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Pandari Bai

Sep 18, 1928 - Jan 29, 2003 (74 years old) in Pathal, Bhatkal, Mysore , British India

Pandari Bai (Kannada: ಪಂಡರೀ ಬಾಯಿ; 18 September 1928 – 29 January 2003) was a prominent actress of South Indian languages films mostly in Kannada language during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. She is considered Kannada cinema's first successful heroine. She has the distinction of having acted as both heroine and mother to stalwarts such as Rajkumar, MGR and Sivaji Ganesan. She was the heroine in Rajkumar's debut movie Bedara Kannappa and also Sivaji's debut movie Parasakthi. She has acted in over 1,000 films in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Hindi.

Known For

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Gauravam
Chellamma
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Dheiva Thaai
Sivagami
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Mannan
Parvathy Amma
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Avasara Police 100
Raju and Seetha's mother (in archival footage)
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Sharavegada Saradara
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Shehzada
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Vasantha Maligai
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Enga Veettu Pillai
Susheela
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Jai Hind
Maria Devi
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Sathya Harishchandra
Chandramathi

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