Bhatkal, Bombay Presidency, British India (now in Karnataka, India)
Died
29 January 2003(2003-01-29) (aged 72–73)[2][3]
Chennai, India
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1943–2001
Relatives
Mynavathi (sister)
Pandari Bai (1930 – 29 January 2003)[2][3] was an Indian actress who worked in South Indian cinema, mostly in Kannada cinema during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. She is considered Kannada cinema's first successful heroine.[4] She has acted as both heroine and mother to stalwarts such as Rajkumar, M. G. Ramachandran, Sivaji Ganesan. She was the heroine in Rajkumar's debut movie Bedara Kannappa and also Sivaji's debut movie Parasakthi.[5][3][6] She has acted in over 1,000 films in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.[7] Bai was honoured by Kalaimamani from the Tamil Nadu government.[8]
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^Ashish Rajadhyaksha; Paul Willemen (10 July 2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-135-94325-7.
^"Remembering Pandari Bai". Screen. 21 February 2003.
^"Pandari Bai dead". The Hindu. 30 January 2003. Archived from the original on 19 February 2003.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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PandariBai (1930 – 29 January 2003) was an Indian actress who worked in South Indian cinema, mostly in Kannada cinema during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s...
PandariBai (1930 – 29 January 2003) was an Indian actress who worked in South Indian cinema, mostly in Kannada cinema during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s...
actress PandariBai. She became popular after her role in the 1959 Kannada film Abba Aa Hudugi, which co-starred Rajkumar and her sister PandariBai and was...
Iyer. The film stars Rajkumar playing the title character along with PandariBai, Kushala Kumari, G. V. Iyer, Sandhya and Narasimharaju in other prominent...
Balakrishnan. It stars Rajinikanth, Vijayakumar and Srividya, with Y. Vijaya, PandariBai, S. V. Sahasranamam, Suruli Rajan and Manorama in supporting roles. It...
stars Kamal Haasan and Urvashi while Jayamalini, Thengai Srinivasan and PandariBai play supporting roles. It was released on 31 May 1985. Kumar is a lawyer...
stars Vijayan and Sripriya, with Anand, Anumanthu, Vijay Babu, Manorama, PandariBai, Rohini and Roopa in supporting roles. Based on the novel Aayul Thandanai...
Muthu M. R. R. Vasu as Seetha's pimp S. V. Sahasranamam as Uma's father PandariBai as Muthu's mother Thengai Srinivasan V. K. Ramasamy K. R. Indira Devi...
starred Dr. Rajkumar in the lead role along with Aarathi, K. S. Ashwath, PandariBai and Lokanath. The movie saw a theatrical run of 25 weeks. The core plot...
Nageswara Rao, Savitri, PandariBai M. V. Raman Telugu Remake of Tamil Film 'Chella Pillai' Chella Pillai K. R. Ramasamy, Savitri, PandariBai M. V. Raman R. Sudarsanam...
film, directed by H. L. N. Simha and produced by PandariBai. The film stars Rajkumar, PandariBai, Rajashankar and Rajasree. The film had musical score...
and Raakhee as the lead pair and the supporting cast included Veena, PandariBai and Karan Dawan. The music was composed by R. D. Burman. This was remake...
playing major roles, with L. Vijayalakshmi, Rathna, V. K. Ramasamy and PandariBai playing pivotal roles. The film was released on 5 August 1966, and was...
was paired with Jayasudha and Roja Ramani. Prabhakar Reddy, Sarathi, PandariBai, Kanta Rao, Ramaprabha and C. S. Rao play supporting roles. This was...
Veerappan. The film stars Ramachandran and Jayalalithaa, with Ashokan, PandariBai, Rajasree, Manohar, Chandrababu and Cho in supporting roles. It revolves...
engineer Rajan (Sivaji Ganesan). The suspects are Rajan's wife Usha (PandariBai), the neighbour Chinnaiya Pillai (P. D. Sambandam), Rajan's brother Pattabi...
Ganesan, Vyjayanthimala and P. Bhanumathi, with T. S. Balaiah, Padmini, PandariBai, M. N. Nambiar, E. V. Saroja and Stunt Somu as the ensemble cast, and...
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