Kishori ballal biography

Kishori Ballal was an Indian actress who was mainly known for her work in the Kannada cinema. She is best known for playing the character of “Kaveri Amma;” Shah Rukh Khan’s mother in the Bollywood film ‘Swades’ (2004).

Wiki/Biography

Kishori Ballal was born in 1937 (age 82 years at the time of death), in Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka.

Family & Caste

She was married to a Bharatanatyam dancer, N Sripathi Ballal, a Hindu from the Bunt community.

Kishori ballal biography

N Sripathi Ballal hails from Mangalore. The couple got married in 1950.

Career

Kishori Ballal and her husband were trained in acting from Dr Siva Ram Karanth and Vysarya Ballal. Later, she worked in an advertisement produced under ‘Durga Khote Productions.’ In 1960, she debuted in the Kannada film, ‘Ivalentha Hendthi.’ She performed in various theatre plays in 1970, which were later translated in Kannada also.

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