Google Doodle Remembers PK Rosy, First Female Lead In Malayalam Cinema
NDTV
Many years after PK Rosy stopped acting, her contribution to Malayalam cinema and society as a whole came to light.
Google dedicated a doodle to PK Rosy, Malayalam cinema's first lead female actor, on her 120th birthday. A page dedicated to her on Google mentions that she was born on February 10, 1903, in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
PK Rosy's real name was Rajamma. She broke barriers with her performance in the Malayalam movie Vigathakumaran (The Lost Child) during a time when performing arts were discouraged in many sectors of society, especially for women, according to Google.
The crowd was angry that a Dalit woman had portrayed the character of a Nair woman when the movie was shown at the Capitol Cinema in Thiruvananthapuram, as per IMDb.
She is reported to have married Kesava Pillai, a truck driver, and moved to Tamil Nadu, where she used the name "Rajammal".
