P. K. Saraswathi - Actress (Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi.)
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P. K. Saraswathi
About
Birth Thirupunithurai, Ernakulam , Kerala
Known Actress
Parents Kumaran Nair, Narayani
Introductions:
P. K. Saraswathi is a South Indian film actress and Bharatanatyam artiste.
Film career:
She hails from Thirupunithurai, a town near Ernakulam in the state of Kerala. Her maiden name is Paraveli. Her father, Kumaran Nair, served in the Kochi Samathanapattalam. She lost her father at an early age and was raised by her mother, Narayani Ammaiyar. When she was a child, she was involved in the Kochi Samathanapatta Congress procession, and the Samathanapatta government did not allow her to study at school. After that, Saraswathi and her sister Kamala studied Kathakali with the famous dance teacher Madhava Menon, who made the Hindi film Rajnarthaki world famous . She was seven years old at the time.
She rose to fame by dancing in the Nadi plays Pazhasi Raja or Veera Keralam and Sakunthalam. She has travelled to many states of India and danced. She studied and graduated from the famous 'Savan Art Centre' in Bombay. She entered the film industry with her dance in Udaya Shankar's Hindi film Kalpana and went on to dance and play supporting roles in many films such as Thirumazhisai Azhwar and Aayiram Thalaivangiya Apoorva Chinthamani. She played small roles in films such as Velaikkaari and Inpavalli. She progressed to playing the heroine in the film Rajambal . Her sister Kamala also played supporting roles in some films.
List of films acted in:
Kalpana (1948, Hindi)
Tamil:
Apoorva Chintamani, the One Who Bought a Thousand Heads (1947)
Mariamman (1948)
The Way to Survive (1948)
Bojan (1948)
Thirumazhisai Azhwar (1948) (source available)
Adithan's Dream (1948)
The Maid (1949)
Inpavalli (1949)
Vijayakumari (1950)
First Night (1950, Telugu)
Rajambal (1951)
Andaman Prisoner (1951)
Manavathi (1952)
The Groom (1952)
Amarakavi (1952)
The World (1953)
We (1953)
Inspector (1953)
Drop of Wish (1954)
Friend (1954)
The Good One (1955)
Three Women (1956)
Family:
Her husband is writer and actor V. N. Sambandam. Sambandam wrote the screenplay and dialogues for the film Mappillai , starring Saraswathi.
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