Bhanumathi Ramakrishna (1925–2005) was an actress and playback singer in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu cinema. She has sung 118 songs. The following is a complete list of her songs[1]
| Year | Film | Song | Composer(s) | Lyrics | Co-singer(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | Vara Vikrayam | N/A | Prabhala Satyanarayana | N/A | |||
| Rowspan=2 | 1941 | Rowspan=2 | Dharma Patni | "Anuraagam Leka Anandamunda" | Annasaheb Mainkar, Timir Baran | Daita Gopalam | solo |
| "Nilu Niluma Neelavarnaa" | Balijepalli Lakshmikantham | ||||||
| 1945 | Rowspan=5 | Swarga Seema | "Madhura Vennelareyi" | Ogirala Ramachandra Rao, Balantrapu Rajanikanta Rao, Nagayya | Nagayya | ||
| "Oh Naa Raaja" | |||||||
| "Manchidinamu Nede" | N/A | solo | |||||
| "Oho Ho Pavuram" | Balantrapu Rajanikanta Rao | ||||||
| "Oho Tapodhana" | |||||||
| 1949 | Rowspan=9 | Laila Majnu[2] | "Neevene Naa Chaduvu" | C. R. Subburaman | Samudrala Sr. | ||
| "Aaha Pahliyanchega" | solo | ||||||
| "Ninu Basi Povudana" | |||||||
| "Preme Neramounaa" | |||||||
| "Tanedano" | |||||||
| "Viritavula Lona" | Ghantasala | ||||||
| "Cherararo" | |||||||
| "Raavo Naanu Marachitivo" | |||||||
| "Chelunigani Nijamidani" | |||||||
| Rowspan=3 | Raksha Rekha | "Oho Rajasukumara" | H. R. Padmanabha Sastry, Ogirala Ramachandra Rao | Rowspan=3 | Balijepalli Lakshmikantham | solo | |
| "Abhayammu Neevega" | |||||||
| "Jeevana Doli" | Ghantasala | ||||||
| Rowspan=1 | 1951 | Mangala[3] | "Jhanan Jhanana" | M. D. Parthasarathy | N/A | solo | |
| 1953 | Chandirani[4] | "Eeroju Bhale Roju Ide Prema Idena" | M. S. Viswanathan, C. R. Subburaman | Rowspan=4 | solo | ||
| "Indhuko Teliyani Ennadu Anukoni Ee Sambaraalemiti" | |||||||
| "Evaraalakinturu Naamora Enaleni Vedana" | |||||||
| "Kilaa Kilaa Navvulaa Kurisene Vennelaa" | |||||||
| "O Taraka O Jabilee Navvulela Nanu Gane" | |||||||
| 1954 | Rowspan=4 | Chakrapani | "Uyyala Jampalala" | Bhanumathi Ramakrishna | Ravuri Satyanarayana Rao | Rowspan=4 | solo |
| "Pakkala Nilabadi" | |||||||
| "Mella Mellagaa" | |||||||
| "O Malathi Lata" | |||||||
| 1961 | Batasari | "Kanulakudoche Chetikandani" | Master Venu | Samudrala Sr. | Jikki | ||
| "Lokamerugani Baala" | solo | ||||||
| "O Batasari" | |||||||
| "Uppakara Chinthaye" | |||||||
| 1965 | Rowspan=2 | Antastulu | "Dulapara Bulloda" | Rowspan=2 | K. V. Mahadevan | Kosaraju | solo |
| "Vinara Vissanna" | Aarudhra | ||||||
| Rowspan=2 | Thodu Needa | "Enno Ratrulu" | K. V. Mahadevan | Acharya Aatreya | Rowspan=2 | solo | |
| "Jolapata" | |||||||
| 1971 | Mattilo Manikyam[5] | "Saranam Nee Divya Charanam Nee Naamamento Madhuram" | C. Satyam | solo | |||
| 1984 | Mangammagari Manavudu | "Sri Suryanarayana" | K. V. Mahadevan | C. Narayana Reddy | Vani Jayaram | ||
| 1989 | Rowspan=2 | Bamma Maata Bangaru Bata | "Maa Palle Gopaluda" | Chandrabose | Rowspan=2 | Veturi | P. Susheela, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam |
| "Delhi Ki Raja Aina" | solo | ||||||
| 1998 | Rowspan=1 | Pelli Kanuka | "Bangaru Bommaki" | Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | ||
| Year | Film | Song | Composer(s) | Lyrics | Co-singer(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | Rowspan=2 | Santhanadevan | "Maarudhale Yaavum" | G. Rajagopal Naidu | D. B. Velauthasamy | solo | |
| "Dayaa Nithiye" | |||||||
| 1946 | Rowspan=3 | Raja Mukthi | "Sarasa Sallaabam Seiyya Arugil Vaarumaiyya" | C. R. Subbaraman | rowspan= | solo | |
| "Swaami Arunkanigal Ivaiye Pareer" | |||||||
| "Sandhoshamaai Anbar Varuvaaradi" | M. L. Vasanthakumari | ||||||
| 1949 | Rowspan=4 | Apoorva Sagodharargal | "Aaha Aaduvene Geetham Paaduvene" | Rowspan=4 | S. Rajeswara Rao | Kothamangalam Subbu | T. A. Mothi |
| "Laddu Laddu Mittai Venumaa" | solo | ||||||
| "Maanum Mayilum Aadum Solai" | |||||||
| "Manamohaname Vana Vaasame" | |||||||
| Rowspan=9 | Laila Majnu | "Nee Thaane Ennaasai" | C. R. Subbaraman | S. D. Sundharam | Ghantasala, P. Leela & Jikki | ||
| "Aaha Palan Vandhadhe" | solo | ||||||
| "Unnai Paarkka Pogirenaa" | |||||||
| "Premaithaan Polladhaa" | |||||||
| "N/A | |||||||
| "Iga Vaazhvinil Kaadhal Mahaajothiye" | Ghantasala | ||||||
| "Jothi Minnum" | |||||||
| "Vaaraayo Enai Marandhanaiyo" | |||||||
| "Enadhu Uyir Urugum Nilai" | |||||||
| Rowspan=4 | Nallathambi | "Malarthanil Oru Azhagu Mayil" | Rowspan=4 | C. R. Subbaraman | Udumalai Narayana Kavi | Ghantasala | |
| "Enadhu Uyir Egypttu" | solo | ||||||
| "Varuvaare Dear Varuvaare" | |||||||
| "Naan Vanangum Dheivam" | |||||||
| Rowspan=9 | Ratnakumar | "Nin Paaadham Varave Thaaye Nee Dhayai Purivaaiye" | Rowspan=9 | G. Ramanathan and C. R. Subbaraman | Papanasam Sivan | solo | |
| "Aadavar Kaadhal Idhudhaano" | |||||||
| "Varattum Vandhaal Vazhi Solven" | |||||||
| "Vizhudhu Vittu Thazhaithongi" | |||||||
| "Muzhuthunnai Nambinen" | |||||||
| "Ganavaangale Vaango" | |||||||
| "Aanandha Velaam" | |||||||
| "Andhi Nerame Inbame" | |||||||
| "Sollarum Aanandham Enadhu Vaazhvil Indre Dhuraiye" | |||||||
| 1952 | Rowspan=4 | Kaadhal | "Inba Kaaviyam Aagum Vaazhve" | C. R. Subburaman | Ghantasala | ||
| "Jeevidhamellaam" | |||||||
| "Aahaa Inbame Aahaa Engume" | solo | ||||||
| "Kanavu Thaano Ninaivu Yaavum" | |||||||
| Rowspan=7 | Rani | "Naane Gnaaniyar" | C. R. Subbaraman, D. C. Dutt | K. D. Santhanam | solo | ||
| "Madhi Mayangum Malar Vanam" | |||||||
| "Karugi Pugaiyum Pugaiye" | T. K. Sundara Vathiyar | ||||||
| "Unmaiyillaadha Ulagile" | |||||||
| "Samayam Vaachchadhu" | |||||||
| "Cheeppu Chunukkani Chimini" | Udumalai Narayana Kavi | ||||||
| "Samarasam Nilaiperum" | C. R. Subburaman and group | ||||||
| 1953 | Chandirani | "En Vaazhvinile Naan Magizhum Naal Idhuve Thaan" | M. S. Viswanathan, C. R. Subburaman | Rowspan=4 | solo | ||
| "Innadhendru Ariyaamal Unnmaiyum Unaraamal" | |||||||
| "En Vaazhvellaam Siraivaasamo" | |||||||
| "Nilaa Nilaa Odi Vaa Nillaamal Odi Vaa" | |||||||
| "Vaan Meedhile Inba Then Maari Peiyudhe" | |||||||
| 1954 | Malaikkallan[6] | "Unnai Azhaithathu Yaaro" | M. Subbaiah Naidu | Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass | Rowspan=5 | solo | |
| "Pengale Ulangalile" | Rowspan=2 | Venkatarama Ramalingam Pillai | |||||
| "Nalla Sagunam Nokki" | |||||||
| "Naane Inba Roja" | Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass | ||||||
| "Naalai" | |||||||
| 1955 | Rowspan=4 | Kalvanin Kadhali | "Manadhil Urudhi Vendum" | G. Govindarajulu Naidu & Ghantasala | Mahakavi Bharathiyar | T. M. Soundararajan | |
| "Nallathor Veenai Seidhe" | solo | ||||||
| "Alli Malar Solai Inba" | S. D. Sundharam | A. P. Komala & K. Rani | |||||
| "Veyilukketha Nizhalundu" | Kavimani Desigavinayagam Pillai | Ghantasala | |||||
| Rowspan=3 | Vipra Narayana | "Malaril Madhuvellaam" | S. Rajeswara Rao | ||||
| "Ini Aagatha Sogam" | |||||||
| "Naayagane Jaya Geeta Radha" | solo | ||||||
| 1956 | Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum | "Masila Unmai Kathale" | Rowspan=5 | S. Dakshinamurthy | Rowspan=5 | A. Maruthakasi | A. M. Rajah |
| "Azhagaana Ponnu Naan" | Rowspan=4 | solo | |||||
| "Unnaivida Maattaen" | |||||||
| "Anbinaale Aalavandha" | |||||||
| "En Aattamellaam" | |||||||
| Madurai Veeran | "Avarkkum Enakkum" | G. Ramanathan | Kannadasan | solo | |||
| Rowspan=3 | Rambaiyin Kaadhal | "Kannaala Vaazhvile Kaadhal" | Rowspan=3 | T. R. Papa | Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass | solo | |
| "Aadavaareer Indre Aadavaareer" | |||||||
| "Kannaala Vaazhvile Kaadhal" | P. Susheela | ||||||
| Rangoon Radha | "Thalaivaari Poochoodi Unnai" | Rowspan=4 | T. R. Pappa | solo | |||
| "Pennaga Irundha Yennai ...Kaiyil Pirambedutthu" | |||||||
| "Thamizhe Thene Kanne Thaalelo" | Rowspan=2 | M. Karunanidhi | |||||
| "Vaan Malar Solaiyil" | |||||||
| Rowspan=3 | Sadhaaram | "Ponggi Varum Pudhu Nilavee" | Rowspan=3 | G. Ramanathan | Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass and A. Maruthakasi | ||
| "Thaaye Ezhai Mugam" | solo | ||||||
| "Enggum Oli Veesudhe Ennai Thedi" | |||||||
| Tenali Raman | "Kangalil Adidum Penmaiyin Nadagam" | Rowspan=4 | Viswanathan Ramamoorthy | Kannadasan | solo | ||
| "Kannamirandum Minnidum Annam" | |||||||
| "Pirandha Naal Mannan Pirandha Naal" | |||||||
| "Vinnulagil Minni Varum Tharagaiye" | |||||||
| Rowspan=3 | Thaaikkuppin Thaaram | "Aaha Nam Aaasai" | Rowspan=3 | K. V. Mahadevan | Kavi Lakshmanadas | ||
| "Asaindhaadum Thendrale" | Rowspan=2 | Thanjai N. Ramiah Dass | solo | ||||
| "En Kaadhal Inbam" | A. M. Rajah | ||||||
| 1957 | Rowspan=3 | Ambikapathy | "Kannile Iruppathenna Kanniyila Mane" | G. Ramanathan | Kannadasan | solo | |
| "Maasila Nilave Nam Kaadhalil Magizhvodu" | Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam | T. M. Soundararajan | |||||
| "Vaada Malare Thamizhthene" | K. D. Santhanam | ||||||
| Rowspan=3 | Makkalai Petra Magarasi | "Sonna Pechcha Kekkanum" | K. V. Mahadevan | A. Maruthakasi | solo | ||
| "Vandhadhu Yaarunu" | |||||||
| "Poravale Poravale Ponnurangam" | Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass | T. M. Soundararajan | |||||
| Manamagan Thevai | "Yengo Kulukku Thalukku Thavalaiyaa" | G. Ramanathan | A. Maruthakasi | solo | |||
| "Krishna Nee Begane Maaro.... Malaharaa Verengum Palaa" | |||||||
| "Nenjinile Pugundhu" | A. Maruthakasi | ||||||
| "Velavare Ummai Thedi Oru Madandhai" | Ghanam Krishna Iyer | ||||||
| "Vennilaa Jodhiyai Veesudhe" | A. Maruthakasi | ||||||
| "Nan Thaan Un Kaadhalan" | A. Maruthakasi | ||||||
| Rowspan=3 | Rani Lalithangi | ""Inbam Perinbam" | G. Ramanathan | Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass | solo | ||
| "Madhunilai Maaraadha" | |||||||
| "Ennai Ariyaamal Thulludhadi" | |||||||
| 1958 | Rowspan=3 | Sarangadhara | "Arpudha Kaatchi Ondru Kanden" | G. Ramanathan | A. Maruthakasi | solo | |
| "Vandhiduvaar Avar En Manam" | |||||||
| "Kannaal Nalla Paaru" | A. P. Komala & K. Rani | ||||||
| Rowspan=2 | Nadodi Mannan | "Sammadhamaa Naan Ungal" | S. M. Subbaiah Naidu & N. S. Balakrishnan | N. M. Muthukkoothan | solo | ||
| "Summa Kedandha" | Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram | T. M. Soundararajan | |||||
| Rowspan=10 | 1959 | Manimekalai | "Kanngalin Vennilave" | G. Ramanathan | Kambadasan | T. R. Mahalingam | |
| "Ulagame Oru Sirachchaalai" | solo | ||||||
| "Aadhaaram Unnai Allaaal" | |||||||
| "Inbam Inbam Inbam" | A. Maruthakasi | ||||||
| Nala Damayanthi | "Sarasam Seiyadhe Maname" | Puratchidasan | solo | ||||
| "Jai Bavani Dhayaarpari" | |||||||
| "Nan Konda Koyil Endha" | |||||||
| "Nin Paadha Dhaasi" | |||||||
| "Thee Vinayo Nenjam Mariyadho" | Kuyilan | ||||||
| "Amma Puviyaalum Mathaa" | |||||||
| Rowspan=2 | 1960 | Raja Desingu | "Sarasaraani Kalyani" | G. Ramanathan | Kannadasan | C. S. Jayaraman | |
| "Iyalodu Isaipole" | Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass | ||||||
| Rowspan=4 | 1961 | Kaanal Neer | "Kannil Therindhum Kaikku Varaadha" | Master Venu | Kannadasan | Jikki | |
| "Anbaana Enname Paavama" | Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam | solo | |||||
| "Ulagam Theriyaa Payire" | Kannadasan | ||||||
| "Vazhi Thedi Vandhaai" | |||||||
| 1962 | Rowspan=3 | Annai | "Annai Enbadhu Neethaana" | Kannadasan | solo | ||
| "Poovaagi Kaayaagi" | |||||||
| "Poovaagi Kaayaagi" (pathos) | |||||||
| 1963 | Rowspan=3 | Arivaali | "Koovatha Inbakkuyil Koovum" | S. V. Venkatraman | A. Maruthakasi | solo | |
| "Pattuppol Meni.... En Kobam Pollathadhu" | T. M. Soundararajan | ||||||
| "Venkata Ramana" | Papanasam Sivan | ||||||
| Rowspan=2 | Kaanchi Thalaivan | "Mayangatha Manamyaavum Mayangum" | K. V. Mahadevan | solo | |||
| "Kan Kavarum Silaiye" | K. D. Santhanam | T. M. Soundararajan | |||||
| Rowspan=4 | Kalai Arasi | "Singaaraa Vaa Vaa" | K. V. Mahadevan | N. M. Muthukoothan | solo | ||
| "Aasai Vaikkira Idam Theriyanum" | Rowspan=2 | Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram | Jikki | ||||
| "Ninaikkum Pothu Nenjum Kannum" | solo | ||||||
| "Kalaiye Un Ezhil Meni" | Kannadasan | Seerkazhi Govindarajan | |||||
| 1965 | Rowspan=3 | Sarasa B.A. | "Kannondru Naanum" | Vedha | Kannadasan | solo | |
| "Manathil Manathai" | |||||||
| "Naan Vizhikkum" | |||||||
| 1967 | Rowspan=2 | Pattathu Rani | "Munnale Oru Ponnu" | solo | |||
| "Sitthan Pokku Sivan Pooku" | |||||||
| 1974 | Rowspan=2 | Pathu Madha Bandham | "Irandu Thaaikku Oru Magal" | Shankar-Ganesh | Kannadasan | solo | |
| "Raamanukku Mannan Mudi" | |||||||
| Swathi Nakshathram | "Heart To Heart" | V. Kumar | A. Maruthakasi | solo | |||
| Rowspan=2 | Thaai Pirandhal | "Maadhulai Mutthukkal Malligai" | M. S. Viswanathan | Alangudi Somu | B. Vasantha | ||
| "Muruga Enakkoru Varam" | solo | ||||||
| 1975 | Rowspan=2 | Eduppar Kai Pillai | "Kanna Perumaan" | M. B. Sreenivasan | solo | ||
| "Vanavaasam" | |||||||
| Rowspan=4 | Ippadiyum Oru Penn | "En Vaazhkai Un Paniye" | P. Bhanumathi | Kannadasan | solo | ||
| "Maanasa Sancharare" | Sadasiva Brahmendra | ||||||
| "Sa Ri Ga Ma Paa" | A. Maruthakasi | ||||||
| "Agapatta Varaiyil" | Vaali | Manorama | |||||
| 1976 | Rowspan=2 | Manamaara Vazhthungal | "Aanandha Bavanam" | Shankar-Ganesh | Kannadasan | solo | |
| "Vaasugi Maganai Yasodhai" | |||||||
| 1986 | Kannukku Mai Ezhuthu | "Vadamalliyae" | K. Kalimuthu | B. S. Sasirekha | |||
| 1992 | Chembaruthi | "Sembaruthi Poovu" | Ilaiyaraaja | Vaali | K. S. Chithra & Mano | ||
| Year | Film | Song | Composer(s) | Lyrics | Co-singer(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Rowspan=2 | Mangala[7] | "Suno Suno Pyaare More Sajna" | M. D. Parthasarathy | Rowspan=2 | Pandit Indra Chandra | solo | ||
| "Meherbaan Hoon Main Tumhari" | |||||||||
| 1952 | Rowspan=2 | Rani | "Nazar Raseeli Qamar Lacheeli" | Rowspan=2 | D. C. Dutt | Rowspan= | J. S. Kashyap | Rowspan=2 | solo |
| "O Dekh Dekh Balamwa" | Vishwamitra Adil | ||||||||
| 1953 | Chandirani | "Barbad Hu Naushad Hu" | M. S. Viswanathan, C. R. Subburaman | Vishwamitra Adil | Rowspan=5 | solo | |||
| "Kaun Aa Gaya" | |||||||||
| "Bholi Si Naar Hu Gaati Bahar Hu" | |||||||||
| "Khili Khili Bahar Hai" | |||||||||
| "Maan Ja Jaan Ja Dilwale" | |||||||||
| "Chanda Tale Muskuraye Jawaniya" | |||||||||
| Rowspan=3 | Shamsheer | "Dekho Bairi Pawan Lehraane Laage" | rowspan= | Arun Kumar Mukherjee | Rowspan=2 | Vrajendra Gaur | Rowspan=3 | solo | |
| "Tan Mann Dole Karoon Main Kya" | Arun Kumar Mukherjee, Anupam Ghatak | ||||||||
| "Kuchh Na Kahoon, Kuchh Na Sunoon" | Anupam Ghatak | Pandit Madhur | |||||||