Lalitha (actress)


Lalitha was an Indian actress and dancer. She was the eldest of the three "Travancore Sisters"—Lalitha, Padmini, and Ragini. She started her acting career in the 1948 Tamil film Adhithan Kanavu and acted in movies of different Indian languages including Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu. She entered films before her two sisters, concentrating more on Malayalam films, and was mostly cast in vamp roles.

Personal life

She was born to Thangappan Pillai and Saraswathi Amma on 21 January 1930 at Thiruvananthapuram. She is the aunt of actress Shobana. Malayalam actress Ambika Sukumaran is her relative. Actress Sukumari was the trio's maternal first cousin. Malayalam actor Krishna is her grandson.

Partial filmography

Malayalam

Prasanna Chandrika as DancerAmma as SaradhaKaanchana as KaanchanaPonkathir as Radha

Tamil

Kannika .....ShivaAdhithan Kanavu ... PushumarasuraMohini Bhojan Gokuladasi Vedhala Ulagam Gnana Soundari Bhaktha Jana .... KubjaVazhkai Deva Manohari Kanniyin Kaadhali Laila Majnu Maayavathi Geethagandhi Pavalakkodi Naatiya Rani Mangayarkarasi Velaikkari Vinothini Chandrika Ezhai Padum Padu .... AngelaManthiri Kumari Ponmudi Ithaya Geetham Krishna Vijayam .... GopikaVijayakumari Marudhanaattu Ilavarasi Parijatham Digambara Samiyar Singari Sudharshan Manamagal .... VijayaOr Iravu .... ShyamalaDevagi Vanasundari Dharma Devatha .... BijileAndhaman Kaidhi Amma ... SaradhaAnbu ... ReetaAmarakavi Kanchana ... KanchanaMarumagal ... UshaPonni ... PonniDevadas .... ChandramukhiUlagam Thookku Thookki .... PremaKanavu Vaira Maalai Sugam Enge Valliyin Selvan ... VathsalaMenaka Kanavaney Kankanda Deivam .... NagaraniKaveri .... AmudhaUlagam Palavidham .... IndraRajakumari Nalla Thangai Ellam Inba Mayam .... Guest roleMadurai Veeran Rajarajan ... PriyamohiniPudhu Vazhvu Kanniyin Sabatham Thanga Padhumai Baghdad Thirudan Senthamarai Ellorum Vazhavendum
  • ''1967 Nil N S Krishnan''

Telugu

Vijaya Gauri Ammalakkalu ... UshaDevadasu ... ChandramukhiDharma Devatha Kanchana...KanchanaNavvithe Navarathnaalu Chandravanka Jeevitham Thirugubatu Beedala Patlu ... Angela

Hindi

Kalpana

Sinhala

  • Surasena
  • ''Kapati Arakshakaya''