M. Saroja

Acting · Mayiladuthurai, Tanjore district, Madras Presidency · Born January 1, 1933

M. Saroja (Tamil: சரோஜா) was an Indian film actress and comedian who worked in Tamil cinema. She was frequently paired alongside K. A. Thangavelu. Director K. Subramaniam introduced Saroja to the film industry, when she was 14 years old. She played the role of leading Tamil actor M. G. Ramachandran’s cousin in the film Sarvadhikari, her debut. Later on, she continued to act in more than 300 films in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada languages. The most important film in her career was the Kalyana Parisu in which she paired with her husband K. A. Thangavelu.