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| birth_name = Madurai Saurashtra Sundari
| birth_date = 02 March 1923
| birth_place = [[Madurai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].
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| death_place = [[Chennai]]
| other_names = Sundari Bai
| occupation = Singer, dancer, actress
| spouse = [[Kothamangalam Subbu]] (m.1945-1974)<br> (Until his death)
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'''M. S. Sundari Bai''' (2 March 1923 – 12 March 2006), often credited as '''Sundari Bai''', was an [[India]]n film actress, singer and dancer who worked mainly in [[Tamil cinema]] from the 1940s to the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web|title=Forgotten Tamil actresses|author=K S Sivakumaran|work=Daily News|url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2011/12/14/art03.asp|date=14 December 2011|access-date=28 October 2014|archive-date=22 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160222023739/http://archives.dailynews.lk/2011/12/14/art03.asp|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=hindu/>

Sundari Bai was the wife of writer and director [[Kothamangalam Subbu]]. Her most notable films include ''[[Aadmi (1939 film)|Aadmi]]'' (1939),<ref name=indiavideo>{{cite web|title=Aadmi 1939|url=http://www.indiavideo.org/cinema/aadmi-v-shantaram-7402.php|website=indiavideo.org|publisher=India Video|access-date=28 October 2014|archive-date=6 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106144832/http://www.indiavideo.org/cinema/aadmi-v-shantaram-7402.php|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Madanakamarajan]]'' (1941), ''[[Nandanar (1942 film)|Nandanar]]'' (1942), ''[[Dasi Aparanji]]'' (1944), ''[[Kannamma En Kadhali]]'' (1945), ''[[Miss Malini]]'' (1947), ''[[Chandralekha (1948 film)|Chandralekha]]'' (1948), ''[[Avvaiyyar]]'' (1953), ''[[Vanjikottai Valiban]]'' (1958), ''[[Deivapiravi]]'' (1960), ''[[Padikkadha Medhai]]'' (1960)<ref>{{cite news | title = Emotional recall | work = The Hindu | url = http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/emotional-recall/article880086.ece | date = 11 November 2010 | access-date = 28 October 2014 | author = Malathi Rangarajan | archive-date = 16 March 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140316052741/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/emotional-recall/article880086.ece | url-status = live }}</ref> and ''[[Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal]]'' (1976).<ref name=hindu>{{cite news|title=Charming, villainous|work=The Hindu|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/article3217609.ece|author=Randor Guy|authorlink=Randor Guy|date=24 March 2006|access-date=28 October 2014|archive-date=15 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815162422/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/article3217609.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Biography==
Sundari Bai was born in [[Madurai]] in 1923, and belonged to the [[Saurashtra people|Saurashtra]] community. A family friend persuaded her parents to send her to Bombay (now [[Mumbai]]). In the 1930s, she appeared in an advertisement film.<ref name="hindu" /> When film producer [[S. S. Vasan]] bought [[Krishnaswami Subrahmanyam]]'s MPPC Studio and renamed it [[Gemini Studios]] in 1940,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/madanakamarajan-1941/article30818.ece|title=Madanakamarajan (1941)|date=8 October 2009|newspaper=The Hindu|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|access-date=3 September 2016|archive-date=14 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114135641/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/madanakamarajan-1941/article30818.ece|url-status=live}}</ref> Sundari Bai joined Gemini as staff artiste. She appeared in a major role in Gemini's first Tamil production ''[[Madanakamarajan]]'' (1941). She played a slum girl in ''[[Nandanar (1942 film)|Nandanar]]'' (1942), while her role as a maid in ''[[Dasi Aparanji]]'' (1944) elevated her fame. She later fell in love with [[Kothamangalam Subbu]], another member of the Gemini staff who was a writer, actor, and director, and married him. In 1945, Sundari Bai played the lead in ''[[Kannamma En Kadhali]]'', a [[World War II]] film written by Subbu. In 1947, Gemini produced the critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful ''[[Miss Malini]]'', written and directed by Subbu, who also played the male lead. Sundari Bai acted and sang two songs in this film that became hits. She later went on to act in various films including ''[[Chandralekha (1948 film)|Chandralekha]]'', ''[[Samsaram (1951 film)|Samsaram]]'', ''[[Moondru Pillaigal]]'', ''[[Avvaiyar (film)|Avvaiyar]]'', ''[[Valliyin Selvan]]'', ''[[Thodi Kodallu|Enga Veettu Mahalakshmi]]'', ''[[Vanjikottai Valiban]]'', ''[[Deivapiravi]]'', ''[[Naan Kanda Sorgam]]'', ''[[Padikkadha Medhai]]'', ''[[Paadhai Theriyudhu Paar]]'' and ''[[Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal]]''.<ref name="hindu" />

==Filmography==
* ''[[Madanakamarajan]]'' (1941)
* ''[[Nandanar (1942 film)|Nandanar]]'' (1942)
* ''[[Dasi Aparanji]]'' (1944)
* ''[[Kannamma En Kadhali]]'' (1945)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/kannamma-en-kaathali-1945/article3022882.ece |title=Cinema Plus / Columns : Kannamma En Kaathali 1945 |work=The Hindu |date=9 May 2008 |access-date=12 September 2016 |archive-date=22 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222151259/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/kannamma-en-kaathali-1945/article3022882.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''[[Miss Malini]]'' (1947)
* ''[[Chandralekha (1948 film)|Chandralekha]]'' (1948)
* ''[[Moondru Pillaigal]]'' (1952)
* ''[[Mr. Sampat]]'' (1952)
* ''[[Avvaiyyar]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Valliyin Selvan]]'' (1955)
* ''[[Bommai Kalyanam]]'' (1958)
* ''[[Vanjikottai Valiban]]'' (1958)
* ''[[Paththarai Maathu Thangam]]'' (1959)
* ''[[Deivapiravi]]'' (1960)
* ''[[Padikkadha Medhai]]'' (1960)
* ''[[Palum Pazhamum]]'' (1961)
* ''[[Manithan Maravillai (1962 film)|Manithan Maravillai]]'' (1962)
* ''[[Annai Illam]]'' (1963)
* ''[[Thulasi Maadam (film)|Thulasi Maadam]]'' (1963)
* ''[[Aandavan Kattalai]]'' (1964)
* ''[[Motor Sundaram Pillai]]'' (1966)
* ''[[Selvam (1966 film)|Selvam]]'' (1966)
* ''[[Pesum Dheivam]]'' (1967)
* ''[[Ooty Varai Uravu]]'' (1967)
* ''[[Galatta Kalyanam]]'' (1968)
* ''[[En Thambi]]'' (1968)
* ''[[Jeevanaamsam (film)|Jeevanaamsam]]'' (1968)
* ''[[Kanavan]]'' (1968)
* ''[[Thirudan]]'' (1969)
* ''Kanmalar'' (1970)
* ''[[Irulum Oliyum]]'' (1971)
* ''[[Thangaikkaaga]]'' (1971)
* ''[[Thenum Paalum]]'' (1971)
* ''[[Uttharavindri Ulle Vaa]]'' (1971)
* ''[[Pillaiyo Pillai (film)|Pillaiyo Pillai]]'' (1972)
* ''[[Arangetram (film)|Arangetram]]'' (1973)
* ''[[Ninaithadhai Mudippavan]]'' (1975)
* ''[[Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal]]'' (1976)
* ''[[Nizhal Nijamagiradhu]]'' (1978)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0839040|Sundari Bai}}

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