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S. P. Sailaja | |
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 Sailaja in Swarabhishekam | |
| Born | Sripathi Panditaradhyula Sailaja 9 October 1962 Nellore, Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, actor, voice actor |
| Years active | 1978 - Present |
| Relatives | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (brother) |
Sripathi Panditaradhyula Sailaja is an Indian singer and actress who has sung in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam films.
She was born in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh.[ citation needed ] Her father, S. P. Sambamurthy, was an exponent of Harikatha and her brother S. P. Balasubrahmanyam was a playback singer in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam films. She is the youngest of the eight children of Sambamurthy and Sakunthalamma (d. 2019).[ citation needed ]
Sailaja has occasionally worked as a voice actor and dubbed for various artistes including Tabu, Sonali Bendre and Sridevi among others.[ citation needed ] She started dubbing for the movie Seetamalakshmi heroine Rameshwari.She predominantly dubbed for actresses in Telugu films or Telugu dubbed from Tamil films.[ citation needed ]
Sailaja acted in Saagara Sangamam , a Telugu film directed by K. Viswanath, in which she played the role of a classical dancer.[ citation needed ]
Sailaja started her television career with the ETV show SaRiGaMalu which she co-hosted along with singer Mano.[ citation needed ]
Sailaja has appeared as both an audition judge and a guest judge in several reality talent hunt shows such as Vijay TV's Airtel Super Singer , Airtel Super Singer Junior , [1] Jaya TV's Jaya Super Singer South India , Zee Telugu's SaReGaMaPa Little Champs and SaReGaMaPa.[ citation needed ]
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| Title | Role | Language | Notes |
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| Saagara Sangamam (1983) | Kum. Sailaja | Telugu |
| Year | Film | Actress |
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| 1982 | Patnam Vachina Pativrathalu | Raadhika |
| 1983 | Prema Pichollu | Raadhika |
| 1983 | Vasantha Kokila (Telugu Dubbed version) | Sridevi |
| 1984 | Gudachari No.1 | Raadhika |
| 1987 | Nayakudu (Telugu Dubbed version) | Saranya |
| 1989 | Mappillai (1989 film) (Tamil film) | Amala |
| 1990 | Doshi Nirdoshi | Lissy |
| 1991 | Guna (Telugu Dubbed version) | Rekha |
| 1991 | Teneteega | Rekha |
| 1991 | Aditya 369 | Mohini |
| 1995 | Sashtri (Telugu Dubbed version) | Raadhika |
| 1996 | Ramayanam | Smitha Madhav |
| 1996 | Ninne Pelladutha | Tabu |
| 1996 | Bhamane Satyabhamane | Heera |
| 1997 | Master | Sakshi Shivanand |
| 1997 | Mama Bagunnava | Mohini |
| 1997 | Sindhooram | Sanghavi |
| 1998 | Chandralekha | Isha Koppikar |
| 1998 | Aavida Maa Aavide | Tabu |
| 1998 | Sri Sita Ramula Kalyanam Chootamu Raarandi | Chandni |
| 2000 | Thenali (Telugu Dubbed Version) | Devayani |
| 2001 | Mrugaraju | Sanghavi |
| 2001 | Murari | Sonali Bendre |
| 2001 | Abhay (Telugu dubbed version) | Raveena Tandon |
| 2002 | Panchathanthiram (Telugu dubbed version) | Aishwarya |
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