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Anjali Devi Biography

Anjali Devi is a veteran Telugu and Tamil actress and maker. She is notable for her legendary role as Sita in Lava Kusha and roles in movies like Suvarna Sundari and Anarkali.

In Hindi film, she is better known for her roles in 'Devta' inverse Gemini Ganeshan and 'Sati Savitri' inverse Mahipal and 'Bhakta Prahlad'. The melodies picturised on her like 'Tum gagan ke chandrama ho', 'jeevan dor tumhi sang bandhi', 'kabhi to miloge, jeevan sathi' from 'Sati Savitri' are still very well known.

Life story

She is from Peddapuram, East Godavari region in Andhra Pradesh, India, and later settled in Chennai. Anjali Devi was destined to Nukayah as Anjani Kumar (original name) later changed to Anjani Kumari when acting in dramatizations. Chief C. Pullaiah changed her name to Anjali Devi. She was a theater craftsman before going into movies. Her film debut was as Lohitasya in Raja Harishchandra in 1936.

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Her first motion picture as a champion was Kashtajeevi by L. V. Prasad In 1940, yet that film was surrendered after three reels shooting. Afterward, C.Pullayya found her and offer her the chance to star as Mohini in Gollabhama. In view of her acting capacity and looks, she turned into a star medium-term in 1947. She in the long run acted in excess of 350 Telugu films and furthermore in a couple of Tamil and Kannada films as the courageous woman.

She wedded P. Adinarayana Rao, a music executive, in 1940. They have two children. Together, they created numerous Telugu films under the standard of Anjali Pictures. She acted in Lava Kusha, an achievement film and the principal shading film in the Telugu film industry in 1963. She acted in different roles, for example, a lady, heavenly attendant, artist, evil spirit, goddess, customary lady and later in protective roles. Her granddaughter, Saila Rao, is additionally an actress.

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Profession

As actress

In 1936 she showed up in a minor role in Raja Harishchandra and afterward assumed the lead role in L. V. Prasad's Kashtajeevi. She is notable for playing Sita in Lava Kusha and her exhibitions in films like Suvarna Sundari and Anarkali were additionally valued. She has acted in about 500 films, which incorporates Telugu, Tamil and Kannada language films. Brundavanam (1992), Anna Vadina (1993) and Police Alludu (1994) were the last scarcely any films of her profession. In Balaiah's Police Alludu and Anna Vadina she showed up nearby Brahmanandam.

As maker

In 1955 she delivered the film Anarkali, in which she herself assumed the lead role of Anarkali, with Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Salim. At that point she delivered V. Madhusudan Rao's Bhakta Tukaram and Chandipriya. Bollywood and Tollywood actress Jayapradha assumed the lead role in her film Chandipriya close by Shobhan Babu and Chiranjeevi. As a maker she has created 27 films.

Passing

She dies on January thirteenth 2014 at Vijaya medical clinic, Chennai.

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