'''Kalpana (?-1979)'''


60s Kannada star who formed the top screen
duo with Rajkumar in Kannada film history.
Born in Mangalore. Trained in classical dance
by Shri Vittal Shetty; stage actress while at
university in Mangalore with the Bellari
Lalithamma Nataka Mandali. Started under
Panthulu’s direction (Saaku Magalu,
Chinnada Gombe) but Puttanna Kanagal
moulded her career after her breakthrough in
his Bellimoda. In several key roles she
embodied the ‘ woman’ as imaged in the
Kannada author Triveni’s romantic fictions. Her
tragic roles (Gejje Pooje, Sharapanjara, in
Lakshminarayan/Chaduranga socials) helped
define a cinema derived from popular literature
(cf. Navya Movement) and pulp fiction. Also
acted in mythologicals by Hunsur
Krishnamurthy where her distinctive tragic
style, (e.g. Shri Kannika Parameshwari Kathe)
departs from the norms set by her predecessor,
Leelavathi. Committed suicide in a lonely
traveller’s bungalow in Gotur, Karnataka.


'''FILMOGRAPHY:''' 1963: Saaku Magalu; 1964:
Chinnada Gombe; Nandi; 1965: Kavaleradu
Kulavondu; 1966: Mantralaya Mahatme; Shri
Kannika Parameshwari Kathe; Sadhu
Mirandal; Madras To Pondicherry; Mayor
Nair; 1967: Pattathu Rani; Padavidhara;
Bellimoda; Bangarada Hoovu;
Dhanapishachi; Immadi Pulakesi; Premakku
Permitte; 1968: Gandhinagara; Mahasati
Arundhati; Sarvamangala; Hannele
Chiguridaga; Anandakanda; Anna
Thamma; Hoovu Mullu; Manninamaga; 1969:
Odahuttidavaru; Kappu Bilapu; Uyyale;
Mathru Bhoomi; Kaanike; Mukunda Chandra;
Brindavana; 1970: Gejje Pooje; Arishina
Kumkuma; Anirikshita; Pratikara; Karulina
Kare; Lakshmi Saraswathi; Vagdhana; Namma
Mane; Seeta; Devara Makkalu; Mukti; 1971:
Ondekula Ondedaiva; Sharapanjara; Bhale
Adrushtavo Adrushta; Sothu Geddavalu;
Kulagaurava; 1972: Nari Munidare Mari;
Subhadra Kalyanam; Uttara Dakshina;
Yavajanmada Maitri; Na Mechida Huduga;
Jeevana Jokaali; Goodu Putani; Menakodalu;
Mareyada Deepavali; 1973: Bidugade; Triveni;
Gandhadagudi; Kesarina Kamala; Andala
Ramudu; 1974: Tulasi; Eradu Kanasu; Idu
Namma Desha; 1975: Dari Tappida Maga;
Beluvalada Madilalli; Nireekshe; Asthi Kosam;
Kotalo Paga; Maya Machhindra (Tel); Ramuni
Minchina Ramudu; 1976: Bayalu Dari;
Vijayavani; Rajanarthakiya Rahasya; 1978:
Sandarbha; Vamsa Jyothi; Maleya Makkalu.

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