Kantimathi

Actor, Film actor

1946 – 2011

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Who was Kantimathi?

Kanthimathi (died September 8, 2011) was a Tamil stage and film actress. She had acted in over 500 films.

Kanthimathi was born in Manamadurai in the then Ramnad District of British India in 1945 or 1946. She started acting in dramas and entered films at the age of eleven.

The role which got her noticed was the portrayal of Mayil's mother in 16 Vayathinile. Other important Tamil films in which she acted include Mann Vasanai, Muthu and Karagattakaran. She was awarded the Kalaimamani Award by the Government of Tamil Nadu for her contribution to Tamil cinema.

She acted as mother and grandmother almost to all actors and actresses like M.G.R, Rajinikanth, Kamalhassan, Vijaykanth, Sathyaraj, Prabhu, Vijay, Revathi, Radha, Ambika, Radhika, etc. Other actors or actresses cannot utter the non-lexical fillers like 'aaahhhnnn' and proverbs like "Chithada kalli viragu odaika ponalam kathala mullu kothoda kuthidichan" (When a lazy girl is forced to go for the work of cutting the firewood she may complain that aloe vera thorns poked her in a bunch) like she could.

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Born
1946
Manamadurai
Also known as
  • Kanthimathi
Nationality
  • India
Profession
Died
Sep 9, 2011
Chennai

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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