Tulasi Shivamani aka Actress Tulasi is a multi talented Indian actress who is known for her variety of supporting roles in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, and Malayalam movies. Tulasi acted in more than 380 movies (as a child artist, lead actress, and supporting roles).In 1995, at the age of 28 she married Kannada Director Shivamani and now has a son named Sai Tarun. She has won a Filmfare Award as Best Supporting Actress – Kannada for ‘Josh‘ Movie in 2009.
Bio
Name | Tulasi Shivamani |
Nick Name | Tulasi, Tullu |
Profession | Actress |
Personal Life | |
Date of Birth | 20 June 1967 |
Age (as in 2022) | 55 |
Zodiac Sign | Gemini |
Home town & Current city | Chennai |
Nationality | Indian |
Religion | Hindu |
Educational Qualification | Uneducated |
Hobbies | Listening Old Songs and Music |
Physical Stats & More | |
Height (approx) | in centimeters - 163 cm in meters - 1.63 m in feet inches - 5' 4" |
Weight (approx) | in kilograms - 75 kg in pounds - 136 pounds |
Figure | 35-30-36 |
Eye Colour | Brown |
Hair Colour | Black |
Family, Relationship & More | |
Relationship Status | Single |
Dating History | NA |
Affairs | NA |
Husband | Shivamani (Kannada Director) |
Marriage Date | 1995 |
Son | Sai Tarun |
Favourite Colour | Off-White |
In 1967, when she was just three months old, she acted in her first film. For a Telugu film, named ‘Bharya‘ a baby was needed, and she was placed in the cradle. She was also in ‘Jeevanatarangalu’ movie at the age of one and a half years old. Then later she went on to become a full-fledged actress at the age of three. As she started acting from very young age, she couldn’t go to school. But she can read and write in 3 languages and can speak in 5 languages fluently.
Tulasi knows for popular movies like Sankarabharanam (1980), Preminchu Pelladu (1985), Aranyakanda(1987), Chitram Bhalare Vichitram (1992), Darling (2010), Mr. Perfect (2011), Iddarammayilatho (2013) and Sarkar (2018).
Some Lesser Known Facts about Tulasi Shivamani
- Tulasi Shivamani is the grand daughter of Dr. Muthuvenkataraman who was the private advisor in astrology of Indira Gandhi for 30 years.
- Tulasi has acted in more than 100 movies as a child actress and of them around 70 characters she played the role of a boy.
- She took a short break from acting after marriage with Kannada Director Shivamani who directd around 28 movies in his career. In her words, she met Shivamani in the morning and got married to him in the evening on the very same day.
- During her break from the movies, she gave her voice in dubbing for the movies of Ram Gopal Varma and Maniratnam.
- Tulasi’s mother was a close friend of veteran actrresses Savitri and Anjali Devi and moved to Chennai upon their advice. Originally they were from Tadepalligudem, Andhra Pradesh.
- Her son Sai Tarun has completed BBA and now working as an Assistant Director with Gowtham Vasudev Menon.
- Now, she started her third innings and has been seen in supporting roles, essaying the role of a mother.
- She is a Sai Baba devotee and also a philanthropist.