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Sandalwood’s Reel couples turned real-life couples

Last updated on - Aug 31, 2018, 16:16 IST
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Sandalwood’s Reel couples turned real-life couples

Sandalwood has many successful and beautiful onscreen couple, few of them have taken their friendship offscreen and married and remain the best couple in Kannada film industry. Here are the few beautiful who turned from reel couple to real couple.

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Shankar Nag And Arundathi Nag

Shankar Nag who is a legendary actor and director of Kannada film industry. Shankar Nag married Arundathi in 1980, who was also a theater artist, met in 1974 and got married after 6 years. After their marriage, they started appearing together on the big screen in the movies like Nodi Swamy Navirodu Hige(1983), Parameshi Prema Prasanga (1985), Accident(1985) and other movies. Shankar Nag And Arundathi Nag are the first reel and real couple in Kannada film industry.

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Vishnuvardhan and Bharathi

Sahasa Simha Vishnuvardhan and Bharathi is one of the romantic onscreen and offscreen pairs in Sandalwood. Vishnuvardhan and Bharathi got married in the 1975, who already shared screen Anna Attige (1974), Onde Roopa Eradu Guna (1974) and Devara Gudi (1974) and later after their marriage shared the screen together in the movies like Rahasya Rathri (1980), Bangarada Jinke (1980), Makkala Bhagya (1976) and other movies.

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Ambarish and Sumalatha

Ambarish and Sumalatha are one of the famously known couples in Kannada film industry. Sumalatha was born in Andhra Pradesh and rained in Chennai, started her career in Malayalam. Ambarish and Sumalatha met when Sumalatha started her career in 1980 and they got married in 1992. This couple has acted in four movies Aahuti (1985), New Delhi (1988), Hongkongnalli Agent Amar (1988) which are superhit moves.

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Upendra and Priyanka

Real Star Upendra and Priyanka is one of the cutest couples in Sandalwood. Priyanka has acted in different industries like Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, and other languages. Upendra met Priyanka on Telugu movie Raa (2001) set, and again paired in a Kannada and Tamil movie H2O (2003) and starting dating. Upendra And Priyanka got married in 2003 and later paired in the movies Shrimathi (2011) and Uppi 2 (2015).

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Yash and Radhika Pandit

Rocking Star Yash and Radhika is the most dominant couple in Kannada film industry who have given many super hit movies together. Yash and Radhika started their career together in the movie Mogina Manasu. This couple was dating for eight years and paired in movies like Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari, Drama and Santhu Straight Forward. Yash And Radhika are known as best couple in Sandalwood who got married in 2016.

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