Tripuramba (1910–1979) was an Indian actress and singer who worked in

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

films. She is best remembered for her role Sulochana in the first Kannada talkie

Sati Sulochana ''Sati Sulochana'' is a 1934 Indian Kannada-language film directed by Y. V. Rao. The film was released on 3 March 1934 and is the first talkie film in Kannada language.

, released in 1934, which made her the first heroine of

Kannada cinema Kannada cinema, also known as Sandalwood, or Chandanavana, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Kannada language widely spoken in the state of Karnataka. The 1934 film ''Sati Sulochana'' directed ...

Career

Tripuramba involved in theatre and became an accomplished actress and singer. She played the role of Sulochana, the wife of Indrajith, in the first talkie film of Kannada cinema

Sati Sulochana ''Sati Sulochana'' is a 1934 Indian Kannada-language film directed by Y. V. Rao. The film was released on 3 March 1934 and is the first talkie film in Kannada language.

opposite

Subbaiah Naidu Mysore Venkatappa Subbaiah Naidu (1896 – 21 July 1962) was an Indian stage artiste in the silent movies era. He was an actor and director, well known for the movies '' Sati Sulochana'' (1934) in Kannada, which was also the first Kannada talkie ...

. This historic movie made her the first heroine of Kannada. Surprisingly Tripuramba did not do much movies. Her next and last movie was

Purandaradasa Purandara Dasa ( IAST: Purandara dāsa) ( 1470 – 1565) was a Haridasa philosopher and a follower of Madhwacharya 's Dwaitha philosophy -saint from present-day Karnataka, India. He was a composer, singer and one of the chief founding-pro ...

in 1937. She died in 1979.

Filmography

Apart from numerous stage plays, Tripuramba acted in two films.

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{{Authority control 1910 births 20th-century Indian actresses Actresses in Kannada cinema People from Karnataka 1979 deaths