Overview

• She died at her Hyderabad residence on October 15 at the age of 97, with family and regional outlets reporting a peaceful passing.
• She is credited with inaugurating playback singing in Telugu cinema by voicing Kamala Kotnis in the 1943 film Bhagya Lakshmi’s song “Thinne Meedha Sinnoda.”
• She later became All India Radio’s first light music singer, taking film-influenced songs to listeners nationwide.
• Her career began as a child actor and singer in the 1930s, with roles in Sati Anasuya, Bhakta Kuchela, Balayogini, Thiruneelakantar, and Tukaram.
• Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy condoled her death, calling it an irreplaceable loss to the film fraternity.