| Name | ‘Kalaimamani’ Raja Sulochana |
| Given Name | Rajeevalochana |
| Profession | Dancer and Actor |
| Date of Birth | 15 August 1934 |
| Birth Place | Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh |
| School | N.K.T.Girls High School, Triplicane, Chennai |
| Languages known | Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi |
| Family | Father: Bakthavachalam Naidu Mother:Devaki amma Husband:C.S.Rao (film director) Father-in-law: Director Pulliah Mother-in-law: Shantha kumari Son: Shyam P.Sundar Daugters(twins): Shree Guruswamy, Devi Krishna Grandchildren: Ganesh Sundar, Varun Krishna, Vindhya Krishna, Vikram Guruswamy, Maya Guruswamy |
| Debuts | Kannada: kuna sakari Telugu: Antha Manavallu Hindi:’Naya aadmi’ Malayalam: Manasakshi |
| Firsts | * as a heroine: Manasakshi |
| Last film | ‘Ilanjodigal’ tamil film |
| Inspiration for Dance | Lalitha, Padmini and Kumari kamala’s dance in “Vedala Ulagam” |
| Gurus’ | Kathakali: Kalamandalam Madhavan |
| Was discovered by | Director H.L.Simha |
| Taught her to speak dialogues with perfect modulation | Puthaneri Subramaniam |
| ushapanjali Nritya Kala Kendram | Her own dance school started in 1961. Has branches in Madipakkam and Sriram nagar, chennai. Students are taught dance and music. Celebrated its silver anniversary in 1988. She also started a dance school in US. |
| Never | Had her voice dubbed in films |
| Brahma Kumari Sangam | She performed the early morning prayer of Self Realisation and it was telecasted directly by the Singapore TV |
| Regret | Not becoming a graduate |
| Greatly admired | Satyanarayana Sarma’s ‘Bama Kalapam’ |
| Some of the Dance Dramas performed by her |
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| Awards | * Tamil Nadu awarded the title ‘ Kalaimamani’ |
| Art of Living | Learnt ‘Art of Living’ from ‘Ravishankar Guruji’. Athma Gnana Yoga had really helped her a lot. |
| Knows | Reiki’s self healing, Sahaj Yoga |
| Not interested | Her children have not shown any interest in the film business |
| USA | (Ballet and solo) class instructor in an American University which she did not pursue later. * Her son and daughter are well settled here and she spends most of her time here. |
| Selection Team | She was on the selection team which selected Saroja devi as a heroine for one of MGR’s films |
| egative role | in the film ‘idayakani’ |
| Member of | State Award Selection committee |
| Favourites | colour: orange. Other colours yellow, pink and white food: strictly vegetarian dresses: saree, salwar |
| Favourites from the film world | Hero: Not anyone in particular For acting: Sivaji Ganesan Play back singer: S. Varalakshmi Heroines: Savitri, Anjali, Ragini |
| Favourite Location | hill spots near hyderabad |
| TV | Not interested in the tele serials. |
| Likes | *to spend her time in dance. *to watch her students, children and grandchildren perform |
| Wants to spend her vacation | cruising |
| Best Friend | Ragini |
| Interests | She was the architect of her house built in Madipakkam. Knows Vastu very well. Fine arts and interior decorating is her favourite pastime. |
| Director | She directed the Dance drama’ Srinivasa Kalyanam’ |
| Member | Life Member:Helpage India, Red cross Executive Membership: Andhra Pradesh Sangeetha Natak Academy. |
| Western dance | (fox trot, waltz, quick steps, ramba, samba) |
| Participated | in programmes to boost the morale of soldiers in the war front along with the leading film stars of that time. |
| Happy moment | When she performed ‘Konna Kalabam’ before the then President. Radhakrishnan. |
| Sad moment in life | Giving birth to a premature baby which did not survive. |
| Abroad | She had given her dance performances in Rangoon, Bangkok, Saigon, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Osaka, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Sri Lanka, Toronto, USA |
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| Quote | “God is one. Happiness is the most important ingredient in life.” |
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