I have written an article that was published in today’s ( 23/6/2011) HINDU -Metroplus…. on the first lady film Director from South India – Mrs T.P.Rajalakshmi.

I am publishing here the article as Unedited….this gives her date of birth , researched and found out by me for the first time…… she was born on 11/11/11…… A truly No 1 , date of birth.

This is the centenary year of Smt. T.P.Rajalakshmi. There are many legends in the history of South Indian cinema. Among them TPR holds pride of place. She was the first woman director in South Indian Cinema – and second in Indian Cinema after Fathima Begum . She was the path breaker for P.Bhanumathi, Vijayanirmala, Jayachithra, Sripriya, Suhasini , Revathy , Jayadevi and V Priya , all Ladies who have successfully wielded the directorial baton in Tamil cinema. TPR Produced, Directed, wrote and donned the lead role in her films Miss Malini , which she Edited too and Madurai Veeran in the 1930s . Her remarkable life was an example of dogged determination and a willingness to go through hardships in order to realize her potential.