P. Santha Kumari

Acting

P. Santha Kumari

Born — Died

1920-05-17 — 2006-01-16

Place of birth

Proddatur, Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh, India

Known for

Acting

Credits

19 titles

Vellaala Subbamma (better known as Santhakumari) (17 May 1920 – 16 January 2006) was an Indian musical artist and film actress. She was married to the Telugu film director and producer P. Pullaiah. Vellaala Subbamma was born in Proddatur town, (Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh) to Sreenivasa Rao and Pedda Narasamma. Her father was an actor and her mother was a classical music singer. Santhakumari learned classical music and violin under the guidance of Professor P. Sambamurthy and was a classmate of D. K. Pattammal. She joined a drama troupe and was an AIR artiste by the age of sixteen. She came to Madras (now Chennai) to pursue a career in music. She found employment in Vidyodaya School for…

Known for

Film credits

1970s · 6 titles

1960s · 7 titles

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1966 Tamil remake of "Ballad of a Soldier".

Thaaye Unakkaga

1966

Manase Mandiram poster
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Manase Mandiram (English: The Heart is a Temple) is a 1966 Telugu language romantic drama film, produced by Yarra Appa Rao on Sri Krishna Sai Films banner and directed by C. V. Sridhar. Starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Savitri in the lead roles and music composed by M. S. Viswanathan. The film was a remake of Tamil film Nenjil Or Aalayam (1962), Sridhar remade the film in Hindi as Dil Ek Mandir (1963). It was also remade in Malayalam as Hridayam Oru Kshethram (1976), and in Kannada as Kumkuma Rakshe (1977).

Manase Mandiram

1966

Sivandha Mann poster
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The diwan of Vasanthapuri grows tyrannical and makes a deal with the Portuguese so that he can become the new king and marry the princess, who is in love with Bharath.

Sivandha Mann

1969

Policekaran Magal poster
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An honest police constable has a son (R. Muthuraman) and a daughter (C. R. Vijayakumari). Balaji, son of a rich affluent person is a friend of Muthuraman who often visit his house. Balaji falls in love with Vijaykumari to which she equally reciprocates. She meets Balaji secretly without the knowledge of both her father and brother. One day, Balaji's notorious friends commit a murder and they fled the scene using Balaji's car. At the same point of time, Balaji meets his love in a temple and promises to marry her. Meanwhile, Balaji's father plans to marry his son to one of this relative. Balaji initially discards this proposal but accepts after coming to know that he will be deprived of his father's wealth if he doesn't marry the girl arranged by his father. Vijaykumari is shocked to hear this and finally tells her relationship with Balaji to her parents.

Policekaran Magal

1962

Vidivelli poster
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Chandru steals a diamond necklace to help his sister unite with her husband but things do not go well when he decides to replace the stolen one with a new necklace.

Vidivelli

1960

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A doctor returns home and learns that his lover is now married. After he dedicates his life to treating cancer, he meets a critical patient, only to learn that his wife is his ex-lover.

Nenjil Oor Aalayam

1962

Sri Venkateswara Mahatmyam poster
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Sri Venkateswara Mahatyam (Telugu: శ్రీ వెంకటేశ్వర మహత్యం) is a 1960 Magnum opus Telugu mythological film produced and directed by P. Pullaiah and starring N. T. Rama Rao. The story is based on the story of Lord Venkateswara (Balaji).

Sri Venkateswara Mahatmyam

1960

1950s · 4 titles