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<p>creating new post basic info</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian actress}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Surabhi Kamalabai&#039;&#039;&#039; (1913–1977) was an Indian actress who worked in [[Telugu theatre]] and [[Telugu cinema]]. She has the distinction of being the first Telugu actress in a [[Sound film|talkie]] film with &#039;&#039;[[Bhakta Prahlada (1932 film)|Bhakta Prahlada]]&#039;&#039; (1932), directed by [[H. M. Reddy]]. She played the role of Leelavathi, the wife of Hiranyakasipa.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/reliving-the-reel-and-the-real/article2271205.ece|title=Reliving the reel and the real|date=19 January 2017|first=M. L.|last=Narasimham|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=14 June 2019}}&lt;/ref&gt; Since then she acted in about 30 films, including &#039;&#039;[[Savithri (1933 film)|Savitri]]&#039;&#039; (1933), &#039;&#039;[[Pathala Bhairavi]]&#039;&#039; (1951), &#039;&#039;[[Malliswari (1951 film)|Malliswari]]&#039;&#039; (1951), &#039;&#039;[[Illarikam]]&#039;&#039; (1959) and &#039;&#039;[[Velugu Needalu]]&#039;&#039; (1961).&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0436395/|title=Surabhi Kamalabai|website=[[IMDb]] }}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> She belongs to the well esteemed [[Surabhi (theatre group)|Surabhi]] drama company, in which drama is not only a livelihood but a profession and an art form. There were about 50 drama families during the 1920s to 1950s in [[Andhra Pradesh]]. They toured different places, stayed for some time and gave a series of programmes in the nearby towns.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/03/29/stories/2004032901060300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040501142217/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/03/29/stories/2004032901060300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 May 2004|title=Movie memories|date=29 March 2004|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=1 December 2016}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Filmography==<br /> [[File:Bhakta Prahlada 1931.jpg|thumb|right|&#039;&#039;Bhakta Prahlada&#039;&#039; (1932), her debut film poster]]<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Bhakta Prahlada (1931 film)|Bhakta Prahlada]]&#039;&#039; (1931) as Leelavathi (debut)<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Sri Rama Paduka Pattabhishekam]]&#039;&#039; (1932) as Goddess [[Sita|Seetha]]<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Sakunthala (1932 film)|Sakuntala]]&#039;&#039; (1932/33) as [[Shakuntala|Sakuntala]]<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Prudhvi Putra|Pruthvi Putra]]&#039;&#039; (1933)<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Savithri (1933 film)|Savithri]]&#039;&#039; (1933)<br /> # &#039;&#039;Shaher Ka Jadoo&#039;&#039; (1934) as Laila<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Veera Abhimanyu (1936 film)|Veera Abhimanyu]]&#039;&#039; (1936)<br /> # &#039;&#039;Be Kharab Jan&#039;&#039; (1936)<br /> # &#039;&#039;Do Diwane&#039;&#039; (1936)<br /> # &#039;&#039;Draupadi Manasamrakshanam&#039;&#039; (1936)<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Bhakta Jayadeva]]&#039;&#039; (1938)<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Tukaram]]&#039;&#039; (1938)<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Bhookailas (1940 film)|Bhookailas]]&#039;&#039; (1940) as Vishnu Maya<br /> # &#039;&#039;Patni&#039;&#039; (1942)&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/patni-1942/article2580947.ece |title=Patni (1942) - Hyderabad |work=The Hindu |date=2011-10-30 |access-date=2016-12-01|last1=Narasimham |first1=M. L. }}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Keelugurram]]&#039;&#039; (1949)<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Malliswari (1951 film)|Malliswari]]&#039;&#039; (1951)<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Patala Bhairavi]]&#039;&#039; (1951)<br /> # &#039;&#039;Mangala&#039;&#039; (1951)<br /> # &#039;&#039;Kathal&#039;&#039; (1952)<br /> # &#039;&#039;Manavati&#039;&#039; (1952)<br /> # &#039;&#039;Rohini&#039;&#039; (1953)<br /> # &#039;&#039;Devadasu&#039;&#039; (1953)<br /> # &#039;&#039;Vayyari Bhama&#039;&#039; (1953)<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Pelli Naati Pramanalu]]&#039;&#039; (1958)<br /> # &#039;&#039;Mangalya Balam&#039;&#039; (1958)<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Jayabheri]]&#039;&#039; (1959)<br /> # &#039;&#039;Illarikam&#039;&#039; (1959)<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Vagdanam]]&#039;&#039; (1961) as Bujjamma<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Velugu Needalu]]&#039;&#039; (1964)<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{authority control}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Kamalabai, Surabhi}}<br /> [[Category:Indian film actresses]]<br /> [[Category:1913 births]]<br /> [[Category:1977 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:20th-century Indian actresses]]<br /> [[Category:Indian stage actresses]]<br /> [[Category:Actresses in Telugu cinema]]<br /> [[Category:Actresses in Telugu theatre]]<br /> [[Category:Date of birth missing]]<br /> [[Category:Date of death missing]]<br /> <br /> {{India-film-actor-1910s-stub}}</div>

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