Chitra Shenoy

Chitra Shenoy is an Indian actress and producer in South Indian movies and television series. She has acted in more than 600 films predominately in Kannada and Malayalam. She is known as the 'young mother' in the Kannada film industry having portrayed the role of a mother to almost all top stars in Kannada. In Malayalam she rose to fame with her role as Mammootty's mother in Rajamanikyam.

She became a house-hold name in Kerala playing the villainous mother-in-law character in the Malayalam serial Sthreedhanam. She owns the production company Good Company Productions.

Personal life
She was born in a Sankethi Brahmin family to M. K. Vinayak and Saraswathi, as the youngest of two children at Hassan. She has an elder sister, Jyothi. She is a home science graduate. She is married to Gurudas Shenoy, a Kannada Film & Television Producer. They have a daughter Kushi Shenoy. Gurudas & Chitra Shenoy together run two television production companies - Dakshin Videotech and Good Company Productions. She currently resides at Bangalore with her family.

Awards

 * Won
 * Film Fans Best Supporting Actress Award-1999 from Chennai for the film "Chaitrada Chiguru".
 * Sir.M.Visvesvaraya National Mahila Sreeratna Award-2000 at Mantralayam.
 * Arybhatta Award as a producer for “Kshamaya Dharithtri”
 * Asianet television award for Most popular actress 2013
 * Asianet television award for Best Character actress (Special Jury mention) 2014
 * Asianet television award for Most popular actress 2015
 * Nominated
 * Asianet television award for Best Character actress 2013
 * Asianet television award for Best Character actress 2014
 * Asianet television award for Most popular actress 2014
 * Asianet television award for Best Character actress 2015
 * 2nd IIFA Utsavam for performance in a Supporting role female-Kannada 2017

Reality shows

 * Munch Stars (Asianet)
 * Ningalkkumakam Kodeeswaran (Asianet)
 * Sell Me The Answer (Asianet)
 * Badai Bungalow (Asianet)
 * Kumkumam (Kairali TV)