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{{Infobox person
| name = B. S. Saroja
| image = PSSaroja.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = B. S. Saroja in 1949 film ''Deva Manohari''
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1929|11|18}}
| birth_place = [[Thiruvananthapuram]], India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| residence =
| nationality = Indian
| occupation = Film actor
| years_active = 1951–1978
| spouse = [[T. R. Ramanna]] <br> (m.1949-1997)
| children = Ganesh, Kalarani, Shanthi
| parents =
| relatives = [[T. R. Rajakumari]] (sister-in-law)
}}

'''B. S. Saroja''' (born 18 November 1929) is an [[India]]n actress in [[Malayalam movie]]s and Tamil movies.<ref>[https://archive.today/20140811223425/http://www.metromatinee.com/artist/BS%20Saroja-3316]</ref> She is the daughter of Johnson, who acted in the first Malayalam film, [[Vigathakumaran]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralascope.com/cinema.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=7 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703044253/http://keralascope.com/cinema.html |archive-date=3 July 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Personal life==
She was born to Johnson and Rajalakshmi at [[Thiruvananthapuram]] in 1929. She studied till fourth grade. Then she joined a circus company, with which she traveled all over India. Then she acted in a Tamil movie as a junior artist. ''Jeevitha Nouka'' was her first Malayalam movie.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nthwall.com/ml/B-S-Saroja/celebrities/4564105683 |title=Archived copy |access-date=7 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014165216/http://www.nthwall.com/ml/B-S-Saroja/celebrities/4564105683 |archive-date=14 October 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> She went on to act many movies after that.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/profiles.php?i=4825|title = BS Saroja}}</ref> She was married to late T. R. Ramanna in 1949, a sound engineer turned movie director in Tamil movies. The couple started three cinema production companies known as R.R.Pictures, Vinayaga Pictures and Ganesh Pictures. They have three children. They are settled at [[Chennai]].{{clarify|reason=Unclear as to whether TRRamanna is living or dead. Presumably not actually dead when married as stated! And if dead now not still settled in Chenai - or is that the children?|date=April 2015}}

==Partial filmography==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Film !! Language !! Notes
|-
| 1941 || [[Madanakamarajan]] || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] || dance
|-
| 1942 || [[Kannagi (film)|Kannagi]] || Tamil || dance
|-
| 1943 || Kubera Kuchela || Tamil || dance
|-
| 1943 || [[Mangamma Sabatham (1943 film)|Mangamma Sabatham]] || Tamil || dance
|-
| 1944 || [[Mahamaya (film)|Mahamaya]] || Tamil || dance
|-
| 1944 || [[Raja Rajeswari (film)|Raja Rajeswari]] || Tamil || dance
|-
| 1945 || [[Burma Rani]] || Tamil || dance
|-
| 1946 || Vikatayogi || Tamil ||
|-
| 1947 || Vichithra Vanitha || Tamil ||
|-
|1947 || Dhana Amaravathi || Tamil ||
|-
|1949 || [[Geetha Gandhi]]|| Tamil ||
|-
|1949 || [[Naattiya Rani]] || Tamil ||
|-
|1949 || [[Inbavalli]] || Tamil ||
|-
|1949 || Deva Manohari || Tamil ||
|-
|1950 || [[Parijatham (1950 film)|Parijatham]] || Tamil ||
|-
|1951 || [[Jeevitha Nouka]] || [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] ||
|-
|1951 || [[Jeevitha Nouka|Pichaikkari]] || Tamil ||
|-
|1951 || [[Or Iravu]] || Tamil ||
|-
|1952 || [[Achan (1952 film)|Achan]] ||Malayalam ||
|-
|1952 || [[Aathmasakhi]] || Malayalam ||
|-
|1952 || [[Aathmasakhi]] || Tamil ||
|-
|1952 || [[Amarakavi]] || Tamil ||
|-
|1952 || [[Amma (1952 film)|Amma]] || Malayalam ||
|-
|1952 || [[Kalyani (1952 film)|Kalyani]] || Tamil ||
|-
|1952 || [[Kalyani (1952 film)|Atthainti Kaapuram]] || Telugu ||
|-
|1953 || [[Aashadeepam|Asai Magan]] || Tamil ||
|-
|1953 || [[Aashadeepam]] || Malayalam ||
|-
|1953 || [[Jenova (film)|Jenova]] || Tamil ||
|-
|1953 || [[Genova (1953 film)|Jenova]] || Malayalam ||
|-
|1953 || Vaazha Pirandhavan || Tamil ||
|-
|1953 || [[Lokaneethi]] || Malayalam ||
|-
|1954 || [[Avan Varunnu]] || Malayalam ||
|-
|1954 || [[Koondukkili]] || Tamil ||
|-
|1954 || [[Mangalyam (film)|Mangalyam]] || Tamil ||
|-
|1956 || [[Aathmaarpanam]] || Malayalam ||
|-
|1957 || [[Pudhumai Pithan (1957 film)|Pudumai Pithan]] || Tamil ||
|-
|1958 || [[Lilly (film)|Lilly]] || Malayalam ||
|-
|1959 || Pandithevan || Tamil ||
|-
|1959 || [[Vannakili]] || Tamil ||
|-
|1960 || [[Umma (1960 film)|Umma]] || Malayalam ||
|-
|1961 || Krishna Kuchela || Malayalam ||
|-
|1961 || [[Kumudham]] || Tamil ||
|-
|1962 || [[Puthiya Akasam Puthiya Bhoomi]] || Malayalam ||
|-
|1963 || [[Kadalamma]] || Malayalam ||
|-
|1964 || [[Arunagirinathar (film)|Arunagirinathar]] || Tamil ||
|-
|1966 || [[Tharavattamma]] || Malayalam ||
|-
|1978 || Anthonees Punyavaalan || Malayalam ||
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|1200038}}
*[http://en.msidb.org/displayProfile.php?category=actors&artist=BS%20Saroja B. S. Saroja at MSI]
*[http://www.kalyanamalaimagazine.com/Content/Thiraichuvai/Dec12_1_15/Potpourri_of_titbits_about_Tamil_cinema_BS_Saroja.html Article on B. S. Saroja]

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->Pachu Kannan at 11:01, 18 November 2021