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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name                 = Mynavathi
| name               = Mynavathi
| image                 = Mynavathi Savkur.jpg
| image             = Mynavathi Savkur.jpg
| caption               =  
| caption           =  
| birthname             = M. Mynavathi
| birthname         = M. Mynavathi
| birth_date           = {{birth date |1935|7|26|df=yes}}
| birth_date         = {{birth date |1935|7|26|df=yes}}
| birth_place           = [[Bhatkal]], Uttar Kannada
| birth_place       = [[Bhatkal]], [[Uttara Kannada district]], Karnataka, India
| nationality          = Indian
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2012|11|10|1935|7|26|df=yes}}
| death_date           = {{death date and age|2012|11|10|1935|7|26|df=yes}}
| death_place       = [[Bangalore]], India
| death_place           = [[Bangalore]], India
| occupation         = Actress
| occupation           = Actress
| years_active       = 1955–2012
| years_active         = 1955–2012
| spouse             = Dr. S. Radhakrishna
| spouse               = Dr. S. Radhakrishna
| website           =  
| website               =  
| relatives         = [[Pandari Bai]] (sister)
| relatives             = [[Pandari Bai]] (sister)  
| children           = 3
| children             = 3
Gurudutta
Shyamsunder
Gayatri
}}
}}


'''Mynavathi''' (26 July 1935 – 10 November 2012) was an Indian film and television actress. She made her first screen appearance as an actor in the 1955 [[Cinema of Karnataka|Kannada]] film ''Santa Sakhu'' and acted in over 100 Kannada films. She was the younger sister of another popular Kannada actress [[Pandari Bai]]. She became popular after her role in the 1959 Kannada film ''[[Abba Aa Hudugi]]'', which co-starred [[Rajkumar (actor)|Rajkumar]] and her sister [[Pandari Bai]] and was directed by H. L. N. Simha. In the film, she played the role of an autocratic girl who hates men. It was based on [[William Shakespeare]]'s play ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]''.<ref name="chitraloka1">{{cite web |url=http://www.chitraloka.com/news/2042-mynavathi-dead.html |title=Mynavathi Dead |website=chitraloka.com |accessdate=13 November 2012 |archive-date=7 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307204033/http://www.chitraloka.com/news/2042-mynavathi-dead.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
'''Mynavathi''' (26 July 1935 – 10 November 2012) was an Indian actress. She made her first screen appearance as an actor in the 1955 [[Cinema of Karnataka|Kannada]] film ''Santa Sakhu'' and acted in over 100 Kannada films. She was the younger sister of another popular Kannada actress [[Pandari Bai]]. She became popular after her role in the 1959 Kannada film ''[[Abba Aa Hudugi]]'', which co-starred [[Dr. Rajkumar|Rajkumar]] and her sister [[Pandari Bai]] and was directed by H. L. N. Simha. In the film, she played the role of an autocratic girl who hates men. It was based on [[William Shakespeare]]'s play ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]''.{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}}  


== Career ==
== Career ==
After her debut in 1955, Mynavathi appeared in ''[[Bhakta Vijaya]]'', ''[[Hari Bhakta]]'' and ''[[Rayara Sose]]'', all the films that had [[Rajkumar (actor)|Rajkumar]] playing the lead role. She has acted alongside other greats of Kannada cinema like [[Kalyan Kumar]] and [[Udaykumar]], with [[Sivaji Ganesan]] in Tamil films. Her other popular films include ''Kacha Devayani'', ''Naane Bhagyavathi'', ''Anuraadha'', ''Annapurna'', ''Sarvajnamurthy'', ''Amma'', ''Muthaide Bhagya'' and ''Obbarigintha Obbaru''. Launching "Yantra Media" in the 1980s with her sons, Mynavathi entered the television industry. She has acted in the [[Soap opera|television serials]] ''Amma'', ''Manetana'', ''Mahayagna'' and ''Sumangali''.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/actor-mynavathi-passes-away/article4086807.ece |title= Actor Mynavathi passes away |newspaper= The Hindu |accessdate= 2012-11-13 |archive-date= 12 October 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201012063251/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/actor-mynavathi-passes-away/article4086807.ece |url-status= live }}</ref>
After her debut in 1955, Mynavathi appeared in ''[[Bhakta Vijaya]]'', ''[[Hari Bhakta]]'' and ''[[Rayara Sose]]'', all the films that had [[Dr. Rajkumar|Rajkumar]] playing the lead role. She has acted alongside other greats of Kannada cinema like [[Kalyan Kumar]] and [[Udaykumar]], with [[Sivaji Ganesan]] in Tamil films. Her other popular films include ''Kacha Devayani'', ''Naane Bhagyavathi'', ''Anuraadha'', ''Annapurna'', ''Sarvajnamurthy'', ''Amma'', ''Muthaide Bhagya'' and ''Obbarigintha Obbaru''. Launching "Yantra Media" in the 1980s with her sons, Mynavathi entered the television industry. She has acted in the [[Soap opera|television serials]] ''Amma'', ''Manetana'', ''Mahayagna'' and ''Sumangali''.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/actor-mynavathi-passes-away/article4086807.ece |title= Actor Mynavathi passes away |newspaper= The Hindu |accessdate= 2012-11-13 |archive-date= 12 October 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201012063251/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/actor-mynavathi-passes-away/article4086807.ece |url-status= live }}</ref>


== Death ==
== Death ==
Mynavathi died on 10 November 2012 at the BGS Global Hospital, Bangalore from cardiac arrest.<ref name="chitraloka1" />
Mynavathi died on 10 November 2012


== Filmography ==
== Filmography ==
=== Kannada ===
=== Filmography ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Language !! Notes
|-
|-
| 1956 || ''[[Bhakta Vijaya]]'' || ||  
| 1953 || ''[[Kangal (film)|Kangal]]'' || || rowspan=3 | Tamil || Debut Film
|-
|-
| 1956 || ''[[Hari Bhakta]]'' || ||  
| rowspan=2 |1954 || ''[[En Magal]]'' || ||
|-
|-
| 1956 || ''[[Mutthaide Bhagya (1956 film)|Muttaide Bhagya]]'' || Vidyavati ||  
|| ''[[Ponvayal]]'' || ||
|-
|-
| 1956 || ''Kacha Devayani'' || ||  
|1955 || ''[[Santha Sakku]]'' || || Kannada || Debut in Kannada
|-
|-
| 1957 || ''[[Bettada Kalla]]'' || ||  
| rowspan=8 |1956 || ''[[Nalla Veedu]]'' || ||rowspan=3 |Tamil ||
|-
|-
| 1957 || ''[[Rayara Sose]]'' || ||  
|| ''[[Nannambikkai]]'' ||
||
|-
|-
| 1958 || ''Bommalapelli'' || Kannamma ||  
|| ''[[Kula Deivam (1956 film)|Kula Dheivam]]'' || ||
|-
|-
| 1959 || ''[[Abba Aa Hudugi]]'' || Sharmishtha ||  
|| ''[[Bhakta Vijaya]]'' || || rowspan=4|Kannada||  
|-
|-
| 1959 || ''[[Manege Banda Mahalakshmi]]'' || ||  
|| ''[[Hari Bhakta]]'' || ||  
|-
|-
| 1964 || ''[[Annapoorna (film)|Annapoorna]]'' || Ashadevi ||
|| ''[[Mutthaide Bhagya (1956 film)|Muttaide Bhagya]]'' || Vidyavati ||  
|-
|-
| 1964 || ''[[Navajeevana]]'' || ||  
|| ''Kacha Devayani'' || ||  
|-
|-
| 1965 || ''[[Sarvagna Murthy]]'' || ||  
|| ''Shantha Sakkubai'' || || Tamil || Dubbed from Kannada
|-
|-
| 1965 || ''[[Mahasathi Anasuya]]'' || || Cameo
| rowspan=5 |1957 || ''[[Bettada Kalla]]'' || || rowspan=3|Kannada
|-
|-
| 1967 || ''Shri Purandaradasaru'' || Circus woman || Cameo
|| ''[[Sati Nalaayini]]'' || ||
|-
|-
| 1967 || ''[[Anuradha (1967 film)|Anuradha]]'' || ||  
|| ''[[Rayara Sose]]'' || Lakshmi ||  
|-
|-
| 1968 || ''Nane Bhagyavathi'' || ||  
|| ''Pudhu Vayal'' || || rowspan=7 |Tamil ||
|-
|-
| 1968 || ''[[Gowri Ganda]]'' || ||  
|| ''[[Aaravalli]]'' || ||
|-
|-
| 1968 || ''[[Amma (1968 film)|Amma]]'' || ||  
| rowspan=6|1958 || ''[[Maalaiyitta Mangai]]'' || ||
|-
|-
| 1969 || ''Gadondu Henneradu'' || ||  
|| ''[[Bommai Kalyanam]]'' || Kannamma ||
|-
|-
| 1970 || ''[[Sri Krishnadevaraya (film)|Sri Krishnadevaraya]]'' || ||  
|| ''[[Anbu Engey]]'' || ||
|-
|-
| 1970 || ''Muru Muttugalu'' || ||  
|| ''[[Naan Valartha Thangai]]'' || ||
|-
|-
| 1970 || ''Aliya Geleya'' || ||  
||''[[Sengottai Singam]]'' || ||
|-
|-
| 1976 || ''[[Mugiyada Kathe]]'' || ||  
|| ''[[Bommala Pelli]]'' || Bullemma || Telugu ||
|-
|-
| 1977 || ''[[Bhagyavantharu]]'' || ||  
|rowspan=7| 1959 || ''[[Abba Aa Hudugi]]'' || Sharmishtha || rowspan=2 | Kannada ||  
|-
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Mana Mecchida Sose]]'' || ||  
|| ''[[Manege Banda Mahalakshmi]]'' || ||  
|-
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Prema Sangama]]'' || || Final film role
|| ''[[Kann Thirandhadhu]]'' || || rowspan=11 |Tamil||
|}
|-
 
|| ''[[Engal Kuladevi]]'' || ||
=== Tamil ===
|-
{| class="wikitable"
|| ''[[Vannakili]]'' || ||
|-
|| ''[[Naalu Veli Nilam]]'' || ||
|-
|| ''[[Kalyanikku Kalyanam]]'' || Kalyani ||
|-
| rowspan=5|1960 || ''[[Kuravanji]]'' || ||
|-
|| ''[[Mahalakshmi]]'' || ||
|-
|| ''[[Abba Aa Hudugi|Mangaikku Maangalyame Pradhaanam]]'' || ||
|-
|| ''[[Thanthaikku Pin Thamaiyan]]'' || ||
|-
|| ''Anbukor Anni'' || ||
|-
| 1961 || ''[[Malliyam Mangalam]]'' || ||
|-
| rowspan=2 |1964 || ''[[Annapoorna (film)|Annapoorna]]'' || Ashadevi || rowspan=17 |Kannada ||
|-
|| ''[[Navajeevana]]'' || ||
|-
| rowspan=2 |1965 || ''[[Sarvagna Murthy]]''  || ||
|-
|| ''[[Mahasathi Anasuya]]'' || || Cameo
|-
| 1966 || ''[[Subba Shastry]]'' || ||
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1967 || ''Shri Purandaradasaru'' || Circus woman || Cameo
|-
|| ''[[Anuradha (1967 film)|Anuradha]]'' || Anuradha ||
|-
|rowspan=4| 1968 || ''Nane Bhagyavathi'' || ||
|-
|| ''[[Gowri Ganda]]'' || ||
|-
|| ''Aananda Kanda'' || ||
|-
|| ''[[Amma (1968 film)|Amma]]'' || ||
|-
| rowspan=2 |1969 || ''Vichithra Samaara'' || ||
|-
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Co-Stars !! Director !! Notes
|| ''[[Gandondu Hennaru]]'' || Seetha ||
|-
|-
| 1953 || ''[[Kangal (film)|Kangal]]'' || || [[Sivaji Ganesan]], [[Pandari Bai]], [[M. N. Rajam]] || [[Krishnan–Panju]] ||
| rowspan=3 |1970 || ''[[Sri Krishnadevaraya (film)|Sri Krishnadevaraya]]'' || ||  
|-
|-
| 1954 || ''[[En Magal]]'' || || [[Ranjan (actor)|Ranjan]], [[S. Varalakshmi]] ||  K. V. R. Acharya ||
|| ''Aparaajithe'' || ||
|-
|-
| 1954 || ''[[Ponvayal]]'' || || [[Anjali Devi]], [[T. R. Ramachandran]] || [[A. T. Krishnaswamy]] ||
|| ''Muru Muttugalu'' || ||  
|-
|-
| 1956 || ''[[Nalla Veedu]]'' || || [[Sivaji Ganesan]], [[Pandari Bai]], [[M. N. Rajam]] || Jyothish Sinha ||
| 1971 || ''Aliya Geleya'' || ||  
|-
|-
| 1956 || ''[[Kula Deivam (1956 film)|Kula Dheivam]]'' || || Kula Dheivam V. R. Rajagopal, [[Pandari Bai]] || [[Krishnan–Panju]] ||
| 1974 || ''[[Avalum Penn Thaane]]'' || || Tamil ||
|-
|-
| 1957 || ''Pudhu Vayal'' || || [[Prem Nazir]] || [[Krishnan–Panju]] ||
| 1976 || ''[[Mugiyada Kathe]]'' || || rowspan=15 |Kannada ||
|-
|-
| 1957 || ''[[Aaravalli]]'' || || S. G. Eshwar || S. V. Krishna Rao ||
| 1977 || ''[[Bhagyavantharu]]'' || Gundu Rao's wife ||  
|-
|-
| 1958 || ''[[Maalaiyitta Mangai]]'' || || [[T. R. Mahalingam (actor)|T. R. Mahalingam]], [[Pandari Bai]] || G. R. Nathan ||
| 1991 || ''Gruhapravesha'' || ||
|-
|-
| 1958 || ''[[Bommai Kalyanam]]'' || || [[Sivaji Ganesan]], [[Jamuna (actress)|Jamuna]] || R. M. Krishnaswamy ||
| rowspan=3 |1992 || ''[[Mana Mecchida Sose]]'' || Savitri ||  
|-
|-
| 1958 || ''[[Anbu Engey]]'' || || [[T. R. Ramachandran]], [[Pandari Bai]] || [[D. Yoganand]] ||
|| ''[[Prema Sangama]]'' || ||  
|-
|-
| 1958 || ''[[Naan Valartha Thangai]]'' || || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Pandari Bai]] || [[Chitrapu Narayana Rao|Ch. Narayana Murthy]] ||
|| ''Nanna Thangi'' || ||
|-
|-
| 1959 || ''[[Kann Thirandhadhu]]'' || || Ramanathan || K. V. Srinivasan ||
| rowspan=3 |1993 || ''Bhagavan Sri Saibaba'' || Pandaribai ||
|-
|-
| 1959 || ''[[Engal Kuladevi]]'' || || [[K. Balaji]], [[Pandari Bai]] || [[Adurthi Subba Rao]] ||
|| ''[[Manikantana Mahime]]'' || ||
|-
|-
| 1959 || ''[[Vannakili]]'' || || [[Prem Nazir]] || [[T. R. Raghunath]] ||
|| ''[[Chirabandhavya]]'' || ||
|-
|-
| 1959 || ''[[Naalu Veli Nilam]]'' || || [[S. V. Sahasranamam]], [[Pandari Bai]], [[Devika]], [[R. Muthuraman]] || [[Mukta V. Srinivasan]] ||
| 1994 ||''[[Mutthanna]]'' || ||
|-
|-
| 1959 || ''[[Kalyanikku Kalyanam]]'' || Kalyani || S.S. Rajendran, Prem Nazir || [[A. S. A. Sami]]  ||
| rowspan=2 |1996 ||'' Shiva Leele'' || ||
|-
|-
| 1960 || ''[[Kuravanji]]'' || || [[Sivaji Ganesan]], [[Savitri (actress)|K. Savithri]], [[Pandari Bai]] || A. Kasilingam ||
|| ''Geluvina Saradara'' || ||
|-
|-
| 1960 || ''Anbukor Anni'' || || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Pandari Bai]] || T. R. Raghunath ||
| 1998 || ''[[Doni Sagali]]'' || ||
|}
 
=== Bengali ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Co-Stars !! Notes
|2001 || ''Sundara Neenu Sundari Naanu'' || ||
|-
|-
| 1950 || ''[[Kankal]]'' || || Dhiraj Bhattacharya, Jiben Bose, Naresh Mitra, Ketaki Dutta ||  
| 2003 || ''[[Preetisle Beku]]'' || Ganesha's grandmother ||
|}
|}


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|nm5919275}}


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Latest revision as of 03:03, 23 October 2025


Mynavathi
Born
M. Mynavathi

(1935-07-26)26 July 1935
Bhatkal, Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, India
Died10 November 2012(2012-11-10) (aged 77)
Bangalore, India
OccupationActress
Years active1955–2012
Spouse(s)Dr. S. Radhakrishna
Children3
RelativesPandari Bai (sister)

Mynavathi (26 July 1935 – 10 November 2012) was an Indian actress. She made her first screen appearance as an actor in the 1955 Kannada film Santa Sakhu and acted in over 100 Kannada films. She was the younger sister of another popular Kannada actress Pandari Bai. She became popular after her role in the 1959 Kannada film Abba Aa Hudugi, which co-starred Rajkumar and her sister Pandari Bai and was directed by H. L. N. Simha. In the film, she played the role of an autocratic girl who hates men. It was based on William Shakespeare's play The Taming of the Shrew.[citation needed]

Career[edit | edit source]

After her debut in 1955, Mynavathi appeared in Bhakta Vijaya, Hari Bhakta and Rayara Sose, all the films that had Rajkumar playing the lead role. She has acted alongside other greats of Kannada cinema like Kalyan Kumar and Udaykumar, with Sivaji Ganesan in Tamil films. Her other popular films include Kacha Devayani, Naane Bhagyavathi, Anuraadha, Annapurna, Sarvajnamurthy, Amma, Muthaide Bhagya and Obbarigintha Obbaru. Launching "Yantra Media" in the 1980s with her sons, Mynavathi entered the television industry. She has acted in the television serials Amma, Manetana, Mahayagna and Sumangali.[1]

Death[edit | edit source]

Mynavathi died on 10 November 2012

Filmography[edit | edit source]

Filmography[edit | edit source]

Year Title Role Language Notes
1953 Kangal Tamil Debut Film
1954 En Magal
Ponvayal
1955 Santha Sakku Kannada Debut in Kannada
1956 Nalla Veedu Tamil
Nannambikkai
Kula Dheivam
Bhakta Vijaya Kannada
Hari Bhakta
Muttaide Bhagya Vidyavati
Kacha Devayani
Shantha Sakkubai Tamil Dubbed from Kannada
1957 Bettada Kalla Kannada
Sati Nalaayini
Rayara Sose Lakshmi
Pudhu Vayal Tamil
Aaravalli
1958 Maalaiyitta Mangai
Bommai Kalyanam Kannamma
Anbu Engey
Naan Valartha Thangai
Sengottai Singam
Bommala Pelli Bullemma Telugu
1959 Abba Aa Hudugi Sharmishtha Kannada
Manege Banda Mahalakshmi
Kann Thirandhadhu Tamil
Engal Kuladevi
Vannakili
Naalu Veli Nilam
Kalyanikku Kalyanam Kalyani
1960 Kuravanji
Mahalakshmi
Mangaikku Maangalyame Pradhaanam
Thanthaikku Pin Thamaiyan
Anbukor Anni
1961 Malliyam Mangalam
1964 Annapoorna Ashadevi Kannada
Navajeevana
1965 Sarvagna Murthy
Mahasathi Anasuya Cameo
1966 Subba Shastry
1967 Shri Purandaradasaru Circus woman Cameo
Anuradha Anuradha
1968 Nane Bhagyavathi
Gowri Ganda
Aananda Kanda
Amma
1969 Vichithra Samaara
Gandondu Hennaru Seetha
1970 Sri Krishnadevaraya
Aparaajithe
Muru Muttugalu
1971 Aliya Geleya
1974 Avalum Penn Thaane Tamil
1976 Mugiyada Kathe Kannada
1977 Bhagyavantharu Gundu Rao's wife
1991 Gruhapravesha
1992 Mana Mecchida Sose Savitri
Prema Sangama
Nanna Thangi
1993 Bhagavan Sri Saibaba Pandaribai
Manikantana Mahime
Chirabandhavya
1994 Mutthanna
1996 Shiva Leele
Geluvina Saradara
1998 Doni Sagali
2001 Sundara Neenu Sundari Naanu
2003 Preetisle Beku Ganesha's grandmother

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Actor Mynavathi passes away". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 12 October 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2012.

External links[edit | edit source]

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