
Aarathi (Kannada: ಆರತಿ ; born 1954) is an Indian actress turned director who works predominantly in Kannada language films. She is best known for her acting prowess in many author backed female centric roles during the 1970s and 1980s. After her self-declared retirement from films in the late 1980s, she returned as director with Mithayi Mane (2005) which met with critical appreciation and also won the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Children's Film. As a lead actress in more than 125 feature films, Aarathi was considered to be among the top league of actresses of her time, having won the Filmfare awards and the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress four times each. She was also nominated as the Member of Legislative Council at the Vidhana parishad making her only the second actress after B. Jayamma.

as Sharada

as Shanthi

as Geetha

as Kamala

as Ranganayaki/Mala

as Seetha

as Sarasa

as Tunga

as Vasantha

as Uma

as Dr. Roopa

as Rekha

as Geetha

as Usha

as Sheela

as Ganga / Geetha

as Radha

as Seetha

as Hema

as Radha Devi

as Sharada

as Sandhya

as Mallamma

as Sharada

as Rukmini

as Devaki

as Alamelu

as Radha

as Chandra

as Sharavathi

as Champa

as Jambavathi

as Guest Appearance

as Lakshmi

as Sophia

as Lalita