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Full Name
  
Rajakantham

Died
  
1999, Chennai

Role
  
Film actress


Name
  
C. Rajakantham

Years active
  
1929–1998

Spouse
  

Occupation
  
stage and film actor, singer

Movies
  
Sabapathy, Vannakili, Adutha Veettu Penn, Vedhala Ulagam, Abhimanyu

Similar People
  
T R Sundaram, A V Meiyappan, S M Subbaiah Naidu, K V Mahadevan, Vedantam Raghavaiah

C. T. Rajakantham (1912–1999) was a Tamil stage and film actress. Making her film debut in the movie Sabapathy (1941), Rajakantham acted in supporting roles in Tamil films from the 1940s through the 1960s. In her early movies, she formed a successful comedy pair with her husband Kali N. Rathnam. She acted in television serials till her death, her last completed role being that of Pechi in the second part of the hit television serial Marmadesam, Vidathu Karuppu 1997.

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Burma Rani 1945 -- Kali N Rathinam & C T Rajakantham (Comedy I)


Early life

Rajakantham was born in Coimbatore in about 1912. Once while staging a play in the city, the members of a drama troupe headed by S. R. Janaki stayed at a house owned by Rajakantham's father. Impressed by her acting skills, Janaki inducted Rajakantham in her troupe. Starting with minor roles, Rajakantham later formed a successful comedy duo with veteran comedian Kali N. Rathnam. The two, eventually fell in love and married. Rajakantham made her debut in the 1941 movie Sabapathy alongside Rathnam.

Television

  • Marmadesam Vidathu Karuppu as Pechi, 1996 to 1997
  • References

    C. T. Rajakantham Wikipedia