A fine actress and danseuse, Raja Sulochana who glowed in 1950s and 1960s laid to rest on 5th march 2013 (aged 77) She was a well known actress/dancer of her time in south India who was star in Tamil and Telugu films, apart from that she had also acted in few Malayalam, kannada and hindi … Continue reading
Chanda aur Bijli/ Anathai ananthan
Anathai Ananthan was a 1970 tamil film which was the remake of Hindi film Chanda aur Bijli (1969). Here Padmini was replaced by Jayalalitha. Jayalalitha failed to bring that grace and sex appeal which Padmini had, in chanda aur bijli. Song Bijli hoon main to bijli Its Tamil version: Aaj koi aayega: Its tamil version:
Raj Kapoor ki neeli aanken………aankhe Padmini ki
A nice song from Maa aur Mamta 1970 which features the name of most of the stars of bollywood in its lyrics including my Padmini
Adyapika (1968)
After the 1961 malayalam films Umminithanka and Sabarimala sri Ayyapan, Padmini had a long break in Malayalam film. She then re-entered with 1968 film Adyapika which went on to become huge box office hit of the year. It was a tragic story by Kanam E. J. which was first published in the form of novel. … Continue reading
Aurat (1967)
Aurat is the remake of the successful tamil film Chitti (1966), played by Padmini. It was a female oriented film and the central character was played by Padmini, along with Pran, Rajesh khanna, Nazeema, Firoz Khan and Lalitha Pawar The film tells about the suffering of a woman, Parvathi (Padmini) who was in charge of … Continue reading