Pandari Bai
Birthday: 1928-09-18 | Place of Birth: Pathal, Bhatkal, Mysore , British IndiaPandari 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
Acting
Role
as Raju and Seetha's mother (in archival footage)
as Shantamma
as Sheela's mother
as Shyam's mother
as Sarada
as Annapoorna
as Jaggu's Mother
as Pandharibai
as Guest Appearance
as Janaki, Beera's Biological mother
as Chellamma
as Shabari
as Shekhar's mother
as Annapoorani
as Meenakshi
as Shakuntala's Mother
as Ponni
