Doctorate for Manorama
Manorama is one of the most versatile and long-standing artists in the South Indian film industry. She has acted in over 1500 films in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. Irwin University from California has decided to confer an honorary doctorate on the veteran comedienne for her exemplary contribution to the field of cinema. The university officials met Manorama in Chennai recently and conveyed this to her. The doctorate would be conferred on her in September/ October this year.
Manorama acted with legends like late Sivaji Ganesan and N.T. Rama Rao. Manorama's last Telugu film was Vishnu's Krishnarjuna, in which she played the role of Vishnu's mother.
