Anuradha, known by her stage name Tara, is a National award winning Indian actress, known for her work in Kannada cinema and politics. She joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2009 and is currently a nominated member of the Karnataka Legislative Council.
Tara (Kannada actress)
Tara in 2004 Kannada film Hasina, which won her National Film Award for Best Actress
Tara (left) and Girish Kasaravalli (right) at a press conference in IFFI (2005)
Kannada cinema, also known as Sandalwood, or Chandanavana, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Kannada language widely spoken in the state of Karnataka. Kannada cinema is based in Gandhi Nagar, Bangalore. The 1934 film Sati Sulochana directed by Y. V. Rao was the first talkie film released in the Kannada language. It was also the first film starring Subbaiah Naidu and Tripuramba, and the first screened in the erstwhile Mysore Kingdom. It was produced by Chamanlal Doongaji, who in 1932 founded South India Movietone in Bangalore.
Kannada film doyen Honnappa Bhagavathar
Rajkumar on a 2009 stamp in India
Vishnuvardhan on 2013 Indian stamp
Actress B. Saroja Devi