Luise Rainer humble Chinese peasant subservient to her husband and speaking little during the entire film. Her comparative muteness, stated historian Andrew Sarris, was "an astounding tour de force after her hysterically chattering telephone scene in "The Great Ziegfeld"", and contributed to her winning her second Best Actress Oscar. The award made her the first actress to win two consecutive Oscars, a feat not matched until Katharine Hepburn's two wins thirty years later. In later years, however, Rainer felt that winning the two Oscars so early may have been the "worst possible thing" to befall her career. She said that it made
Ashwini (actress) well as 90s. She had acted in more than 110 films in various languages like Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam. Veteran producer D. Ramanaidu, who produced "Kaliyuga Pandavulu" in 1986, which was his son Venkatesh’s debut film, said, "Ashwini was a bubbly actress, and although she was playing the second lead in our film, she grabbed the attention of viewers." R. Parthiepan, who introduced her to Tamil films with "Pondatti Thevai" said, "she was a little plump, but suited the role that I have conceived and the next day, she was on board. In fact, she replaced a leading actress