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Kumari Rukmini

Kumari Rukmini

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Kumari Rukmini (Birth: 19 April 1929 Death: 04 September 2007) is an Indian cine actress and dancer. She has acted in about 100 films in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi languages.

Childhood

She is the daughter of Nungambakkam Janaki, also an actress. She hails from Melattur in Thanjavur District.

During the shooting of Harichandra in Bombay (now Mumbai) the producers were looking for a young actor to feature as Lohidasan. Kumari Rukmini, as a child, was staying with her parents in the next room where T. P. Rajalakshmi who was the female lead in the film, was staying. The producers talked to the parents and made Kumari Rukmini to feature as Lohidasan in the film. Thus began her film career.

Film career

She featured in many films together with T. P. Rajalakshmi. Her first film as heroine was Sri Valli in which she acted as Valli paired with T. R. Mahalingam.

In 1946 she featured in Lavangi paired with the multi-talented Y. V. Rao. While the shooting of this film was going on both she and Rao fell in love with each other and later got married. Cine actress Lakshmi is their daughter.

Partial Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1935HarichandraLohidasanChild Artist
1937ChintamaniChild Artist
1937BalayoginiChild Artist
1938Desa MunnetramChild Artist
1941RishyasringarChild Artist
1945Sri ValliGoddess Valli
1946LavangiJagannatha Pandita Rayalu's wife
1947PankajavalliLord Krishna
1955Mullaivanam
1961Kappalotiya ThamizhanMeenatchiammalV. O. Chidambaram Pillai's wife
1963Mani Osai
1963Idhayathil Nee
1963KarnanRadha
1965Vennira AadaiShobha's mother
1965Idhayak Kamalam
1970Vilaiyaattu Pillai
1971Irulum Oliyum
1973Karaikkal AmmaiyarDharmavathiPunithavathi's mother
1976Rojavin Raja
2000Kandukondain KandukondainSivagnanam's mother

Producer

She has produced two films in Hindi, viz. Lavangi and Manjari.

Death

After ailing for some time, Kumari Rukmini died on 4 September 2007 at her daughter's residence in Chennai.

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