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{{Short description|Indian actress (1946–2013)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = M. Bhanumathi
| image = M. Bhanumathi.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth year|1946}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|2|4 |1946|df=yes}}
| death_place = {{nowrap|[[Teynampet]], [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]}}<ref name="thehindu"/>
| occupation = [[Actress]], [[Indian classical dance|Classical dance]]r
| awards = [[Kalaimamani]] Awards <ref name="thehindu1"/>
| years_active = 1965 - 2013
| parents =
| spouse =
| children = Venkadalakshmi (daughter)
| relatives = [[Vazhuvoor B. Ramaiyah Pillai]]<ref name="thehindu1"/>
}}

'''M. Bhanumathi''' (1946 – 4 February 2013) was an Indian actress, who was active in [[Tamil cinema]] during the latter 20th Century. She was well known playing negative and supporting roles. She acted in more than 100 films in [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Malayalam]] and [[Kannada]] and some [[Television series]].<ref name="thehindu">{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Grill-Mill-ndash-M.-Bhanumathi/article15538280.ece |title=Grill Mill - M. Bhanumathi |last=Ashok Kumar |first=S. R. |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=29 January 2013 |access-date=15 May 2019}}</ref><ref name="antrukandamugam">{{cite web |url=http://www.antrukandamugam.wordpress.com/2013/11/11/m-bhanumathi/ |title=அன்று கண்ட முகம் - எம். பானுமதி |date=11 November 2013 |access-date=15 May 2019 |publisher=antrukandamugam.worpress}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Bhanumathi living with her only daughter Venkatalakshmi<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tamilstar.org/tamil/news-id-bhanumathi-no-more-bhanumathi-passed-away-05-02-13131577.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=17 May 2019 |archive-date=17 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517073454/http://www.tamilstar.org/tamil/news-id-bhanumathi-no-more-bhanumathi-passed-away-05-02-13131577.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Teynampet]], Poyas Road in [[Chennai]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2022}} She was suffering from [[Jaundice]] and was under treatment for many months before she died at the age of 67, on 4 February 2013.<ref name="thehindu1">{{cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/noted-in-life-unnoticed-in-death/article4653639.ece |title=Noted in Life Unnoticed in Death |last=Rangarajan |first=Malathy |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=25 April 2013 |access-date=16 May 2019}}</ref>

==Other works==
Bhanumathi worked along with [[Sivaji Ganesan]] in ''Sivaji Nataka Mandram'', where she was part of ''Jahangir'', ''Kaalam Kanda Kavingnan'', ''Neethiyin Nizhal'', ''Vietnam Veedu'' and ''Vengaiyin Maindhan''.<ref name="thehindu"/> and [[Major Sundarrajan]]'s ''NSN Theatre'', actor [[Sivakumar]] says, She was the heroine of almost all over hit plays such as ''Achchaani'', ''Appavi'', ''Delhi Mappillai'', and ''Sondham'',<ref name="thehindu1"/> and also she done shows with the actors likes of [[Cho Ramaswamy|Cho]], [[Jaishankar (actor)|Jaishankar]], [[V. Gopalakrishnan (actor)|V. Gopalakrishnan]], [[V. S. Raghavan]] and Shesatri.<ref name="thehindu1"/>

==Filmography==
{{Incomplete list|date=May 2019}}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! scope="col" | Year
!scope="col"| Title
!scope="col"| Role
!scope="col"| Language
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| 1965
! scope="row" | ''[[Nee (film)|Nee]]''
| Cameo Appearance
| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
|<ref name="ReleaseToday">{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19650821&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |title=Nee! |date=21 August 1965 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |pages=10}}</ref>
|-
| 1966
! scope="row" | ''[[Kumari Penn]]''
|
|Tamil
|
|-
| 1968
! scope="row" |''[[Poovum Pottum]]''
| Kamala
| Tamil
|
|-
| 1968
! scope="row" | ''[[Thillana Mohanambal]]''
| Nurse Mary
| Tamil
|
|-
| 1968
! scope="row"| ''[[Thirumal Perumai]]''
| [[Goddess Lakshmi]]
| Tamil
|
|-
|1968
! scope="row" | ''[[Neelagiri Express]]''
|Dancer
|Tamil
|
|-
| 1969
! scope="row"| ''[[Akka Thangai]]''
|Bhanumathi
| Tamil
| <ref name=Anandan>{{cite book |last=Film News |first=Anandan |author-link=Film News Anandan |title=Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru (Tamil Film History and Its Achievements) |year=2004 |publisher=Sivagamai Publications |pages=738}}</ref>
|-
| 1969
! scope="row"| ''[[Annaiyum Pithavum]]''
|
| Tamil
|
|-
| 1969
! scope="row"| ''[[Deiva Magan]]''
| Nirmala's friend
| Tamil
|
|-
| 1969
! scope="row"| ''[[Nirai Kudam]]''
| Chithra
| Tamil
|
|-
| 1969
! scope="row"| ''Thulabharam''
| Dancer
| Tamil
|
|-
| 1970
! scope="row"| ''[[CID Shankar]]''
| Sujatha Rani
| Tamil
|
|-
| 1970
! scope="row"| ''[[Engirundho Vandhaal]]''
| Mohana
| Tamil
|
|-
| 1970
! scope="row"| ''Kadhal Jothi''
|
|Tamil
|
|-
| 1970
! scope="row"| ''[[Nizhalattam]]''
| Madhavi
| [[Malayalam]]
| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/nizhalattam-1970/article5204338.ece/ |title=Nizhalattam (1970) |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=6 October 2013}}</ref>
|-
| 1970
! scope="row"| ''[[Raman Ethanai Ramanadi]]''
| Sumathi
| Tamil
|
|-
| 1970
! scope="row"| ''[[Sorgam]]''
|
| Tamil
|
|-
| 1970
! scope="row"| ''[[Vietnam Veedu]]''
| Sumathi
| Tamil
|
|-
|1971
! scope="row"| ''[[Thirumagal]]''
| Bhanu
| Tamil
|
|-
|1972
! scope="row"| ''[[Agathiyar]]''
| Kakkai Padiniyaar
| Tamil
|
|-
|1972
! scope="row"| ''Idho Enthan Deivam''
|
| Tamil
|
|-
|1972
! scope="row"| ''[[Enna Muthalali Sowkiyama]]''
|
| Tamil
|
|-
|1972
! scope="row"| ''[[Thiruneelakandar]]''
| Kalavathi
| Tamil
|
|-
|1972
! scope="row"| ''Ashirvadham''
|
| Tamil
|
|-
| 1973
! scope="row"| ''[[Komatha En Kulamatha]]''
| Mohana
| Tamil
|
|-
|1973
! scope="row"| ''Valli Deivanai''
|
| Tamil
|
|-
| 1974
! scope="row" |''Penn Ondru Kanden''
|
| Tamil
|
|-
|1974
! scope="row" |''[[Athaiya Mamiya]]''
| Chandra
| Tamil
|
|-
|1974
! scope="row" |''Ore Satchi''
|
|[[Tamil language|Tamil]]
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cinestaan.com/movies/ore-satchi-17965 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517054158/https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/ore-satchi-17965 |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 May 2019 |title=Ore Satchi}}</ref>
|-
|1974
! scope="row" |''Samayalkaran''
|
|[[Tamil language|Tamil]]
|
|-
|1974
! scope="row"| ''Tiger Thathachari''
|
|Tamil
|
|-
| 1975
! scope="row"| ''[[Manidhanum Dheivamagalam]]''
|
| Tamil
|
|-
| 1975
! scope="row"| ''[[Vaazhnthu Kaattugiren]]''
| Lakshmi
| Tamil
|
|-
| 1976
! scope="row"| ''[[Vazhvu En Pakkam]]''
| Priya
| Tamil
|
|-
| 1977
! scope="row"| ''[[Avan Oru Sarithiram]]''
|
| Tamil
|
|-
|1977
! scope="row"| ''Murugan Adimai''
|
| Tamil
|
|-
|1981
! scope="row"| ''Kadavulin Theerpu''
|
| Tamil
|
|-
|1987
! scope="row"| ''[[Koottu Puzhukkal]]''
|
| Tamil
|
|-
| 1990
! scope="row"| ''Geethanjali''
|
| [[Malayalam]]
|
|-
|1992
! scope="row"| ''[[Thambi Pondatti]]''
|
| Tamil
|
|-
|2011
! scope="row"| ''[[Sagakkal]]''
| Devasena's grandmother
| Tamil
|
|}

===Stage plays===
* Achchaani <ref name="thehindu1"/>
* Appavi <ref name="thehindu1"/>
* Delhi Maappillai <ref name="thehindu1"/>
* Jahangir <ref name="thehindu"/>
* Neethiyin Nizhal <ref name="thehindu"/>
* Kaalam Kanda Kavingnan <ref name="thehindu"/>
* Sondham <ref name="thehindu1"/>
* Vengaiyin Maindhan <ref name="thehindu"/>
* Vietnam Veedu <ref name="thehindu"/>

===Television serials===
She acted in two dozens of TV series
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! year !! Name !! Role !! Note || class="unsortable"|{{Tooltip|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
|-
|2000-2001
|Ramany VS Ramany Part II
|Mrs. Ramany's mother
|Produced by Minbimbangal of veteran director K Balachandar, telecasted inRaj TV
|<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVNEvSiKsSrsepwejj36KywaTF0gwiCjA |title=Ramani vs Ramani Part II |via=YouTube |language=en |access-date=20 April 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 2001-2003 || ''[[Anni (TV series)|Anni]]'' || Valliammai || [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]] ||<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/05/12/stories/2003051200710100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030630040156/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/05/12/stories/2003051200710100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 June 2003 |work=[[The Hindu]] |title=Small-screen "Anni" thinks big |date=12 May 2003}}</ref>
|-
| 2005-2007 || Roja || Janaki || [[Jaya TV]] ||
|-
| 2003-2005 || [[Adugiran Kannan]] || || [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]] ||
|-
| 2003-2005 || [[Anandham (TV series)|Anandham]] || Saradha || [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]] ||
|-
| 2006-2008 || [[Chellamadi Nee Enakku]] || || [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]] ||
|-
| 2007-2010 || [[Megala (TV series)|Megala]] || Thilakavathi's mother || [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]] ||
|-
| 2008 || ''Thiruppavai'' || || ||
|-
| 2010 || ''Anupallavi'' || || [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]] || {{Citation needed|date=December 2022}}
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Vellai Thamarai]]'' || || [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]] || {{Citation needed|date=December 2022}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|8374130}}

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[[Category:20th-century Indian actresses]]
[[Category:Indian film actresses]]
[[Category:Indian stage actresses]]
[[Category:1946 births]]
[[Category:2013 deaths]]
[[Category:Tamil actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses in Tamil cinema]]
[[Category:Actresses in Malayalam cinema]]
[[Category:Actresses in Tamil television]]

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