Yamuna (actress)
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Yamuna is an Indian actress who has appeared primarily in Telugu films in addition to a few Malayalam, Kannada and Tamil films.[3] She appeared in films like Mamagaru, Mouna Poratam, and Yerra Mandaram. She also acted in TV shows.
Yamuna was born as Prema in Bangalore, Karnataka into a Telugu family. Their native is Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh but her family later moved to Bangalore. Director Balachander changed her name to Yamuna after film debut.[1]
Career
Yamuna made her debut in film in a lead role through Kannada film Modada Mareyalli (1991) alongside Shiva Rajkumar. She acted in over 50 Kannada and Telugu movies as the female lead.[4] She shot into fame in 1989 with award-winning Telugu film Mouna Poratam[5][6] which is based on the real-life story of Sabita Badhei, which gained massive media coverage. Yamuna played the role of Durga who is betrayed by a government officer and fights for her conjugal rights, seeking marital recognition to give proper identity to her illegitimate child.[7]
Later she played one of the leads opposite Vinod Kumar in the successful film Mamagaru.[8] In the 1990 film Puttinti Pattu Cheera, she played the role of an unlucky daughter who is harassed by her in-laws. She also played the lead role in Erramandaram.[9] She also acted in Kannada films with Siva Rajkumar and Ravichandran.[10]
After her marriage, she took a break from acting. After the break she started acting in TV serials. She appeared in the TV series Anveshitha which was broadcast on ETV.
