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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

22

Gender

Female

Birthday

1921-03-10

Day of Death

1999-04-23 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

-

Also Known As

ಎಂ. ವಿ. ರಾಜಮ್ಮ

M. V. Rajamma

Biography

M. V. Rajamma (10 March 1921 – 23 April 1999) was an Indian actress, producer and playback singer of Indian films mostly in Kannada, Tamil and Telugu languages from the 1930s through 1970s. She has the distinction of having acted as both heroine and mother to stalwart South Indian actors such as Rajkumar, Sivaji Ganesan, MGR and NTR. Making her debut as a lead actress in the 1936 released Samsara Nauka Rajamma enjoyed an elaborate career in feature films across South India. She was the first and foremost woman producer in India and in Kannada films. She produced the film Radha Ramana in 1943 under her own home banner Vijaya Films. Her entry to the Tamil films was through the 1940 classic hit film Uthama Puthiran. She went on to star in about 60 Kannada, 80 Tamil, 20 Telugu and one Hindi films in her career spanning around four decades.

Known For

Acting

Kittur Chennamma

1962

Kittur Chennamma

as

Rudrambe

Kodimalar

1966

Kodimalar

as

Vazhkai Padagu

1965

Vazhkai Padagu

as

Seetha's Mother

Parijatham

1950

Parijatham

as

Rukmini

Karnan

1964

Karnan

as

Kunti Devi

Saradha

1962

Saradha

as

Aadi Perruku

1962

Aadi Perruku

as

Parvathi

Paava Mannippu

1961

Paava Mannippu

as

Maragatham

Sri Krishnadevaraya

1970

Sri Krishnadevaraya

as

Kamala, Mahamantri Timmarusu's wife

Dudde Doddappa

1966

Dudde Doddappa

as

Sharada

Emme Thammanna

1966

Emme Thammanna

as

Kaveri, Narasimhaiah's wife

Jaga Mecchida Maga

1972

Jaga Mecchida Maga

as

Aditya's mother

Bangarada Panjara

1974

Bangarada Panjara

as

Nanjamma, Beera's foster mother

Sampatthige Savaal

1974

Sampatthige Savaal

as

Parvathi, Vishwa & Veerabhadra's mother

Daari Thappida Maga

1975

Daari Thappida Maga

as

Prakash & Prasad's mother

Trimurthy

1975

Trimurthy

as

Savithri

Production

Crew

Directing