In her overall acting career, spanning around 60 years, she acted in around 97 films, of which 58 were in Telugu, 34 in Tamil and 5 in Hindi.
BANUMATHI FILM MOVIE
The movie is touted to be an all-time Telugu classic. Ramarao, whose career was just taking off (Telugu superstar who went to become CM of Andhra Pradesh). Her acting career reached its peak with the release of the musical super hit, Malleswari in 1951 opposite N.T. Thus Bharani Studios came into being, (named after their son) which produced 15 movies in total, including super hit movies such as Laila Majnu and the National Award winning Vipranaraya. With money starting to pour in, she decided to start her own production house and studio and thereby providing a break to her husband as a filmmaker, who was working as an assistant director to other filmmakers. She became the first female superstar of Southern cinema and was commanding a whopping 25 thousand rupees per movie back in those days, which was around 50% of movie production cost. In the same year as the Swargaseema release, she gave birth to her only son, Bharani.Īlso Read: Fatma Begum: India’s First Female Director | #IndianWomenInHistoryĪfter Swargaseema, offers started pouring in for Bhanumathi, not just from Telugu films, but also Tamil Cinema. The veteran actor, Sivaji Ganeshan had later mentioned to Bhanumathi that he watched the movie more than 30 times, just for that song. The movie‘s song, ‘ Oho Oho Pavurama’ inspired by a Spanish tune hummed by Rita Hayworth from the movie Blood and Sand was a sensational hit and made Bhanumathi a household name and an overnight star. The movie Swargaseema (loosely based on Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion), was released in 1945 and was a raging success in all the Southern states. However, when reputed director B.N Reddy approached her few months after her marriage and persuaded her to do just one more film with him, she conceded out of respect to the great director. Re-entry into films and no going back thereafterĪfter marriage, Bhanumathi had initially decided not to enter into films. Their marriage lasted for 40 years, in the span of which they produced many successful films together under their own banner Bharani Films. However, Bhanumathi’s father was not convinced of her decision to marry a person much below her station, which led to both of them eloping and getting married.
Ramakrishna, who was still struggling for his place in the industry, was initially reluctant to accept the offer, but finally conceded. She took a liking to the assistant director of the movie, Ramakrishna, and proposed to him. Rebellious marriage at the age of 18Īt the time of shooting of her fifth film in 1943, Krishna Prema, Bhanumathi was already an established actress. After the movie release, her dancing was ridiculed by the press, a skill which she gradually improved. Her dance teacher, the renowned dancer Vempathi Pedda Satyam, supposedly got exasperated at her complete lack of grace in dancing. While she learnt horse riding and sword fighting with ease, dancing was not her cup of tea. Her singing talent gained her more popularity than acting in the initial days and very soon she landed lead roles in Malathi Madhavam and Dharma Patni. The filmmaker was looking for a girl who could sing, for in those days playback singing was not an option. She was offered the role of Kalindi, a 13-year-old who is forced to marry an old man and commits suicide. Her first movie offer for Vara Vikrankatam came to her in the year 1939 at the age of 13. Her parents being music enthusiasts, she was given training in both Carnatic and Hindustani music from a very young age. Early life and entry into filmsīhanumathi was born on September 7, 1925, in a middle-class family to Saraswatamma and Bommaraju Venkata Subbaiah near Ongole, Andhra Pradesh. The famous Telugu director, Chakrapani supposedly once mentioned that “ audience will not watch Bhanumathi cry, they would watch if she makes others cry”. The characters she played involved strong individuality, persona and most importantly humour delivered in her signature satirical arrogance. In addition to this, she had written scripts, directed and produced movies under her own banner, Bharani Films.Įven the roles she played were very diverse as against the sob queens and delicate femmes played by her contemporaries. She also ventured into music composition for around 5 movies during her career span. She kept her singing talent alive throughout her movie career where she gave voice to all her songs. It was her love for and talent in music that enabled her foray into movies.
Being a successful actress had eaten into her well-deserved recognition in other fields such as literature and music, where she was equally talented. Fondly known as ‘ Ashtavadani’, meaning someone who can perform 8 tasks simultaneously, Bhanumathi Ramakrishna was a multi-talented actress.
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