Daisy Bopanna

Daisy Bopanna (born 4 December 1982)^[1] is an Indian actress who appears in Kannada, Hindi, Telugu and Tamil-language films.

Daisy Bopanna
Born	Daisy Bopanna (1982-12-04) 4 December 1982 (age 41) Kodagu, Karnataka, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2003–2012
Spouse	Amit Jaju ​ (m. 2011)​

Personal life

Bopanna is from Kodagu. She attended Aurobindo School,^[2] pre-university at Kumarans College and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Chitrakala Parishat in Bangalore, Karnataka. She married Amit Jaju in 2011.^[3]

Career

Daisy started her career with theatre, working for a short time with B. Jayashree's Spandana theatre camp and also contemporary English theatre.^[2] She began filming for Bimba in 2002.^[4] It was sent to the Berlin & Frankfurt Film Festival, and won international awards. Directed by Kavitha Lankesh, it explored the exploitation of child artistes in the film industry. Daisy's later work in Bhagawan (2004) with Darshan earned her the moniker 'Spicy Daisy'.^[5] Prior to the release of Bimba in 2004, Daisy worked as a presenter of the television series Top Drive that was telecast on Star World for nearly one year.^[6]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2003	Indru Mudhal	Geetha	Tamil
2004	Ranga SSLC	Sanjana	Kannada	credited as Sanjana
2004	Bimba	Saroja	Kannada
2005	Bhagawan	Anjali	Kannada	credited as Anjali
2004	Chanti	Anjali	Telugu	credited as Anjali
2005	Relax	Anjali	Telugu	credited as Anjali
2005	Garam Masala	Deepti	Hindi	credited as Daisy
2005	Rama Shama Bhama	Priya	Kannada
2006	Jackpot		Kannada	Cameo
2006	Prajapathi	Film actress	Malayalam
2006	Aishwarya	Anjali	Kannada
2006	Thavarina Siri	Priya	Kannada
2006	Tananam Tananam	Gowda's daughter	Kannada	[7]
2007	Sathyavan Savithri	Subbalakshmi	Kannada
2008	Gaalipata	Sowmya	Kannada	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada
2008	Chakkara Viyugam	Sandhya	Tamil
2009	Sweet Heart	Sandhya	Telugu
2009	Olave Jeevana Lekkachaara		Kannada	Cameo
2011	United Six	Jia	Hindi
2012	Crazy Loka	Sarala	Kannada
2024	Rush		Telugu	ETV Win Original Film

References

1. "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
2. "Daisy Bopanna interview". Sify. Archived from the original on 12 May 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
3. "Daisy Bopanna gets hitched". The Times of India. 1 June 2011. Archived from the original on 23 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
4. "A take on Bimba". Deccan Herald. 21 July 2002. Archived from the original on 12 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
5. "Daisy Bopanna interview". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 14 July 2008. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
6. Srinivasa, Srikanth (23 May 2004). "Daisy blooms in Sandalwood". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 3 June 2004. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
7. "Tananam Tananam - a film by Kavita Lankesh having Ramya and Rakshita in the lead". Viggy. Retrieved 26 February 2022.

External links

• Daisy Bopanna at IMDb