Pasupuleti Kannamba

Pasupuleti Kannamba (Pasupulēţi Kannāṃba) (5 October 1911 – 7 May 1964) was an Indian actress, playback singer and film producer of Telugu cinema, Andhra Pradesh, 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 Kadapa. She started acting in dramas at the age of 13. She performed many characters such as Sati Savitri, Anasuya, Chandramati.

Her film career began with the Chandramati character in Harischandra (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 Kannagi in Tamil and in Palnati Yudham as Nayakuralu Nagamma opposite Govindarajula Subba Rao. She acted in Ashok Kumar (1941) as Queen opposite another great actor, Chittor V. Nagaiah. She acted together P. U. Chinnappa in many movies, such as Kannagi, Mahamaya, Harischandra and Tulasi Jalandhar.

She married Kadaru Nagabhushanam 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 Navajeevanam (1949) was awarded as the best film by Combined Madras state.

She died at the age of 51 on 7 May 1964 at a nursing home in Chennai.

Filmography

Actress

This is the complete list of her films compiled by H. Ramesh Babu.

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