Sriranjani Sr.

A major singing star of the 1930s, she shot into prominence through her private albums in the 1920s and 1930s. As was with all the famous artists of early movies, she was a stage actress acting mainly in male roles in mythological dramas before coming into movies. She first acted in P. Pullaiah 's Lava Kusha (1935) and later did 8 films in all. She died in 1940 due to cancer.