New Delhi: Google today dedicated its Doodle to honor the first female lead in Malayalam cinema, P.K Rosy on her 120th Birth anniversary. She found her passion in acting at a very young age. She was born in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram on February 10, 1903.
After she played the female lead role as an Upper-caste in the movie ‘Vigathakumaran’ (The Lost Child) in 1928 P.K Rosy rose to prominence.
Coming from a scheduled caste tribe, PK Rosy not only played the role of an upper caste but also the scene showed the actor kissing a flower on her hair following which she faced criticism and backlash.
P.K. Rosy was forced to leave Kerala and reports said that she fled the state in a lorry to Tamil Nadu, married the lorry driver, and settled as ‘Rajamma’.
Despite working for a short period of time, she was able to break the barriers at a time when performing arts by women was not encouraged.
Google’s Doodle For P.K.Rosy
Today’s #GoogleDoodle honors the birthday of P.K. Rosy, the first female lead to be featured in Malayalam cinema.
Learn more about her life —> https://t.co/ONuLrtfseV pic.twitter.com/y2JZSYmeDs
— Google Doodles (@GoogleDoodles) February 9, 2023
Remembering P K Rosy, the Dalit Chrisitan woman, who was the first heroine of the first film in Malayalam, Vigathakumaran, which was made and released by J C Daniel in 1928 in Trivandrum. #google #Doodle Thread ?source- Dr Jenny Rowena @ROUNDTABLEIND pic.twitter.com/V2SJO6KDIa
— Dilip Mandal (@Profdilipmandal) February 10, 2023
Today Google Doodle honours the FIRST FEMALE HEROINE in Malayalam cinema P K Rosy.
She was the female lead in the J. C. Daniel’s movie ‘Vigathakumaran’.#malayalamactress #malayalamcinema#Kerala #GoogleDoodle pic.twitter.com/wTDJBLyoiE
— The_Conducător (@MysthiosG) February 10, 2023
P.K. Rosy, Malayalam cinema’s first female actor and Indian cinema’s first Dalit actress, was ostracized into oblivion by the upper caste.
Why?
Because she did the “crime” of playing the role of an upper-caste woman in the film.
Process that! https://t.co/IPhFZmZYsZ— Ambedkar International Center (AIC) (@ambedkar_center) February 10, 2023
Thank you @Google for using today’s Google doodle to celebrate P.K. Rosy a.k.a. Rosamma (1903-1988), India’s first Dalit actress and Malayalam’s first female lead. pic.twitter.com/vPKUapwLYk
— A KISS AFTER DYING (@ashokkbanker) February 10, 2023
P.K. Rosy’s 120th Birthday #Python #Tweepy pic.twitter.com/AVHGWA3Qm6
— redmaytals (@redmaytals) February 10, 2023
