Aarathi

Acting

Aarathi

Born

1954-01-01 (72)

Place of birth

Aragal, Arkalgud, Hassan, Karnataka, India

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Aarathi (Kannada: ಆರತಿ ; born 1954) 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 no…

Known for

Film credits

1980s · 21 titles

Bangarada Jinke poster
9.0

A young man sets out on a treasure hunt to capture a golden deer with magical powers. However, he soon learns secrets from his past life which shock him.

Bangarada Jinke

1980

Bhagyavantha poster
9.0

Krishna, a child, faces various obstacles as he is considered unlucky by his family who avoids him. However, he finds comfort in his paternal uncle, who cares for him.

Bhagyavantha

1981

No artwork available
NR

Rajashekar, an honest police officer, puts a notorious criminal, Alexander, behind bars. However, when he is released from prison, Alexander seeks revenge by going after Rajashekar's family.

Mutthaide Bhagya

1983

Gandharva Giri poster
NR

Netra, an abandoned girl, finds shelter under an estate owner whose son, Ravi, is in love with his rival's daughter. So, Netra joins hands with Ravi when she learns about his enemies' evil plans.

Gandharva Giri

1983

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Parajitha

1982

Pedda Gedda poster
NR

The heir to a huge estate has a cognitive disability and only has the support of a kind aunt. Meanwhile, his greedy relatives plot his murder.

Pedda Gedda

1982

Pooja Phala poster
NR

Rajanna and his brother, Vicky, vow to avenge the murder of their mother at the hands of their cruel and greedy uncle, Rangappa.

Pooja Phala

1984

Tulasi Dalam poster
NR

Tulasi Dalam (Telugu: తులసిదళం, English : Basil Leaf) is a Telugu thriller novel written by Yandamuri Veerendranath. It was published in Andhra Bhoomi weekly in 1980 as a serial and got tremendous popularity. It was republished many times as a paperback and sold approximately 50,000 copies. It was one of the initial novels of Yandamuri that became popular and he was appreciated widely for his narrating style. It was partially inspired by the 1971 bestselling novel The Exorcist. Tulasi Dalam was first adapted into a 1985 Kannada movie titled Thulasidala and later in Telugu as Tulasidalam (1989),in Hindi as Phoonk (2008) and its remake in Telugu as Raksha (2008).In 1986, a story based on this novel called Kashmora was filmed for which Yendamuri Verendranath has worked as writer.

Tulasi Dalam

1985

No artwork available
NR

Santhosh, a businessman, abandons his sister after learning that she has married a guy who killed his fiancee.

Nyaya Gedditu

1983

Hasyarathna Ramakrishna poster
8.0

Hasyarathna Ramakrishna is a 1982 Indian Kannada film, directed by B S Ranga and Produced by B R Vasanth, A Ramesh Rao, S V Rajarao and B S Ranga. The film stars Ananthnag, Aarathi, Srinath, Manjula, Sripriya, K S Ashwath, Dinesh, Shivaram, Ashwath Narayan and Anantharam Maccheri in lead roles. The music of the film was composed by T G Lingappa.

Hasyarathna Ramakrishna

1982

Thirugu Baana poster
NR

When a man helps out a stabbed victim, his family gets targeted by the unknown assailant. Thereafter, the man tries to find the mysterious murderer with a police officer's help.

Thirugu Baana

1983

Maduve Maadu Thamashe Nodu poster
NR

Ganesh arranges his sister Gauri's marriage but faces humiliation by her in-laws. His misunderstanding with his childhood friend and neighbour, Raja, makes matters worse.

Maduve Maadu Thamashe Nodu

1984

Karmika Kallanalla poster
NR

Mohan, a factory worker, tries to give his brother good education with his minimal wages. When he is falsely accused of a crime and dismissed from work, he resorts to illegal means to earn money.

Karmika Kallanalla

1982

Mullina Gulabi poster
NR

Aarathi arrives at the estate owned by two brothers played by Anant Nag and Jai Jagadish and becomes a daily-wage labourer. When younger brother Jai Jagadish falls for her and wants to marry her all hell breaks loose.

Mullina Gulabi

1982

Jaggu poster
NR

The movie is a story about a rugged, emotionally complex man named Jaggu, played by Ambareesh, and explores themes of identity, redemption, and social injustice within a backdrop of class conflict.

Jaggu

1983

Ranganayaki poster
8.0

The movie explores the nuance of Oedipus Complex. The heroine, a popular theatre artist, falls in love with a rich, young man. They eventually get married and beget a child. But the heroine is bored of married life and wants to dabble in acting. The husband refuses and leaves the town with his child. The heroine gets a lucky break in cinema and becomes a household name. Years later, as fate had it, a young man falls in love with the heroine and she reciprocates his love, but as a mother. She always gives him affection and loves like a mother. She encounters her ex-husband and pleads him to show her son just for once. But as fate has it doesn t happen, and she goes in deep depression and commits suicide, too late for the young lover who realizes that he had fallen in love with his own mother.

Ranganayaki

1981

Maava Sose Savaal poster
NR

A family drama about the conflict between a father-in-law and his daughter-in-law.

Maava Sose Savaal

1982

Nyaya Neethi Dharma poster
NR

Kumar, a graduate who is fed up with injustice, decides to commit suicide by jumping off a train. However, he is arrested for it and he narrates his story in court.

Nyaya Neethi Dharma

1980

No artwork available
NR

A new teacher, Ramachandra, arrives in a troubled village and becomes a positive force for change.

Ramapurada Ravana

1984

Khaidi poster
NR

Surya and Madhu love each other but their relationship is unacceptable to Madhu's rich father. He resorts to unfair means to separate them and gets Surya implicated on false charges.

Khaidi

1984

Gedda Maga poster
10.0

Basappa, a notorious gangster, kills an incorruptible police officer, Alex Muthanna. His sons, Arun and John, try to avenge their father's death.

Gedda Maga

1983

1970s · 38 titles

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Makane Ninakku Vendi

1971

Upasane poster
8.0

Shraddha is a music enthusiast. She is determined to pursue a career in classical music but faces several obstacles.

Upasane

1974

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Naniruvude Ninagagi

1979

No artwork available
6.5

Kumar falls for Latha but is unable to marry her as his father opposes their relationship. After Kumar marries another woman, Chandru, an evil man, enters Latha's life, and Kumar tries to save her.

Maathu Tappada Maga

1978

Baalu Jenu poster
5.0

Geetha, who had a one-night stand with Chandru while in college, must struggle to keep it a secret from her husband, Ravi, and also deal with a blackmailer, Vasu.

Baalu Jenu

1976

Naagarahaavu poster
6.4

Although Ramachari falls madly in love with Alamelu, her parents forbid their marriage and force her to marry another man. But Ramachari can't stand idly by when he discovers his sweetheart's husband has become her pimp. Quietly aiding Ramachari on his quest to save Alamelu is Chamayya, a childless woman who loves him as much as if he were her own son.

Naagarahaavu

1972

Balu Aparoopa Nam Jodi poster
NR

Vinay resorts to unfair methods to help his girlfriend, Suji, boost her hotel business. After two petty thieves fall in his trap, they try to outwit each other.

Balu Aparoopa Nam Jodi

1978

Maagiya Kanasu poster
NR

Maagiya Kanasu is a 1977 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by K. S. L. Swamy and produced by K. A. Gopal and Lakshman. It is based on a novel by K. Saroja Rao.

Maagiya Kanasu

1977

Daari Thappida Maga poster
8.7

Two estranged brothers, who could not be more different from one another, choose different paths in life and are eventually reunited by an unexpected twist of fate.

Daari Thappida Maga

1975

Muyyige Muyyi poster
8.0

Muyyige Muyyi is a 1978 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by Y. R. Swamy and produced by P. Krishna Raj. The multi-starrer is led by Srinath, Vishnuvardhan, Aarathi, Manjula, Roja Ramani and Chandrashekhar.

Muyyige Muyyi

1978

Hombisilu poster
7.0

Dr Roopa and Dr Nataraj get married and being both egoistic, and little arrogant, differences come up in their personal and Professional life where they run a Nursing home. Roopa suspects her husband of having an affair with another Doctor Vasanthi...Suspicions and neglect and duty conflict with each other and will their wedding stand this acid test?

Hombisilu

1978

Devara Kannu poster
NR

Dr.Ramesh is on the run from police having fled from the scene of murder shown red handed killing his sister's ( Jayalakshmi, as Rekha) rapist played by Ambarish. He meets up with Sandhya ( Arathi) also a runaway bride from her home in a lonely Railway station on a rainy night. Witha white saree clad woman singing a haunting song, this makes the setting very eerie for the two strangers.They learn slowly who they are and iy looks tye hands of destiny bare actove to make the betrothed hero and heroine meet thus.

Devara Kannu

1975

Aparadhi poster
8.0

Aparadhi is a 1976 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by Y. R. Swamy and produced by S. Heerabai. The film stars Srinath, Aarathi, Balakrishna and Narasimharaju. The film has musical score by Satyam. This film was the 500th Kannada film to be released.

Aparadhi

1976

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Prathidhwani

1971

Bili Hendthi poster
NR

Sharada (Aarathi) is engaged to Gopi (Anil Kumar), who is studying abroad. She shares a close bond with her future in-laws. However, when her fiancé returns, she discovers that he has married Elisa (Margaret Thomsen), a white woman, and is no longer interested in her.

Bili Hendthi

1975

Phalitamsha poster
9.0

A young man chases love. He encounters three women. Infatuation. Fame. Friendship. He mistakes them for romantic love. And is disillusioned. Eventually his level-headed wife and some tenuous circumstances help him comprehend the meaning. The movie was predominantly shot in Bijapur. The movie paired newcomer Jai Jagadish with four heroines.

Phalitamsha

1976

Hosilu Mettida Hennu poster
NR

Hosilu Mettida Hennu is a 1976 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by V. T. Thyagarajan and produced by T. H. Rama Murthy

Hosilu Mettida Hennu

1976

Bhale Huchcha poster
9.0

Bhale Huchcha is a 1972 Indian Kannada-language film directed by Y. R. Swamy and produced by Gopal Lakshman. It stars Rajkumar and Aarathi. This film was dubbed into Telugu as Dasara Picchodu and released in 1973. This was the only Kannada movie of actress Helen.

Bhale Huchcha

1972

Bangaarada Manushya poster
9.4

Rajeeva comes to the village to visit his sister only to find that she's in financial trouble and has lost her husband. He decides to stay and help her out.

Bangaarada Manushya

1972

Kudure Mukha poster
8.0

Professor Nataraj, a historian, unearths some invaluable secrets of the past. Rekha, his daughter, seeks the help of Mohan, to save his findings from notorious criminals.

Kudure Mukha

1978

Edakallu Guddada Mele poster
9.5

Based on the novel of same name by Bharathi Suta which was an adaptation of the English novel Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence. Madhavi leads an unfulfilled married life with her husband, a former soldier. She ends up getting into a physical relationship with their friendly neighbour, a younger man.

Edakallu Guddada Mele

1973

Raja Nanna Raja poster
9.0

Geetha is in quest of finding a suitor. Just when she believes that she has found her perfect match, a stalker tries to convince her that he was her lover in their previous birth.

Raja Nanna Raja

1976

Shubhamangala poster
8.0

Hema and her friends lead a happy life with her father in a small town. Unfortunately, Hema's father passes away and she is forced to live with her cousin in a city.

Shubhamangala

1975

Bahaddur Gandu poster
9.5

Bahaddur Gandu is a 1976 Indian Kannada film, directed by A V Sheshgiri Rao and produced by Srikanth Nahatha and Srikanth Patel. The film Stars Dr Rajkumar, Jayanthi, Aarathi and Shantha in lead roles. The music of the film was composed by M Ranga Rao.

Bahaddur Gandu

1976

Kasturi Nivasa poster
9.0

The story of an extremely generous and righteous man, Ravi Varma, who succumbs to his intention of being generous no matter what happens. The movie is based on a story, Kasturi Nivasam written by G. Balasubramanium. The film stresses the principle that "life is to give—not to take". The role of Ravi Varma, the protagonist played by Rajkumar is a character who upholds the values of life even it means his destruction; a person who is keen on retaining his character's purity and those morals he has cherished. Ravi Varma led a lonely yet righteous life. He did not break his principles even as it lead to his downfall.

Kasturi Nivasa

1971

Anuroopa poster
NR

A professor of sociology faces numerous challenges from a conventionally rigid social structure as he tries to bring about some changes for the betterment of the society.

Anuroopa

1977

Nyayave Devaru poster
8.0

Nyayave Devaru is a 1971 Indian Kannada-language film directed by Siddalingaiah. It stars Rajkumar and B. Saroja Devi. The supporting cast features K. S. Ashwath, Aarathi, Dwarakish, M. P. Shankar, Dinesh, B. Jaya and Vajramuni.

Nyayave Devaru

1971

Katha Sangama poster
8.0

An anthology of short stories centred on a poor university teacher's dilemma, an old woman's life story and a man who is about to marry a woman who is visually impaired.

Katha Sangama

1976

Pavanaganga poster
NR

Film with music from S. Janaki and others.

Pavanaganga

1977

Gumasthavin Magal poster
7.0

A woman is engaged to the son of a rich man, but a landlord, who is already married, has his mind set on her. He manipulates the woman's father, who works for him, into letting him marry her.

Gumasthavin Magal

1974

Sipayi Ramu poster
9.3

Sipayi Ramu is a 1972 Indian Kannada language film directed by Y. R. Swamy, based on the novel Barale Innu Yamune? by Nuggehalli Pankaja. The 2012 Hindi movie Paan Singh Tomar, based on the life of an Indian soldier turned dacoit Paan Singh Tomar had a similar storyline. This was also the first Kannada colour movie which was based on a novel.

Sipayi Ramu

1972

Prathidhwani poster
8.5

A man who works as a driver for Dinesh, a smuggler who likes helping the poor, abandons him upon learning his truth. However, he is soon killed by a group of criminals.

Prathidhwani

1971

Paduvaaralli Pandavaru poster
8.3

Five men come together to fight against a corrupt landlord to secure justice for the tyranny caused by him in their village.

Paduvaaralli Pandavaru

1978

Kula Gowravam poster
NR

A wealthy young man falls in love with a dancer and marries her which angers his orthodox father. However, the couple eventually get separated and meet after several years under unusual circumstances.

Kula Gowravam

1972

Premada Kanike poster
8.7

A tutor hired by a wealthy family witnesses a murder, while travelling by a train. She faces a dilemma when she realizes that the murderer is the patriarch of the family she has been hired by.

Premada Kanike

1976

Bangarada Panjara poster
9.0

Janaki leaves her son, Beera, with Kenchi and Jungappa. Years later, Janaki returns to take her son along with her, but Kenchi refuses to let Beera go.

Bangarada Panjara

1974

Sri Krishna Rukmini Sathyabhama poster
8.0

Sri Krishna Rukmini Satyabhama is a 1971 Kannada-language Hindu mythological film written and directed by K. S. L. Swamy under his home banner Raghunandan movies. The film stars Rajkumar, B. Saroja Devi, Aarathi and Bharathi. The music was composed by R. Sudarshanam.

Sri Krishna Rukmini Sathyabhama

1971

Vasantha Lakshmi poster
7.0

Vasantha Lakshmi is a 1978 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by A. V. Seshagiri Rao and produced by K. Vittala Kumar, K. V. Honnappa and K. V. Gurunath. The film stars Srinath, Vishnuvardhan, Aarathi, and Manjula. The film has musical score by Vijaya Bhaskar. The movie is a remake of the 1974 Tamil movie Engamma Sapatham.

Vasantha Lakshmi

1978