Srividya can’t be counted tender when she debuted in cinema. Brinda did win the title before MLV did, but at ages beyond 50. MLV has been the youngest female recipient of Carnatic music’s most coveted honour: she was 49 when the MadrasMusicAcademy conferred her with the Sangita Kalanidhi in 1977. MLV, as the Carnatic exponent was known, died at 62 and is also remembered for her early-phase film songs, while Srividya was 53 and remains extremely popular in Malayalam cinema where she concentrated the most amid trysts with Kannada, Telugu and Hindi flicks besides in her native Tamil. And none of them had reached old age when they breathed their last. October is a month the cultural world lost both the artistes-in a span of 16 years. No different was the carefree attitude of her daughter Srividya, who appeared is as many as 800 south Indian and Hindi movies in a four-decade career that ended rather abruptly with her succumbing to a malignant disease. Vasanthakumari well remember how little care the classical musician used to pay to her throat (and health) despite her eminence as a frontline vocalist. Retrieved 16 August 2013.Music buffs who knew M.L. Archived from the original on 23 July 2013. "Manjula Vijaykumar passes away - Times Of India". Archived from the original on 25 July 2013. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. ^ Special Correspondent (23 July 2013).Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. "Groove on, Mollywood (a feature on Tamil cinema)". Archived from the original on 8 July 2009. ^ "Bollywood News: Bollywood Movies Reviews, Hindi Movies in India, Music & Gossip".
^ "Southern industry in shock at actress Manjula Vijaykumar's sudden death".Archived from the original on 25 November 2009. Nandini (Deceased character in photograph).Partially reshot in Telugu as "Hello Friend" Her death was caused by kidney failure and a blood clot in the stomach. Manjula died on 23 July 2013 in SRMC at Chennai after falling down from bed and being admitted to hospital. Ramachandran, Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Krishna, Shobhan Babu, Kamal Haasan, Vishnuvardhan and Rajinikanth. Manjula has performed alongside R Muthu Raman Sivaji Ganesan, Gemini Ganesan, M. Since the late 80's, she has appeared in supporting roles. She acted in lead roles in many films till the late seventies. Her first lead role was in Rickshawkaran (1971). She first appeared in the film Shanthi Nilayam (1969) in a supporting role (as the teenaged niece of Gemini Ganesan's character). Sanjeev and Sindhu are her nephew and niece respectively (elder sister's son and daughter respectively). Arun Vijay, Anitha, and Kavitha are her husband's children from his first marriage. The couple have three daughters, Vanitha, Preetha and Sridevi. She and actor Vijayakumar got married in 1976.