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{{short description|Indian actress (1903–1988)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Poulose Kunji Rosy
| image = PK Rosy.jpg
| caption = Rosy in 1928
| birth_date = {{birth date|1903|2|10|df=y}}<ref name=behind/>
| birth_place = Thycaud, [[Trivandrum]]
| death_date = {{Death year and age|1988|1903}}<ref name=behind>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/flash_back/183596/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711020343/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/flash_back/183596/|url-status=dead|title=P K Rosy & the History Behind|archivedate=11 July 2011|accessdate=22 March 2019}}</ref>
| occupation = Actor
| spouse = Kesava Pillai<ref name=behind/>
| children = 2
| yearsactive = 1928–1930
}}

'''P. K. Rosy''' (10 February 1903–1988) was an Indian actress in [[Malayalam|Malayalam]] cinema. She is the first actress in Malayalam cinema. She starred in the [[J. C. Daniel]] film ''[[Vigathakumaran]]'', for which she was targeted by an angry mob because of her [[caste]].

==Early life ==
She was born as Rajamma, on 10 February, 1903 at Nandankode [[Thiruvananthapuram|Trivandrum]] to a Pulaya Christian family. Rosy's father Poulose was the cook of the foreign missionary parker of LMS church. Her father died when she was young leaving her family in poverty. She also regularly went to the local school of performing arts to study [[Kakkarissi Natakam]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dalitweb.org/?p=1641|title=Locating P K Rosy: Can A Dalit Woman Play a Nair Role in Malayalam Cinema Today?|website=Savari|language=en-US|access-date=2017-06-05|archive-date=2 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802205254/http://www.dalitweb.org/?p=1641|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/pk-rosys-story-how-malayalam-cinemas-first-woman-actor-was-forced-leave-state-109169|title=PK Rosy's story: How Malayalam cinema's first woman actor was forced to leave the state|last=Rajendran|first=Sowmya|date=19 September 2019|website=The News Minute|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920122529/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/pk-rosys-story-how-malayalam-cinemas-first-woman-actor-was-forced-leave-state-109169|archive-date=20 September 2019|access-date=2020-04-24}}</ref>

Rosy's love for acting seems to have surpassed concerns she may have held for what the elements of society would call her.<ref name="Pillai">{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/the-daughters-of-pk-rosy/article4484922.ece|title=The daughters of P.K. Rosy|last=Pillai|first=Meena T.|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-06-05|language=en|archive-date=19 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019233959/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/the-daughters-of-pk-rosy/article4484922.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>

Of the origin of her name "Rosy," many claim her family converted to Christianity and changed her name from Rajamma to Rosamma.<ref name="economictimes.indiatimes.com">{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/the-return-of-dalit-heroine-in-malayalam-cinema/articleshow/53694495.cms|title=The return of Dalit heroine in Malayalam cinema Alia bhatt|first=Charmy|last=Harikrishnan|date=14 August 2016|accessdate=22 March 2019|newspaper=The Economic Times|archive-date=26 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326043857/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/the-return-of-dalit-heroine-in-malayalam-cinema/articleshow/53694495.cms|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/the-forgotten-star/article5383387.ece|title=The forgotten star|first=Saju|last=Chelangad|newspaper=The Hindu|date=24 November 2013|accessdate=22 March 2019|via=www.thehindu.com|archive-date=25 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225230334/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/the-forgotten-star/article5383387.ece|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite web | url=http://thebigindianpicture.com/2013/06/the-name-of-the-rose/ | title=The Name of the Rose | the Big Indian Picture | access-date=20 May 2017 | archive-date=25 March 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325075416/http://thebigindianpicture.com/2013/06/the-name-of-the-rose/ | url-status=live }}</ref> Rosy and her husband did not disclose her past to anyone. Their children, while aware of some details, now live as [[Nair|Nairs]] (their father’s caste).<ref>https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/pk-rosys-story-how-malayalam-cinemas-first-woman-actor-was-forced-leave-state-109169</ref>

==Career==

By 1928, she performed [[Kakkarissi Natakam|Kakkirasi]], harvest songs and folk songs formed under the association of artists called "Cheramar Kalavedi" which became a training ground for entering into the yard of the Temple of art. The Kakkarasi drama troupe and Rajah Party Drama Troop competed with each other for Rosamma, this competetion enhanced the star value of the actress Rosamma. From this, she stepped in to become the heroine of JC Daniel's film after his first prospective heroine proved unsuited for the role.<ref name=":1" /> She played the character of Sarojini, a [[Nair]] woman, in the movie.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://thebigindianpicture.com/2013/06/the-name-of-the-rose/|title=The Name of the Rose|last=Sebastian|first=Meryl Mary|date=June 2013|website=TBIP|access-date=20 May 2017|archive-date=25 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325075416/http://thebigindianpicture.com/2013/06/the-name-of-the-rose/|url-status=live}}</ref> When Vigathukumaran was released, members of the Nair community were enraged to see a Dalit woman portray a Nair. Many eminent members of the film industry at the time refused to come and inaugurate the opening of Vigathakumaran if Rosy was to be physically present there, including the famous lawyer Madhoor Govindan Pillai. Following a scene in which the main character kissed a flower in her hair, the audience threw stones at the screen. The director, Daniel, himself didn't invite her to the opening at Capitol theatre in Thiruvananthapuram, fearing a backlash but Rosy had attended anyway but was still made to watch a second showing by those boycotting the event. The crowd transformed into an angry mob which tore down the screen and damaged the theatre.<ref>https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/against-all-odds-how-jc-daniel-father-malayalam-cinema-made-his-first-and-last-movie-57937</ref> Eventually, Rosy had to flee.<ref name="thebigindianpicture.com">{{Cite web|url=http://thebigindianpicture.com/2013/06/the-name-of-the-rose/|title=The Name of the Rose {{!}} The Big Indian Picture|website=thebigindianpicture.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-06-05|archive-date=25 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325075416/http://thebigindianpicture.com/2013/06/the-name-of-the-rose/|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
The story of the film was first rediscovered in the late 1960s by Chelangatt Gopalakrishnan while in 1971 Kunnukuzhi published his first article about her.{{cn|date=February 2023}}

In 2013, Kamal directed a biopic on Daniel. The film is partially based on the novel ''Nashta Naayika'' by Vinu Abraham, and also deals with the life of Rosy. Newcomer [[Chandni (Malayalam actress)|Chandni Geetha]] portrays her.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cinetrooth.in/2016/01/22/chandini-geetha-actress-profile-and-biography/|title=Chandini Geetha - Film Actress, Singer|last=Manalethu|first=Biju Cheriyan|date=22 January 2016|website=Cinetrooth|access-date=20 May 2017|archive-date=31 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331130323/http://cinetrooth.in/2016/01/22/chandini-geetha-actress-profile-and-biography|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> Two other films about her life have also been made: ''The Lost Child ''and ''Ithu Rosiyude Katha'' (''This is Rosy’s Story'').<ref name="thebigindianpicture.com" /> [[Women_in_Cinema_Collective|Women in Cinema Collective]] " WCC" which has been striving to make the workspace better for women in cinema launched Film society in Tribute to P K Rosy<ref>https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2019/09/13/wcc-film-society-pk-rosy-kerala-first-actress.html</ref> P K Rosy Smaraka Samithi {{explain|date=February 2023}} was inaugrated by Cinema Minister [[Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan]] at Press Club.<ref>https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2015/mar/16/Rosy-Smaraka-Samithi-Launch-729263.html</ref>

On 10 February 2023, Google honoured Rosy with a [[Google Doodle|doodle]], on the occasion of her 120th birthday.<ref>{{Cite web |title=P.K. Rosy's 120th Birthday |url=https://www.google.com/doodles/pk-rosys-120th-birthday |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=www.google.com |language=en |archive-date=10 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210074751/https://www.google.com/doodles/pk-rosys-120th-birthday |url-status=live }}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110417021336/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/web_special/138084 Vigathakumaran in Alappuzha]

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[[Category:1903 births]]
[[Category:1975 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian film actresses]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses from Thiruvananthapuram]]
[[Category:Actresses in Malayalam cinema]]
[[Category:Women of the Kingdom of Travancore]]
[[Category:People of the Kingdom of Travancore]]

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