Wednesday, 2 November 2011

Anjali Devi




Anjali Devi
Born24 August 1927
Peddapuram, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India
OccupationActress
SpouseP. Adinarayana Rao
Anjali Devi (Telugu: అంజలీదేవి) About this sound pronunciation (help·info)(born 24 August 1927) is a veteran Telugu actress and producer. She is well known for her mythological role asSita in Lava Kusha and roles in movies like Suvarna Sundari and Anarkali.

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[edit]Biography

She hails from Peddapuram, East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh state, India, and later settled inChennai. She was a theater artist before entering into movies. Her film debut was as Lohitasya in Raja Harishchandra in 1936. Her first movie as heroine was Kashtajeevi by L. V. Prasad 1n 1940 but that movie was abonded after three reels shooting.Later C.Pullayya found her given opportunity hevenly beauty Mohini in Gollabhama.Her expepressions and looks she became star in over night in 1947 after that she never look back. She eventually acted in more than 350 Telugu films[citation needed] and also in a few Tamil and Kannada films as the heroine.
She married P. Adinarayana Rao, a music director, in 1940 that couple was blessed with two sons chinna rao(1943) and kumar(1945) . Together they produced many Telugu films under the banner ofAnjali Pictures. She acted in Lava Kusha, a milestone film and the first color film in the Telugu film industry in 1963. She acted in various roles like damsel, angel, dancer, demon, goddess, traditional woman and later in mother characters. Her granddaughter Saila Rao is also an actress.

[edit]Career

[edit]As actress

In 1936 she appeared in a minor role in Raja Harishchandra and then played the lead role in L. V. Prasad's Kashtajeevi. She is well known for playing Sita in Lava Kusha and her performances in films like Suvarna Sundari and Anarkali were also appreciated. She has acted in more than 350 films, which includes Telugu, Tamil and Kannada language films. Brundavanam (1992), Anna Vadina (1993) andPolice Alludu (1994) were the last few films of her career. In Balaiah's Police Alludu and Anna Vadinashe appeared alongside Brahmanandam.

[edit]As producer

In 1955 she produced the film Anarkali, in which she herself played the lead role of Anarkali, withAkkineni Nageswara Rao as Salim. Then she produced V. Madhusudan Rao's Bhakta Tukaram andChandipriya. Bollywood and Tollywood actress Jayapradha played the lead role in her film Chandipriyaalongside Shobhan Babu and Chiranjeevi.

[edit]Awards

[edit]Filmography

YearFilmLanguageCharacterRemarks
1948BalarajuTelugu
1949Keelu GurramTeluguMohini
1950Palleturi PillaTeluguSantha
Swapna SundariTeluguSwapna Sundari
1951NirdoshiTeluguNirmala
NiraparadhiTamil
SarvadhikariTamil
1953Pakkinti AmmayiTeluguLeela Devi
1954RechukkaTeluguNana
SanghamTelugu
1955AnarkaliTeluguAnarkali
1956DevtaHindi
1957Panduranga MahatyamTeluguRama
Suvarna SundariTelugu
1958Chenchu LakshmiTelugu
1959JayabheriTeluguManjulavani
1960Bhatti VikramarkaTelugu
1962BhishmaTeluguAmba
1963Lava KushaTeluguSita
1966Chilaka GorinkaTelugu
Palnati YudhamTelugu
Rangula RatnamTelugu
1967Bhakta PrahladaTeluguLeelavati
RahasyamTelugu
1971Kalyana MandapamTelugu
1972Badi PanthuluTelugu
Bala BharatamTelugu
Tata ManavaduTelugu
1973Bhakta TukaramTeluguAvali Bai
Jeevana TarangaluTelugu
1975SoggaduTelugu
1976Mahakavi KshetrayyaTelugu
1977Shri Ram VanvasHindi
1980Ram Robert RahimTelugu
1986Sri Shirdi Saibaba MahathyamTelugu
1987SrutilayaluTelugu
1993BrundavanamTelugu
  • Gollabhama
  • Kashtajivi
  • Chandipriya
  • Bhale Krishnudu
  • Sati Sakkubai
  • Mayalamaari

[edit]Tamil movies

  • Annai Oru Alayam
  • Adutha Veetu Penn
  • Manalanae Mangayin Baghyam
  • Sarvadhikari (with MGR)
  • Kanavane Kankanda Theivam (with Gemini Ganesan)
  • Penn (with Vyjayanthimala)
  • Mangayarkarasi (with P. U. Chinnappa)
  • Marmayogi (with MGR as hero)
  • Eezai Uzavan
  • Adiththan Kanavu (producer: T. R. Sundaram)
  • Sorgavasal (as K.R. Ramasamy's sister "Thilagavathy")

[edit]As producer

  • Paradesi
  • Suvarna Sundari
  • Swarnamanjari
  • Chandi Priya
  • Sati Sakkubai
  • Shirdi Sai Sathya Sai Divya Katha (television series)

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