'''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
[[N. Lakshminarayan|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.

[[Actor]]