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Kumari Rukmini

Kumari Rukmini (Birth: 19 April 1929 Death: 04 September 2007) is an Indian cine actress and dancer. She has acted in about 100 films in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi languages. She is the daughter of Nungambakkam Janaki, also an actress. She hails from Melattur in Thanjavur District. During the shooting of Harichandra in Bombay (now Mumbai) the producers were looking for a young actor to feature as Lohidasan. Kumari Rukmini, as a child, was staying with her parents in the next room where T. P. Rajalakshmi who was the female lead in the film, was staying. The producers talked to the parents and made Kumari Rukmini to feature as Lohidasan in the film. Thus began her film career. She featured in many films together with T. P. Rajalakshmi. Her first film as heroine was Sri Valli in which she acted as Valli paired with T. R. Mahalingam. In 1946 she featured in Lavangi paired with the multi-talented Y. V. Rao. While the shooting of this film was going on both she and Rao fell in love with each other and later got married. Cine actress Lakshmi is their daughter.


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Born:
Apr 19, 1929
Movie/TV Credits:
8
First Appeared:
In the movie Sri Valli 1945-04-13
Latest Project:
Movie Avalukkendru Oru Manam 1971-06-18
Known For
Poster of Maayani Mamata
Poster of Vilaiyaattu Pillai
Poster of Vennira Adai
Poster of Sri Valli
Filmography
Movie Avalukkendru Oru Manam 1971-06-18
Movie Vilaiyaattu Pillai Maragatham's mother 1970-02-19
Movie Maayani Mamata Ammayamma 1970-08-13
Movie Vennira Adai 1965-04-09
Movie Navarathiri Visalakshi 1964-11-03
Movie Karnan Adhirathan's wife, Radhai 1964-01-14
Movie Kappalottiya Thamizhan V. O. C.'s Wife, Meenakshi Ammal 1961-01-31
Movie Sri Valli Valli 1945-04-13