
M. V. Rajamma
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1921-03-10
Day of Death
1999-04-23 (78 years old)
M. V. Rajamma
Biography
M. V. Rajamma (10 March 1921 – 23 April 1999) was an Indian actress, producer and playback singer of Indian films mostly in Kannada, Tamil and Telugu languages from the 1930s through 1970s. She has the distinction of having acted as both heroine and mother to stalwart South Indian actors such as Rajkumar, Sivaji Ganesan, MGR and NTR.
Making her debut as a lead actress in the 1936 released Samsara Nauka Rajamma enjoyed an elaborate career in feature films across South India. She was the first and foremost woman producer in India and in Kannada films. She produced the film Radha Ramana in 1943 under her own home banner Vijaya Films. Her entry to the Tamil films was through the 1940 classic hit film Uthama Puthiran. She went on to star in about 60 Kannada, 80 Tamil, 20 Telugu and one Hindi films in her career spanning around four decades.
Known For
Acting
(1975)
Daari Thappida Maga
as Prakash & Prasad's mother
(1975)
Trimurthy
as Savithri
(1974)
Sampatthige Savaal
as Parvathi, Vishwa & Veerabhadra's mother
(1974)
Bangarada Panjara
as Nanjamma, Beera's foster mother
(1973)
(1972)
Jaga Mecchida Maga
as Aditya's mother
(1970)
Sri Krishnadevaraya
as Kamala, Mahamantri Timmarusu's wife
(1966)
(1966)
Emme Thammanna
as Kaveri, Narasimhaiah's wife
(1966)
Dudde Doddappa
as Sharada
(1965)
Vazhkai Padagu
as Seetha's Mother
(1964)
Karnan
as Kunti Devi
(1963)
(1962)
(1962)
Kittur Chennamma
as Rudrambe
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
Aadi Perruku
as Parvathi
(1961)
Paava Mannippu
as Maragatham
(1957)
(1952)
(1950)
Parijatham
as Rukmini