T. R. Rajakumari

Born: 1922-05-05

Thanjavur Ranganayaki Rajayee popularly known by her screen name T. R. Rajakumari, was an Indian film actress, Carnatic singer and dancer. She has been called the first "dream girl" of Tamil cinema Rajayee was born in 1922 in a family of carnatic musicians. Both her mother and her grandmother wanted Rajayee to become a singer and trained her in Carnatic music. Rajayee made her film debut as "T. R. Rajakumari" in the 1939 Tamil film Kumara Kulothungan which was an average grosser. Her second film Kacha Devayani (1941) was a hit and helped launch her career in movies. Rajakumari died on September 20, 1999 after a prolonged illness


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Chandralekha

as Chandralekha
Released: 1948-04-09

Brothers Veer and Shashank fall in love with Chandralekha. Shashank kidnaps her and forces her...

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Thangamalai Ragasiyam

as uncredited
Released: 1957-06-29

Sivaji Ganesan plays the role of a prince who is separated from his parents by his father's foe...

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Vanambadi

as Parvathi (Thanikachalam wife)
Released: 1963-03-09

Thanigachalam manages to save Meena from committing suicide. Meena reminds him of his late...

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Amarakavi

as uncredited
Released: 1952-02-09

Amarakavi (English: Immortal Poet) is a 1952 Indian Tamil language film produced and directed by...

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Sivakavi

as Vanji
Released: 1943-04-10

Sivakavi was a 1943 Indian Tamil-language film directed, initially, by P. K. Raja Sandow and...

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Valmiki

as uncredited
Released: 1946-04-13

Based on the story of the Hindu sage Valmiki who starts as a bandit and eventually undergoes...

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