Malini (actress)

Malini or Kusuma Kumari was an Indian actress who starred in Tamil language and Telugu language films between 1955 and 1962.

Career

She co-starred with actors of her era, including Rama Rao, Nageswara Rao, Sivaji Ganesan, M. G. Ramachandran, S. S. Rajendran, K. Balaji and Chalam.

Malini was credited by various names over her career. In her earlier Telugu films, she was credited as Kusuma or Kusuma Kumari. She later adopted Malini as screen name for her Tamil film Sabaash Meena and later films.^[1] She later married S. Raghavan (producer-director of film Sabaash Mapillai) and quit films.^[2]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Ref.
1955	Santhanam	Sarala	Telugu	^[1]
1957	Sankalpam		Telugu	^[3]
1958	Sabaash Meena	Meena	Tamil	^[2]
1959	Thalai Koduthaan Thambi	Poogodi	Tamil	^[4]
	Sabhash Ramudu	Rani	Telugu	^[5]
	Aval Yaar	Aasha	Tamil	^[6]
	Uthami Petra Rathinam	Mala		^[7]
	Azhagarmalai Kalvan	Shantha
1960	Ondrupattal Undu Vazhvu
1960	Chivaraku Migiledi	Lakshmi	Telugu
1961	Bavamaradallu		Telugu	^[8]
1961	Sabaash Mapillai	Vasanthi	Tamil
1962	Ellorum Vazhavendum	Meena
1962	Azhagu Nila

References

1 2 ఆచారం, షణ్ముఖాచారి. "గానకోకిల గానామృతం చిలికించిన సంతానం". Sitara. Archived from the original on 10 November 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
1 2 "Sabaash Meena Reviews". The Hindu. 3 April 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
↑ "Sankalpam Posters". Retrieved 19 September 2020.
↑ Randor Guy (21 November 2015). "Blast from the Past - Thalai Koduthaan Thambi 1959". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 27 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
↑ M. L. Narasimham (3 September 2015). "SABHASH RAMUDU (1959)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
↑ "Aval Yaar (1957)". The Hindu. 21 June 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
↑ Randor Guy (2 August 2014). "Blast form the Past - Utthami Petra Rathinam 1960". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 27 January 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
↑ "Bava Maradallu". Retrieved 19 September 2020.

[SITARA-1] 1 2 ఆచారం, షణ్ముఖాచారి. "గానకోకిల గానామృతం చిలికించిన సంతానం". Sitara. Archived from the original on 10 November 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2020.

[BFTP-2] 1 2 "Sabaash Meena Reviews". The Hindu. 3 April 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[3] "Sankalpam Posters". Retrieved 19 September 2020.

[4] Randor Guy (21 November 2015). "Blast from the Past - Thalai Koduthaan Thambi 1959". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 27 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.

[5] M. L. Narasimham (3 September 2015). "SABHASH RAMUDU (1959)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.

[6] "Aval Yaar (1957)". The Hindu. 21 June 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[thehindu-7] Randor Guy (2 August 2014). "Blast form the Past - Utthami Petra Rathinam 1960". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 27 January 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2016.

[8] "Bava Maradallu". Retrieved 19 September 2020.

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