Today marks the death anniversary of actress Ratnamala, who passed away on 23 January, 1989. She was born in 1923, as Kamal Bhiwandkar she acted in more than 100 films in the course of her career. She is best remembered for playing character roles in movies like Station Master (1942), Gehra Daag (1963), Mera Saaya (1966) and Seeta aur Geeta(1972). She also played mother of Dada Konde in several films in Hindi and Marathi.
Among her early films are Bharat Milap (1942), Das Baje (1942), Station Master (1942), Panghat (1943), Police (1944), Rukmani Swayamvar (1946), Bhakta Ke Bhagwan (1947) and Usha Haran (1949). Over the decades she featured in films such as Chhatrapati Shivaji (1952), Char Dervesh (1964), Gehra Daag (1963), Mera Saaya (1966), Badal (1966), Taxi Driver (1973), Seeta Aur Geeta (1972), Kuchhe Dhaage (1973), Dil Diwana (1974), Bhola Bhala (1978), Nastik (1983), Tere Mere Beech Mein (1984), and Khol Do Meri Jubaan (1989).
She was married to actor Raja Pandit. She died on January 23, 1989.
