Dasari Kotiratnam

Dasari Kotiratnam
Born
Prathipadu, Guntur district, Madras Presidency, British India (now Andhra Pradesh, India)
Died21 December 1972
Chilakaluripeta, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupations
  • Actress
  • producer

Dasari Kotiratnam was an Indian actress, singer, and film producer.[1] She was the first female producer of Telugu cinema.[2][3][4] She was also the first actress to set up a theatre group in Andhra.[3] Her career as a theatre actor spanned over four decades.[5]

She produced her first film, Sati Anasuya (1935) in collaboration with Aurora Film Corporation.[5] She later acted in films like Lanka Dahanam (1936), Mohini Bhasmasura (1938), Vara Vikrayam (1939), Panduranga Vitala (1939), Paduka Pattabhishekam (1945), Varudhini (1946), Gollabhama (1947).[5]

  1. ^ Vinayaka Rao (4 May 2011). "తొలి మహిళా నిర్మాత కోటిరత్నం" [First Female Producer Kotiratnam]. Navya, Andhra Jyothi (in Telugu). p. 66.
  2. ^ Limca Book of Records. Bisleri Beverages Limited. 2006. p. 113. ISBN 978-81-902837-2-4. First woman producer Dasari Kotiratnam produced Anasuya in 1935.
  3. ^ a b Ōlgā (2001). Womanscape. Asmita Resource Centre for Women. p. 1944. ISBN 978-81-7525-206-6. Dasari Kotiratnam was the first actress to set up a theatre group while Venkubai and Kamala of the Surabhi Company were well-known stage artists. Dasari Kotiratnam later became the first woman to produce films.
  4. ^ Mareswara Rao, Akkina (1997). Cultural and Ideological Mediation of Telugu Cinema in Colonial Andhra's Past (1931–1947). University of Hyderabad. Chapter 2. p. 102. "Dasari Kotiratnam of Sakkubai fame emerged as the first woman producer of Telugu film industry by producing Anasuya in 1935."
  5. ^ a b c Vinayaka Rao (4 May 2011). "తొలి మహిళా నిర్మాత కోటిరత్నం" [First Female Producer Kotiratnam]. Navya, Andhra Jyothi (in Telugu). p. 67.