Pasupuleti Kannamba (''Pasupulēţi Kannāṃba'') (5 October 1911 – 7 May 1968) was an Indian actress, playback singer and film producer of

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cinema, of

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, India. She acted in more than 170 films and produced about 25 films in Telugu and Tamil languages during the 1930s to the 1960s.

Career

Kannamba was born in

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. She started acting in dramas at the age of 13. She performed many characters such as Sati Savitri,

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and Chandramati. Her film career began with the Chandramati character in ''

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'' (1935) of Star Combines. She acted in about 150 films and won accolades for her roles in ''Draupadi Vastrapaharanam'', ''Kanakataara'', ''Saranagadhara'', ''Gruhalakshmi'' and ''Chandika''. She acted in the title role of ''

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'' in Tamil and in ''

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'' as

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, opposite

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. She acted in ''

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'' (1941) as Queen, opposite another great actor, V. Nagayya. She acted together with P. U. Chinnappa in many movies, such as ''Kannagi'', ''Mahamaya'', ''Harischandra'' and ''Tulasi Jalandhar''. She married

Kadaru Nagabhushanam Kadaru Nagabhushanam or K. B. Nagabhushanam (1902 – 18 October 1976) was an Indian film director and producer in the 1940s to 1960s, working in Telugu and Tamil cinema. He was the husband of P. Kannamba. They established Rajarajeshwari F ...

in 1941. They established "Raja Rajeswari Films" and produced about 30 films, including ''Sumati'', ''Padhuka Pattabhishekam'', ''Saudamani'', ''Peda Raitu'', ''Lakshmi'', ''Sri Krishna Tulabharam'', ''Sati Sakkubhai'' and ''Sati Anasuya''. Their movie ''Navajeevanam'' (1949) was awarded as the best film by Combined Madras state. She died on 7 May 1964.

Filmography

Actress

This is the complete list of her films compiled by H. Ramesh Babu.Dhruvatara Kannamba (telugu), Compilation by H. Ramesh Babu, Chinni Publications, Nagar Kurnool, 2008

Playback singer

These are some of the Telugu songs voiced by her for the films.

Producer

She has produced about 25–30 films along with her husband

under the banners of Sri Rajarajeswari films, Rajasri pictures and Sri Varalakshmi films.

References

External links

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