She has also acted with other Famous Actors such as Ramakrishna( Telugu), Kamala Haasan and Rajnikanth (Tamil). Some of her notable films are Sampathige Savaal, Durgi, Yeradu Kanasu, Besuge and Seetha Ramu. She has played a variety of roles and most of her films became successful. She starred in over one hundred films during her film career. Ramachandran, died here on Tuesday, following a brief illness. She has shared screen with south super stars like Rajkumar and Vishnuvardhan and also other prominent actors like Srinath and Shankar Nag and others, but most successful is with Srinath. Yesteryear actor Manjula Vijayakumar, 59, who paired with major heroes, including M.G. Her lead actress debut was in the 1972 film Yaara Saakshi, which was directed by veteran director M. She then entered the Kannada film industry in a small role through the film Mane Katti Nodu in 1966. Manjula started her acting career in 1965 with a drama troupe Prabhat Kalavidaru. The couple had a son, Abhishek, who married Sushma Srinivas, in 2009 and an adopted daughter, Abhinaya. She was married to film director Amritham who worked with her in films such as: Hudugaatada Hudugi, Kanasu Nanasu etc. She belonged to a prominent lingayat family, her father Shivanna was a police sub inspector. Shivanna and Deveramma on 5th April 1951 in Honnenahalli, a village in Tumkur District.