharaman and falls in love with him. The two Pairs go through severed adventure and expose the villains.
Teen Bahuraniyan (English: Three Daughters-In-Law) is a 1968 family comedy movie. The film is a remake of 1967 Tamil movie Bama Vijayam (Bama's Visit). The film's three lead ladies reprise their roles from the original movie. Teen Bahuraniyan is family story of 3 daughter in laws and their husbands. The movie shows how their relations takes different colour at various situations and how the father Prithviraj Kapoor plays vital role in the family to keep things going.
Paru
Maadhu, an orphan who lives under the staircase of a building, runs errands for everyone who lives there in return for shelter and food. He is exploited by everyone who lives there until he falls for a girl who moves into the building.
Rukmani
The arrival of Bama, a famous actress, in their neighborhood excites the daughters-in-law of Ethiriraj. They invite her to their house and begin to spend lavishly to showcase their affluence.
Immadi Pulikeshi is based on the story of the famous Kannada ruler Pulakeshin II of the Chalukya dynasty, who was significantly involved in branching out the dynasty to extend over most parts of the Deccan.
Chief Nurse
Cancer affected young man and leg fractured man sharing their flashbacks in hospital. Sethu falls in love to Dr. Indra and both knows that he do not have longer life.
Kalai Kovil (Temple of Art) is a 1964 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by C. V. Sridhar and produced by Visu and Ganga. The film stars S. V. Subbaiah, Chandrakantha, R. Muthuraman and Rajasree in lead roles. The film had musical score by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy. The film was released on 25 September 1964.
Draupadi
Brave and loyal warrior-archer Karna joins the Kauravas to battle the Pandavas in the Kurukshetra.
The story revolves around Selvam, an easygoing youngster who befriends many girls without the intention of marrying any of them.
Sri Dharmasthala Kshetra of Lord Shiva. Story of the greatness of this holy place
The film won many laurels upon release including the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada for its Gandhian theme of dealing with the poverty in rural Indian villages.[2]