Ragini (actress)

Actress

Birthday March 27, 1937

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace Thiruvananthapuram, Travancore (Now in Kerala)

DEATH DATE 1976-12-30, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (39 years old)

Nationality India

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1937

Ragini (27 March 1937 – 30 December 1976) was an Indian actress and dancer.

She was the youngest of the Travancore Sisters; Lalitha, Padmini and Ragini.

1950

She started her acting career in the mid-1950s along with her sister Padmini and has acted in movies of different Indian languages, including Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.

1958

She also starred opposite Shammi Kapoor in film Mujrim (1958).

1962

She played the role of Parvati opposite Trilok Kapoor who played Shiva in the 1962 film Shiv Parvati.

The era of dance in Hindi cinema is considered to have begun with the entrance of Ragini and other South Indian actresses.

1972

Her husband left for the US in 1972, but returned after his wife became ill from cancer.

1976

Ragini died of breast cancer in 1976.

She had acted in many dramas also.

She was married to Madhavan Thampi.

The couple had two daughters, Lakshmi and Priya.

Actress Sukumari was the trio's maternal first cousin.

Malayalam actors Shobana, Ambika Sukumaran, Vineeth and Krishna are her relatives.