Career
Her novel has been made into a successful film by Puttanna Kanagal. Born Venkatalakshmi, Anupama practiced as a physician in Dharwad and Bangalore. Anupama took to writing early in life and wrote several novels and stories dealing with social issues, particularly women"s issue.
Their daughters Tejaswini and Seemanthini are well known academicians.
Anupama died of cancer. An award has been instituted in her name for women writing in Kannada.
