Famous People with Name Bhanu

Bhanu Priya            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Bhanu Priya: a Telugu Brahmin family on January 15, 1967 was a famous leading actress of the Telugu film industry and Kollywood from 1980 to 1993. She also acted in Bollywood in the 1990s. She is now living in United States teaching Bharatnatyam and Kuchipudi, the two famous South Indian classical dances. She has acted in over 111 films as a heroine. She is known as the 'other Sridevi'.Bhanupriya made her debut in the Telugu movie Sitara directed by veteran Vamsy, which was a big hit. She has acted as a heroine in over 25 Telugu films, around 30 films in Tamil and also 14 Hindi films and a few Malayalam films.

Bhanu Bandyopadhyay            Origin/Culture/Country: Muslim

Bhanu Bandyopadhyay: was born as Samyamoy Bandyopadhyay on 26 August 1920 at Dhaka. Having studied at St Gregory's High School (Dhaka) followed by Jagannath college (Dhaka) , he moved to Kolkata just before partition. In his initial years he took up a job with the Steel Control Board. Bhanu Bandyopadhyay has acted in over 300 movies with 'Bhanu Goenda Johar Assistant' , 'Bhrantibilash' , 'Pasher Badi' and 'Share chuattor' , just to name a few. He was also prominent on the Jatra scene and started his career there with Sushil Natto Company. He also had his own group called Mukto Mancha. He will always be remembered for his unparalled sense of humor and 'Bangal accent'. He died on 4 March 1983.