Cinemaazi remembers Pandari Bai on her birth anniversary

Rarely does a person get to romance and also mother the hero. Strangely, however, Pandari Bai, has this distinction of doing so. Not only was she the romantic interest and paired with such stalwarts of films as Dr Rajkumar, MGR and Sivaji Ganeshan, singing duets with them, but she had to don the role of being their dutiful and conscientious mother as well, including Rajesh Khanna, N T Rama Rao, as age caught up and roles as lead began to dry up with many young actresses coming into the arena.