Tripuramba (1910–1979) was an Indian actress and singer who worked in

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

films. She is best remembered for her role Sulochana in the first Kannada talkie

Sati Sulochana ''Sati Sulochana'' () is a 1934 Indian Kannada-language film directed by Y. V. Rao. The film was released on 3 March 1934 and is the first talkie film in Kannada language.

, released in 1934, which made her the first heroine of

Kannada cinema Kannada cinema, also known as Sandalwood, or Chandanavana, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Kannada language widely spoken in the state of Karnataka. Kannada cinema is based in Gandhi Nagar ...

Career

Tripuramba played the role of Sulochana, the wife of Indrajith, in the first talkie film of Kannada cinema

Sati Sulochana ''Sati Sulochana'' () is a 1934 Indian Kannada-language film directed by Y. V. Rao. The film was released on 3 March 1934 and is the first talkie film in Kannada language.

opposite

Subbaiah Naidu Mysore Venkatappa Subbaiah Naidu (1896 – 21 July 1962) was an Indian theatre and film actor. He was well known for his work in films like ''Sati Sulochana'' (1934)the first Kannada talkie film, '' Bhookailas'' (1940) in Telugu, and '' Bhakta ...

. This movie made her the first heroine of Kannada. Her only other movie was

Purandaradasa Purandara Dasa (IAST: Purandara Dāsa; (1470 – 1564) was a composer, singer and a Haridasa philosopher from present-day Karnataka, India. He was a follower of Madhvacharya's Dvaita philosophy. He was one of the chief founding proponents ...

in 1937. She died in 1979.

Filmography

Apart from numerous stage plays, Tripuramba acted in two films.

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{{Authority control 1910 births 20th-century Indian actresses Actresses in Kannada cinema People from Karnataka 1979 deaths