Biografie

I had acted with all the leading heroes of the day, including Jayashankar, Muthuraman, Ravichandran, A. V. M. Rajan, and T. M. Soundararajan ('Kallum kaniyaakum'). I consider all these opportunities as my fortune.

I had to separate from my husband due to circumstances I bought a house with loan money. MGR helped me a lot by getting me work in many films including Chinnappa Devar's productions. I repaid the loan with my earnings through my work in films like 'Vivasaayi', 'Thaer thiruvizhaa', 'Kanavan' etc. 'Kanchi thalaivan' was my first film with MGR. I did the role of his sister and MGR considered me his real sister till end, I can never forget his affection.

I had acted with Sivaji in a number of films.He would always encourage his co-artistes and instill self-confidence in their minds. I was his sister in 'Pachai vilakku', 'Savalae samaali', his daughter in 'Paar magalae paar', his elder sister in 'Anbai thedi', his cousin in 'Kungumam' and his wife in 'Rajaraja chozhan'. And, in the film 'Santhi' too, I did the role of a woman who became his wife due to circumstances. I had acted in all types of relationships with him

Jupiter Pictures had produced a film 'Kannagi' in the year 1942. Kannampa did the role of Kannagi while P. U. Chinnappa did the role of Kovalan. 'Kalaignar' produced the re-make on behalf of Mekala Pictures. Before attending the shooting, I met Kannampa and took her blessings. My grandmother had told me that Kannagi was an incarnation of Amman. So, I observed fasting during the shooting days of the film. O. A. K. Devar was the Pandiya king and G. Sakuntala was his wife. When I entered the Golden Studios with the dialogues, 'Kalaignar', P. Neelakantan and Maran were there. And, I forgot the dialogues because I was scared on seeing them all together. But they encouraged me a lot and rehearsal was done once. I grew emotional when I did the scene in which I argued with the Pandiya king and blood started oozing out from my throat as I was shouting at the pitch of my voice. Literally, it was a film in which I acted with my blood oozing! The movie was a run-away hit and became a milestone in my career.