- Rajkumar has the very rare distinction of playing hero to both mother and daughter.
Yes.Rajkumar stayed in the industry nearly for 50 years and hence such a feat was achievable.
Advani Laksmi Devi was a big name in the generation previous to ours.She has played variety of roles in her career.One can still remember her as Rajkumar's elder sister to whose home he arrives in the movie Bangarada Manushya.Also her role as Bakula Devi in Srinivasa Kalyana is vividly remember even to this day.
Advani Laksmi Devi in Sri Srinivasa Kalyana
Advani Laksmi Devi in Bangaarada Manushya
Although famous for her portrayal of supporting roles,she also acted as heroine to Rajkumar in number of movies like Ramanjameya Yudhdha(1963) where she plays Seetha to Rajkumar who played Rama.
Later in 1982 came this blockbuster movie called Haalu Jenu.Madhavi played the main heroine to Rajkumar.But there was another heroine singing the very famous Purandara Daasa composition to Rajkumar Pogaadiralo Ranga. She was Roopa Devi -daughter of Advani Lakshmi Devi.
Roopa Devi in the movie Haalu Jenu
She went on to act two more movies with Rajkumar -Samayada Gombe and Yaarivanu.
This two-mother and daughter always occupy a special mention in the career span of Rajkumar.
- There is this popular belief in everyone that Rajkumar did not act in any non kannada movie.This belief may be true to a maximum extent,but there is this one telugu movie in Rajakumar's cine career- Sri Kalahastiswara Mahatyam
This was a remake of his debut movie Bedara Kannappa. No,it wasn't a dubbed version of the movie.The kannada version had Pandari Bai as the heroine where as the Telugu version had Malathi as the heroine.
Bedara kannapa was Rajkumar's debut and this movie was made in Telugu at the same time. So I don't think Rajkumar had much to pick and choose. But later in his career,he was offered many non kannada movies which he consciously avoided. Rajkumar was also requested to play a cameo in the hindi film Coolie which was extensively shot in Bengaluru, but he politely refused.
So this movie Sri Kalahastiswara Mahatyam holds the distinction of being the only non kannada movie acted by the veteran.