Mucherla Aruna | |
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Born | Kothagudem, Telangana, India |
Years active | 1980–1990 |
Spouse | Mohan (m. 1987) |
Children | 4 |
Mucherla Aruna is an Indian actress who worked in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada films, mainly during the 1980s.
Mucherla Aruna was born in Kothagudem of Telangana into a family that belongs to Arjunudupalem, near Tanuku West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. She was brought up in Chennai and Hyderabad. [1]
Aruna made her debut in the Tamil film titled Kallukkul Eeram by Bharathiraja which was released in 1980. She has been frequently paired with actor Vijayakanth in Sivappu Malli , Needhi Pizhaithathu , Sattam Sirikkiradhu , and Kanalukku Karaiyethu with Shankar . In some of the Tamil movies, she appeared as the second lead and supporting roles. She acted as Poornima Bhagyaraj's friend in Darling, Darling, Darling and as Sudhakar's sister in Pennin Vazhkai. She acted with Karthik in suspense movie Kelviyum Naane Pathilum Naane which was released in 1982 where actress Srividya acted as an antagonist. Aruna Mucherla also acted in some good family-oriented movies like Kathula Poo, Sakalakala Sambanthi, and Penmani Aval Kanmani .
In 1981, the Telugu film Seethakoka Chiluka received a Swarna (Gold) Nandi Award for Best Feature Film. She spread across acting more than 80 movies within 10 years majoring all 4 South Indian languages.
She is married to Mohan, a businessman based from Chandigarh in 1987 and the couple has four daughters. [1] She lives in Chennai with her family. [2]
In order of languages in which she acted the most to fewest films.
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