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Tara is a Actor born on 4 march 1973 at Karnataka (Inde)

Tara

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Birth name Anuradha
Birth 4 march 1973 (51 years) at Karnataka (Inde)
Awards Filmfare Awards South

Anuradha (born c. 1964), known by her stage name Tara, is a south Indian film actress who primarily works in Kannada films and a politician with the Bharatiya Janata Party. On 15 March 2012, Tara was elected as a chief president for the Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy (KCA) making her the first ever actor to hold the position. Tara has featured in over 500 commercial and Parallel Cinema.
Known for her strong author backed roles, Tara has won the Best Actress award in the 2005 National Film Awards for her role in the film Hasina, which also received the Best Film on Family Welfare award. It was her first major recognition in a film career spanning over two decades long. Besides Kannada, she has acted in few Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films as well.

Biography

Tara married cinematographer H. C. Venugopal in 2005. She gave birth to a baby boy in February 2013 through the help of IVF.

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Filmography of Tara (82 films)

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Actress

Ulidavaru Kandanthe, 2h34
Directed by Rakshit Shetty
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Actors Kishore, Tara, Rakshit Shetty, Achyuth Kumar, Yagna Shetty
Roles Ratnakka
Rating83% 4.1975254.1975254.1975254.1975254.197525
Malpe, a small fishing town on the Arabian Coast. Located 6 km to the west of the temple city, Udupi. Malpe's beaches are washed clean everyday by the sea. The waves ensure that nothing gets left behind on the sands. But then, the waves cannot reach everything....
Shravani Subramanya
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Ganesh, Amulya, Anant Nag, Tara, Avinash, Vinaya Prasad‌
Roles Anuradha
Rating72% 3.601813.601813.601813.601813.60181
The film is a romantic comedy where Ganesh plays the role of an aspiring singer and dreaming of making it big in the music industry. Amulyaplays the role of a simple girl and the love interest of Ganesh's character.
Bhagirathi
Bhagirathi (2012)
, 2h23
Directed by Baraguru Ramachandrappa
Actors Bhavana, Kishore, Srinath, Tara

Bhagirathi (Bhavana) dreams of a tank for her village and inspired by her, Maadevaraya (Kishore), the son of Mallanagowda (Srinath), convinces his father to construct one for the community. When Maadevaraya and Bhagirathi fall in love, class differences come in the way. But when they decide to end their lives, Mallanagowda is moved to solemnise their marriage on the tank's site.
Maattrraan
Maattrraan (2012)
, 2h48
Directed by K. V. Anand
Genres Thriller, Action, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Suriya, Kajal Agarwal, Sachin Khedekar, Tara, Ravi Prakash, Isha Sharvani
Roles Sudha
Rating60% 3.049433.049433.049433.049433.04943
Ramachandran (Sachin Khedekar) is a genetic scientist who doesn't get due credit and funds for his research. He tries creating a human with several talents through baby designing, which thus leads to the birth of his sons, who are conjoined together above the waist. Since they share a common heart, doctors suggest a sacrificial surgery, to which their mother Sudha (Tara) objects. They begin raising their children, Vimalan and Akhilan (both played by Suriya). In the following years, Ramachandran makes it big with the help of Sudha. His company, Locus Lacto Products, makes huge profit through their product "Energion", the top-selling children’s powdered milk energy drink in the market.
Kempe Gowda, 2h21
Directed by Sudeep
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime, Romance
Actors Sudeep, Ragini Dwivedi, P. Ravi Shankar, Kaveri, Girish Karnad, Anchal Sabharwal
Roles Kavya's Mother
Rating70% 3.539833.539833.539833.539833.53983
Kempe Gowda(Sudeep) is a sub-inspector in a dusty village of Rona in Hubli in North Karnataka, his native, where he is adored. His bumbling colleague Pashupati(Sharan) is cheerful and always helps him with his work. A beautiful girl Kaavya (Ragini Dwivedi) comes to his village. Eventually Kempegowda and Kaavya fall in love with each other. Armugam(P. Ravi Shankar), a notorious criminal, is brought down to his knees at the local police station. Their egos clash and Armugam, who has never had to face an opposition before, decides to teach Kempegowda a lesson. He is transferred to Bangalore, after being promoted as an Inspector, where Armugam's wits run large. His sub co worker Bose employs him at the Magadi Road Police Station. The Karnataka Home Minister C Ashok is pleased with Kempegowda and appoints him in all the activities responsible for the city, and posts him as the Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Anti Kidnapping Force.As the cop begins to unearth Armugam's misdeeds, he realizes that he is up against a real challenge. In return Kempegowda kills Vaikunta (J. Karthik) Armugam's younger brother. This infuriates Armugam who begins targeting many people who are close to Kempegowda including Kaavya whom he shoots but is saved by Kempegowda and Bose who is hacked to death by Armugam's henchmen. Finally in a bid to escape the arrest warrant issued out to him, Armugam kidnaps the Tamil Nadu Home Minister's daughter. He falsely tells Kempegowda that he is going to Mangalore with her when he is actually going to Nellore in Andhra Pradesh to put the police off the track. Kempegowda and his officers pursue Armugam and his henchmen near Nellore and kills all of the henchmen. He saves the Tamil Nadu Home Minister's daughter and kills Armugam in an encounter. In the end as the post credits roll, it is revealed that Kempegowda is resigning from the police force and together he and Kaavya are going back to Hubli. They are also happily married.
Kirataka
Kirataka (2011)
, 2h41
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Yash, Tara, Chikkanna, Oviya, T. S. Nagabharana, Daniel Balaji
Rating70% 3.5293153.5293153.5293153.5293153.529315
The film is centered around the rivalry between two neighboring villages with rival gangs in both competing in every aspect. Nandeesha (Yash), also known as Gooli is a road side romeo with no real direction to his life. He is flanked by his friends who support him in every act. Meanwhile, he falls in love with Nethra (Oviya), a girl studying at a college in the neighboring town. While Nandeesha is busy with his love life, one of his friends likes a girl from the neighboring village. To help him in the act, he plans to elope the girl and almost succeeds with his plan, but it is finally disrupted due to a problem in their vehicle. After this the rivalry between the two villages reaches a high with Nethra's brother vowing to avenge the dishonor. The rest of the movie revolves around how Gooly manages to win over Nethra despite the rivalry.
Eradane Maduve
Directed by Dinesh Baboo
Actors Anant Nag, Suhasini Maniratnam, Tara, Jennifer Kotwal, Prem Kumar, Rangayana Raghu

Erandane Maduve revolves around the family of a senior government officer, his autocratic wife and three arrogant daughters. After being suspended for taking a bribe, Lokayukta officer Vishwanath (Ananth Nag) is left to be always in the house surrounded by his over powering wife and three careless daughters. To get back his respect, he gets help from his lawyer friend Murthy (Rangayana Raghu) and puts up a dramatized make believe plot that he has an affair with a young and sexy lass called Veena (Jennifer Kotwal) who starts visiting his home. On seeing this, the enraged and confused wife Malavika (Suhasini Maniratnam) seeks her bumbling brother's help (Sharan) to get revenge on the husband.
Modalasala
Modalasala (2010)
, 2h26
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Bhama, Yash, Rangayana Raghu, Tara, Avinash
Roles Deepu's mother
Rating5% 0.2570490.2570490.2570490.2570490.257049
The film is about two youngsters, both of whom are quite the ideal children. Imagine a girl who makes a guy wait hoping to get her parents to approve his proposal; or a guy who says, "I’ve met the girl's parents, I see them in her eyes". These are the things most typical families dream of, as they plan their kids’ futures.
School Master, 2h23
Directed by Dinesh Baboo
Actors Vishnuvardhan, Suhasini Maniratnam, Tara, Avinash, Mukesh Rishi, Devaraj

Master Jagannath (Vishnuvardhan) is a disciplined school teacher happily married to Sneha (Suhasini). They both have a girl child named Meghana. Jagannath becomes the most favorite teacher among all the students for his unconditional love towards them. He is a close relative of the Home Minister (Avinash). His daughter is very close friends with Minister's daughter Aditi. Meanwhile, an underworld don Appu (Mukesh Rishi) is under the captivity of the Government and his aids are in a rage to get him released. They hatch a plan to kidnap Minister's daughter Aditi and demand for the release of Appu. By mistake, they kidnap Jagannath's daughter Meghana and demand for the release of Appu in exchange of Megahana. The emotional trauma undergone by the Jagannath's family and the Minister's efforts in releasing the child from the captivity forms the rest of the story.
Birugaali
Birugaali (2009)

Directed by A. Harsha
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Chetan Kumar, Tara, Kishore
Rating24% 1.213271.213271.213271.213271.21327
Aramane
Aramane (2008)
, 2h23
Genres Drama
Actors Anant Nag, Ganesh, Roma Asrani, Avinash, Thanishka, Gurukiran
Rating66% 3.317343.317343.317343.317343.31734
Arun (Ganesh) is a photographer employed in a studio in Mysore. Also living in the city is a very wealthy Rajashekhara Aras (Anant Nag), in his palatial house, now a loner separated from his family, and has become a hard drinker, living with his manservant Basava (Karibasavaiah). Arun is called one day to Aras' house to get his photo clicked for an official document. They befriend over a drink, when Aras reveals to Arun of his children having left him when they learn of his decision to remarry on his wife's passing, twenty-two years ago. He wishes of getting a photo clicked with his family one last time and pleads Arun to unite him with his three children who are now living Sydney, Bangalore, and Washington, D.C.. Arun, initially reluctant, sees his distress and assures.
Muniyandi Vilangial Moonramandu
Actors Bharath, Shamna Kasim, Vadivelu, Ponvannan, Tara, Yugendran

Muniyandi (Bharath), a third year college student and the darling son of Muthumani (Ponvannan) comes across as an average fun-loving guy.
Maathaad Maathaadu Mallige, 2h10
Directed by Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar
Genres Drama
Actors Vishnuvardhan, Suhasini Maniratnam, Sudeep, Rangayana Raghu, Tara, Komal Kumar
Rating70% 3.5482353.5482353.5482353.5482353.548235
The film starts with a happy small family of Hoovaiah (Dr.Vishnuvardhan) and Kanaka (Suhasini) having a small field growing flowers of Mallige, Sampige and other flowers which spread fragrance. The couple have three daughters in a small village of Jenu Koppa. Hoovaiah stands true to his devotion to Gandhi philosophy of Satyagraha come whatever may facing with nonchalance and non-violence. Globalization companies cause problems for the village as there are rich mine deposits nearby. Hoovaiah, zamindar of Jenu Koppa village, is a flower seller.Villagers revere him. When the government gives an MNC the licence to acquire land for mining in Jenukoppa, he strongly opposes it. But Kurupayya (Rangayana Raghu) joins hands with politicians and officials and tries to brainwash people to sell their land for a huge amount. Police atrocities and lathi charges on villagers force Hoovaiah to fight a lone battle against land acquisition. Fed up by the turn of events, all villagers decide to leave the village.But Hoovaiah launches a hunger strike to save the village and finally wins the battle.