M. Bhanumathi (1946 – 4 February 2013) was an Indian actress, who was active in

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during the latter 20th Century. She was well known playing negative and supporting roles. She acted in more than 100 films in

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and

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and some

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Personal life

Bhanumathi living with her only daughter Venkatalakshmi

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, Poyas Road in

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. She was suffering from Jaundice and was under treatment for many months before she died at the age of 67, on 4 February 2013.

Other works

Bhanumathi worked along with

Sivaji Ganesan Villupuram Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian actor and producer. He was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. Sivaji Ga ...

in ''Sivaji Nataka Mandram'', where she was part of ''Jahangir'', ''Kaalam Kanda Kavingnan'', ''Neethiyin Nizhal'', ''Vietnam Veedu'' and ''Vengaiyin Maindhan''. and Major Sundarrajan's ''NSN Theatre'', actor Sivakumar says, She was the heroine of almost all over hit plays such as ''Achchaani'', ''Appavi'', ''Delhi Mappillai'', and ''Sondham'', and also she done shows with the actors likes of Cho,

Jaishankar Jaishankar (12 July 1938 – 3 June 2000) was an Indian actor known for his work in Tamil cinema. He was a very popular lead actor in the 1960s and 70s. He was credited onscreen with title of ''Makkal Kalaingnar'' (people's artiste) or '' ...

, V. Gopalakrishnan,

V. S. Raghavan V S Raghavan (18 February 1925 – 24 January 2015) was an Indian actor, who has acted both in Tamil films as well as television. He started his career as a dramatist and stage actor and went on to act as a character actor in films, starting ...

and Shesatri.

Filmography

Stage plays

* Achchaani * Appavi * Delhi Maappillai * Jahangir * Neethiyin Nizhal * Kaalam Kanda Kavingnan * Sondham * Vengaiyin Maindhan * Vietnam Veedu

Television serials

She acted in two dozens of TV series

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bhanumathi, M. 20th-century Indian actresses Indian film actresses Indian stage actresses 1946 births 2013 deaths Tamil actresses Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses in Malayalam cinema Actresses in Tamil television