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| name          = Baby Rani
| name          = Baby Rani
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| birth_name    = Rani Rudramma Devi
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| occupation    = [[Actress]]
| occupation    = [[Actress]]
| awards        =
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| years_active  = 1966 -
| years_active  = 1966 - 1982
| parents      =
| parents      = Shri Sambasiva Rao Stunt Master(telugu)
| spouse        =
                Smt.Sitaravamma
| children      =
| spouse        = Samabasiva Rao Rayala
| relatives    = Baby Farida <br> Master Shahid (siblings)
| children      = 3(Two Sons and one Daughter)
| relatives    =  
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'''Baby Rani''' was an Indian child artist, who was active in [[Tamil Cinema]] during the latter 20th century. She acted in more than 50 film in [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[Kannada language|Kannada]] and [[Hindi language|Hindi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://antrukandamugam.wordpress.com/2013/08/29/baby-rani |title= Baby Rani |date=29 August 2013 |access-date=20 May 2019|publisher=antrukandamugam.worpress}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Dhananjayan |first=G. |title=Pride of Tamil Cinema: 1931 to 2013 |date=2014 |publisher=Blue Ocean Publisher |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e07vBwAAQBAJ|isbn=978-93-84301-05-7}}</ref><ref name=anandan>{{cite book|last=''Film News''|first=Anandhan|author-link=Film News Anandan|title=Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraippada Varalaru (Tamil Films History and its Achievements|year=2004|publisher=Sivagami Publications|page=738}}</ref>
'''Baby Rani''' was an Indian child artist, who was active in [[Tamil Cinema]] during the latter 20th century. She acted in more than 90 films in [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[Kannada language|Kannada]] and [[Hindi language|Hindi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://antrukandamugam.wordpress.com/2013/08/29/baby-rani |title= Baby Rani |date=29 August 2013 |access-date=20 May 2019|publisher=antrukandamugam.worpress}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Dhananjayan |first=G. |title=Pride of Tamil Cinema: 1931 to 2013 |date=2014 |publisher=Blue Ocean Publisher |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e07vBwAAQBAJ |isbn=978-93-84301-05-7 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name=anandan>{{cite book|last=Film News|first=Anandhan|author-link=Film News Anandan|title=Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraippada Varalaru (Tamil Films History and its Achievements|year=2004|publisher=Sivagami Publications|page=738}}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
{{Expand list|date=May 2019}}
{{Expand list|date=May 2019}}
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Year
!Film
!Role
!Language
!Notes
|-
|1964
|''Bangaru Thimmaraju''
|
|Telugu
|
|-
|1965
|''Valkai Padagu''
|
|Tamil
|
|-
|1965
|''[[Thodu Needa]]''
|
|Telugu
|
|-
|1965
|''Sathee Sakkubai''
|
|Telugu
|
|-
|1966
|''[[Chitthi]]''
|
|Tamil
|
|-
|1966
|''[[Ponnu Mappillai]]''
|
|Tamil
|
|-
|1966
|[[Sangeeta Lakshmi|''Sangeetha Lakshmi'']]
 
|
|Telugu
|
|-
|1966
|''Letha Manasulu''
|
|Telugu
|
|-
|1967
|[[Aurat (1967 film)|''Aurat'']]
|
|Hindi
|
|-
|1967
|[[Pesum Deivam|''Pesum Dheivam'']]
|
|Tamil
|
|-
|1967
|''Pinni''
|
|Telugu
|
|-
|1967
|''[[Peddakkaiah]]''
|
|Telugu
|
|-
|1967
|[[Chikkadu Dorakadu (1967 film)|''Chikkadu Dorakadu'']]
|
|Telugu
|
|-
|1967
|[[Belli Moda|''Bellimoda'']]
|
|Kannada
|
|-
|1968
|''[[Kuzhanthaikkaga]]''
|Geetha (First National Award for child is given in India)
|Tamil
|
|-
|1968
|[[Teacheramma (1968 film)|''Teacharamma'']]
|
|Tamil
|
|-
|1968
|''Pappa Kosam''
|
|Telugu
|
|-
|1969
|''Nanha Farishta''
|Geetha
|Hindi
|
|-
|1969
|''[[Kanne Pappa]]''
|Lakshmi
|Tamil
|
|-
|1969
|''[[Adimai Penn]]''
|Azhagu
|Tamil
|
|-
|1969
|''[[Ponnu Mappillai]]''
|
|Tamil
|
|-
|1969
|''[[Thirudan]]''
| Lakshmi
|Tamil
|
|-
|1969
|''Jatakaratna Midathambotlu''
|
|Telugu
|
|-
|1969
|[[Mathru Devata|''Mathru Devatha'']]
|
|Telugu
|
|-
|1969
|''[[Bangaru Panjaram]]''
|
|Telugu
|
|-
|1969
|''[[Adrushtavanthulu]]''
|
|Telugu
|
|-
|1970
|''Preethi Magal''
|
|Malayalam
|
|-
|1970
|''[[Raman Ethanai Ramanadi]]''
|Young Sumathi
|Tamil
|
|-
|1970
|''Amma Kosam''
|
|Telugu
|
|-
|-
! Year !! Movie !! Role !! Language !! Note !! class="unsortable"|{{Tooltip|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
|1970
|''[[Pachani Samsaram]]''
|
|Telugu
|
|-
|-
| 1966 || ''[[Chitthi]]'' || ||Tamil || || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spicyonion.com/movie/chithi|title=Chithi (1966)|website=Spicyonion.com}}{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|1970
|''Maa Manchi Akkaiah''
|
|Telugu
|
|-
|-
| 1966 || ''[[Ponnu Mappillai]]'' || || Tamil || || <ref>{{cite news |date=September 27, 1969 |title=Cinema |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19690927&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |pages=12}}</ref>
|1970
|''Pethandarlu''
|
|Telugu
|
|-
|-
| 1967 || ''[[Pesum Dheivam]]'' || ||Tamil || || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spicyonion.com/movie/pesum-deivam|title= Pesum Deivam (1967)| website=Spicyonion.com}}</ref>
|1971
|''[[Kasturi Nivasa]]''
|Rani
|Kannada
|
|-
|-
| 1968 || ''[[Kuzhanthaikkaga]]'' || Pappa (a) Geetha || Tamil || || {{sfn|G. Dhananjayan|2014|page=202}}<ref name=anandan/>
|1971
|[[Muthassi (film)|''Muthassi'']]
|
|Malayalam
|
|-
|-
| 1968 || ''Pappa Kosam'' || || Telugu  || || {{sfn|G. Dhananjayan|2014|page=203}}<ref name=anandan/>
|1971
|''[[Aathi Parasakthi]]''
|[[Meenakshi|Madurai Meenatchi Amman]]
|Tamil
|
|-
|-
| 1969 || ''Jatakaratna Midathambotlu'' || || Telugu ||| || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moviefone.com/movie/jatakaratna-mirdathambotlu/Ad294ZJPjLnCJJtjUQgba1/credits|title= Jatakaratna Midathambotlu|access-date=23 May 2019}}</ref>
|1971
|''Kankatchi''
|
|Tamil
|
|-
|-
| 1969 || ''[[Kanne Pappa]]'' || Lakshmi || Tamil || || <ref name=anandan/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spicyonion.com/movie/kanne-pappa|title=Kanne Pappa|website=Spicyonion.com}}</ref>
|1971
|''[[Thirumagal]]''
|Neela
|Tamil
|
|-
|-
| 1969 || ''Nanha Farishta'' || Geetha || Hindi || || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/nanha-farishta-3633/cast-crew|title=Nanha Farishta (1969)|access-date=23 May 2019}}</ref><ref name=anandan/>
|1971
|''[[Dasara Bullodu]]''
|
|Telugu
|
|-
|-
| 1969 || ''[[Adimai Penn]]'' || Azhagu || Tamil || ||<ref name="filmcompanion">{{Cite web |url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/southern-lights-adimai-penn/ |title=Southern Lights: Adimai Penn |last=Rangan |first=Baradwaj |author-link=Baradwaj Rangan |date=20 July 2017 |website=[[Film Companion]] |access-date=23 May 2019}}</ref><ref name=anandan/>
|1971
|''Bhale Papa''
|Lakshmi
|Telugu
|
|-
|-
| 1970 || ''[[Raman Ethanai Ramanadi]]'' || Young Sumathi || Tamil || ||<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19700815&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|title=Raman Ethanai Ramanadi|date=15 August 1970|work=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=23 May 2019|page=12}}</ref><ref name=anandan/>
|1972
|''Bhale Rani''
|
|Kannada
|
|-
|-
| 1971 || ''[[Aathi Parasakthi]]'' || [[Meenakshi|Madurai Meenatchi Amman]] || Tamil || ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spicyonion.com/movie/adi-parasakthi|title=Aathi Parasakthi|website=Spicyonion.com}}</ref>
|1972
|''Rani Yaar Kuzhanthai''
|Rani
|Tamil
|
|-
|-
| 1971 || ''Kankatchi'' || || Tamil || || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/kankatchi-22907|title=Kankatchi (1971)|access-date=23 May 2019}}</ref>
|1972
|''Appa Tata''
|
|Tamil
|
|-
|-
| 1971 || ''[[Kasturi Nivasa]]'' || || Kannada || ||<ref name="hindu">{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/kasturi-nivasa-1971/article1420537.ece | title=Kasturi Nivasa 1971 | newspaper=The Hindu | access-date=23 May 2019}}</ref>
|1972
|''Antha Manamanchike''
|
|Telugu
|
|-
|-
| 1971 || ''[[Thirumagal]]'' || Neela || Tamil || || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spicyonion.com/movie/thirumagal|title=Thirumagal (1971)|website=Spicyonion.com}}</ref>
|1972
|[[Chitti Talli|''Chitti Thalli'']]
|
|Telugu
|
|-
|-
| 1972 || ''Rani Yaar Kuzhanthai'' || Rani || Tamil || ||<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://vuedb.my/movie/tt3424600-rani-yaar-kuzhanthai/crew|title=Rani Yaar Kuzhanthai Rani Yaar Kuzhanthai (1972) -VUE|access-date=2019-05-23}}</ref>
|1973
|''[[Samsaram Sagaram]]''
|
|Telugu
|
|-
|-
| 1975 || ''[[Rani Aur Lalpari]]'' || Rani || Hindi || ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/rani-aur-lalpari-4429|title=Rani Aur Lalpari (1975)|access-date=23 May 2019}}</ref>
|1973
|''[[Bhakta Tukaram]]''
|
|Telugu
|
|-
|-
| 1976 || ''[[Dasavatharam (film)|Dasavatharam]]'' || [[Prahlada|Prakalathan]] || Tamil || ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.indiaglitz.com/watch.php?mid=%7B8BE38709-E39B-4011-964-C8D02DEB8AD0%7D|title=Dasavatharam (1976)|access-date=2019-05-23|publisher=movies.indiaglitz|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108181927/http://movies.indiaglitz.com/watch.php?mid=%7B8BE38709-E39B-4011-964-C8D02DEB8AD0%7D|archive-date=8 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|1974
|''[[Premalu Pellillu]]''
|
|Telugu
|
|-
|-
| 1976 || ''[[Moondru Mudichu]]'' || Prasath Sister || Tamil || ||<ref>http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=moondru%20mudichu</ref>
|1975
|''[[Balipeetam]]''
|
|Telugu
|
|-
|-
| 1977 || ''Darinda'' || || Hindi || || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/darinda-4730|title=Darinda (1977)|access-date=23 May 2019}}</ref>
|1976
|[[Dasavatharam (film)|''Dasavatharam'']]
|[[Prahlada|Prakalathan]]
|Tamil
|
|-
|-
| 1977 || ''[[Hum Kisise Kum Naheen]]'' || Young Kajal || Hindi || ||<ref name="thehindu1">{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/hum-kisise-kum-naheen-1977/article4484547.ece |title=BLAST FROM THE PAST: Hum Kisise Kum Naheen (1977) |newspaper=The Hindu |date=7 March 2013|access-date=23 May 2019}}</ref>
|1976
|''[[Moondru Mudichu]]''
|Prasath Sister
|Tamil
|
|-
|-
| 1977 || ''[[Immaan Dharam]]'' || Pinky Francis || Hindi || || <ref name="thehindu">{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/blast-from-the-past-immaan-dharam-1977/article6913098.ece |title= Blast from the Past - Immaan Dharam (1977)|access-date=23 May 2019}}</ref>
|1977
|[[Sri Krishna Leela (1977 film)|''Sri Krishna Leela'']]
|[[Lord Krishna|Little Krishnan]]
|Tamil
|
|-
|-
| 1977 || ''[[Sri Krishna Leela (1977 film)|Sri Krishna Leela]]'' || [[Lord Krishna|Little Krishnan]] || Tamil || ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiancine.ma/SPY/info|title=Sri Krishna Leela (A. P. Nagarajan) 1977|access-date=2019-05-23|publisher=indiancine.ma}}</ref>
|1978
|''[[Kannavari Illu]]''
|
|Telugu
|
|-
|-
| 1978 || ''[[Anjane Mein]]'' || Young Rani || Hindi || || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/anjane-mein-4851|title=Anjane Mein (1978)|access-date=23 May 2019}}</ref>
|1982
|''Bhkta Dhruva Markandeya''
|
|Telugu
|
|}
|}


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| style="text-align:center;"| [[National Film Award for Best Child Artist]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[National Film Award for Best Child Artist]]
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| {{sfn|G. Dhananjayan|2014|page=204}}<ref name="16thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/16th_nff_1970.pdf|title=16th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=23 May 2019|format=PDF|page=2}}</ref>
| {{sfn|Dhananjayan|2014|page=204}}<ref name="16thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/16th_nff_1970.pdf|title=16th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=23 May 2019|page=2}}</ref>
|-
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|style="text-align:center;" | 1969
|style="text-align:center;" | 1969

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Baby Rani
File:Baby Rani.jpg
Born
Rani Rudramma Devi
OccupationActress
Years active1966 - 1982
Spouse(s)Samabasiva Rao Rayala
Children3(Two Sons and one Daughter)
Parent(s)Shri Sambasiva Rao Stunt Master(telugu) Smt.Sitaravamma

Baby Rani was an Indian child artist, who was active in Tamil Cinema during the latter 20th century. She acted in more than 90 films in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi.[1][2][3]

Filmography[edit | edit source]

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
Year Film Role Language Notes
1964 Bangaru Thimmaraju Telugu
1965 Valkai Padagu Tamil
1965 Thodu Needa Telugu
1965 Sathee Sakkubai Telugu
1966 Chitthi Tamil
1966 Ponnu Mappillai Tamil
1966 Sangeetha Lakshmi Telugu
1966 Letha Manasulu Telugu
1967 Aurat Hindi
1967 Pesum Dheivam Tamil
1967 Pinni Telugu
1967 Peddakkaiah Telugu
1967 Chikkadu Dorakadu Telugu
1967 Bellimoda Kannada
1968 Kuzhanthaikkaga Geetha (First National Award for child is given in India) Tamil
1968 Teacharamma Tamil
1968 Pappa Kosam Telugu
1969 Nanha Farishta Geetha Hindi
1969 Kanne Pappa Lakshmi Tamil
1969 Adimai Penn Azhagu Tamil
1969 Ponnu Mappillai Tamil
1969 Thirudan Lakshmi Tamil
1969 Jatakaratna Midathambotlu Telugu
1969 Mathru Devatha Telugu
1969 Bangaru Panjaram Telugu
1969 Adrushtavanthulu Telugu
1970 Preethi Magal Malayalam
1970 Raman Ethanai Ramanadi Young Sumathi Tamil
1970 Amma Kosam Telugu
1970 Pachani Samsaram Telugu
1970 Maa Manchi Akkaiah Telugu
1970 Pethandarlu Telugu
1971 Kasturi Nivasa Rani Kannada
1971 Muthassi Malayalam
1971 Aathi Parasakthi Madurai Meenatchi Amman Tamil
1971 Kankatchi Tamil
1971 Thirumagal Neela Tamil
1971 Dasara Bullodu Telugu
1971 Bhale Papa Lakshmi Telugu
1972 Bhale Rani Kannada
1972 Rani Yaar Kuzhanthai Rani Tamil
1972 Appa Tata Tamil
1972 Antha Manamanchike Telugu
1972 Chitti Thalli Telugu
1973 Samsaram Sagaram Telugu
1973 Bhakta Tukaram Telugu
1974 Premalu Pellillu Telugu
1975 Balipeetam Telugu
1976 Dasavatharam Prakalathan Tamil
1976 Moondru Mudichu Prasath Sister Tamil
1977 Sri Krishna Leela Little Krishnan Tamil
1978 Kannavari Illu Telugu
1982 Bhkta Dhruva Markandeya Telugu

Accolades[edit | edit source]

Year Film Category Outcome Ref
1968 Kuzhanthaikkaga National Film Award for Best Child Artist Won [4][5]
1969 Kanne Pappa Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Child Artist Won [3]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Baby Rani". antrukandamugam.worpress. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  2. ↑ Dhananjayan, G. (2014). Pride of Tamil Cinema: 1931 to 2013. Blue Ocean Publisher. ISBN 978-93-84301-05-7.[permanent dead link]
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Film News, Anandhan (2004). Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraippada Varalaru (Tamil Films History and its Achievements. Sivagami Publications. p. 738.
  4. ↑ Dhananjayan 2014, p. 204.
  5. ↑ "16th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 2. Retrieved 23 May 2019.

External links[edit | edit source]

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