Career
Tara made her first appearance on screen for a Tamil film Ingeyum Oru Gangai directed by noted actor, Manivannan, in 1984 which also featured Murali in the lead. Followed by this, she featured in her first Kannada film Thulasidala in 1985. However, she got a big break of her career through a Rajkumar starrer Guri in 1986 and thereafter she has acted in several movies as a leading lady and mainly as supporting actress. Her performance in Girish Karnad's Kanooru Heggadithi, which brought her wide spread recognition. She received her first ever award as best actress for the Kannada movie Krama(1991),directed by debutant director Asrar Abid. In the late 1980s, she featured in Mani Ratnam's two of the biggest blockbuster Tamil films, Nayagan and Agni Natchathiram as a supporting actress.
Tara paired with almost all of the leading male co-stars in the 80's and 90's including Dr. Rajkumar, Shankar Nag, Vishnuvardhan, Ambarish, Ananth Nag, Shashikumar, Tiger Prabhakar, Shivarajkumar, Raghavendra Rajkumar, Murali, Karthik, Sunil, Devaraj among others.
In 2005, she was cast by Girish Kasaravalli in his film Hasina, for which she won a National Award from Indian Government. Subsequently, her role in Kannada movie 'Deadly Soma' was appreciated. Then came her another breakthrough performance in the movie Cyanide the inside story. In 2007, Tara received her second Best Actress award. Beside acting, she produced Hasina, directed by Girish Kasaravalli and she has also announced an intent to direct films as well.
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