Disco Santhi has been performed for most songs in less time. She danced for more than 700 songs in a span of just 13 years. In childhood days her sorrowful experiences were unimaginable.
Anandan, her father, was a well known lead actor in Tamil in those days. He gained the name as 'Viyayapuri Veeran Anandan', since then his folklore movie 'Vijayapuri Veeran' got success. He acted as hero in some Telugu movies also. 'Mugguru Veerulu' was one of those movies, which he acted along with Kantha Rao. Likewise he did the film 'Adavi Veerulu'.
Actually ancestors of Anandan were belongs to Chittoor. They were Telugu people. Santhis's grand father settled in Chennai. So they grew as Tamilians. They are seven children to their parents. Four girls and three boys. She is the third child. Theirs's a rich family. They had three foreign cars. But Anandan lost money as a film producer with two films. They sold the foreign cars for existence. Only Ambassador was left. Anandan planned to make his third film even in this critical situation. He thought to shoot the film in Mysore, as to utilise the subsidy from the Karnataka State Govt.
Oneday he went to Mysore along with his wife and their youngest daughter. He didn't noticed the calamity to come. The car, which they were travelling, got accident. Anandan and his wife injured seviourly. His spinal cord from neck bone got damaged. Also his wife's spinal cord and right leg got ruined. His daughter survived with small injuries.
Somebody joined them into a private hospital in Bangalore. In that hospital, Anandan spent one and half years, and his wife Lakshmi, two years. What the fortune was, the doctors in the hospital were his fans. With big hearts, they have done the surgeries to Anandan and his wife to free of cost. Anandan's fans in Bangalore were bear the other expenses. Santhi and her three sisters only stayed at their house in Chennai, that two years. No ralative has come to their house in the chaotic situation. Dhanika, an Ayah, who was living in their outhouse, look after them. There was no income as they were all children. So they took money instead of giving the silver and copper things in the house, and passed those days. Even they sold their mother's silk sarees after those things were over. They ate food once in three days time in sometimes. Then Santhi was in third standard. She was sent from the school because of not pay the fee.
After discharge from the hospital, Anandan acted in stage plays with wig which covered the bandage on head. He sent the money to his daughters from Bangalore. Lakshmi came back to house after two long years, but she took another two years to walk. Santhi was no desire on films in those days. At first her elder sister got the chance to act from the ace director K. Balachander as heroine. But she didn't utilize the opportunity as she was in love with a guy, who was working in telephone department and got married him. In that time Santhi's photographs published on the cover page of 'Gemini Cinema', a film magazine, which was picturised by the photographer Hareesh. A producer from Malayalam, father of the actor Riyaz Khan, saw the photograph and liked her. He take her as female lead opposite superstar Mohanlal in the the film 'Lal in America'. Unfortunately the movie was washed out after 35 days shoot. Then she done as a dancer in a club song for a Tamil film. Since then she has done 700 films as a dancer in a span of just 13 years. She got the name as 'Disco Santhi' with the disco songs. She did films in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayala, Hindi and Oriya. She did 80 films in Hindi while more than 200 films in Telugu. She became close to the audience by 'Rowdy Alludu' and 'Gharana Mogudu', the Chiranjeevi's films. The song 'Bangaru Kodipetta' in 'Gharana Mogudu' got craze till today.
Santhi and Srihari were worked together in 'Dadar Express', first time. Srihari was one of the five villains. Srihari proposed her, when she was in Rajahmundry for the shoot of '420', the Nagababu starrer. Her mother and his parents given green signal to theri marriage. But they got married after six years of Srihari's proposal. In meantime she did the marriage of her younger sister to actor Prakash Raj. And bought flats for her brothers. Then after she got married Srihari and put fullstop to dances. She given birth to two sons Sashank and Meghansh.
Santhi did as heroine roles also. She acted as a heroine along with Jayasudha in 'Vinta Kodallu'. She was the female lead in a bollywood movie 'Jehar'. She and Srihari established Akshara Foundation, named after their dead daughter, and started service to the society.
Anandan, her father, was a well known lead actor in Tamil in those days. He gained the name as 'Viyayapuri Veeran Anandan', since then his folklore movie 'Vijayapuri Veeran' got success. He acted as hero in some Telugu movies also. 'Mugguru Veerulu' was one of those movies, which he acted along with Kantha Rao. Likewise he did the film 'Adavi Veerulu'.
Actually ancestors of Anandan were belongs to Chittoor. They were Telugu people. Santhis's grand father settled in Chennai. So they grew as Tamilians. They are seven children to their parents. Four girls and three boys. She is the third child. Theirs's a rich family. They had three foreign cars. But Anandan lost money as a film producer with two films. They sold the foreign cars for existence. Only Ambassador was left. Anandan planned to make his third film even in this critical situation. He thought to shoot the film in Mysore, as to utilise the subsidy from the Karnataka State Govt.
Oneday he went to Mysore along with his wife and their youngest daughter. He didn't noticed the calamity to come. The car, which they were travelling, got accident. Anandan and his wife injured seviourly. His spinal cord from neck bone got damaged. Also his wife's spinal cord and right leg got ruined. His daughter survived with small injuries.
Somebody joined them into a private hospital in Bangalore. In that hospital, Anandan spent one and half years, and his wife Lakshmi, two years. What the fortune was, the doctors in the hospital were his fans. With big hearts, they have done the surgeries to Anandan and his wife to free of cost. Anandan's fans in Bangalore were bear the other expenses. Santhi and her three sisters only stayed at their house in Chennai, that two years. No ralative has come to their house in the chaotic situation. Dhanika, an Ayah, who was living in their outhouse, look after them. There was no income as they were all children. So they took money instead of giving the silver and copper things in the house, and passed those days. Even they sold their mother's silk sarees after those things were over. They ate food once in three days time in sometimes. Then Santhi was in third standard. She was sent from the school because of not pay the fee.
After discharge from the hospital, Anandan acted in stage plays with wig which covered the bandage on head. He sent the money to his daughters from Bangalore. Lakshmi came back to house after two long years, but she took another two years to walk. Santhi was no desire on films in those days. At first her elder sister got the chance to act from the ace director K. Balachander as heroine. But she didn't utilize the opportunity as she was in love with a guy, who was working in telephone department and got married him. In that time Santhi's photographs published on the cover page of 'Gemini Cinema', a film magazine, which was picturised by the photographer Hareesh. A producer from Malayalam, father of the actor Riyaz Khan, saw the photograph and liked her. He take her as female lead opposite superstar Mohanlal in the the film 'Lal in America'. Unfortunately the movie was washed out after 35 days shoot. Then she done as a dancer in a club song for a Tamil film. Since then she has done 700 films as a dancer in a span of just 13 years. She got the name as 'Disco Santhi' with the disco songs. She did films in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayala, Hindi and Oriya. She did 80 films in Hindi while more than 200 films in Telugu. She became close to the audience by 'Rowdy Alludu' and 'Gharana Mogudu', the Chiranjeevi's films. The song 'Bangaru Kodipetta' in 'Gharana Mogudu' got craze till today.
Santhi and Srihari were worked together in 'Dadar Express', first time. Srihari was one of the five villains. Srihari proposed her, when she was in Rajahmundry for the shoot of '420', the Nagababu starrer. Her mother and his parents given green signal to theri marriage. But they got married after six years of Srihari's proposal. In meantime she did the marriage of her younger sister to actor Prakash Raj. And bought flats for her brothers. Then after she got married Srihari and put fullstop to dances. She given birth to two sons Sashank and Meghansh.
Santhi did as heroine roles also. She acted as a heroine along with Jayasudha in 'Vinta Kodallu'. She was the female lead in a bollywood movie 'Jehar'. She and Srihari established Akshara Foundation, named after their dead daughter, and started service to the society.
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