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'''Travancore Sisters''' refers to the trio of [[Lalitha (actress)|Lalitha]], [[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]] and [[Ragini (actress)|Ragini]] who were actresses, dancers and performers in [[Malayalam Cinema|Malayalam]], [[Tamil Cinema|Tamil]], [[Telugu Cinema|Telugu]], [[Hindi Cinema|Hindi]] and [[Kannada]] films.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gulzar |authorlink1=Gulzar |last2=Nihalani |first2=Govind |authorlink2=Govind Nihalani |last3=Chatterjee|first3=Saibal|title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC |year=2008|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica (India) Pvt. Ltd. |isbn=9788179910665}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/09/30/stories/2006093003090300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616201945/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/09/30/stories/2006093003090300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 June 2010|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=Malaya Cottage was their grooming ground : The Travancore Sisters, Lalitha, Padmini and Ragini, were the pride of Malaya Cottage|date=30 September 2006 }}</ref> | '''Travancore Sisters''' refers to the trio of [[Lalitha (actress)|Lalitha]], [[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]] and [[Ragini (actress)|Ragini]] who were actresses, dancers and performers in [[Malayalam Cinema|Malayalam]], [[Tamil Cinema|Tamil]], [[Telugu Cinema|Telugu]], [[Hindi Cinema|Hindi]] and [[Kannada]] films.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gulzar |authorlink1=Gulzar |last2=Nihalani |first2=Govind |authorlink2=Govind Nihalani |last3=Chatterjee|first3=Saibal|title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC |year=2008|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica (India) Pvt. Ltd. |isbn=9788179910665}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/09/30/stories/2006093003090300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616201945/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/09/30/stories/2006093003090300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 June 2010|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=Malaya Cottage was their grooming ground : The Travancore Sisters, Lalitha, Padmini and Ragini, were the pride of Malaya Cottage|date=30 September 2006 }}</ref> | ||
The Travancore sisters learned dancing under [[Guru Gopinath]] and Guru T. K. Mahalingam Pillai.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2003/01/03/stories/2003010301520800.htm|title=Life dedicated to dance|date=3 January 2003|work=The Hindu}}</ref> Ragini died from cancer in 1976 and Lalitha in 1982. Padmini died in 2006. Few documents relating to them survived except for dozens of films and articles in Indian newspapers. The Travancore Sisters grew up in a joint family tharavadu 'Malaya Cottage' in Poojappura, [[Thiruvananthapuram]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2006/09/30/stories/2006093001410100.htm |title=When the stars shone in Malaya Cottage |date=30 September 2006 |work=The Hindu}}</ref> The Travancore sisters were nieces of the famous beauty Narayani Pillai Kunjamma, who spurned the king of [[Travancore]] in favour of marrying the aristocratic landowner [[Kesava Pillai of Kandamath]] and through her related to the actress [[Sukumari]]'s mother Sathyabhama Amma and the [[Travancore Royal Family]] through cousin, Ambika.<ref>Kerala Council for Historical research Family History Papers see under Tharishuthala by K. K. N {{cite web |url=http://www.keralahistory.ac.in/family.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2016-09-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303170639/http://www.keralahistory.ac.in/family.htm |archivedate=3 March 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> They came to be known as the Travancore sisters. | The Travancore sisters learned dancing under [[Guru Gopinath]] and Guru T. K. Mahalingam Pillai.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2003/01/03/stories/2003010301520800.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031206032543/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2003/01/03/stories/2003010301520800.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=6 December 2003|title=Life dedicated to dance|date=3 January 2003|work=The Hindu}}</ref> Ragini died from cancer in 1976 and Lalitha in 1982. Padmini died in 2006. Few documents relating to them survived except for dozens of films and articles in Indian newspapers. The Travancore Sisters grew up in a joint family tharavadu 'Malaya Cottage' in Poojappura, [[Thiruvananthapuram]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2006/09/30/stories/2006093001410100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101029063224/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2006/09/30/stories/2006093001410100.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=29 October 2010 |title=When the stars shone in Malaya Cottage |date=30 September 2006 |work=The Hindu}}</ref> The Travancore sisters were nieces of the famous beauty Narayani Pillai Kunjamma, who spurned the king of [[Travancore]] in favour of marrying the aristocratic landowner [[Kesava Pillai of Kandamath]] and through her related to the actress [[Sukumari]]'s mother Sathyabhama Amma and the [[Travancore Royal Family]] through cousin, Ambika.<ref>Kerala Council for Historical research Family History Papers see under Tharishuthala by K. K. N {{cite web |url=http://www.keralahistory.ac.in/family.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2016-09-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303170639/http://www.keralahistory.ac.in/family.htm |archivedate=3 March 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> They came to be known as the Travancore sisters. | ||
Uday Shankar called the sisters to Chennai (then Madras) to act in a film based on dance which he was planning to make . Padmini and her sisters were disciples of the noted Indian dancer Guru Gopinath . | Uday Shankar called the sisters to Chennai (then Madras) to act in a film based on dance which he was planning to make . Padmini and her sisters were disciples of the noted Indian dancer Guru Gopinath . | ||