Chamarajanagar: Kannada film producer late Parvathamma Rajkumar’s nephew and actor 24-year-old Suraj has lost his leg in a road accident on Mysuru-Gundlupet Highway near Begur in Gundlupet taluk of Chamarajanagar district on Saturday evening. Suraj is the son of late Parvathamma Rajkumar’s younger brother S.A. Srinivas and a resident of Saraswathipuram in Mysuru. Suraj was…
Parvathamma Rajkumar’s sister Nagamma no more
May 15, 2022Bengaluru: S.A. Nagamma (81), sister of late Parvathamma Rajkumar, passed away at her son’s residence in Basaveshwaranagar here yesterday following age related illness. She leaves behind son S. Mahesh, brothers S.A. Chinnegowda, S.A. Govindaraju and S.A. Srinivas. Last rites were held at Kestur in Ilundur yesterday evening, according to sources.
Musical tribute to Parvathamma Rajkumar and Srikanta Gundappa tomorrow
July 20, 2017Mysuru: Rajkumar Musical Group has organised a music programme ‘Abhimanigala Namana’ tomorrow at 6.30 pm at Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha on JLB Road here to pay tribute to Film Producer Parvathamma Rajkumar and Theatre Artiste Srikanta Gundappa who passed away recently. Disclosing this at a press meet at Pathrakarthara Bhavana here yesterday, the Group Convenor Mike…
Parvathamma Rajkumar passes away
May 31, 2017Bengaluru: A pall of gloom descended over the Kannada Film Industry this morning as Dr. Parvathamma Rajkumar, veteran film producer and wife of the late legendary actor Dr. Rajkumar, passed away at 4.40 am. She was 78. Parvathamma had been admitted into the Intensive Care Unit of MS Ramaiah Hospital in Bengaluru on May 18…
Flashback: Parvathamma married Rajkumar in Nanjangud
May 31, 2017By K. Ravishankar, Nanjangud Correspondent Nanjangud: Born in Saligrama near K.R. Nagar in Mysuru district in 1939, Parvathamma married Dr Rajkumar at the young age of 13 on 25.06.1953 in Nanjangud. The marriage took place on a Thursday at C. Ranappana Chatra, opposite Chamundeshwari Temple on Nanjangud-Chamarajanagar bypass Road. According to reports, her marriage had…
A tribute: First Lady of Sandalwood Parvathamma Rajkumar
May 31, 2017By N. Niranjan Nikam The first lady of Sandalwood Parvathamma Rajkumar is no more. She passed away early this morning at a hospital in Bengaluru. Her late husband Dr. Rajkumar, the legend of Kannada cinema, had passed away in 2006. A gritty lady and woman of substance, Parvathamma held her family together passing through many…
Parvathamma launched many heroines including ex-MP Ramya
May 31, 2017Mysuru: Parvathamma Rajkumar had brought many heroines to the Kannada film industry and she had produced many successful films that dominated the box office. She produced films for her husband Dr. Rajkumar and her sons Raghavendra Rajkumar, Shivrajkumar and Puneeth Rajkumar under the production house “Poornima Enterprises” that was later rechristened “Vajreshwari Combines.” Actresses who…
Shaktidhama in Mysuru mourns Hon. President Parvathamma’s death
May 31, 2017Mysuru: Even as the news of the passing away of Parvathamma Rajkumar reached Shaktidhama, a NGO for rehabilitation and development of destitute women, the inmates were grief stricken on hearing the sad news. Parvathamma Rajkumar was the Hon. President of Shaktidhama, located at the foot of Chamundi Hill on Mysuru-Ooty Road. It was the dream…
Parvathamma Rajkumar releasing the souvenir of Kuvempu Memorial Theatre Festival
May 31, 2017A file photo of Parvathamma Rajkumar releasing the souvenir of Kuvempu Memorial Theatre Festival organised by Kadamba Ranga Vedike in 1993 at Kalamandira. Also seen in the picture are matinee idol Dr. Rajkumar and Kadamba Ranga Vedike President Rajashekara Kadamba.
Hurt by an incident, she donned Producer’s role
May 31, 2017Mysuru: Parvathamma Rajkumar was one of the most influential members of the Kannada film industry and possibly the most successful producer in the industry. Within a year after her marriage, Dr. Rajkumar made his acting debut in ‘Bedara Kannappa.’ However, it would be a few more years before Dr. Rajkumar became a known face in…
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