Padmini (actress)
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Padmini Ramachandran | |
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Trivandrum, Travancore, (now India) | |
Died | 24 September 2006 | (aged 74)
Other names | Natiya Peroli, Pappima, Thiruvancore Sisters |
Years active | 1947-1994, 2002 |
Spouse |
Ramachandran
(m. 1961; died 1981) |
Children | Premanand (b.1963) |
Parent | Thangappan Pillai Saraswathi Amma |
Relatives | Shobana (niece) Ambika Sukumaran Vineeth (nephew) Sukumari (cousin) |
Family | Lalitha (sister) Ragini (sister) Chandra Kumar (brother) |
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Padmini Ramachandran (12 June 1932 – 24 September 2006)[1][2][3] was an Indian actress and trained Bharatanatyam dancer, who acted in over 250 Indian films.[1] She acted in Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu and Russian language films. Padmini, with her elder sister Lalitha and her younger sister Ragini, were called the "Travancore sisters".[4]
Early life
Padmini was born and raised in
Career
At the age of 16, Padmini was cast as the dancer in the Hindi film
In two of her Bollywood films— Mera Naam Joker (1970), also Rishi Kapoor's debut film and Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai (1960), she was paired with Raj Kapoor. She did another film with Raj Kapoor – Aashiq (1962). Her other Bollywood films include Amardeep (1958), Payal (1957), Afsana (1966), Vaasna (1968), Chanda Aur Bijli (1969) and Babubhai Mistry's Mahabharat (1965).[1] Her most famous was Thillana Mohanambal- a Tamil film where she plays a dancer competing against a musician to see, whose skills are better.[4] She also acted in a 1957 Indian-Soviet film Journey Beyond Three Seas (Hindi version: Pardesi) based on the travelogues of Russian traveler Afanasy Nikitin, called A Journey Beyond the Three Seas.
Personal life
In 1961, Padmini married Ramachandran, a US - based physician.
Awards
- Won
- 1954 – Film Fans Association Award for Best Actress[9]
- 1957 – The "Best Classical Dancer Award" from Moscow Youth Festival
- 1958 – Kalaimamani Award from the Government of Madras State
- 1959 – Film Fans Association Award for Best Actress
- 1960 – Certificate of Merit for Veerapandiya Kattabomman at the Afro-Asian Film Festival[10]
- 1961 – Film Fans Association Award for Best Actress
- 1966 – Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for Kaajal
- 1966 – Film Fans Association Award for Best Actress
- 1970 – Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress for Thillaanaa Mohanambal
- 1990 – Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South
- 2000 – Tamil Nadu State Film Honorary Award – Kalaivanar Award
- Nominated
Filmography
Endorsements
- Lux
- Filmfare Magazines
- Star & Style
- Remy Talcum Powder
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Front Page : Queen of Tamil cinema no more". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 26 September 2006. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
- ^ Padmini Ramachandran – Indian Actress and Dancer – Obituary
- ^ "Actress Padmini dead". Archived from the original on 6 July 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "Friday Review Chennai : Beauty, charm, charisma". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 29 September 2006. Archived from the original on 28 February 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Entertainment / Interview : The tillana glitter is intact". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 24 September 2004. Archived from the original on 30 November 2004. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
- ^ "Beauty, charm, charisma". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 29 September 2006. Archived from the original on 28 February 2008.
- ^ Padmini to relocate
- ^ a b Randor Guy (26 March 2011). "Vanjikottai Vaaliban 1958". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
- ^ Sulochana Pattabhiraman (4 February 2001). "A role model". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Miscellaneous / This Day That Age: dated March 17, 2010: Afro-Asian film festival". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 17 March 2010. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
External links
- Padmini at IMDb
- Actress Padmini speaks about her Film career on YouTube