S. K. Padmadevi - Actress.( Kannada, Tamil )

 


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Saturday 16, Aug 2025, 19:15.

S. K. Padmadevi: Born - 1924, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Died 19 September 2019 (aged 95), Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Occupation Actress

Years active since 1934

Spouse Padmanabha Rao

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About:


S. K. Padmadevi (1924 – 19 September 2019) was an Indian actress in the Kannada and Tamil film industries.

Padmadevi started working in Kannada theatre in 1930 and remained active on stage till 1960. 

Later she was associated with All India Radio for two decades.

She participated in “Bhakta Sudhama” by Kalaivani. The song “Yadukulanandanane” she sang in “Bhakta Sudhama” became popular at that time.

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Personal life:

She was married to Padmanabha Rao, a theatre artist.

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Filmography:




Sati Sulochana (1934)



Bhakta Dhruva (1934)

Samsara Nauka (1936)

Gangavathar (1942)

VIDEO: Gangavathar 1942 Anandam Miga Anandam (with Lyrics) - N C Vasanthakokilam



NC VASNTHAKOKILAM 

N.C.Vasanthakokilam:

Imprints and Images of Indian Film Music's post·
Remembering N.C.Vasanthakokilam, the legendary Carnatic singer, Tamil film playback singer and actress, on her 64th death anniversary today.
N.C.Vasanthakokilam lived for just 32 years. Within that young age she reached to excellence in carnatic music and considered one among the female triumvirate of Carnatic Music at that time with M S Subbulakshmi and D K Pattammal. She enchanted the music lovers with her high octave silken voice which she could control with effortless ease. NCV brought the songs of Yogi Suddhananda Bharati to the music lovers. She sang quite a number of Tamil songs in her concerts . She was a regular in the the annual conerts of Tamil Isai Sangam and Indian Fine Arts Society. She also performed for the Tyagaraja Aradhana each year between 1942 and 1951. NCV ranked among the top performers of the classical singer of that time and many records were released containing her classical and semi-classical songs. The famous Carnatic music vocalist Tiger Varadachariar had bestowed upon her the title "Madhuragita Vani".
NCV was born as Kamakshi in Irinjalakkuda in Kerala, in the year 1919. Her family then shifted to Nagapattinam. Her father, Chadrashekhara Iyer send her under the tutelage of Nagapattinam 'Jalra' Gopala Iyer, an accompanist in Harikatha performances. In 1936, the family moved to Madras, where she started giving concerts.
NCV also sang for Tamil films, which became popular. She sang in films like Venuganan (1940), Gangavathar (1942), Haridas (1944), Valmiki (1946), Kundalakesi (1947) and Krishna Vijayam (1950).

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TV:

Malgudi Days (TV series) (1987)

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Award:

In 2016 she was awarded R. Nagendra Rao award instituted by the Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy.

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Reference::

Read more at:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/71202153.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

Veteran actor Padmadevi honoured

Updated - March 04, 2016 05:31 am IST - Bengaluru:

Muralidhara Khajane

S.K. Padmadevi, the only surviving actor from the first-ever Kannada talkie to be mounted for production, was on Thursday awarded the R. Nagendra Rao award instituted by the Karnataka Chalanchitra Academy. The award includes Rs. 50,000 cash and a citation.

Several other important personalities in the cinema field were honoured on the occasion. They include director Joe Simon, producer H.N. Muddukrishna, music composer Ratnam, lyricist B.A. Madhu, cinematographer B.S. Basavaraju, exhibitor Babji, technician Armugam, actor Jai Jagadish and film-maker Richerd Castelleno, who were bestowed with the B.R. Panthulu, D. Shankar Singh, G.V. Iyer, Hunsur Krishnamurthy, B.S. Ranga, B. Jayamma, M.P. Shankar, Tugudeepa Srinivas and K.N. Taylor awards, respectively.

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Cinemaazi:

A respected stage actor and popular comedian of Telugu cinema, Basavaraju Venkata Padmanabha Rao, better known as Padmanabham passed away on this day in 2010. Born in 1931, he got his break in cinema at the young age of 12 in Gudavalli Ramabrahmam's Mayalokam (1945). Shavukaru (1949) was his first big commercial success and he went on to feature in some of K V Reddy's major films. Other directors he worked with were Ghantasala Balaramayya and L V Prasad. At a certain point he was popular enough that roles were written keeping him in mind. In the sphere of theatre, he opened a theatre group with Vallam Narasimha Rao. He also turned director, and is credited with giving S P Balasubramanyam his break in his production Sri Sri Sri Maryada Ramanna (1967). His film Kathanayika Molla (1970), based on the life of the poet Molla fetched him the Nandi Award. Cinemaazi remembers him on his 10th death anniversary.

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