तमिल सिनेमा का राजकुमारी परिवार: 7 हीरोइन और एक निर्देशक का सफर.

New Delhi. In India, the dominance of families is seen in every field from business to politics. Cinema is also not untouched by this. From the actor to the producer, they bring their family members into cinema and make cinema families. There are cinema families in every language film industry in India. But can you believe that 7 heroines, a director, a cameraman from a family ruled Tamil cinema? This is true. The family of TR Rajkumari, the ‘first dream girl’ of Tamil cinema, is the family.

Talking about this family, his grandmother will have to start with Gujalambal. She was a famous Karnataka singer of her time. His children later started ruling Tamil cinema. Thanjavur is his original place. The first cinema entry of this family is SPL Dhanalakshmi was. SPL shining as an actress in the 1930s. Dhanalakshmi was the first generation actress of this family. Manikam, the producer for the first film ‘Parvati Kalyanam’ of the National Movie Tone in 1935, searched for qualified actors across Tamil Nadu. During this discovery, he saw Dhanalakshmi’s dance performance in Thanjavur and chose her as the heroine of his film.

Dhanalakshmi’s sister Tamayanti also appeared as an actress in some films in the 1930s. After this, TR Rajkumari stepped into this family. In the late 1930s, director K. Subramaniam gave actress SPL. While meeting Dhanalakshmi, he saw the fickleness of a little girl named Rajayi. The girl was also beautiful. Beautiful girls always become actresses in the eyes of the director. K. Subramaniam renamed Rajayi to Princess and gave her a chance to act in her film ‘Kachh Devayani’ (1941). Dhanalakshmi’s sister’s daughter was this princess.

Before TR Rajkumari, other members of this family were seen in a few films. But after TR Rajkumari became the dream girl of Tamil cinema, more members of this family came into the film industry. The most important of these was TR Ramanna, who was the director and producer of Tamil cinema. He was the only producer who took MGR and Shivaji together in the film. After this, Kuslakumari, daughter -in -law of TR Rajkumari, also worked as a heroine in films. In the 70s, she made a splash as a heroine. After this, actress Dhanalakshmi’s daughters came to cinema as the next generation.

She was Glamorous heroines Jothi Lakshmi and Jayamalini in Tamil and Telugu cinema in the 80s. Dhanalakshmi had no other children of another sister, so Jothi Lakshmi was adopted. Both Jothi Lakshmi and Jayamalini danced to glamorous songs and mesmerized the audience. Jothi Lakshmi became famous with the song ‘Kattodu Kuzhlada’ in MGR’s film ‘Paria Idthu Penn’. Jothi Lakshmi was the one who dancing to the hit song ‘Karunguayile’, the hit song of the film ‘Setu’.

Jayamalini was the heroine of Tamil cinema’s memorable film ‘Jaganmohini’. Jothi Lakshmi acted in 300 films, while Jayamalini acted in 500 films. The next generation of this family was Jothi Meena. He acted with Goundamani in the film ‘Ullath Allitha’. He also danced to songs with actors like Vijay, Ajit.

He also played character roles in some films. Jothi Meena’s father was a cameraman. In this way, this whole family dominated Tamil cinema. However, now no member of this family is in cinema. Yes, Jothi Meena was the last generation actress. Jothi Meena married a doctor and settled in household. His sons have also become doctors. In this way, the cinema family has now turned into a medical family.