B. Saroja Devi

**B. Saroja Devi** (7 ga watan Janairun shekara ta 1938- 14 ga watan Yulin shekara ta 2025) 'yar wasan kwaikwayo ce ta Indiya wacce ta fito a fina-finai 200 na Kannada, Tamil, Telugu da Hindi sama da shekaru ashirin. Ta kasance daya daga cikin 'yan wasan kwaikwayo masu cin nasara a tarihin fina-finai na Indiya. An dauke ta a matsayin uwargidan farko na fim ɗin Kannada . Bayan mutuwarta, Saroja Devi ta zama mata ta farko da aka ba da kyautar Karnataka Ratna, lambar yabo mafi girma ta farar hula.

An kira Saroja Devi da kyau a matsayin Kannadathu Painkili (Kannada's parrot) a cikin fina-finai na Tamil da Abhinaya Saraswathi (Goldeness of Acting) a cikin fim na Kannada.[1]

Aged 17, Saroja Devi got her first big break with the Kannada film *Mahakavi Kalidasa* (1955). In Telugu cinema, she made her debut with *Panduranga Mahatyam* (1957), and starred in a number of successful films until the late 1970s. The Tamil film *Nadodi Mannan* (1958) made her one of the top actresses in Tamil cinema. After her marriage in 1967, she continued to be in demand, acting in Tamil films until 1974 and in Telugu and Kannada films until the 1980s. She also starred in Hindi films until the mid-1960s, starting with *Paigham* (1959).

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Saroja Devi a Bangalore a ranar 7 ga Janairu, 1938, a cikin dangin Vokkaliga . Iyalin 'yan asalin Dashavara ne, Channapatna Taluk, Masarautar Mysore (yanzu Karnataka).  Mahaifinta, Bhairappa, jami'in 'yan sanda ne a Mysore . Mahaifiyarta, Rudramma, mai kula da gida ce. Ita ce 'yar ta huɗu a cikin iyali. Ta yi karatu a makarantar sakandaren 'yan mata ta St. Teresa a Chamrajpet, Bangalore . 

Bhairappa ta tambayi Saroja ta koyi rawa kuma ta ƙarfafa ta ta fara yin wasan kwaikwayo a matsayin aiki. Matashiyar Saroja Devi sau da yawa tana tare da mahaifinta zuwa ɗakunan karatu, kuma zai yi haƙuri a kan salangais dinta kuma ya yi masaji da ƙafafunta masu kumbura bayan rawar da ta yi. Mahaifiyarta ta ba ta ƙa'idar tufafi mai tsauri ba tare da riguna ba kuma ba tare da hannayenta ba, wanda ta bi don sauran aikinta. B.R. Krishnamurthy ne ya fara ganinta yana da shekaru 13 lokacin da take raira waƙa a wani aiki, amma ta ki amincewa da kyautar fim dinsa.

## Ayyuka

### Ya zama sananne (1955-1967)
Fim din farko na Saroja Devi da kuma babban nasarar da ta samu na farko shi ne fim din Kannada na K. R. Seetharama Sastry *Mahakavi Kalidasa* (1955), inda ta taka rawar jarumi 'Vidyadhare'. Fim din ya lashe lambar yabo ta fina-finai ta kasa don fina-fukkuna mafi kyau a Kannada . Bayan haka, ta yi aiki a fim din B. R. Panthulu na Tamil *Thangamalai Ragasiyam* (1957), inda ta yi jerin rawa. Ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin 'yan wasan kwaikwayo kaɗan waɗanda suka fito a cikin Kannada, Tamil, Telugu da Hindi a cikin shekarun 1950.

In 1958, Saroja Devi was booked by M. G. Ramachandran for his second directorial venture *Ponniyin Selvan*. One of the first screen adaptations of Kalki Krishnamurthy's *Ponniyin Selvan*, the film had a huge ensemble cast consisting of Vyjayanthimala, Savitri, Gemini Ganesan, Padmini, M. N. Rajam and Nagesh. . In the film, she was given the role of Manimekalai princess of Kadamboor and the sister of Kandanmaaran and daughter of Sambuvaraiyar. However, in mid-1958 the film was shelved for unknown reasons.

## Rayuwa ta mutum
A ranar 1 ga Maris 1967, Saroja Devi ta auri Sri Harsha, injiniya,   wanda ya taimaka mata ta shawo kan matsalar kudi da matsalolin harajin kudin shiga kuma ya koya mata yadda za a gudanar da kudinta.  Ya kuma goyi bayan aikin Saroja Devi bayan sun yi aure. Lokacin da aka tambaye ta a cikin wata hira dalilin da ya sa ba ta daina yin wasan kwaikwayo ba bayan da mahaifiyarta ta nace a 1967, ta ce: "Dilip Kumar sau ɗaya ya ce ya tambayi Saira Banu kada ta daina aikin wasan kwaikwayo. Rajesh Khanna ya ambaci labarin ga mijina Sri Harsha, ba don hana ni yin wasan kwaikwayo bane. "

Saroja Devi ta karbi dan uwanta, Bhuvaneshwari, wanda ya mutu da ƙuruciya;  ta dauki nauyin *Kyautar Bhuvaneshwari* don wallafe-wallafen a cikin ƙwaƙwalwarta. 

## Mutuwa

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