K. R. Vijaya

K. R. Vijaya
Born	1948 (age 75–76) Travancore(Thiruvananthapuram), Kerala, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1963–1966 1969–present
Spouse(s)	M. Velayuthan (m.1966-present)
Children	Hemalatha (b.1967)

K. R. Vijaya is an Indian actress who has starred in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. She started her career in the 1960s. She has been acting for more than four decades now in South Indian cinema. K. R. Vijaya has worked with almost all the stalwarts of South Indian cinema and has played a variety of roles.

Early life

Vijaya spent most of her childhood in the holy city of Palani. Vijaya's father was from Andhra Pradesh and mother from Kerala. Her father wanted her to become an actress since he was himself acting in M. K. Radha's drama troupe at the time. She got married to a businessman Sudarshan Velayuthan in 1966 and quit acting in films. The couple have a daughter Hemalatha (born 1967). Later she started working in films from 1969 to present.

Career

Vijaya played the title character, a heroine, in her 1963 debut film Karpagam, directed by K. S. Gopalakrishnan. Gopalakrishnan also directed her 100th film Nadhiyil Muthu.

Vijaya has starred in almost 400 films in all the South Indian languages, including 100 films each in Malayalam and Telugu, half-a-dozen in Kannada, and one in Hindi titled Oonche Log (1965). Her co-stars in the Hindi movie were Raaj Kumar and Feroz Khan. She received many offers in Hindi, but did not accept them as she was busy in the South.

Some of her films include Karpagam, Selvam, Anarkali, Saraswathi Sabadham, Nenchirukkum Varai, Namma Veetu Theivam (the movie in which she first started depicting deities), Dheergasumangali (she first started playing a mother in this film), Idhayakamalam, Thangappathakkam,Panchavarna Kili and Thirusoolam.

Awards

Tamil Nadu State Film Awards

• 1967 - Best Actress for Iru Malargal
• 1970 - Best Actress for Namma Veetu Dheivam

Kerala State Film Awards

• 1984 - Second Best Actress - Ithiripoove Chuvannapoove

Kerala Film Critics Association Awards

• 2013 : Chalachitra Rathnam Award

Filmfare Awards South

• 2004 - Lifetime Achievement Award

Filmography

K. R. Vijaya has starred in many films. Her first film was Karpagam in 1963, where she portrayed the title role, Karpagam. The movie went well and she was also praised for her role. Apart from films, she has also starred in two teleserials, Raja Rajeswari and Kudumbam, shown both in India and Sri Lanka.

Films

Main article: K. R. Vijaya filmography

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Television serials

• Madisaar Maami(1994) (Sun TV)
• Kudumbam (1998) (Sun TV)
• Raja Rajeswari (2005-2007) (Sun TV)
• Anandham (2006–2010) (Sun TV)

External links

• K. R. Vijaya at the Internet Movie Database