Actor

Pandari Bai

98 years · Pathal, Bhatkal, Mysore , British India · 136 films

Pandari Bai (Kannada: ಪಂಡರೀ ಬಾಯಿ; 18 September 1928 – 29 January 2003) was a prominent actress of South Indian languages films mostly in Kannada language during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. She is considered Kannada cinema's first successful heroine. She has the distinction of having acted as both heroine and mother to stalwarts such as Rajkumar, MGR and Sivaji Ganesan. She was the heroine in Rajkumar's debut movie Bedara Kannappa and also Sivaji's debut movie Parasakthi. She has acted in over 1,000 films in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Hindi.

Best known for

Andha Naal

1954 · Usha

Parasakthi

1952 · Vimala

Superman

1980 · Sarada

Mannan

1992 · Parvathy Amma

Abba! Aa Hudugi

1959 · Jyothi

Guru

1980 · Actor

Best known for

Filmography 136