Anju (actress)

Anju belongs to a Tamil family and was raised in Chennai. Her father Raja is a TurkishMuslim while her mother Ratna was a Hindu brahmin.^[1][2]

At the age of 17, Anju married actor Tiger Prabhakar, who was 48 years old. They got separated within a year. She has a son, Arjun, from this marriage.^[3]

Anju debuted at the age of two with the Tamil movie Uthiripookkal in 1979. She had acted in a Kannada and Telugu movies as well. She won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress in 1988 for the movie Rukmini. The film sometimes spelled Rugmini was directed by K. P. Kumaran.^[4] She became known as Baby Anju because of her early roles as Child artist.^[5]

• 1988 Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress - Rukmini

Malayalam

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	Garjanam	Asha
1982	Ormakkayi	Chakki
	Gaanam
	Aa Raathri	Minikutty
	Kaattile Paattu	Young Priya
	Olangal	Young Priya
1983	Oomana Thinkal	Indumol
	Paalam	Bindhu
	Aana	Ayisha
	Saagaram Santham	Young Sreedevi
	Aashrayam	Minimol Thomas
	Kattathe Kilikkoodu	Indu
1984	Parannu Parannu Parannu	Jessy / Sreekutty
	Kodathy	Minimol
	Rakshassu	Shalini
1985	Yathra	Girl in the bus
	Dheivatheyorthu	Young Nani
	Ozhivukalam	Girl performing Sarpam Thullal
	Janakeeya Kodathi	Gopi's daughter
1986	Abhayam Thedi	Aashakutty
1987	Vamban	Kala's daughter
1989	Rugmini	Rugmini[4]
1990	Kattukuthira	Charulatha
	Thazhvaram	Raji
	Commander	Lakshmi
1991	Neelagiri	Usha
1992	Kizhakkan Pathrose	Kunjumol
	Kauravar	Suja
	Oottyppattanam	Sethulakshmi
	Pandu Pandoru Rajakumari	Devu
	Ezhara Ponnana	Renu
1993	Thalamura	Sreelakshmi
1994	Varaphalam	Geetha
	Cabinet	Nandana
	Minnaram	Teena
	Kadal	Fousi
1995	Kakkakum Poochakkum Kalyanam	Bhagyalakshmi
	Street	Anitha
	Arabikadaloram	Clara
	Hijack	Gayathri
1996	Swantham Makalkku Snehapoorvam	-
1997	Ranger	Remya
	Poomarathanalil	Indu
1998	Amma Ammaayiyamma	Sulochana
1999	Indulekha	Gayathri Menon
2001	Nimishangal	Eleena
	Nariman	Ammini
	Ee Raavil
	Jwalanam	Maggie
2003	Janakeeyam	Usha
2004	Nirappakittu	Vasundhara
2005	Izhra	Thevar's wife

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Tamil

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	Uthiripookkal	Bhavani	Child artist
1980	Poottaatha Poottukkal
	Polladhavan	Manohar's daughter
	Ullasa Paravaigal	Young Nirmala
1981	Chinna Mul Peria Mul	Dolly
	Meendum Kokila	Subramaniam and Kokila's daughter
	Garjanai	Asha
	Bala Nagamma	Young Bala Nagamma
1982	Hitler Umanath
	Darling, Darling, Darling	Young Radha
	Poi Satchi
	Vadivangal	Vini
	Azhagiya Kanne	Kasthoori
	Boom Boom Madu
1983	Villiyanur Matha	Lalitha
1984	Nee Thodum Pothu
1984	Anbulla Malare
1985	En Selvame
	Oonjaladum Uravugal
1986	Aayiram Pookkal Malarattum
1989	Mundhanai Sabatham	Sinthamani	Leading Role
1990	Keladi Kanmani	Anu
	Engal Swamy Ayyappan	Lakshmi
	Arangetra Velai	Sundhari
	Seetha Geetha	Geetha
	Reengaram
1991	Adhikari	Anu
	Naan Pogum Paadhai	Lakshmi
	En Pottukku Sonthakkaran	Pallavi
1992	Agni Paarvai	Shanthi
	Abhirami	Rajeshwari
1993	Aadhityan	Deivanai
	Prathap	Priya
	Purusha Lakshanam	Anju
	Kattalai	Anju
1995	Ilavarasi	Ilavarasi
1996	Gopala Gopala	Fathima
1999	Endrendrum Kadhal	Krishna's wife
	Poomagal Oorvalam	Saravanan's mother
	Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga	Savithri
2000	Kuberan	Thangam
	James Pandu
2003	Pop Corn	Valli
	Unnai Charanadaindhen	Teja's mother
	Military	Velu Nayakar's wife
2007	Veerappu	Kodi
	Polladhavan	Selvam's wife
2009	Indira Vizha	Indira
2010	Neeyum Naanum	Sunitha
2011	Minsaram	Minister
2013	Madha Yaanai Koottam	Deepa

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Telugu

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	Bala Nagamma	Young Bala Nagamma
	Agni Poolu
1984	Kode Trachu	Babu
1986	Nireekshana	Girl in bus
1990	Udhyamam	-
1993	Jeevithame Oka Cinema	Ganga
2002	Seshu	Padma

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Kannada

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	Garjane	Asha
1996	Ranger	-
1998	King	Sundari
1998	My Dear Tiger	—N/a	Producer
2001	Prema Rajya	Soni

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