Actress
Prema
is
a
well-known
name
in
the
Kannada
and
Telugu
film
industries.
The
actress,
who
made
her
Telugu
debut
through
'Dharma
Chakram'
in
1999
is
already
a
familiar
face
to
the
Telugu
people,
thanks
to
Upendra's
'Om.'
Speaking
to
a
popular
Telugu
YouTube
channel
in
a
recent
interview,
Prema
spoke
at
length
about
her
personal
and
professional
lives.
She
answered
topics
on
her
come
back
to
films,
her
friendship
with
the
late
actress
Soundarya,
her
marriage
and
subsequent
divorce,
etc.
Prema
also
commented
on
her
alleged
love
affair
with
Upendra.
When
quizzed
about
the
rumours,
Prema
shared,
"I
don't
know
how
they
came
out.
Nobody
asked
me
if
it
is
true
or
cross-verified.
They
wrote
what
they
wanted
to.
I
and
Upendra
never
spoke
about
it
either.
The
reason
for
that
is
something
probably
only
they
can
answer-who
wrote
them."
Prema,
who
is
a
native
of
Coorg,
entered
the
Kannada
film
industry
in
1995
with
'Savyasachi,'
in
which
she
starred
alongside
Shiva
Rajkumar.
The
actress
became
an
overnight
sensation
with
her
debut
and
was
paired
with
Upendra
for
more
than
two
films.
The
duo
is
last
seen
together
in
a
movie
titled
'Upendra
Matte
Baa,'
which
was
released
in
the
year
2017.The
movie
is
her
comeback
film.
In
her
career
spanning
over
two
decades,
Prema
acted
in
more
than
70
movies
in
Kannada
and
more
than
28
movies
in
Telugu.
Prema
was
first
cast
opposite
Upendra
as
a
female
lead
in
the
movie
titled
'OM,'
which
was
directed
by
Upendra
himself.
The
movie
was
released
in
1995
and
became
a
blockbuster
success.
The
actress
also
won
Karnataka
State
Award
for
the
'Best
Actress'
category.
In
her
jubilant
career,
she
starred
opposite
Vishnuvardhan
in
about
seven
films.