# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/raavu-balasaraswathi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:50:39.484Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/raavu-balasaraswathi"
name: "Raavu Balasaraswathi"
slug: "raavu-balasaraswathi"
description: "Raavu Balasaraswathi Devi was an Indian singer and actress who performed from 1930 to the 1960s in Telugu and Tamil cinema. She was the first light music singer on All India Radio and the first playback singer in the Telugu cinema."
tagline: "Indian actress"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Raavu_Balasaraswathi.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1929-08-29"
deathDate: "2025-10-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.56
  momentum:             5.93508222678038
  historical:           7.552593333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0704692/"
    handle:    "nm0704692"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "راڤو بالاساراسواثى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "আর বালাসরস্বতী দেবী"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "R. Balasaraswathi Devi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ਆਰ. ਬਾਲਾਸਰਸਵਤੀ ਦੇਵੀ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ᱨᱟᱵᱩ ᱵᱟᱞᱚᱥᱟᱨᱟᱥᱣᱟᱛᱤ ᱫᱮᱵᱤ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ஆர். பாலசரசுவதி"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "రావు బాలసరస్వతీ దేవి"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "راوو بالاسرسوتی دیوی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7278444"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5743678"
    title: "Raavu Balasaraswathi Devi"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump