'''Lakshmirajyam (1922-87)'''


Telugu actress and producer born near
Vijaywada, AP, into a family of stage
performers. Joined the Ramatilakam-Pulipati
stage company in Vijaywada. Studied music,
including the folk Harikatha style, from
composer Saluri Rajeswara Rao. First break
in Calcutta in C. Pullaiah’s Shri Krishna
Tulabharam. Acted in mythologicals, e.g.
Radha in Shri Krishna Leelalu, Maya
Bazaar, etc. After Illalu, was associated
prominently in melodramas by
Ramabrahmam in e.g. Apavadu and
Panthulamma, L.V. Prasad and K.V. Reddy.
Turned producer with Rajyam Prod. (1952) and
made films like Daasi, Nartanasala,
Shakuntala and Rangeli Raja.


'''FILMOGRAPHY:''' 1935: Shri Krishna
Tulabharam; Shri Krishna Leelalu; 1936:
Maya Bazaar; 1939: Amma; 1940: Illalu;
1941: Apavadu; 1943: Panthulamma; 1946:
Mangalsutram; Narada Naradi; 1948: Drohi;
1949: Gunsundari Katha; 1950:
Paramanandayya Sishyulu Katha;
Samsaram; 1951: Agni Pareeksha;
Akasharaju; Mayalamari; Mayapilla; 1952:
Daasi; Prajaseva; 1954: Raju Peda; 1956:
Harishchandra; 1958: Ettuku Pai Ettu; 1960:
Vimala; 1963: Nartanasala; Iruvar Ullam;
1966: Shakuntala; 1968: Govula Gopanna;
1971: Rangeli Raja.

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