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| name = K. P. A. C. Sulochana<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1938|04|10|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kayamkulam]]/[[Mavelikara]], [[Alappuzha]], [[Kerala]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2005|04|17|1938|04|10|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Kayamkulam]], India<br />
| occupation = Actress, playback singer<br />
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| awards = [[Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award]] <br/>[[Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship]]<br />
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'''K. P. A. C. Sulochana''' (10 April 1938 – 17 April 2005) was a popular Indian [[Malayalam]] playback singer, theatre and film actress from [[Kerala]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=അശ്വമേധത്തിലെ സരോജം കെ.പി.എ.സി സുലോചന തന്നെയെന്ന് വിശ്വസിച്ചവർ |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/amp/books/excerpts/jeevithanadakam-kpac-sulochana-1.7439976 |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=Mathrubhumi|date=17 April 2022 }}</ref> She was the famous singer in [[Kayamkulam]] KPAC. She has won several awards including the [[Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award]] and [[Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=വിപ്ലവ ഗായികയ്ക്കപ്പുറം കെ. പി എ സി സുലോചന {{!}} detailed study of SInger KPAC Sulochana's music career by Parvathi |url=https://www.asianetnews.com/amp/magazine/column/detailed-study-of-singer-kpac-sulochana-s-music-career-by-parvathi-qxbm9w |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=www.asianetnews.com}}</ref> She has also wrote a book called ''Arangile Anubhavangal''.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
KPAC Sulochana was famous singer in [[Kayamkulam]]. She was born on 10 April 1938 as the daughter of Kunju Kunj and Kalyaniamma in [[Mavelikkara]]. She entered the professional drama through ''Balalokam'' programme in [[Thiruvananthapuram]] [[All India Radio|Akashvani]]. Sulochana started her career at [[Kerala People's Arts Club]] (K. P. A. C.) in 1951 with the play ''Ente Makan Aanu Sheri'' (My son is right). She acted and sang in 10 plays ranging from ''[[Ningalenne Communistakki]]'' to ''Manvantaram''. Sulochana left K. P. A. C. after the [[1964 split in the Communist Party of India|split of the Communist Party]] in 1964. Later, she sang in the plays of various committees and acted in leading roles in them. She formed a theatre committee under the name ''Samskara'' and presented about 10 plays.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-16 |title=ഏപ്രിൽ 17: നാടകഗാനത്തിലെ സ്ത്രീശബ്ദം, കെ.പി.എ.സി. സുലോചന ഓർമ്മ ദിനം {{!}} |url=https://newsgil.in/2023/04/17/female-voice-in-drama-song-kpac-sulochana-remembrance-day/ |access-date=2023-04-20 |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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Sulochana entered the Malayalam film industry by singing the duet song "Ee Malar Poikail" with K. S. George in the movie ''Kaalam Maarunnu''. She also played the role of the heroine in the same film opposite [[Sathyan (Malayalam actor)|Sathyan]]. Later she sang two more songs when the famous novel ''[[Randidangazhi|Randitangazi]]'' was made into a film. Her other films include ''[[Arappavan]]'' and ''[[Krishna Kuchela|Krishnakuchela]]''. Sulochana died on 17 April 2005 at the age of 67.<ref>{{Cite web |title=കേരളം പാടിച്ചുവപ്പിച്ച സുലോചന |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/music/gramaphone/kpac-sulochana.html |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=ManoramaOnline}}</ref> She was survived by her husband Kamaleshan.<ref>{{cite news |title=KPAC Sulochana is dead |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/kpac-sulochana-is-dead/articleshow/1080327.cms |access-date=20 April 2023 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=17 April 2005}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Malayalam-language playback singers]]<br />
[[Category:Film musicians from Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian women singers]]<br />
[[Category:Actresses in Malayalam theatre]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian actresses]]<br />
[[Category:Actresses in Malayalam cinema]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship]]<br />
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