Lalitha

Lalitha is an Indian actress and dancer, who is known to have inculcated the art of classical dancing to the films that she has done. Lalitha is the eldest among Lalitha, Padmini, and Ragini, or ostentatiously known as the Travancore Sisters. Lalitha has acted in numerous regional films inclusive of Malayalam, Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil. Hindi cinema has credited Lalitha with ushering in the era of classical dancing in them. Lalitha was born in Thiruvananthapuram, to parents Gopala Pilla and Saraswathiyamma. The Malayalam actress, Shobana, is her niece. Lalitha is also the cousin of the veteran actress, Sukumari. Lalitha set foot in the film industry before her sisters and acted mainly in Malayalam cinemas. The inception of Lalitha’s career began in 1938 with the Tamil movie “Adithan Kanavu.”

Lalitha took up femme fatal roles in most of her films. The decade of the 40s saw Lalitha in various movies such as Uday Shankar’s “ Kalpana ‘Kalpana’ is a family drama series which was direc >> Read More... ,” Ramakrishna Rao’s “ Laila Majnu Click to look into! >> Read More... ,” “ Vellinakshatram Vellinakshatram is a Malayalam dubbed serial on Ze >> Read More... ,” the MGR starrer “Kannika,” “ Mohini Story coming soon... >> Read More... ,” “Gokuladaasi,” M. V. Meiyappan’s “Vedhala Ulagam,” “Deva Manohari,” and “Baktha Jana,” among many others. Some of Lalitha’s films from the 50s include “ Prasanna Prasanna is a South Indian actor who was born on 2 >> Read More... ,” “ Chandrika Click to look into! >> Read More... ,” Sriramulu Naidu’s “Kaanchana,” “Sudarshan,” K. Ramnoth’s “Ezhai Padum Padu,” “ Parijatham Parijatham is a Malayalam soap drama that was aire >> Read More... ,” and the Sivaji Ganesan The Honorable Mr. Ganesan was the second son in hi >> Read More... starrer “ Kaveri Kaveri is among one of the stories that touched th >> Read More... .” She has also acted in “ Jeevitham Story Coming Soon... >> Read More... ,” the MGR starrer “Rajarajan,” D. Yoganand’s “Madurai Veeran,” “ Marumagal You've reached the realm of "Marumagal," a dai >> Read More... ,” “Ponni,” P. Neelakantan’s “Oru Iravu,” and “Devagi among many others. Lalitha is also the grandmother of the Malayalam actor, Krishna.