Padmapriya

{{Short description|Indian actress}}

{{Distinguish|Padmapriya Janakiraman}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}}

{{Use Indian English|date=November 2016}}

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| birth_name = Padmalochani

| birth_place = Karnataka, India

| death_date = 16 November 1997

| death_place = {{nowrap|T. Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India}}

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| occupation = Actress

| yearsactive = 1974–1995

| spouse = {{marriage|Srinivasa Chakravarthy |1983}}

| children = Vasumathi (daughter)

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Padmapriya (born Padmalochani; died 16 November 1997{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}) was an Indian actress who worked in Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. Her first movie was in Telugu, Adapillala Tandri (1974). In Kannada, she debuted with Bangarada Gudi (1976) and was a popular actress during the late 1970s. She has the distinction of having acted opposite the legendary Dr. Rajkumar in three successive hit movies in a single year (1978) - Operation Diamond Racket, Thayige Thakka Maga and Shankar Guru. She starred opposite Anant Nag in the comedy Narada Vijaya and the novel-based Baadada Hoo and both were highly successful. She acted in four to five movies with Dr. Vishnuvardhan, and played glamorous roles. Srinath, Ashok and Lokesh were her other costars in Kannada movies.

She had a successful career in Tamil films as a lead heroine between 1974 and 1981 movies Vazhthungal, Vaira Nenjam, Mohana Punnagai, Vaazhnthu Kaattugiren, Kuppathu Raja, Aayiram Jenmangal, and Madhuraiyai Meetta Sundharapandiyan are some of her notable Tamil films. She acted opposite Sivaji Ganesan in Vaira Nenjam and Mohana Punnagai. She was paired with M. G. Ramachandran in Madhuraiyai Meetta Sundharapandiyan portraying the role of a princess.{{cite magazine|magazine=Kalki|language=Ta|url=https://archive.org/details/kalki1996-10-27/page/70/mode/2up|page=71|title=திரையுலகிலிருந்தே ஒதுங்கத் தயார்|access-date=12 May 2023|date=27 October 1996}} She acted in nearly 80 movies, mainly in South Indian languages.