T. Kanakam
T. Kanakam | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1926/1927 |
| Died | 21 July 2015 (aged 88) Vijayawada |
| Occupations | Actor, singer |
| Awards | NTR Art Award – 2004 |
T. Kanakam (c. 1927 – 21 July 2015) was an Indian Telugu drama and film actress and singer between the 1940s and 1960s. She acted in some of the best known and most popular hit films of that period.[1]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Kanakam was born in Kharagpur in 1927[2] and later relocated to Vijayawada. She started singing folk songs in All India Radio since childhood. She became famous for playing Nayakuralu Nagamma in Palnati Yudham and Sri Krishna in Kurukshetram dramas. She also played as Srirama, Chintamani and many more and toured the entire state playing the dramas. She is contemporary to Peesapati Narasimha Murty, Shanmukhi Anjaneya Raju, Kalyanam Raghuramaiah, Relangi, Madhavapeddi Satyam and others.
She sang some songs in the films including Cheyi Cheyi Kalupukora in Raksharekha and Bhale Doralaku in Shavukaru.[3]
She received the Nandamuri Taraka Ramarao Theatre Art Award for 2004 from the Government of Andhra Pradesh.[4] Kanakam died in 2015, aged 88.[5]
Filmography
[edit | edit source]| Year | Film | Language | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | Gruhapravesam | Telugu | |
| 1947 | Brahma Ratham | Telugu | |
| 1949 | Gunasundari Katha | Telugu | Yakshini |
| 1949 | Keelu Gurram | Telugu | |
| 1949 | Raksha Rekha | Telugu | |
| 1950 | Shavukaru | Telugu | Raami |
| 1951 | Aakasa Raju | Telugu | |
| 1951 | Patala Bhairavi | Telugu | |
| 1951 | Agni Pareeksha | Telugu | |
| 1951 | Maya Pilla | Telugu | |
| 1952 | Daasi | Telugu | Durgi |
| 1953 | Velaikari Magal | Tamil | Durgi |
| 1954 | Peddamanushulu | Telugu | Item number |
| 1966 | Letha Manasulu | Telugu | |
| 1967 | Bhakta Prahlada | Telugu |
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Profile Archived 26 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine, tollywoodsingers.com. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
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External links
[edit | edit source]- T. Kanakam at IMDb
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- 1920s births
- 2015 deaths
- 20th-century Indian actresses
- Indian women playback singers
- Actors from Krishna district
- Actresses from Andhra Pradesh
- Actresses in Telugu cinema
- Indian film actresses
- Singers from Andhra Pradesh
- Actresses in Telugu theatre
- Indian stage actresses
- 20th-century Indian women singers
- Film musicians from Andhra Pradesh
- Women musicians from Andhra Pradesh
- People from Kharagpur
- Indian film actor stubs