The actress Kanchanamala (photograph, 1956)

Black-and-white portrait of a smiling young woman wearing a tall jewelled crown and necklaces, looking up to the right.

Type: Historic photograph
Creator: Indian Talkie, 1931-56: Silver Jubilee Souvenir (Film Federation of India, Bombay, 1956), captioned "Kanchanamala"
Date: 1956
Licence: Public domain in India
From: Film Federation of India, Indian Talkie, 1931-56: Silver Jubilee Souvenir (opens in a new tab), 1956, p. 91
Original: archive.org (opens in a new tab)
Appears in: Reform, freedom & people's movements, The first Telugu talkies, 1931–1947