Kalpana (Kannada actress)

Kalpana , born Sharat Lata was a Kannada film actress. She was affectionately referred to as Minugu Taare among the film fraternity. She is widely recognised as one of the greatest actresses of Kannada cinema who enjoyed both fan following and critical acclaimations showering upon her film after films. She made her screen debut as a lead actress in the 1963 released Saaku Magalu directed by veteran B.R. Pantulu. During a career that spanned from the early 1960s to the late 1970s, Kalpana appeared in numerous commercially successful as well as critically appreciated films, many of which featured her alongside actor Rajkumar. She worked in few Tamil, Tulu and Telugu films as well. Majority of her successful films were incidentally female centric that gave ample scope for her performances.

Kalpana was born to a Tulu speaking couple, Krishnamurthy and Janakamma, as Sharat Lata in South Canara district of Karnataka state. She was highly passionate about acting and took part in all the talent competitions held at her school. She was also very much conscious about the then recent style statement and was always had her own distinct style in her outfits and attitude.she along with her younger brother and her mother had shifted to the uttara Kannada dist to experience the basics of movie and stage performances. When she moved to davangere she was introduced to shivkumar who took her to madras and introduced her to narsimharaju.narsimharaju judged the actress in her and told her that the sandalwood film industry needs such actress as kalpana was a chest of versatility,emotions and reality.she was given a break into films by noted director br pantulu who was impressed by her but he thought that her voice was not suitable for a film actress so he dubbed her role in saaku magalu.ka

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