Vinaya Prasad

Vinaya Prasad was born on 22 November 1965 in Udupi, Karnataka. Her father S. Krishna Bhat was a divisional officer with the LIC and her mother Vatsala worked as a school teacher. Vinaya often owes her clear diction and pronunciation to her father who used to narrate a story every day during her childhood. She completed her schooling from St. Cecily's Convent in Udupi and graduation in Commerce from Poornaprajna College. While she was still in college, she got offered her first film assignment.

Vinaya made her film debut with a small role in G. V. Iyer's Madhwacharya in 1986 where she played the role of one of the three queens of the King. She worked in smaller character roles before playing the leading lady in Ganeshana Maduve opposite Anant Nag. The film was a huge success and she went on to act in many more films in not only Kannada but also Malayalam, Telugu and Tamil . Some of her notable Kannada films include Ganeshana Maduve, Neenu Nakkare Haalu Sakkare, Gauri Ganesha, Mysore Jaana and Suryodaya. She starred in a supporting role in Manichitrathazhu, opposite Mohanlal. In Tamil, she has acted as the heroine in the movie Thaikulame Thaikulame with Pandiarajan and Urvashi. In Telugu, her movies include Indra, Donga Dongadi and Andhrudu, for which her performance won a lot of praise.

After a successful career as a lead actress, Vinaya switched over to character roles. Sheis also an effective compere and singer. She has compered several important events like Vasantha Habba in Nrityagram and the annual Dasara procession in Mysore. She has starred in the longest-running and most popular daily soap opera on Malayalam TV, Sthree, which aired from late 1998 to mid 2000 on Asianet television channel. The popularity of this soap made her a household name among Malayalis. In 2006, she returned to the Malayalam small screen to reprise her role as Indu in the sequel to the original Sthree, also named, Sthree.

Vinaya is from the Udupi district in Karnataka and was raised in Udupi. In 1988, she married V. R. K. Prasad, a director and editor of Kannada films, who died at a young age.^[4][2]

In 2002, Vinaya married Jyotiprakash after they met during the making of the television series Sanjeevani.^[5] The couple currently resides in Bangalore with her husband and daughter Prathama Prasad.^[4] Jyotiprakash has a son named Jai Atre, from his previous marriage, who is into film direction and screenwriting in Mumbai.^{[citation needed]}

Kannada films

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Year	Title	Roles	Notes
1986	Madhwacharya		Credited as Vinaya Bhat
1990	Ganeshana Maduve	Aadhi Lakshmi
	Policena Hendthi
	Baare Nanna Muddina Rani	Doctor
	College Hero
1991	Gauri Ganesha	Sarasu
	Neenu Nakkare Haalu Sakkare	Ramya
	Ide Police Belt
	Kiladi Gandu	Lakshmi
	Shwethagni
	Gururayara Soththu
	Nayaka
1992	Mysore Jaana	Asha
	Midida Shruthi
	Rajadhi Raja
	Police File
	Police Lockup
	Shakthi Yukthi	Seetha
	Goonda Rajya
	Agni Panjara	Vinaya
1993	Dakshayini	Sujatha
	Bhavya Bharatha
	Gundana Maduve
	Sarkarakke Saval
	Aathanka	Vaani
	Suryodaya	Pramila
1994	Karulina Koogu	Sharada
	Mouna Raga	Lavanya
	Nanendu Nimmavane
	Samrat		Special appearance
	Yarigu Helbedi
	Mahashakthi Maaye	Soubhagya
	Anuraga Spandana
	Durga Pooje
1995	Kalyanotsava
	Kona Edaithe	Goddess of Justice
	Shiva
	Thumbida Mane
	Thavaru Beegaru	Lakshmi
	Mutthinantha Hendathi
	Lady Police
1996	Mahathai
	Sowbhagya Devathe
	Central Jail
	Hrudaya kallaru	Vinaya
	Sipayi
	Thali Pooje	Punya
	Sathya Sangharsha
	Mouna Raga
	Balina Jyothi	Janaki
	GodFather
	Anuraga Spandana
1997	Laali		Guest appearance
	Kalla Banda Kalla
	Yuva Shakthi
	Baalida Mane	Archana
	Bhoomi Geetha
	Mangala Sutra	Seetha
	Raaja
	Manava 2022
1998	Andaman
	Preethsod Thappa	Bhavani
	Daayadi
	Hoomale	Vinaya	Cameo
1999	Tuvvi Tuvvi Tuvvi
	Maha Edabidangi	Vinaya
	Chandrodaya	Lawyer
2000	Independence Day
2001	Bannada Hejje	Seetha
	Baava Baamaida	Lekshmi
2004	Love
	Nimma Preethiya Huduga
	Srirampura Police Station
	Monda
2005	Rishi	Lekshmi
	Nenapirali
2006	Hatavadi
	Dattha
	Ashoka
	Shree
	Student
2007	Thayiya Madilu
	Aa Dinagalu	Chethan's mother
	Krishna	Anjali's mother
	Ugadi
	Ee Preethi Yeke Bhoomi Melide		Guest appearance
2008	Ravi Shastry
	Honganasu
	Ganesha Mathe Bandha
	Satya in Love
	Sangaathi
	Chikkamagaloora Chikka Mallige
	PUC
	Hrudaya I Miss You
	Huttidare Kannada Nadalli Huttabeku
	Jnana Jyothi Sri Siddaganga	—N/a	dubbing
	Indra
	Bombaat
	Shankara Punyakoti	Parvathy
2009	Ghauttham
	10th Class A Sec
	Shivamani
2010	Aptharakshaka	Gowri's mother
	Shankar IPS
	Cheluveye Ninne Nodalu	Sumithra
	Nee Bandu Ninthaga
	Pareekshe
	Parole
	Modalasala
2011	Krishnan Marriage Story
	Veera Babu
	I Am Sorry Mathe Banni Preethsona
2012	Shakthi
	18th Cross
	Paper Dhoni
	Adhikara
	Parie
	Sagar
2013	Madarangi
	Shravani Subramanya
	Sri Aadiparashakthi
	Hara
	Sakkare	Vasundhara
2014	Preethi Geethi Ityadi
	Central Jail
	Abhimanyu	Nandhini's mother
2015	RX Soori
	Geetha Bangle Store
	Vamshodharaka
2016	Tyson
	Shivalinga	Satya's mother
	Madhura Swapna
	Kalpana 2	Mary
	Akshathe
	Vaishnavi	Saraswathi
	Brahma Vishnu Maheshwara
2017	March 22	Mumtaj
	Dhvani
	Lakshminarayanara Prapanchane Bere	Lekshmi	Also actor/director
2018	Rajaratha	Usha
	Viraaj
2019	Khanana
2020	Kaanadante Maayavadanu	Nirupama
2022	Maaraya
	September 13	Dr. Shubha
	Vijayanand	Chandramma
2024	Juni	Partha's mother
	Jigar
	Thamate
2025	Muruga S/o Kaanunu
	GST

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Malayalam films

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Year	Title	Roles	Notes
1991	Perunthachan	Bhargavi Thampuratti
	Mookilla Rajyathu	Leena
1993	Manichitrathazhu	Sreedevi
1994	Pidakkozhi Koovunna Noottandu	Nancy Joseph
1996	Laalanam	Sasikala
	Swantham Makalkku Snehapoorvam
1997	Krishnagudiyil Oru Pranayakalathu	Uma
2001	Bhadra	Bhadra
	The Gift of God
2009	Oru Black And White Kudumbam	Lakshmi
2010	Marykkundoru Kunjaadu	Mary
	24 Hours	Leela Varma
2011	Aan Piranna Veedu	Jithin's mother
2012	Spanish Masala	Rahul's mother
	Perinoru Makan	Bhanumathi
2014	Om Shanti Oshana	Rachel
	Ulsaha Committee	Jhansi
	Bangalore Days	Mrs Francis
	Avatharam	Karimban John's wife
	Villali Veeran	Geetha
	Cousins	Theresa
2015	Two Countries	Revathy
2016	Shajahanum Pareekuttiyum	Nancy
	Welcome to Central Jail	Janaki
2017	Sunday Holiday	Narayanankutty's wife	Cameo
2018	Aami	Sulochana Nalappat
	Chanakya Thanthram	Arundhathi
	Mottita Mullakal	Badhravathi
2019	Madhura Raja	Lillykutty teacher
2022	Kaypakka	Parvathi
	Heaven	Mariyam
2024	Extra Decent	Lakshmi
2025	Maduramee jeevitham	Madhavikutty
2025	Thug[6]	Rebecca

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Telugu films

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Year	Title	Roles	Notes
1996	Nayudu Gari Kutumbam
2000	Kalisundam Raa	Anasooya
2002	Indra
2004	Donga Dongadi
2005	Andhrudu	Munna's mother
	Subash Chandra Bose
2006	Chinnodu
2007	Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule	Janaki
2008	Ready	Pooja's aunt
	Souryam	Commissioner Sarath's wife
2009	Anjaneyulu	Lekshmi
	Bangaru Babu
2010	Adhurs
	Varudu	Deepti's mother
	Namo Venkatesa	Pooja's aunt
	Bava
2011	Oh My Friend
	Dookudu	Tulasi
2012	Lovely	Lavanya's mother
	Shirdi Sai	Baajiya Bai
2013	Sketch for Love
	Doosukeltha	Alekhya's mother
	Bhai
	Shadow	Lakshmi's sister-in-law
2014	Power	Baldev's mother
	Jaihind 2	Nandhini's mother
2016	Sarrainodu	Gana's mother

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Tamil films

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Year	Title	Roles	Notes
1995	Thaikulame Thaikulame	Monisha
2000	Independence Day
2005	Chandramukhi	Lakshmi Kandaswamy
	Ambuttu Imbuttu Embuttu	Vijaya
2008	Vaitheeswaran	Saravanan's mother
2014	Jaihind 2	Nandhini's mother
2015	Anegan	Madhumitha's mother
2019	Igloo	Jaya

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Tulu films

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Year	Title	Roles	Notes
2007	Koti Chennaya
2016	Panoda Bodcha

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