1960Winner
Best Performance
Deiva Piravi
M. Saroja
Actor
Mayiladuthurai, Tanjore district, Madras Presidency
January 1, 1933
Biography
M. Saroja (Tamil: சரோஜா) was an Indian film actress and comedian who worked in Tamil cinema. She was frequently paired alongside K. A. Thangavelu. Director K. Subramaniam introduced Saroja to the film industry, when she was 14 years old. She played the role of leading Tamil actor M. G. Ramachandran’s cousin in the film Sarvadhikari, her debut. Later on, she continued to act in more than 300 films in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada languages. The most important film in her career was the Kalyana Parisu in which she paired with her husband K. A. Thangavelu.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1960Winner
Best Performance
Adutha Veettu Penn
1962Winner
Best Performance
Parthal Pasi Theerum
Career Highlights
1961Highlight
Best Performance
Pasamalar
1994Highlight
Best Performance
Periya Marudhu