'''Pasupuleti Kannamba  (1912-64)'''


Telugu and Tamil actress and singer. Started on
the stage at the Rajarajeshwari Natya Mandali
and was largely responsible for the group’s
initial popularity along with her mentor (and
later husband), stage and film director 
[[Kadaru Nagabhushanam]]. Film début in the screen
version of their play Harishchandra, initially
filmed by Prafulla Ghosh and remade by
Nagabhushanam himself in 1943. Continued in
film versions of their plays with acclaimed
music scores: [[H.V. Babu]]’s [[Draupadi
Vastrapaharanam]] and Kanakatara. Played
the destitute wife in [[H.M. Reddy]]’s
[[Grihalakshmi]], incarnating its rational
reformism with her passionate denunciation of
God and religious notions of truth. Later
associated with emphatic acting in e.g.
[[Talliprema]] and Mayalokam, also playing
[[Sivaji Ganesan]]’s mother in [[Manohara]] and
[[MGR]]’s mother in Thaikupinn Tharam. Best
known for the title role in [[Kannagi]]. Some of
her still popular music has been reissued by the
musicologist V.A.K. Ranga Rao.

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FILMOGRAPHY:''' 1935: Harishchandra;
1936: Draupadi Vastrapaharanam; 1937:
Kanakatara; 1938: Grihalakshmi; 1940:
Chandika; Bhoja Kalidasa; Krishnan
Thoothu; 1941: Ashok Kumar; Talliprema;
1942: Kannagi; Sumati; 1943:
Harishchandra; 1944: Mahamaya; 1945:
Mayalokam; Maya Machhindra; Paduka
Pattabhishekham; 1947: Daiva Neethi; Tulasi
Jalandhar; Palnati Yuddham; Nam Iruvar;
1949: Mangayar Karasi; Navajeevanam;
1950: Laila Majnu; 1952: Pedaraitu; Moonru
Pillaigal/Mugguru Kodukulu; 1954:
Manohara; Sati Sakkubai; 1955: Anarkali;
Vadina; 1956: Naga Panchami; Thaikku Pinn
Tharam; 1957: Makkalai Petra Maharasi;
Kutumba Gauravam; 1958: Aadapettanam;
Avan Amaran; 1959: Pelli Meeda Pelli;
Uzhavukkum Thozhilukkum Vandhanai
Seivom; Vazha Vaitha Daivam; Raja Sevai;
Raja Mukutam; 1960: Dharmane Jayam;
Jalsarayudu; Abhimanam; 1961: Usha
Parinayam; Intiki Deepam Illale; Pelli Pilupu;
Krishna Kuchela; Jagadeka Veeruni Katha/
Jagathala Prathapan; 1962: Pelli
Thambulam; Dakshayagnam;
Swarnamanjari; Nuvva Nena;
Atmabandhuvu; 1963: Paruvu Pratishthalu;
Apta Mithrulu; 1964: Bangaru Timmaraju;
Ramadasu; 1965: Keelu Bommalu.

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