Kumari Rukmini

Kumari Rukmini

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Kumari Rukmini Profile

  • Name:
  • Kumari Rukmini
  • Born:
  • April 19, 1929
  • Died:
  • September 4, 2007
  • Mother:
  • Nungambakam Janaki
  • Spouse:
  • Y. V. Rao

Kumari Rukmini Biography

Kumari Rukmini was a film actress of yesterdays. She predominantly worked in south Indian language films, apart from a few Hindi films. She has appeared in around 100 films in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi languages, since 1935. She was last seen as a character artist in year 2000 Tamil movie, Kandukondain Kandukondain, playing Sivagnanam's mother, the character played by Manivannan. Kandukondain Kandukondain marked her screen comeback after a hiatus of two decades, though for the last time. She started her career as a child artist, later played lead roles in the 1940s and 1950s, before moving to character roles. She was married to her co-star Yaragudipati Varada Rao, and famous south Indian actress Lakshmi is her daughter. Her granddaughter Aishwarya is also a film actress.

 

Kumari Rukmini was born on 19 April 1929 in Melattur in Thanjavur District. Her mother Nungambakkam Janaki, was also an actress. Lohidasan in 1935 marked her screen debut as a child artist in films. She was recommended by actress T. P. Rajalakshmi who played lead role in the film. After that she played child artist roles in several movies of 1930s, in an era of silent movies and early talkies. As a child artist she worked till 1941, Rishyasringar being one of the last releases.

 

In 1945 she marked a new beginning as an adult actress, and also first the first lead role of her career. She played lead role in hit movie - Sri Valli, produced by AVM Productions. She was paired with T. R. Mahalingam, and since then she played lead roles for many movies in the 1940s and 1950s, and then played character roles. Sri Valli was a Hindu mythological film based on folk tale and adaptation of various films. It told the romance of Lord Subrahmaniya with tribal girl, Valli, and Rukmini played the titular role.

Published: January 04, 2020

Updated: February 02, 2020

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