| Original Name |
Paapa |
| Nick names |
Aachi
Female Shivaji |
| Place of birth |
Mannarkudi |
| Brought up in |
Pallathur near Karaikudi |
| Son |
Boopathy |
| Career |
Stage actress(has
own troupe) ,film actress, TV actress |
| Started acting at
the age of |
12yrs |
| Career as stage
actress |
'Neethipathi'
(1955)
a number of
Kalaignar Karunanidhi's plays
Manimakudam(1958) |
| First film |
Konjum
kumari-as heroine(1963)
'Maalayitta Mangai-as comedy
actress(1958) |
| Other films as
heroine |
Alangari, Periya Manithan |
| No of films acted |
About
1200 films (from 1958 onwards)
Completed 1000 films in 1985 |
| Hit films |
Thillana Mohanambal, Patti
Sollai Thattathe |
| Other languages
she has acted in |
Telugu , Malayalam,
Kannada and Hindi |
| Important roles
played by her |
Role of
'Jil Jil' Sundari of 'Thillana Mohanambal' or as Andal of 'Samsaram
athu Minsaram' or as the mother of Rajnikant in 'Annamallai' |
| Awards |
Padma Sri
Award-2002
National award for the Best
Supporting Actress for Puthiya Pathai-1988
Kalaimamani award. |
| Hit pairs in films |
Have paired with
comedians like Chandrababu, Cho Ramaswamy, Thangavelu, Thengai
Srinivasan, M.R.Ratha and Nagesh |
| Unique distinction |
Acted
with four chief ministers of TamilNadu
Annadurai- in plays like 'Naan Kanda Hindu Rajyam'
Karunanidhi-in plays like 'Udaya Sooryan'
M.G. Ramachandran, and Jayalalithaa-in films 'Nidhi,'
'Galata Kalyanam' |
| Interesting news |
Still calls TamilNadu
chief minister Miss.J
Jayalalithaa as "AMMU" |
| Quotes by her |
"I am so used to the arc lights
that I cannot think of a life without films." |
| Dream Role
|
Role
of an eunuch |
