P. Kannamba

{{Infobox person

| name = P. Kannamba

| birth_name = Pasupuleti Kannamba

| image = PKannamba.jpg

| caption = Kannamba in 1949

| birth_date = 5 October 1911

| birth_place = Madras Presidency, British India (present-day Andhra Pradesh)

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1968|5|7|1911|10|5|df=y}}

| death_place = Madras, Madras State, India

| occupation = Actress, singer, film producer

| spouse = Kadaru Nagabhushanam

}}

Pasupuleti Kannamba (Pasupulēţi Kannāṃba) (5 October 1911 – 7 May 1968) was an Indian actress, playback singer and film producer of Telugu cinema, of Andhra Pradesh, India. She acted in more than 170 films and produced about 25 films in Telugu and Tamil languages during the 1930s to the 1960s.{{Cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/she-walked-tall-in-tinsel-town/article2500388.ece|title=She walked tall in tinsel town|last=V. Raman|first=Mohan|authorlink=Mohan Raman|work=The Hindu|date=30 September 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003064625/http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article2500388.ece|archivedate=3 October 2011}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.totaltollywood.com/profiles/profiles.php?category=2&id=kannamba|title=Kannamba Pasupuleti|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108165810/http://www.totaltollywood.com/profiles/profiles.php?category=2&id=kannamba|archivedate=8 January 2014|url-status=dead}}

Career

Kannamba was born on 5 October 1911.{{Cite web |last1=Nalini Shivkumar |last2=Rema Mahalingam |date=17 October 2020 |title=Pasupuleti Kannamba |url=https://www.cinemaazi.com/feature/pasupuleti-kannamba |access-date=13 May 2023 |website=Cinemaazi}} Her birthplace is Owku in Nandyal district. Her parents were Lokamba and M. Venkanarasaiah, a government contractor. She was their only child and grew up with her maternal grandparents in Eluru. She started acting in dramas at the age of 13. She performed many characters such as Sati Savitri, Anasuya and Chandramati.

Her film career began with the Chandramati character in Harishchandra (1935) of Star Combines. She acted in about 150 films and won accolades for her roles in Draupadi Vastrapaharanam, Kanakataara, Saranagadhara, Gruhalakshmi and Chandika. She acted in the title role of Kannagi in Tamil and in Palnati Yudham as Nayakuralu Nagamma, opposite Govindarajula Subba Rao. She acted in Ashok Kumar (1941) as Queen, opposite another great actor, V. Nagayya.{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/cp/2008/01/25/stories/2008012550401600.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080129031945/http://www.hindu.com/cp/2008/01/25/stories/2008012550401600.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=29 January 2008 | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | title=Ashok Kumar 1941 | date=25 January 2008}} She acted together with P. U. Chinnappa in many movies, such as Kannagi, Mahamaya, Harischandra and Tulasi Jalandhar.{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/cp/2009/07/03/stories/2009070350421600.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106012520/http://www.hindu.com/cp/2009/07/03/stories/2009070350421600.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=6 November 2012 | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | title=Harishchandra 1944 | date=3 July 2009}}

She married Kadaru Nagabhushanam in 1941. They established "Raja Rajeswari Films" and produced about 30 films, including Sumati, Padhuka Pattabhishekam, Saudamani, Peda Raitu, Lakshmi, Sri Krishna Tulabharam, Sati Sakkubhai and Sati Anasuya. Their movie Navajeevanam (1949) was awarded as the best film by Combined Madras state.

She died on 7 May 1964.

Filmography

=Actress=

This is the complete list of her films compiled by H. Ramesh Babu.Dhruvatara Kannamba (telugu), Compilation by H. Ramesh Babu, Chinni Publications, Nagar Kurnool, 2008

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Film ! Language ! Character
1934 \| Seeta Kalyanam \| \|
1935 \| Harishchandra \| Telugu \| Chandramathi
1936 \| Draupadi Vastrapaharanam \| Telugu \| Draupadi
1937 \| Kanakatara \| Telugu \|
1937 \| Sarangadhara \| Telugu \|
1938 \| Gruhalakshmi \| Telugu \| Radha
1939 \| Mahananda \| \|
1940 \| Krishnan Thoothu \| Tamil \| Draupadi
1940 \| Bhoja Kalidasa \| \|
1940 \| Chandika \| Telugu \| Chandika
1941 \| Ashok Kumar \| Tamil \| Tishyaralshithai
1941 \| Talliprema \| Telugu \| Santha
1942 \| Kannagi \| Tamil \| Kannagi
1942 \| Sumati \| \|
1944 \| Mahamaya \| Tamil \| Mahamaya
1944 \| Harichandra \| Tamil \| Chandramathi
1945 \| Mayalokam \| Telugu \|
1945 \| Maya Machhindra \| Telugu \|
1945 \| Paduka Pattabhishekam \| Telugu \| Kaikeyi
1946 \| Mugguru Maratilu \| Telugu \|
1947 \| Palnati Yudham \| Telugu \| Naagamma
1947 \| Tulasi Jalandhar \| Tamil \|
1947 \| Deivaneethi \| Tamil \|
1948 \| Gnana Soundari \| Tamil \| Gnana Soundari
1949 \| Navajeevanam \| Tamil \|
1949 \| Mangaiyarkarasi \| Tamil \|
1951 \| Saudamini \| Tamil \|
1951 \| Saudamini \| Telugu \|
1951 \| Sudharshan \| Tamil \|
1952 \| Ezhai Uzhavan \| Tamil \|
1952 \| Peda Rytu \| Telugu \|
1952 \| Mugguru Kodukulu \| Telugu \|
1952 \| Moondru Pillaigal \| Tamil \|
1953 \| Lakshmi \| Tamil \|
1953 \| Lakshmi \| Telugu \|
1954 \| Manohara \| Hindi \| Queen
1954 \| Manohara \| Tamil \| Queen
1954 \| Manohara \| Telugu \| Queen
1954 \| Sati Sakkubai \| Telugu \|
1955 \| Anarkali \| Telugu \| Jodha Bai
1955 \| Anarkali \| Tamil \| Jodha Bai
1955 \| Chella Pillai \| Tamil \|
1955 \| Pennarasi \| Tamil \| Queen
1955 \|Sri Krishna Tulabharam \| Telugu \|
1955 \| Vadina \| Telugu \|
1956 \| Charana Daasi \| Telugu \|
1956 \| Naga Panchami \| Tamil \|
1956 \| Naga Panchami \| Telugu \|
1956 \| Umasundari \| Telugu \|
1956 \| Mathar Kula Manickam \| Tamil \|
1956 \| Thaikkupin Tharam \| Tamil \| Meenatchi
1957 \| Makkalai Petra Magarasi \| Tamil \| Angamma
1957 \| Todi Kodallu \| Telugu \| Annapurna
1957 \|Engal Veettu Mahalakshmi \| Tamil \|
1957 \| Neelamalai Thirudan \| Tamil \|
1957 \| Vanangamudi \| Tamil \| Mangalam
1958 \| Aadapettanam \| Telugu \|
1958 \| Avan Amaran \| Tamil \|
1958 \| Anna Thammudu \| Telugu \|
1958 \| Kaathavaraayan \| Tamil \|Kamakshi/Goddess Parvati
1958 \|Kathavarayuni Katha \| Telugu \|
1958 \| Kudumba Gauravam \| Tamil \|
1958 \|Kutumba Gouravam \| Telugu \|
1958 \| Shri Krishna Maya \| Telugu \|
1958 \| Periya Koyil \| Tamil \|
1958 \| Uthama Puthiran \| Tamil \| Queen
1958 \| Vanjikottai Valiban \| Tamil \| Sivakami
1958 \| Mangalya Balam \| Telugu \|
1959 \| Manjal Magimai \| Tamil \|
1959 \| Raja Makutam \| Telugu \|
1959 \| Raja Magudam \| Tamil \|
1959 \| Raja Sevai \| Tamil \|
1959 \| Rechukka Pagatichukka \| Telugu \|
1959 \| Veera Bhaskaradu \| Telugu \|
1959 \| Nalla Theerpu \| Tamil \|
1959 \| Uthami Petra Rathinam \| Tamil \|
1959 \| Thaai Magalukku Kattiya Thaali \| Tamil \| Thanabakkiam
1959 \| Uzhavukkum Thozhilukkum Vandhanai Seivom \| Tamil \|
1959 \| Vaazha Vaitha Deivam \| Tamil \|
1960 \| Abhimanam \| Telugu \| Mother
1960 \| Dharmame Jayam \| Telugu \|
1960 \| Jalsarayudu \| Telugu \|
1960 \| Maa Babu \| Telugu \|
1960 \| Padikkadha Medhai \| Tamil \|
1961 \| Jagadeka Veeruni Katha \| Telugu \| Parvathi Devi
1961 \| Krishna Kuchela \| Telugu \|
1961 \|Bhagyalakshmi \| Tamil \|
1961 \|Marutha Nattu Veeran \| Tamil \|
1961 \| Pelli Thambulam \| Telugu \|
1961 \|Thaai Sollai Thattadhe \|Tamil \|
1961 \| Pendli Pilupu \| Telugu \|
1961 \| Usha Parinayam \| Telugu \| Wife of Banasura
1962 \|Thayai Katha Thanayan \| Tamil \|
1962 \| Aatma Bandhuvu \| Telugu \|
1962 \|Nichaya Thaamboolam \|Tamil \| Kamakshi
1962 \| Dakshayagnam \| Tamil \| Daksha's wife
1962 \| Dakshayagnam \| Telugu \| Daksha's wife
1962 \| Swarnamanjari \| Telugu \|
1962 \| Padithaal Mattum Podhuma \| Tamil \| Mangalam
1963 \| Aapta Mitrulu \| Telugu \|
1963 \| Idhu Sathiyam \| Tamil \|
1963 \| Lava Kusha \| Tamil \| Kausalya
1963 \| Lava Kusa \| Telugu \| Kausalya
1963 \| Paruvu Prathishta \| Telugu \|
1963 \|Needhikkuppin Paasam \| Tamil \|Saraswathi
1963 \|Kulamagal Radhai \|Tamil \|Radha's Mother
1964 \| Aathma Balam \| Telugu \|
1964 \| Ramadasu \| Telugu \| Ramadasu's wife
1965 \| Antastulu \| Telugu \|
1965 \| Chaduvukunna Bharya \| Telugu \|
1965 \| Keelu Bommalu \| Telugu \|
1968 \| En Thambi \| Tamil \| Kannan Mother (Photo Image Used)

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Film

! Language

! Character

1934

| Seeta Kalyanam

1935

| Harishchandra

| Telugu

| Chandramathi

1936

| Draupadi Vastrapaharanam

| Telugu

| Draupadi

1937

| Kanakatara

| Telugu

1937

| Sarangadhara

| Telugu

1938

| Gruhalakshmi

| Telugu

| Radha

1939

| Mahananda

1940

| Krishnan Thoothu

| Tamil

| Draupadi

1940

| Bhoja Kalidasa

1940

| Chandika

| Telugu

| Chandika

1941

| Ashok Kumar

| Tamil

| Tishyaralshithai

1941

| Talliprema

| Telugu

| Santha

1942

| Kannagi

| Tamil

| Kannagi

1942

| Sumati

1944

| Mahamaya

| Tamil

| Mahamaya

1944

| Harichandra

| Tamil

| Chandramathi

1945

| Mayalokam

| Telugu

1945

| Maya Machhindra

| Telugu

1945

| Paduka Pattabhishekam

| Telugu

| Kaikeyi

1946

| Mugguru Maratilu

| Telugu

1947

| Palnati Yudham

| Telugu

| Naagamma

1947

| Tulasi Jalandhar

| Tamil

1947

| Deivaneethi

| Tamil

1948

| Gnana Soundari

| Tamil

| Gnana Soundari

1949

| Navajeevanam

| Tamil

1949

| Mangaiyarkarasi

| Tamil

1951

| Saudamini

| Tamil

1951

| Saudamini

| Telugu

1951

| Sudharshan

| Tamil

1952

| Ezhai Uzhavan

| Tamil

1952

| Peda Rytu

| Telugu

1952

| Mugguru Kodukulu

| Telugu

1952

| Moondru Pillaigal

| Tamil

1953

| Lakshmi

| Tamil

1953

| Lakshmi

| Telugu

1954

| Manohara

| Hindi

| Queen

1954

| Manohara

| Tamil

| Queen

1954

| Manohara

| Telugu

| Queen

1954

| Sati Sakkubai

| Telugu

1955

| Anarkali

| Telugu

| Jodha Bai

1955

| Anarkali

| Tamil

| Jodha Bai

1955

| Chella Pillai

| Tamil

1955

| Pennarasi

| Tamil

| Queen

1955

|Sri Krishna Tulabharam

| Telugu

1955

| Vadina

| Telugu

1956

| Charana Daasi

| Telugu

1956

| Naga Panchami

| Tamil

1956

| Naga Panchami

| Telugu

1956

| Umasundari

| Telugu

1956

| Mathar Kula Manickam

| Tamil

1956

| Thaikkupin Tharam

| Tamil

| Meenatchi

1957

| Makkalai Petra Magarasi

| Tamil

| Angamma

1957

| Todi Kodallu

| Telugu

| Annapurna

1957

|Engal Veettu Mahalakshmi

| Tamil

1957

| Neelamalai Thirudan

| Tamil

1957

| Vanangamudi

| Tamil

| Mangalam

1958

| Aadapettanam

| Telugu

1958

| Avan Amaran

| Tamil

1958

| Anna Thammudu

| Telugu

1958

| Kaathavaraayan

| Tamil

|Kamakshi/Goddess Parvati

1958

|Kathavarayuni Katha

| Telugu

1958

| Kudumba Gauravam

| Tamil

1958

|Kutumba Gouravam

| Telugu

1958

| Shri Krishna Maya

| Telugu

1958

| Periya Koyil

| Tamil

1958

| Uthama Puthiran

| Tamil

| Queen

1958

| Vanjikottai Valiban

| Tamil

| Sivakami

1958

| Mangalya Balam

| Telugu

1959

| Manjal Magimai

| Tamil

1959

| Raja Makutam

| Telugu

1959

| Raja Magudam

| Tamil

1959

| Raja Sevai

| Tamil

1959

| Rechukka Pagatichukka

| Telugu

1959

| Veera Bhaskaradu

| Telugu

1959

| Nalla Theerpu

| Tamil

1959

| Uthami Petra Rathinam

| Tamil

1959

| Thaai Magalukku Kattiya Thaali

| Tamil

| Thanabakkiam

1959

| Uzhavukkum Thozhilukkum Vandhanai Seivom

| Tamil

1959

| Vaazha Vaitha Deivam

| Tamil

1960

| Abhimanam

| Telugu

| Mother

1960

| Dharmame Jayam

| Telugu

1960

| Jalsarayudu

| Telugu

1960

| Maa Babu

| Telugu

1960

| Padikkadha Medhai

| Tamil

1961

| Jagadeka Veeruni Katha

| Telugu

| Parvathi Devi

1961

| Krishna Kuchela

| Telugu

1961

|Bhagyalakshmi

| Tamil

1961

|Marutha Nattu Veeran

| Tamil

1961

| Pelli Thambulam

| Telugu

1961

|Thaai Sollai Thattadhe

|Tamil

1961

| Pendli Pilupu

| Telugu

1961

| Usha Parinayam

| Telugu

| Wife of Banasura

1962

|Thayai Katha Thanayan

| Tamil

1962

| Aatma Bandhuvu

| Telugu

1962

|Nichaya Thaamboolam

|Tamil

| Kamakshi

1962

| Dakshayagnam

| Tamil

| Daksha's wife

1962

| Dakshayagnam

| Telugu

| Daksha's wife

1962

| Swarnamanjari

| Telugu

1962

| Padithaal Mattum Podhuma

| Tamil

| Mangalam

1963

| Aapta Mitrulu

| Telugu

1963

| Idhu Sathiyam

| Tamil

1963

| Lava Kusha

| Tamil

| Kausalya

1963

| Lava Kusa

| Telugu

| Kausalya

1963

| Paruvu Prathishta

| Telugu

1963

|Needhikkuppin Paasam

| Tamil

|Saraswathi

1963

|Kulamagal Radhai

|Tamil

|Radha's Mother

1964

| Aathma Balam

| Telugu

1964

| Ramadasu

| Telugu

| Ramadasu's wife

1965

| Antastulu

| Telugu

1965

| Chaduvukunna Bharya

| Telugu

1965

| Keelu Bommalu

| Telugu

1968

| En Thambi

| Tamil

| Kannan Mother (Photo Image Used)

=Playback singer=

These are some of the Telugu songs voiced by her for the films.

class="wikitable"
Year ! Film ! Songs
1935 \| Harishchandra \| "Jananamu Dhanyata Gaada", "Karunakara", "Sritajana Bandhu"
1937 \| Kanakatara \| "Ee Vasantha Sobha"
1938 \| Gruhalakshmi \| "Badha Sahaname", "Naa Premaye", "Sagamu Rathiri Ayyane", "Yashoda Nandana"
1940 \| Chandika \| "Anandamaye Naho", "Eme O Koyila", "Nene Raninaithe"
1941 \| Talliprema \| "Jo Jo Nandabala", "Prema Nidhanamu"
1942 \| Sumati \| "Jayahe Thrishooladhari"
1945 \| Maya Machhindra \| "Dhanyambayyenu Janmamu", "Haayiga Paadedanu", "Meluko", "O Malathi"
1946 \| Mugguru Maratilu \| "Stree Bhagyame Bhagyamu", "Teerugada Asha Nedu"
1947 \| Palnati Yudham \| "Evaravaya Deva", "Thana Pantamu Naathona", "Thera Teeyagarada"

class="wikitable"

Year

! Film

! Songs

1935

| Harishchandra

| "Jananamu Dhanyata Gaada", "Karunakara", "Sritajana Bandhu"

1937

| Kanakatara

| "Ee Vasantha Sobha"

1938

| Gruhalakshmi

| "Badha Sahaname", "Naa Premaye", "Sagamu Rathiri Ayyane", "Yashoda Nandana"

1940

| Chandika

| "Anandamaye Naho", "Eme O Koyila", "Nene Raninaithe"

1941

| Talliprema

| "Jo Jo Nandabala", "Prema Nidhanamu"

1942

| Sumati

| "Jayahe Thrishooladhari"

1945

| Maya Machhindra

| "Dhanyambayyenu Janmamu", "Haayiga Paadedanu", "Meluko", "O Malathi"

1946

| Mugguru Maratilu

| "Stree Bhagyame Bhagyamu", "Teerugada Asha Nedu"

1947

| Palnati Yudham

| "Evaravaya Deva", "Thana Pantamu Naathona", "Thera Teeyagarada"

=Producer=

She has produced about 25–30 films along with her husband Kadaru Nagabhushanam under the banners of Sri Rajarajeswari films, Rajasri pictures and Sri Varalakshmi films.

class="wikitable"
Year ! Film ! Language
1941 \| Talliprema \| Telugu
1942 \| Sumati \| Telugu
1944 \| Harishchandra \| Tamil
1945 \| Paduka Pattabhishekam \| Telugu
1946 \| Bhakta Tulasidas \| Telugu
1949 \| Navajeevanam \| Tamil
1949 \| Navajeevanam \| Telugu
1949 \| Tulasi Jalandhar \| Tamil
1951 \| Saudamini \| Tamil
1951 \| Saudamini \| Telugu
1952 \| Ezhai Uzhavan \| Tamil
1952 \| Peda Rytu \| Telugu
1953 \| Lakshmi \| Tamil
1953 \| Lakshmi \| Telugu
1954 \| Sati Sakkubai \| Telugu
1955 \| Shri Krishna Thulabaram \| Telugu
1956 \| Naga Panchami \| Tamil
1956 \| Naga Panchami \| Telugu
1958 \| Sri Krishna Maya \| Telugu
1959 \| Veera Bhaskarudu \| Telugu
1960 \| Dharmame Jayam \| Telugu
1961 \| Usha Parinayam \| Telugu
1962 \| Dakshayagnam \| Tamil
1962 \| Dakshayagnam \| Telugu
1963 \| Apta Mithrulu \| Telugu
1965 \| Chaduvukunna Bharya \| Telugu

class="wikitable"

Year

! Film

! Language

1941

| Talliprema

| Telugu

1942

| Sumati

| Telugu

1944

| Harishchandra