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B. Saroja Devi is an Indian actress. She has acted in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi movies. She is referred to as "Abinaya Saraswathi" by Kannada film industry and as "Kannadathu Paingili" (meaning Kannada's Parrot) by Tamil Film Industry. She has acted in nearly 190 films in a period of 6 decades.[1] Saroja Devi is one of the most successful female film stars in the history of Indian cinema and she was at her peak as the main female lead heroine in films in the period 1958-85. Saroja Devi received the Padma Sri, the fourth-highest civilian honour, in 1969 and Padma Bhushan, third highest civilian award, in 1992 from the Government of India. She holds the world record for being the actress with most number of concsecutive films as the lead heroine -161 films from 1955-1984, without playing supporting roles. She is the Indian film heroine with the longest career as the main lead female heroine in Indian films - 29 years from 1955-1984.

Early life[edit]

Saroja Devi was born in Karnataka on 7 January 1938 to Bhairappa and Rudramma. Her father worked for the police department. Saroja Devi was their fourth daughter and so her grandfather Mayanna Gowda was unhappy and asked Bhairappa to abandon the child. Bhairappa protested and decided to raise Saroja. Her father asked her to learn dance and encouraged her to venture into films when film offers started coming to her. A young Saroja Devi was often chaperoned to studios by him. He frequently tied her salangais and gejje and often massaged her swollen feet after her dancing stints.[2]

Saroja Devi was first spotted by B.R. Krishnamurthy singing at a function at the age of 13.[3] Initially, she declined his offer to act in movies. She debuted with the Kannada film Mahakavi Kalidasa in 1957. Her dad gave her a strict dress code: no swimsuits and no sleeveless blouses, which she followed for rest of her career.B. Saroja Devi is an Indian actress. She was the recipeint of the Padma Bhushan award and acted in Tamil, Kannada, and Telugu movies.She made her film debut in Honappa Bhagavathars Kannada film Mahakavi Kalidasa (1955).Saroja Devi was born in Karnataka in 1938 to Bhairappa and Rudramma. Bhairappa worked for the police department.

Saroja Devi was first spotted by B.R. Krishnamurthy while she was singing at a function at the age of 13. Initially, she refused his offer to act in movies. She debuted with the Kannada film Sri Rama Puja in 1955-56, which went on to win the National Award.Saroja Devi was married to Sri Harsha, an engineer by profession on 1 March 1967.

She acted in more than 170 films in Tamil, Kannada, Hindi and Telugu languages. Her kannada film "Kittuura Rani Chennama" won the national award. She is also known "Kannadathu Paingkili" (Kannadas Parrot) in Tamil films.

Her debut movie in Telugu was Panduranga Mahathmyam (1957) in which she acted opposite N.T. Rama Rao. Another Telugu actress Krishna Kumari dubbed her voice in this movie for Saroja devi. Later, without any dubbing for her voice Saroja Devi acted in many Telugu films.

B. Saroja Devi was Chairperson of the Karnataka Film Development Corporation. She was also the chairperson of Kantheerava Studios, Bangalore.Saroja Devi organized many donation camps in the name of her late husband Sri Harsha, daughter Bhuvaneshwari and her mother and has organized Charitable Trusts, rehabilitation centers and health programmes.

Film career

Saroja Devi's first big break came in the Honnappa Bhagavatar's Kannada film, Mahakavi Kalidasa, in 1955, for which she won a National Award. It was followed by B R Panthulu's Thanga Malai Ragasiyam, where her eyes enacted a magical drama, in a dance sequence.Her debut movie in Telugu was Panduranga Mahatyam (1957) in which she acted opposite N.T. Rama Rao.After this she came under the notice of the MGR for the very first time, on K Subramaniam's sets and MGR cast her in Nadodi Manan(1958).

People doubted her ability to speak Tamil, but MGR had faith in her and encouraged her to learn and speak Tamil and cast her in his home production Nadodi Mannan in 1958 as well.It was the Tamil film Nadodi Mannan opposite MGR in 1958 that catapulted Saroja Devi to superstar status in Tamil Film industry. In an interview she said ’Thirudathe’ was my first film with MGR. As the shooting got delayed, he introduced me in Naadodi Mannan, which was released before ‘Thirudathe’. After this she immediately received offer to make her Hindi debut opposite Dilip Kumar in Paigam(1959). She never allowed any one to dub for her and insisted that she would speak by herself as a result none of her Tamil movies her voice was dubbed by any other artiste since the beginning of her career.Then she gave hits opposite Gemini Ganesan in Manalane Mangayin Bhagyam, Kalyana Parisu, Ode Velaiyadu papa, Kairasi and opposite Sivaji Ganeshan in Baga Pirivinai,Vidi Velli,Palum Pazhamum, Iruvar Ullam(1958 till 1960).After this she started getting offers from Tamil,Kannada, and Telugu films. She was working more than 20 hours a day in this peak period of her career(1960–69).[5] She became the number one female lead actress of the period 1959-69 in Tamil films.

She was cast always opposite the much high in demand stars of respective film industries : Dr. Rajkumar in Kannada, NTR, ANR in Telugu, MGR, Sivaji Ganeshan, Gemini Ganesan, S.S.Rajendran in Tamil. Saroja chose to do more films in Tamil in the period 1958-1969 and after her marriage she was more active in Kannada and Telugu films from (1970–1984).

Saroja Devi's energetic performance as a patriotic queen raging against the British in Kannada flick Kittooru Rani Chennamma, which won the national award for Best Film in 1963, brought her much acclaim.[5] Her Telugu hits were Seetha Rama Kalyanam and Jagadeka Veeranukatha in 1961 with NTR, while her hits in Hindi films included Paigham (1959), Sasural (1960), Opera House (1961), Pareeksha, Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya(1963) and Beti Bete (1964) and in addition Kannada hits like Chintamani(1957), School Master(1958), Jagajyothi Basaveshwara (1959), Kitturu Chennamma (1962).It was at this time in 1962 that she was crowned "Chaturbhaasha Taare", because of her popularity in these four languages.[6] She had mincing accent, smart and perky attitude and this made her popular among the audience of all the four languages.She concentrated more in Tamil films as a result though she had all her films as hits in Hindi, after Preet Na Jane Reet opposite Shammi Kapoor she did not do more Hindi films.Saroja Devi had signed for the film Ladies Hostel in 1985, but since her husband fell ill and subsequently died in 1986, she resumed shooting only in 1987 and the film became a hit in 1987. She declined to sign any new films after her husband's death but chose to complete 8 films she had accepted before 1986 and these films released between 1987-1990. She was in title role in Thaimel Anai (1988) which proved to be hit and had extended pivotal role in Dharma Devan(1989). After appeal from producers and fans she returned to acting with Parambhariyam opposite Sivaji Ganesan, which was successful. She took up very few assignments as supporting actress from late 2000s and even those films turned out to be popular. The most notable performances as supporting actress were in Anuragasangama, Agni I P S, Mangala Suitra in Kannada and in Tamil it was - Once More (where Saroja was paired opposite Sivaji Ganesan in with her scenes in Iruvar Ullam too infused in the movie), Aadhavan with Surya in 2009.

Personal life[edit]

Saroja Devi was married to Sri Harsha, an engineer by profession who worked with Bharat Electronics Limited, on 1 March 1967. A grand reception took place on 5-3-1967 in Chennai, which entire Southern film industry attended. Though her mother asked her to stop acting after marriage, her husband did not want her to waste her talent. He reportedly had no qualms about her star status, and was a 'complete gentleman'. Their marriage lasted till her husband's death in 1986 after which Saroja stopped signing new films for 8 years. She resumed shooting for the projects she had signed before her husband's death and thus had 8 film releases between 1987 & 1990. The couple have adopted children: Indira and Ramachandran.[12] She named her daughter Indira as she admired Indira Gandhi[4] and her son is named after M.G. Ramachandran.

Awards

* Life Time Achievement Award for 60th Independence. (National award) in 2008

* Padma Bhushan in 1992 National award

* Padma Sri award in 1969 National award

* Doctorate from bangalore university in 2006

* Abhinandana -Kanchana Maalaâ€™ award in 1980

* Karnataka Governmentâ€™s Rajyothsava award in 1989

* Filmfare award for All-round Achievement

* Tamil Nadu Governmentâ€™s MGR award

* Cinema Express award in 1997

* NTR award in 2001

* Dinakaran award for All-round Achievement in 2003