Sumalatha Ambareesh

Independent

DOB 27 Aug 1963

Age 62 years

birth palce Chennai, Tamil Nadu

profession Politician, Actor

Sumalatha Ambareesh biography

Sumalatha Ambareesh is an Indian actress and politician who is the current Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Mandya, Karnataka. She was born on 27th August 1963 in Madras, Madras State, and has acted in more than 220 Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi films.

She did her schooling at St. Joseph’s Convent School, Brodipet, Guntur, and began acting at age 15. After winning an Andhra Pradesh beauty contest in 1979, her pictures began circulating in magazines, and film producer D. Ramanaidu expressed interest in casting her in his film and offered her a signing amount of Rs 1,001 in 1979. However, she made her film debut in Tamil with Thisai Maariya Paralegal (1979).

She rose to fame in Malayalam and Telugu movies and afterwards wed Kannada politician and actor Ambareesh. In films such as Aahuti, Avatara Purusha, Kallarali Hoovagi, New Delhi, and Sri Manjunatha, she costarred with Ambareesh. In 1987, she won the Nandi Award for Best Actress for her performance in Shrutilayalu.

In March 2019, she announced that she would seek election for Lok Sabha from the Mandya constituency of Karnataka as an independent candidate. On 23 May 2019, she won against Nikhil Kumaraswamy by a margin of more than 1.25 lakh votes in the Lok Sabha election.

Sumalatha Ambareesh personal life

Father

Madan Mohan Vattayam

Mother

Roopa Mohan Vattayam

Spouse

Late Shri Ambareesh

Education

Intermediate

News

SUMALATHA AMBAREESH NEWS

Not offered ticket, Karnataka's Mandya MP Sumalatha to announce decision on election on April 3

April 01, 2024 9:04 am

JD(S)' H D Kumaraswamy will be contesting the election as the NDA candidate from the Mandya LS seat.

Rajinikanth, Yash attend the wedding of Ambareesh-Sumalatha's son Abhishek. See pictures

June 06, 2023 9:16 am

Rajinikanth and wife Latha attended the wedding of late Kannada star Ambareesh and actor-turned-politician Sumalatha's son Abhishek.

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As BJP plans to break through in JD(S) bastion, Sumalatha Ambareesh could be ace up its sleeve

April 19, 2023 7:55 am

State BJP says the Independent MP, the wife of late popular actor Ambareesh, can still be fielded from Mandya if the situation demands it. “There is a lot of time and things are very dynamic."

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KRS dam row: Karnataka minister Murugesh Nirani to visit mining areas in Mandya acknowledging MP Sumalatha's demand

July 13, 2021 2:53 pm

Sumalatha, the independent MP from Mandya, had submitted a memorandum to Murugesh Nirani demanding action to stop alleged illegal mining in the environs of the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) reservoir.

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Have recovered, now waiting for doctor's nod to donate plasma: Karnataka MP Sumalatha

July 30, 2020 8:38 am

Sumalatha Ambareesh said, "We have to wait for a period of 28 days after recovery and then take an antigen test to determine the level of immunity antibodies. If things fall in place, then I'll definitely do so."

Railway traffic officers: Cadre merger decision not unanimous, will create 'conflict of interest'

Mandya MP demands ladies-only trains on Bengaluru-Mysuru route, cites safety issues

October 15, 2019 6:49 pm

"A special train for these ladies would provide reassurance to their families on their safety as well encouraging many more to work in bigger cities," Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambareesh said.

Nikhil Kumaraswamy plans image makeover; meets AP CM Jagan

June 12, 2019 3:40 pm

Sumalatha's victory in the JD (S) bastion of Mandya has shocked the Gowda family, and there is now an effort to revive the party and particularly Nikhil's image after the loss.

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Karnataka big fight: BJP sweeps state, Congress-JD(S) fails to hold fort

May 24, 2019 12:42 am

BJP has secured 25 out of 28 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections while coalition partners Congress and JD(S) struggled by winning only one seat each. Sumalatha Ambareesh, the lone independent candidate, who won from Mandya, is also backed by the BJP.

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Karnataka Bangalore Results 2019 HIGHLIGHTS: BJP sweeps Karnataka with huge margins; winning 25 of 28 seats

May 24, 2019 10:29 pm

Karnataka Bangalore Lok Sabha Results 2019 HIGHLIGHTS: BJP has won with huge margins across the state, with Union Minister Ananthkumar Hegde winning with a margin of more than four lakh votes. Tejasvi Surya from Bangalore South has won with a margin of more than three lakh votes. This is the real nature of the victory of the BJP. Huge and it has swept away all opponents.

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Sumalatha to gain from discord among Cong-JD(S) workers in Mandya, says son

April 13, 2019 12:25 pm

"At the top level, whatever alliance Congress and JD(S) may have had, on the ground, day by day, the discord among grassroots workers is growing over Nikhil's candidature. This is benefiting my mother's electoral prospects," Abhishek, Sumalatha's son said.