Mrs Anjali Devi (born 24th August, 1927) is a veteran Telugu actress and producer. She is well known for her mythological role as Sita in Lava Kusa and glamorous roles in movies like Suvarna Sundari and Anarkali.
Biography
She hails from Peddapuram, East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh state, India and later settled in Chennai. She was a drama artist before entering into movies. Her debut was as a divine dancer in Gollabhama produced by Krishnaveni in 1947. Her first movie as heroine was Kashtajeevi by L. V. Prasad. She later acted in more than 350 Telugu films and also in a few Tamil Kannada and Hindi films as the heroine. She married Adinarayana Rao, a music director, in 1948. She, along with him, produced many Telugu films under the banner of Anjali Pictures. She acted in Lava Kusa as Seetha, a milestone film and the first color film in Telugu film industry in 1963. She acted in various roles like damsel, angel, dancer, demon, goddess, traditional woman and later in mother characters. Her grand daughter Saila Rao is also an actress.
Awards
• She received Raghupathi Venkaiah Award in 2005 for her life time service to Telugu film industry.
• She was conferred with Ramineni Award given for 2006 in fine arts sections.
• She won the prestigious ANR National Award for 2007.
Movies in which Anjali acted
• Gollabhama
• Kashtajivi
• Keelugurram
• Suvarnasundari
• Bhakta Tukaram
• Lava Kusa
• Badi Pantulu
• Palleturi Pilla
• Chenchulakshmi
• Anarkali
• Brundavanam
• Chandipriya
• Bhakta Prahlada
• Bhale Krishnudu
• Srutilayalu
• Sati Sakkubai
• Mayalamaari
• Bhatti Vikramarka, 1960.
Anjali as Producer
• Parades
i • Suvarna Sundari
• Swarnamanjari
• Chandi Priya
• Sati Sakkubai
• Shirdi Sai Sathya Sai Divya Katha, a teleserial