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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Prathima Devi<br />
| image = Pratima Devi.jpeg<br />
| birth_name = Mohini<br />
| birth_place = [[Kalladka]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]] (today in [[Karnataka]], India)<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1933|4|9}}<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|4|6|1933|4|9|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Mysore]], Karnataka, India<br />
| occupation = Actress<br />
| yearsactive = 1947–2005<br />
| spouse = [[D. Shankar Singh]]<br />
| children = 4, including [[Rajendra Singh Babu]], [[Vijayalakshmi Singh]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Prathima Devi''' (9 April 1933 – 6 April 2021)<ref>{{cite news |title=Veteran Actress Prathima Devi Expired |url=https://www.chitraloka.com/flash-back/23868-prathima-devi-expired.html |access-date=11 April 2021 |work=chitraloka.com}}</ref> was an Indian film actress known for her work in [[Kannada language|Kannada]] films. Devi made her debut through the 1947 film ''[[Krishnaleela]]''. She starred in the lead role in ''[[Jaganmohini (1951 film)|Jaganmohini]]'' (1951), the first Kannada film to complete 100 days at the box-office. She went on to appear in over 60 films.<ref name="Jaganmohini">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/an-evening-with-jaganmohini/article2095027.ece|title=An evening with Jaganmohini|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=11 June 2011|accessdate=14 September 2015}}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Devi was born as Mohini on 9 April 1933 in [[Kalladka]], a town in the erstwhile [[South Canara]] region of [[Madras Presidency]] (in present-day [[Karnataka]]), to Upendra Shenoy and Saraswatibai, as the last of their four children. Devi lost her father when she was four or five years old; the family moved to [[Mangalore]], then to [[Ahmedabad]], where her brother-in-law ran a textile business, before settling in [[Udupi]]. It was here that Devi got hooked to watching films, with the role of [[M. S. Subbulakshmi]] as Naradar in the 1941 Tamil film ''[[Savithiri (1941 film)|Savithiri]]'' influencing her deeply in pursuing a career in acting.<ref>{{cite AV media |date = 29 November 2020 |title ='ನಾನು ಚಿತ್ರರಂಗಕ್ಕೆ ಕಾಲಿಟ್ಟು ಇಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ಸರಿಯಾಗಿ 75 ವರ್ಷ'-Ep1-Actress Pratima Devi LIFE-Kalamadhyam |trans-title = 75 Years Since I Entered Cinema |language = Kannada |url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZTsQex-IAg |access-date = 17 April 2021 |publisher = Kalamadhyama ಕಲಾಮಾಧ್ಯಮ}}</ref><br />
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Devi joined professional theatre at the age of 11 before entering films with ''[[Krishnaleela]]'' (1947).<ref>{{cite news |title=Prathima Devi, veteran actor, passes away |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/prathima-devi-veteran-actor-passes-away/article34258301.ece |access-date=11 April 2021 |work=The Hindu |date=7 April 2021 |language=en-IN}}</ref> In the film, she shared screen with [[Kemparaj Urs]] while also meeting future husband [[D. Shankar Singh]] on its sets. She went on to appear in ''[[Jaganmohini (1951 film)|Jaganmohini]]'' (1951), which became the first Kannada film to complete a 100-day run at the theatres. Her ''Dallali'' (1952) alongside Makeup Subbanna was another major success. Most films she appeared in where produced by her husband under the banner Mahatma Films.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/remembering-prathima-devi/article34271735.ece|title=Remembering Prathima Devi|publisher=The Hindu|date=8 April 2021}}</ref><br />
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Devi had four children: son [[Rajendra Singh Babu]] is a film director, Sangram Singh and Jairaj Singh and daughter [[Vijayalakshmi Singh]], an actress and producer.<ref>{{cite web |last1=George |first1=Nina C. |title=When mom's the world |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/566111/when-moms-world.html |website=Deccan Herald |access-date=11 April 2021 |language=en |date=21 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/sepia-stories-at-60/article2271837.ece | title=Sepia stories at 60 | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | date=16 March 2007 | accessdate=15 September 2015 | author=B. V. Shiva Shankar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812160302/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/sepia-stories-at-60/article2271837.ece |archive-date=12 August 2020}}</ref> Devi died on 6 April 2021 at her residence in Saraswatipura, [[Mysore]], aged 88.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/prathima-devi-veteran-actor-passes-away/article34258301.ece|title=Veteran actress Pratima Devi passes away|work=Times of India|date=6 April 2021}}</ref><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
* ''[[Krishnaleela]]'' (1947)...Gopi<br />
* ''[[Shiva Parvathi]]'' (1950)<br />
* ''[[Jaganmohini (1951 film)|Jaganmohini]]'' (1951)<br />
* ''[[Sri Srinivasa Kalyana]]'' (1952)<br />
* ''Dallali'' (1952)<br />
* ''Chanchala Kumari'' (1953)<br />
* ''Muttidella Chinna'' (1954)<br />
* ''Madiddunnu Maharaya'' (1954)<br />
* ''[[Shivasharane Nambekka]]'' (1955)<br />
* ''Prabhulinga Leele'' (1957)<br />
* ''Mangala Sutra'' (1959)<br />
* ''[[Shivalinga Sakshi]]'' (1960)<br />
* ''[[Raja Satyavrata]]'' (1961)<br />
* ''[[Bhakta Chetha (1961 film)|Bhakta Chetha]]'' (1961)...Gowri<br />
* ''[[Sri Dharmasthala Mahathme]]'' (1962)<br />
* ''[[Paalige Bandadde Panchamrutha]]'' (1963)<br />
* ''[[Pathala Mohini]]'' (1965)<br />
* ''[[Nagarahavu]]'' (1972)<br />
* ''[[Nagakanye]]'' (1975)<br />
* ''[[Narada Vijaya]]'' (1980)<br />
* ''[[Bhaari Bharjari Bete]]'' (1981)<br />
* ''[[Dharani Mandala Madhyadolage]]'' (1983)<br />
* ''[[Rama Shama Bhama]]'' (2005)<br />
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==Awards==<br />
* 2001–02: [[Dr. Rajkumar Award]] by the [[Government of Karnataka]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb name|5796874|Prathima Devi}}<br />
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