Pandari Bai

Pandari Bai

Indian actress (1928–2003)

Pandari Bai was an Indian actress who worked in South Indian cinema, mostly in Kannada cinema during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. She is considered Kannada cinema's first successful heroine. She has acted as both heroine and mother to actors Rajkumar, M. G. Ramachandran 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, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. Bai was honoured by Kalaimamani from the Tamil Nadu government.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 24 films (1944–1979) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 12 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1944 Haridas Sundar Rao Nadkarni B&W
1948 Vedhala Ulagam P. Neelakantan B&W
1951 Marmayogi K. Ramnoth B&W
1952 Parasakthi Krishnan Panju 188 min B&W
1953 Gumastha R. M. Krishnaswamy B&W
1953 Poongodhai L. V. Prasad
1954 Andha Naal S. Balachander B&W
1955 Chella Pillai M. V. Raman B&W
1958 Maalayitta Mangai (1958 film) G. R. Nathan
1958 Sengkottai Singam V. N. Reddy
1959 Aval Yaar Pathi Gouravame Satikanamdam (Telugu Dubbed-1962) K.J. Mahadevan
1959 Kalyanikku Kalyanam A. S. A. Sami
1959 Manaiviye Manithanin Manickam K. Vembu
1960 Ivan Avanethan P. Sridhar
1960 Kuravanji A. Kasilingam
1960 Paavai Vilakku K. Somu
1961 Malliyam Mangalam Malliyam Rajagopal
1962 Indra En Selvam C. Padmanabhan
1962 Kavitha T. R. Raghunath
1965 Satya Harishchandra Kadri Venkata Reddy
1970 Gejje Pooje Puttanna Kanagal
1973 Gauravam Vietnam Veedu Sundaram
1976 Lalitha Valampuri Somanathan
1979 Vetagaadu K. Raghavendra Rao 161 min Color