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Savitri with the team recording a song for Mayabazar. Savitri acted in dance dramas as a child, including some work with a theatre company run by Jaggayya.She made an unsuccessful speculative trip to find film work in Madras at the age of 14 when she was deemed to be too young to play heroine roles, but in 1950 was cast as the female lead in Samsaram (1950).
An old photograph of Savitri. Savitri was one of the leading Indian actress of the 1950s and 1960s. She ranked as the leading lady of the South Indian Film Industry for more than a decade and acted in 138 Telugu films; 100 Tamil films; 6 Kannada films; 5 Hindi films and 3 Malayalam films making a total of 252 films spending 30 years in the cinema industry.
Praptham was released on 14 April 1971, Puthandu and became a box-office bomb, partly due to releasing on the same day as another Sivaji Ganesan film, Sumathi En Sundari. [8] [9] It caused a massive impediment in Savitri's career and led to her downfall. [10]
A year later, Savitri is cast in a film directed by L. V. Prasad but she gets the dialogue wrong and is thrown out. However, she earns a dancing role for a song in the film Pathala Bhairavi. Her performance in that film helps her in getting major roles. Savitri is offered a role opposite Ganesan, now an actor, who teaches her Tamil language.
Post-amendment to the Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax Act 1939 on 1 April 1958, Gross jumped to 140 per cent of Nett [1] Commercial Taxes Department disclosed ₹ 21.92 crore in entertainment tax revenue for the year. [2]
Navarathri (transl. Nine nights) is a 1964 Indian Tamil-language drama film written, produced and directed by A. P. Nagarajan.The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and Savithri.It was the hundredth film of Ganesan and is well known for his nine distinct roles. [1]
Karnan (pronunciation ⓘ) is a 1964 Indian Tamil-language Hindu mythological film produced and directed by B. R. Panthulu.It stars Sivaji Ganesan leading an ensemble cast consisting of N. T. Rama Rao, S. A. Ashokan, R. Muthuraman, Savitri, Devika and M. V. Rajamma.
Vadivukku Valai Kappu (transl. Vadivu's baby shower) is a 1962 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by A. P. Nagarajan in his directorial debut. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Savitri, and Sowcar Janaki. It was released on 7 July 1962.