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Pandari Bai

Pandari Bai

Birthday: 1928-09-18 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1990
Avasara Police 100

as    Raju and Seetha's mother (in archival footage)

1982
1982
Chalisuva Modagalu

as    Sheela's mother

1981
Yeh Rishta Na Tootay

as    Shyam's mother

1980
Superman

as    Sarada

1978
Vasantha Lakshmi

as    Annapoorna

1978
Ival Oru Seethai

as    Meenakshi

1975
Thota Ramudu

as    Pandharibai

1974
Eradu Kanasu

as    Guest Appearance

1974
Bangarada Panjara

as    Janaki, Beera's Biological mother

1973
Gauravam

as    Chellamma

1972
Rivaaj

as    Shekhar's mother