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Pandari Bai
Indian actress (1928-2003) · India · On the map · Actors · Died at 74
Pandari Bai was an Indian actress who worked in South Indian cinema, mostly in Kannada cinema during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. She is considered Kannada cinema's first successful heroine. She has acted as both heroine and mother to actors Rajkumar, M. G. Ramachandran and Sivaji Ganesan.
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Jai HindFilm, Maria Devi1992
MannanFilm, Parvathy Amma1984
Onde RakthaFilm1981
Ram LakshmanFilm, Meenakshi1980
GuruFilm1978SadhurangamFilm1976Muthana MuthallavoFilm, Periya Pillai's wife1974
Alluri Seetarama RajuFilm1972
Pandanti KapuramFilm, Chinnamma1968
Anbu VazhiFilm1966Belli ModaFilm, Lalithamma1960
Irumbu ThiraiFilm, Parvathi1956KuladeivamFilm1952
ParasakthiFilm, Vimala1928Born18 September 1928People around Pandari
Sivaji Ganesan Also in Parasakthi, Look Back! and Poongodhai
A. V. Meiyappan Produced Bahar, Bhabhi and Vadina
S. V. Ranga Rao Also in Poongodhai and Sampoorna Ramayanam
Dr. Rajkumar Also in Shivarathri Mahathme and Bedara Kannappa
Major Sundarrajan Also in Naan Potta Savaal and Deiva Magan
Muthuvel Karunanidhi Produced Kuravanji (1960)
Allu Rama Lingaiah Also in Ramuni Minchina Ramudu and O Seeta Katha
Singeetam Srinivasa Rao Directed Sommokadidhi Sokokadidhi (1978)- Gubbi Veeranna Produced Gunasagari and Bedara Kannappa
- K. V. Mahadevan Wrote Vasantha Maligai and Sampoorna Ramayanam
M. Prabhakar Reddy Also in Sommokadidhi Sokokadidhi (1978)
Kamal Haasan Also in Sommokadidhi Sokokadidhi (1978)
Vyjayanthimala Also in Bahar, Raja Bakthi and Irumbu Thirai
N. T. Rama Rao Also in Ramuni Minchina Ramudu and C.I.D.
Ilaiyaraaja Wrote Naan Potta Savaal (1980)
B. Saroja Devi Also in Irumbu Thirai and Enga Veettu Pillai
Manorama Also in Naan Potta Savaal and Enakkul Oruvan
Sripriya Also in Enakkul Oruvan (1984)
Rama Prabha Also in Sommokadidhi Sokokadidhi (1978)
Kanta Rao Also in Sommokadidhi Sokokadidhi (1978)
Mikkilineni Radhakrishna Murthy Also in Sampoorna Ramayanam and Bhale Ramudu- Tapi Chanakya Directed C.I.D. (1965)
Gummadi Venkateswara Rao Also in Sampoorna Ramayanam, Vadina and C.I.D.
Kaikala Satyanarayana Also in Sampoorna Ramayanam and Bhale Ramudu
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She was the heroine in Rajkumar's debut movie Bedara Kannappa and also Sivaji's debut movie Parasakthi. She has acted in over 1,000 films in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. Bai was honoured by Kalaimamani from the Tamil Nadu government.
