PK Rosy’s relevance in the history of Malayalam cinema goes way beyond the fact that she was the first female lead in the industry.
As a way of honouring PK Rosy, Malayalam cinema’s first female lead, on her 120th birth anniversary, Google on Friday, February 10, dedicated their doodle for the actor. But PK Rosy’s relevance in the history of Malayalam cinema goes way beyond the fact that she was the first female lead in the industry. As a woman, who belonged to the Pulaya community, which is classified as Scheduled Caste, Rosy was hounded out of the state, for daring to play the role of an upper caste Nair woman in the 1930 film Vigathathakumaran, directed by JC Daniel. In 2019, the Women in Cinema Collective (WCC), in an effort to restore the actor’s name, had launched a film society in her name and the collective in their statement had said, “This act of naming our film society a PK Rosy Film Society is a humble attempt to be sensitive and to take note of all those who have been excluded from dominant cinema histories through their gender, caste, religious or class locations and our own imagination, and have been brought to light by many scholars, historians and activists." Read more about PK Rosy here: PK Rosy's story: How Malayalam cinema's first woman actor was forced to leave the state
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