Usha Nandini

{{Short description|Indian actress}} {{BLP sources|date=July 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Usha Nandini | image = | birth_name = Usha Devi | birth_date = 1951 | birth_place = Kamaleswaram, Trivandrum, Travancore-Cochin, India | education = Bachelor in Law | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1967–1980 | parents = | spouse = Mariappan | children = 3 }} '''Usha Nandini''' is an Indian actress who has appeared in South Indian films. She was a prominent lead actress during the 1970s in Malayalam films.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}} She has also acted in Tamil films.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}}

==Early life== Ushanandini was born as Usha Devi to parents K. G. Raman Pillai and Saraswathi in 1949 at Kamaleshwaram, Trivandrum, Travancore-Cochin, India. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree.{{cn|date=July 2024}}

==Career== She made her Malayalam debut in 1967 with ''Aval'', a great success at the box office. She had acted as heroine to Sivaji Ganesan in many Tamil movies like Ponnunjal, Gowravam, Rajapart Rangadurai, Manithanum Deivamagalam and Ennai Pol Oruvan. Nagarame Nandi, Olavum Theeravum, Aa Chithrasalabham Parannotte are the few among the important characters she played.

==Personal life== She is married to a successful business magnate, S. Mariappan. She has three daughters, Preethi, Sajni and Keerthana. She also has two granddaughters.

==Partial filmography== ===Malayalam=== *Yakshagaanam (1976) *Criminals (Kayangal) (1975) *Sathyathinte Nizhalil (1975) *Pattaabhishekam (1974) *Check Post (1974) *Ashwathi (1974) *Police Ariyaruthu (1973) *Periyar (1973) *Kaamuki (1971) *Makane Ninakku Vendi (1971)....Mary *Jalakanyaka (1971) *Aa Chithrashalabham Parannotte (1970) *Olavum Theeravum (1970) *Padunna Puzha (1968) *Aval (1967) *Nagarame Nandi (1967)

===Tamil=== *''Malathi'' (1970) as Chandra *''Veettukku Oru Pillai'' (1971) as Ponni *''Shakthi Leelai'' (1972) as Lord Parvathi *''Ponnunjal'' (1973) as Valli *''Gauravam'' (1973) as Radha *''Rajapart Rangadurai'' (1973) as Alamel *''Ponvandu'' (1973) as Sathyabama *''Athaiya Mamiya'' (1974) as Usha *''Thaai Veetu Seedhanam'' (1975) as Radha *''Manidhanum Dheivamagalam'' (1975) as Vijaya *''Ennai Pol Oruvan'' (1978) as Usha

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|1166594}} *[http://en.msidb.org/displayProfile.php?category=actors&artist=Ushanandini Ushanandini at MSI]

Category:Actresses in Malayalam cinema Category:Indian film actresses Category:Actresses from Thiruvananthapuram Category:Actresses in Tamil cinema Category:Living people Category:1949 births Category:20th-century Indian actresses