Women's Day Special: Leelavathi - A forgotten queen of Sandalwood!
News
oi-Prakash
By By: Balaraj Tantry
On
the
day
when
the
whole
world
is
celebrating
the
Women's
Day,
we
would
like
to
remember
actress
Leelavathi,
who
has
been
forgotten
by
Kannada
film
industry.
Here
is
an
attempt
to
throw
a
light
on
her
problems,
which
she
faced
in
the
recent
past,
and
the
way
the
industry
responded
her
during
the
tough
times.
Leelavathi
is
breathing
a
sigh
of
relief,
as
her
actor-son
Vinod
Raj,
who
had
a
heart
attack
a
few
days
ago,
is
doing
fine
and
expected
to
get
discharged
in
a
couple
of
days.
Luck,
which
was
not
on
her
side
in
most
part
of
her
life,
smiled
on
her
when
an
operation
theatre
at
a
private
hospital,
which
was
reserved
for
another
patient
became
available
at
the
hour
of
crisis
and
that
almost
saved
his
life.
This
might
have
given
her
happiness,
but
can
we
undo
what
has
happened
to
her
family
in
the
last
six
month?
In
a
span
of
six
months,
fire
has
broken
out
twice
in
Leelavathi's
farm
house
damaging
the
property
worth
lakhs,
which
affected
Vinod
Raj's
health.
It
is
not
clear
whether
it
happened
by
accident
or
miscreants
set
the
fire.
This
can
only
be
answered
by
the
actress'
family.
This
evokes
a
few
questions
in
her
fans
mind.
Isn't
there
a
limit
for
her
problems?
Why
always
her?
“I
wish
every
mother
should
be
blessed
a
son
like
Vinod
Raj
but
I
pray
to
the
God
that
no
mother
must
go
through
what
I
underwent
in
my
life,”
says
the
tearful
actress.
Can
anyone
understand
the
hidden
meaning
from
this
statement?
The
legendary
actress,
who
has
acted
in
over
600
films,
has
done
wide
variety
of
roles
but
the
audience
love
her
to
see
in
the
roles
of
mother.
In
fact,
people
around
her
seem
to
have
not
been
kind
enough
because
no
one
stood
behind
her
during
the
bad
phase.
It
is
shocking
to
note
that
nobody
from
Sandalwood
lent
her
helping
hand
nor
met
her
family
when
her
son
suffered
the
heart
attack.
The
associations
like
Karnataka
Film
Chamber
of
Commerce,
Artists
guild,
etc.,
did
not
turn
up
to
her
to
ask
whether
she
needs
any
help
nor
they
provided
financial
assistance.
Nonetheless,
Leelavathi,
like
her
on-screen
roles,
does
not
complain
about
this
ill-treatment
and
lives
her
life
like
a
role
model
for
women
for
which
we
are
remembering
her
on
this
Women's
Day.