DeathKishori Ballal was best known nationally for her role as Kaveri Amma in Shah Rukh Khan-starrer ‘Swades’.Tnm StaffVeteran Kannada actor Kishori Ballal, who had acted in over 75 movies and left an indelible mark with her role in Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Swades, died on Tuesday at the age of 82. The actor passed away due to age-related ailments at a private hospital in Bengaluru, family sources said. She was reportedly suffering from a respiratory ailment. Born in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka, Kishori made her acting debut in the 1960s with Kannada movie Ivalentha Hendathi. In her five-decade-long career, she worked in over 75 movies across different languages, including Kahi, Hani Hani, Suryakanthi, Carry On Maratha and Quick Gun Murugun. Among her film roles, she has appeared in films like Ring Road, Ambari and Akka Thangi. In the Hindi film industry, Kishori is best known for playing the role of Kaveri Amma,...
- 2/19/2020
- by Prajwal
- The News Minute
Set in modern India, Swades (Our country) is a film that tackles the issues facing the citizens of this nation on a grass roots level. A country that is grappling with problems that development throws up, the India depicted in Swades is colorful, heterogeneous and complex, with people of diverse cultures and attitudes. Mohan Bhargava (Shah Rukh Khan), a bright young scientist working as a project manager in Nasa, returns to on a quest to find his childhood nanny. In his attempts to persuade Kaveri Amma (Kishori Ballal), the symbol to him of motherhood and family, to return to America with him, he gets drawn into the life of a village called Charanpur and finds himself searching for answers to the questions of progress and development that the village is facing. His curiosity is piqued by Gita (Gayatri Joshi), an admirable young woman teaching in the village primary school, who...
- 6/5/2013
- by Charla Manohar
- Bollyspice
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