Udaya Chandrika

Udaya Chandrika
Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	Actress, Producer
Years active	1962-1985 (retired)

Udaya Chandrika was an Indian actress of Kannada cinema from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s. She also appeared in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu-language films.

Career

Udaya Chandrika began her career with Katari Veera, released in 1966. She played Dr. Rajkumar's sweetheart in that film. Later, she went on to play many roles in Kannada films till her last appearance in Udugore, released in 1979, with Kalyan Kumar.

She acted with almost all the stars of her time, like Dr. Rajkumar, Kalyan Kumar, Udaykumar, Rajesh, Vishnuvardhan, Srinath, Rajinikanth, etc. She even worked with Sivaji Ganesan, MGR, Prem Nazir, Krishna in her other language films.

She produced two films under her banner Chandrika Films, Asadhya Aliya, starring Vishnuvardhan and Kiladi Aliya, starring Shankar Nag in the lead roles.

Her famous films are Thillana Mohanambal, Katari Veera, Dhoomakethu, Bhoopathi Ranga, Anchusundarikal, Pattukunte Laksha, etc.

Filmography

Kannada

Year	Name	Co-Star	Director
1966	Katari Veera	Dr. Rajkumar	Y. R. Swami
1967	Manassiddare Marga	Rajashankar	M. R. Vittal
1968	Bhagya Devathe	Dr. Rajkumar
1968	Dhoomakethu	Dr. Rajkumar	R. N. Jayaopal
1968	Chinnari Puttanna	Ramesh	B. R. Panthulu
1969	Mallammana Pavada	Dr. Rajkumar, B. Saroja Devi	Puttanna Kanagal
1969	Suvarna Bhoomi	Rajesh, Sudarshan
1970	Bhale Kiladi	Srinath
1970	Bhoopathi Ranga	Dr. Rajkumar	Geethapriya
1970	Mrathyu Panjaradalli CID 555	Udaykumar, Srinath
1971	Hennu Honnu Mannu	Rajesh	Basavaraj Kesthur
1972	Bethala Gudda	Rajesh
1972	Seethe Alla Savithri	Vishnuvardhan
1972	Uttara Dakshina	Ramesh, Kalpana	Vijaya Sathyam
1973	Bettada Bhairava	Udaykumar
1975	Asha Soudha	Udaykumar, Rajesh, Kalpana	K. B. Srinivasan
1976	Baduku Bangaravayithu	Rajesh, Srinath, Jayanthi, Manjula	A. V. Sheshagiri Rao
1976	Balu Jenu	Gangadhar, Arathi, Rajinikanth	Balan, Kunigal Nagabhushan
1976	Kadgichchu	Ramgopal	S. N. Singh
1976	Namma Oora Devaru	Rajesh
1977	Karthavyada Kare	Yashraj, B. V. Radha	Sunand
1979	Udugore	Kalyan Kumar
1985	Kiladi Aliya	Kalyan Kumar, Shankar Nag

Tamil

1. Deivathin Deivam (1962)
2. Anandhi (1965)
3. Ennathan Mudivu (1965)
4. Avan Pithana? (1966)
5. Periya Manithan (1966)
6. Rajathi (1967)
7. Maadi Veettu Mappilai (1967)...Seetha
8. Thillana Mohanambal (1968) Minor Singaram's wife
9. Penn Deivam
10. Oru Thaai Makkal (1971)...Meena
11. Engal Thaai (1973)
12. Swati Natchathiram (1974)
13. Piriya Vidai (1975)
14. Dasavatharam (1976)

Malayalam

1. Anchu Sundarikal (1968)
2. Inspector (1968)
3. Bhaarya Illaatha Raathri (1975)