Tuesday, 13 November 2012
P K Rosy is the first heroine in Malayalam Cinema, Vigathakumaran directed by J.C. Daniel. Born at Thycadu in Trivandrum, the capital of Kerala
in a lower caste family. She was a coolie worker to meet daily demands.
She was accidentally selected as heroine by Daniel, because of
unavailability of ladies to act in cinema. During that time cinema
acting by ladies was being considered as a social evil. They were
branded as prostitutes. Due to this fear ladies were feared to act in
film. Despite this social evil, Rosy became ready to act in it. She was a
daily waged actress in Daniel's cinema. After releasing of Vigathakumaran,
viewers got angry and they became violent, whenever Rosy appeared in
screen. It forced theater owners to stop the exhibition on fourth day.
Tragedy of Rosy took a new turn and mob in Trivandrum
began to attack her even at her home. They blockaded her house insulted
many times knowing these atrocities towards Rosy then the King of Travancore
ordered police to give her protection. Yet, people who became angry
over her courage to act were continuing attack. One day they burned
their hut. Finally she ran away from the spot. It is believed that she
ran away with a lorry driver and lived in Tamil Nadu. After the vanishing of Rosy, she was inaccessible for movie historians. The prominent movie historian Chelangatt Gopalakrishnan
in his articles and books disclosed the matter said above. He says that
Rosy was lived either in Trichinappally or in Nagercoil. In his
investigation, he got another unverified opinion that Rosy jumped into a
river and committed suicide when she was running from her hut following
mob violence.
P K Rosy is the first heroine in Malayalam Cinema, Vigathakumaran directed by J.C. Daniel. Born at Thycadu in Trivandrum, the capital of Kerala
in a lower caste family. She was a coolie worker to meet daily demands.
She was accidentally selected as heroine by Daniel, because of
unavailability of ladies to act in cinema. During that time cinema
acting by ladies was being considered as a social evil. They were
branded as prostitutes. Due to this fear ladies were feared to act in
film. Despite this social evil, Rosy became ready to act in it. She was a
daily waged actress in Daniel's cinema. After releasing of Vigathakumaran,
viewers got angry and they became violent, whenever Rosy appeared in
screen. It forced theater owners to stop the exhibition on fourth day.
Tragedy of Rosy took a new turn and mob in Trivandrum
began to attack her even at her home. They blockaded her house insulted
many times knowing these atrocities towards Rosy then the King of Travancore
ordered police to give her protection. Yet, people who became angry
over her courage to act were continuing attack. One day they burned
their hut. Finally she ran away from the spot. It is believed that she
ran away with a lorry driver and lived in Tamil Nadu. After the vanishing of Rosy, she was inaccessible for movie historians. The prominent movie historian Chelangatt Gopalakrishnan
in his articles and books disclosed the matter said above. He says that
Rosy was lived either in Trichinappally or in Nagercoil. In his
investigation, he got another unverified opinion that Rosy jumped into a
river and committed suicide when she was running from her hut following
mob violence.
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