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Saroja Devi Death News

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B. Saroja Devi was an iconic Indian actress known for her prolific work in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films. She was fondly called 'Abhinaya Saraswathi' (Saraswathi of acting) in Kannada cinema and 'Kannadathu Paingili' (the Parrot of Karnataka) in Tamil cinema.
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Actress B Saroja Devi passes away at the age of 87 she had acted in 200 films over seven decades. Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah, DK Shivakumar paid tribute to the late actress. Saroja Devi had her big break with her Kannadda film Mahakavi Kalidas made her Telegu debut with Pandurang Mahathayam and worked in several successfull films until the late 1970s. She was awarded the Padma Shru in 1969 and the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in 1992. 
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B Saroja Devi is the only Indian actress to play lead heroine in 161 consecutive films in 29 years between 1955 and 1984.






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