Veteran Telugu actress B Saroja Devi passed away at the age of 87. She has been suffering from age-related problems for quite some time now. The actress was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Bangalore and passed away this morning at around 9 AM.
Saroja Devi is a popular actress in Karnataka and has done films in all South languages and Hindi. She earned a big recognition back in time by playing several characters that are unique. Born in 1938 in Bangalore, she was offered a film at the age of 13, but she refused it.
Later, she ventured into mainstream cinema with the film ‘Mahakavi Kalidasu’, which was released in 1955. She received a blockbuster hit with her first film. Two years later, she did the Telugu film Panduranga Mahatyam, which drove her to stardom in Telugu.
In her 70 years of film career, Saroja Devi acted in nearly 200 films across languages. In 1985, when she was shooting for the film Ladies Hostel, her husband got sick and died the following year. After her husband’s death, she did not sign any new movies. She took a break from movies for almost five years.
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