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Padmini (12 June 1932 – 24 September 2006) was an Indian actress and trained Bharathanatyam dancer, who acted in over 250 Indian films. She acted in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi language films. Padmini, with her elder sister Lalitha and her younger sister Ragini, were called the "Travancore sisters". Padmini was born and raised in Thiruvananthapuram, in what was then the princely state of Travancore (now the Indian state of Kerala). She was the second daughter of Sree Thankappan Pillai and Saraswathi Amma, both coming from noble Nair families. Her sisters Lalitha and Ragini, were also well known film actresses. Together, the three were known as the Travancore sisters. Padmini and her sisters learnt Bharathanatyam from Thiruvidaimarudur Mahalingam Pillai. The trio were the disciples of Indian dancer Guru Gopinath. They learnt Kathakali and Kerala Natanam styles of dancing from him. N.S. Krishnan noticed her talents while she was presenting Parijatha Pushpapaharanam in Thiruvananthapuram. After that performance, he said that in the future she would become an actress. She was thus cast as heroine in his own production Manamagal. The Travancore Sisters grew up in a joint family tharavadu (Malaya Cottage) in Poojappura, Trivandrum. The matriarchial head of the family was Karthiyayini Amma, whose husband was P.K. Pillai (Palakunnathu Krishna Pillai of Cherthala) alias "Penang Padmanabha Pillai". P.K. Pillai had six sons, of whom Satyapalan Nair (Baby) was a leading producer of many early Malayalam films. They performed at the 1955 Filmfare Awards. Padmini was a leading actress and one of the highest paid actresses of the 50s, 60s and 70s. She is also known as one of the charming beauty queens of the 50s and 60s. She was given the title "Natya Peroli" in Tamil Nadu because of her excellent Bharatnatyam performances in Tamil films. Her Tamil movie Thillana Mohanambal, is a cult classic of Tamil cinema and continues to be remembered even today. Her beautiful performance in Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai was outstanding and made her a national star.
as Ammachi
as Bhavani
as Rajeshwari
as Dhanam
as Poongavanathamma
as Kunjoonjamma Thomas
as Vayiduriyam
as Parvathi
as Seetha
as Thangam
as Janaki
as Mary
as Meenu
as Gauri
as Maragatham
as Ponnamma
as Parvathi / Sathi
as Gauri
as Rani / Tara
as Mohanambal
as Gowri
as Dancer
as Anaga Sena
as Janaki
as Lakshmi
as Nani
as Parvathi
as Devi
as Bhanu
as Draupadi
as Rukmani
as Bahar
as Princess Rathnamalai
as Senthamarai
as Rani Samyuktha
as Preeti
as Parvathi
as Bindya
as Kammo
as Nirmala
as Thangam
as Lata
as Maragatham/Alamu
as Vellayamma
as Seetha
as Princess Padma
as Amudhavalli
as Roopa
as Meena
as Court Dancer Lakshmi
as Roopa
as Velliaiyamma
as Rani
as Neela
as Sulochana
as Kauveri
as Sumathi
as Rajakumari
as Padmini
as Queen Kumara Devi
as Chitrakekha
as Jayanthi
as Malathi
as Jeeva
as Malini
as Special appearance
as Self - Dancer
as Lakshmi
as Madanika
as Self - Dancer
as Dancer
as Dancer
as Self - Dancer
as Dancer
as Parukutty
