M. V. Rajamma

M. V. Rajamma

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M. V. Rajamma Profile

  • Name:
  • M. V. Rajamma
  • Born:
  • March 10, 1921
  • Died:
  • April 23, 1999
  • Spouse:
  • M. C. Veer

M. V. Rajamma Biography

M. V. Rajamma was a prominent artist associated with south Indian films, known for her presence in Kannada, Tamil and Telugu film industries. She was known as an actress as well as film maker. She was also a playback singer, who was active in the industry from 1930s to 1970s. Thus in a career spanning to four decades she acted in 60 Kannada, 80 Tamil, 20 Telugu films, apart from one Hindi film. Vijaya Films was her home production company and she has produced many movies in this banner since 1940s. Samsara Nauka in 1936 marked her acting debut. She passed away on 23 April 1999 aged 76.

 

Rajamma was born in 1923 in Agandanahalli, a rural village in Bangalore district. She studied till 8th grade. At that time she got attracted towards theatre and moved towards it. She later joined Chandrakala theatre group, where she acted in a few stage plays. She entered theater in the 1930s when acting was still a taboo to females, and males used to enact female roles on stage and movies. After doing a few plays like Samsara Nauke, Gauthama Buddha and Subhadra, to pursue a career in films, she moved to Chennai.

 

When one of her Kannada plays Samsara Nauke was made to a feature film with the same title by B. R. Panthulu, she was offered the title role which she accepted. The movie was released in 1936. Since then she acted for more than two decades before she got fully involved with film production. Uthama Puthiran released in 1940 marked her Tamil film debut in the lead role. She turned a film producer with the film, Radha Ramana in 1943 under her own home banner Vijaya Films. Bhakta Prahalada (1942), Rathnagiri Rahasya (1957), School Master (1958), Abba Aa Hudugi (1959) etc were her noted roles as a lead actress.

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Updated: March 27, 2016

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