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{{Short description|Indian actress (1932–2006)}}
{{About|the Indian actress and dancer born in 1932|other actresses|Padmini (disambiguation){{!}}Padmini}}
{{fanpov|date=December 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Padmini Ramachandran
| image = Padmini Ramachandran.jpg
| caption = Padmini in 1950
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1932|6|12}}<ref name="Ramya Kannan">{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/09/26/stories/2006092607872200.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103040351/http://www.hindu.com/2006/09/26/stories/2006092607872200.htm |title=Front Page : Queen of Tamil cinema no more |archive-date=3 January 2013 |date=26 September 2006 |access-date=7 June 2011 |location=Chennai, India |url-status=dead |work=[[The Hindu]] }}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Trivandrum]], [[Travancore]], (now [[India]])
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2006|9|24|1932|6|12}}
| death_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| other_names = Natiya Peroli, Pappima, Thiruvancore Sisters
| family = [[Lalitha (actress)|Lalitha]] (sister) [[Ragini (actress)|Ragini]] (sister) Chandra Kumar (brother)
| relatives = [[Shobana]] (niece) [[Ambika Sukumaran]] [[Vineeth]] (nephew) [[Sukumari]] (cousin)
| spouse = {{marriage| Ramachandran|1961|1981|end=died}}
| children = Premanand (b.1963)
| years active = 1947-1994, 2002
| signature = Padmini Signature.svg
| signature_alt = "Padmini"
}}

'''Padmini Ramachandran''' (12 June 1932 – 24 September 2006)<ref name="Ramya Kannan"/><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/02/arts/02ramachandran.html Padmini Ramachandran – Indian Actress and Dancer – Obituary]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indiaabroad.com/movies/2006/sep/25padmini.htm |title=Actress Padmini dead |access-date=4 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160706062711/http://indiaabroad.com/movies/2006/sep/25padmini.htm |archive-date=6 July 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> was an [[Indian people|Indian]] actress and trained [[Bharatanatyam]] dancer, who acted in over 250 Indian films.<ref name="Ramya Kannan"/> She acted in [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Hindi]], [[Malayalam]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and [[Russian language|Russian]] language films. Padmini, with her elder sister [[Lalitha (actress)|Lalitha]] and her younger sister [[Ragini (actress)|Ragini]], were called the "[[Travancore sisters]]".<ref name=beauty/>

==Early life==

Padmini was born and raised in [[Trivandrum]] (present-day Thiruvananthapuram), in what was then the [[princely state]] of [[Travancore]] (now the Indian state of [[Kerala]]) to a Malayali family. She was the second daughter of Sree Thankappan Pillai and Saraswathi Amma.<ref name="Ramya Kannan"/>

==Career==

At the age of 16, Padmini was cast as the dancer in the Hindi film ''[[Kalpana (1948 film)|Kalpana]]'' (1948), launching her career.<ref name="tillana">{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2004/09/24/stories/2004092402170100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041130214548/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2004/09/24/stories/2004092402170100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 November 2004 |title=Entertainment / Interview : The tillana glitter is intact |date=24 September 2004 |access-date=7 June 2011 |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai, India}}</ref> She acted in films consecutively for nearly 30 years in the first lease of her career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Beauty, charm, charisma |url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/09/29/stories/2006092900720100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228080232/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/09/29/stories/2006092900720100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 February 2008 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=29 September 2006 |location=Chennai, India}}</ref> Padmini starred with several of the most well-known actors in Indian film, including [[Sivaji Ganesan]], [[M. G. Ramachandran]], [[N. T. Rama Rao]], [[Raj Kapoor]], [[Shammi Kapoor]], [[Sathyan (actor)|Sathyan]], [[Prem Nazir]], [[Dr. Rajkumar|Rajkumar]], [[Gemini Ganesan]] and [[S. S. Rajendran]]. ''[[Ezhai Padum Padu]]'', released in 1950, was her first film in Tamil. V A Gopalakrishnan taught the Padmini sisters [[Tamil language|Tamil]] since their mother-tongue was [[Malayalam]]. He was associated with Pakshi Raja studios.<ref name="Ramya Kannan"/> Padmini Ramachandran's association with Sivaji Ganesan started with the film ''[[Panam (film)|Panam]]'' in 1952.<ref name="tillana"/> Some of her notable Tamil films include ''[[Sampoorna Ramayanam (1958 film)]]'' (1958), ''[[Thanga Padhumai]]'', ''[[Anbu (1953 film)|Anbu]]'' (1953), ''Kaattu Roja'', ''[[Thillana Mohanambal]]'' (1968), ''Vietnam Veedu'', ''[[Edhir Paradhathu]]'', [[Sri Valli (1961 film)|Sri Valli]] (1961). Other projects include ''Mangayar Thilakam'' and ''[[Poove Poochudava]]'' (1985), [[Thaikku Oru Thalattu]] (1986), [[Lakshmi Vandhachu]] (1986) and [[Aayiram Kannudayaal]] (1986). Some of her Malayalam films include ''Prasanna'', ''Snehaseema'', ''Vivaahitha'', ''Adhyaapika'', ''[[Kumara Sambhavam]]'' (a 1969 Tamil/Malayalam bilingual), ''[[Nokkethadhoorathu Kannum Nattu]]'' (1984). Whereas ''Vasthuhara'' and ''Dolar'' marked the latter's last few films in her acting career and in Malayalam too after which, she immediately retired as an actress and hasn't appeared in any movies since.<ref name=beauty/>

In two of her Bollywood films— ''[[Mera Naam Joker]]'' (1970), also [[Rishi Kapoor]]'s debut film and ''[[Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai]]'' (1960), she was paired with [[Raj Kapoor]]. She did another film with Raj Kapoor – ''Aashiq'' (1962). Her other Bollywood films include ''[[Amardeep (1958 film)|Amardeep]]'' (1958), ''Payal'' (1957), ''Afsana'' (1966), ''Vaasna'' (1968), ''Chanda Aur Bijli'' (1969) and [[Babubhai Mistry]]'s ''[[Mahabharat (1965 film)|Mahabharat]]'' (1965).<ref name="Ramya Kannan" /> Her most famous was ''[[Thillana Mohanambal]]''- a Tamil film where she plays a dancer competing against a musician to see, whose skills are better.<ref name="beauty">{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/09/29/stories/2006092900720100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228080232/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/09/29/stories/2006092900720100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 February 2008 |title=Friday Review Chennai : Beauty, charm, charisma |date=29 September 2006 |access-date=7 June 2011 |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai, India}}</ref> She also acted in a 1957 Indian-Soviet film ''Journey Beyond Three Seas'' (Hindi version: ''Pardesi'') based on the travelogues of Russian traveler Afanasy Nikitin, called ''A Journey Beyond the Three Seas.''

==Personal life==

In 1961, Padmini married Ramachandran, a US - based physician.<ref name=beauty/><ref name="Ramya Kannan"/> She immediately retired from films, joined her husband in the United States, and focused on family life.<ref name=beauty/> The couple had one son, born in 1963, who now lives in [[Hillsdale, New Jersey]] and works for Warner Brothers.<ref>[https://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/aug/17padmini.htm Padmini to relocate]</ref><ref name="tillana"/> Sixteen years after her wedding, in 1977, Padmini opened a classical dance school in [[New Jersey]], named the Padmini School of Fine Arts.<ref name="tillana"/> Today, her school is considered one of the largest [[Indian classical dance]] institutions in [[United States|America]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}}. Actress [[Sukumari]] was the maternal first cousin of Padmini and her sisters (the [[Travancore sisters]]). [[Shobana]], the famous dancer, is the niece of Padmini. Malayalam actress [[Ambika Sukumaran]] is her relative. Actors [[Vineeth]] and [[Krishna (Malayalam actor)|Krishna]] are among her relatives. Padmini died of a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] at the Chennai Apollo Hospital on 24 September 2006 (aged 76 at the time). She was hospitalized on the previous day when she suffered a fatal heart attack during a meeting with the then Tamil Nadu CM [[M. Karunanidhi]]. She was survived by a son, who is settled in the United States. Padmini was well known for her professional rivalry with actress [[Vyjayanthimala]], the successful dancer-actress.<ref name="vanji"/> They performed a dance number in the Tamil film ''[[Vanjikottai Valiban]]''; the well-known song was "[[Kannum Kannum Kalanthu]]", which was sung by [[P. Leela]] and [[Jikki]]. In the song, they were pitted against each other. Due to their professional rivalry, the song has a [[cult]] following since the film was released.<ref name="vanji">{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article1573834.ece |title=Vanjikottai Vaaliban 1958 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=26 March 2011 |author=Randor Guy |author-link=Randor Guy |access-date=22 January 2012}}</ref>

== Awards ==

;Won
*1954 – Film Fans Association Award for Best Actress<ref>{{cite news |author=Sulochana Pattabhiraman |date=4 February 2001 |title=A role model |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai, India |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/02/04/stories/1304078x.htm |url-status=usurped |access-date=13 April 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125065302/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/02/04/stories/1304078x.htm |archive-date=25 January 2013}}</ref>
*1957 – The "Best Classical Dancer Award" from Moscow Youth Festival
*1958 – [[Kalaimamani]] Award from the [[Government of Tamil Nadu|Government of Madras State]]
*1959 – Film Fans Association Award for Best Actress
*1960 – Certificate of Merit for ''[[Veerapandiya Kattabomman (film)|Veerapandiya Kattabomman]]'' at the Afro-Asian Film Festival<ref>{{cite news |date=17 March 2010 |title=Miscellaneous / This Day That Age: dated March 17, 2010: Afro-Asian film festival |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai, India |url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/17/stories/2010031752340803.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=7 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927222716/http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/17/stories/2010031752340803.htm |archive-date=27 September 2011}}</ref>
*1961 – Film Fans Association Award for Best Actress
*[[13th Filmfare Awards|1966]] – [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress]] for ''[[Kaajal]]''
*1966 – Film Fans Association Award for Best Actress
* 1970 – [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress]] for ''[[Thillana Mohanambal|Thillaanaa Mohanambal]]''
* 1990 – [[Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South]]
* 2000 – [[Tamil Nadu State Film Honorary Award]] – Kalaivanar Award

; Nominated
* [[9th Filmfare Awards|1960]] – [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress]] for ''[[Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai]]''

==Filmography==

{{Main|Padmini filmography}}

==Endorsements==
* Lux
* Filmfare Magazines
* Star & Style
* Remy Talcum Powder

==See also==

* [[List of Indian film actresses]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==

* {{IMDb name|0655804|Padmini}}
* {{youTube|0hEzjQvF47U|Actress Padmini speaks about her Film career}}

{{FilmfareBestSupportingActressAward}}
{{FilmfareLifetimeAchievementAwardSouth}}
{{TamilNaduStateAwardForBestActress}}

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[[Category:20th-century Indian actresses]]
[[Category:Women of the Kingdom of Travancore]]
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