
Aragal, Arkalgud, Hassan, Karnataka, India
Aarathi (Kannada: ಆರತಿ ; born 1954)[1] is an Indian actress turned director who works predominantly in Kannada language films. She is best known for her acting prowess in many author backed female centric roles during the 1970s and 1980s. After her self-declared retirement from films in the late 1980s, she returned as director with Mithayi Mane (2005) which met with critical appreciation and also won the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Children's Film. As a lead actress in more than 125 feature films, Aarathi was considered to be among the top league of actresses of her time, having won the Filmfare awards and the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress four times each. She was also nominated as the Member of Legislative Council at the Vidhana parishad making her only the second actress after B. Jayamma.
as Alamelu

1976
1978

as Alamelu
1972

as Dr. Roopa
1978

as Tunga
1979

as Vasantha
1978

as Sharavathi
1972

as Sheela
1976

1983

as Radha Devi
1975

as Uma
1978

as Devaki
1973
as Uma
1984

as Sharada
1985

1985

as Uma
1984

1984

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1983

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1983

as Kamala
1982

1982

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1982

1982

as Ranganayaki/Mala
1981

as Seetha
1981

1980

1980

as Tunga
1979

as Vasantha
1978

1978

1978

as Uma
1978
1978