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At the age of 14, Padmini was cast as the dancer in the Hindi film Kalpana (1948), launching her career. She acted in films for nearly 30 years.

Padmini starred with several of the most well-known actors in Indian film, including Sivaji Ganesan, M. G. Ramachandran, N. T. Rama Rao, Raj Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor, Sathyan, Prem Nazir, Rajkumar, Gemini Ganesan and S. S. Rajendran. She appeared with Sivaji Ganesan in 59 films.

She acted mostly in Tamil films. Ezhai Padum Padu, released in 1950, was her first film in Tamil. Her association with Sivaji Ganesan started with Panam in 1952. Some of her noted Tamil films include Thanga Padhumai, Anbu, Kaattu Roja, Thillana Mohanambal, Vietnam Veedu, Edhir Paradhathu, Mangayar Thilakam and Poove Poochudava. Some of her popular Malayalam films include Prasanna, Snehaseema, Vivaahitha, Adhyaapika, Kumara Sambhavam, Nokkethadhoorathu Kannum Nattu, Vasthuhara and Dolar.

In two of her popular Bollywood films — Mera Naam Joker and Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai — she was paired with Raj Kapoor. She did another film with Raj Kapoor – Aashiq (1962). Her other Bollywood films include Payal (1957), Afsana (1966), Vaasna (1968), Chanda Aur Bijli (1969) and Babubhai Mistry's Mahabharat (1965).^[1]

Her most famous was Thillana Mohanambal, a Tamil film, where she plays a dancer competing against a musician to see whose skills are better.^[4] She also acted in an Indian-Soviet film Journey Beyond Three Seas (Hindi version: Pardesi) based on the travelogues of Russian traveler Afanasy Nikitin (called A Journey Beyond the Three Seas, which is now considered a Russian literary monument), in which she plays the role of Lakshmi, a royal dancer.

Both Padmini and Vyjayanthimala, trained classical dancers, vied with each other. They were at the height of their careers and there was professional rivalry between them. Interestingly, the real-life envy did creep into the reel-life dance drama, which added its own sugar and spice to the impact of the sequence. After her marriage to Ramachandran, a U.S.-based physician^[4] in 1961,^[1] she retired temporarily from films and focused on family life and refining her classical dance.^[4] She settled in the United States,^[5] and in 1977 opened her classical dance school in New Jersey, the Padmini School of Fine Arts.^[5] Today, her school is considered as one of the largest Indian classical dance institutions in America.^{[citation needed]}

Actress Sukumari was the trio's maternal first cousin. Shobana, the famous dancer, is the niece of Padmini. Malayalam actress Ambika Sukumaran is her relative. Actors Vineeth and Krishna are relatives.

Padmini died of a heart attack at the Chennai Apollo Hospital on 24 September 2006. She was hospitalized on the previous day when she suffered the fatal heart attack during a meeting with the then Tamil Nadu CM M. Karunanidhi. She is survived by a son, who is settled in the United States.

Padmini was well known for her professional rivalry with actress Vyjayanthimala, the successful dancer-actress.^[7] They performed a dance number in the Tamil film Vanjikottai Valiban; the well known song was "Kannum Kannum Kalanthu", which was sung by P. Leela and Jikki. In the song, they were pitted against each other. Due to their professional rivalry, the song has a cult following since the film was released; the popularity of the song surpasses the popularity of the film.^[7]

Won

• Certificate of merit for Veerapandiya Kattabomman in the Afro-Asian film festival in 1960^[8]
• Best actress award from Film Fans Association in 1954, 1959, 1961 and 1966.^[9]
• 1958 – Kalaimamani award from the Government of Tamil Nadu
• 1957 – The "Best Classical Dancer Award" from Moscow Youth Festival
• 1966 – Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for Kaajal
• 1990 - Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South
• 1970 – Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress for Thillaanaa Mohanambal
• 2000- Tamil Nadu State Film Honorary Award - Kalaivanar Award

Nominations

• 1960 – Filmfare Best Actress Award for the film Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai

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Dramas

• Ramayana
• Kalpana
• Valli
• Kannaki

• List of Indian film actresses