Irving Thalberg as a Chinese peasant, she was required to act totally subservient to her husband, being perpetually huddled in submission, and barely spoke a word of dialogue during the entire film. Rainer recalls that Mayer did not approve of the film being produced or her part in it: "He was horrified at Irving Thalberg's insistence for me to play O-lan, the poor uncomely little Chinese peasant." However, she again won the Oscar for Best Actress, becoming the first actress to win two consecutive Oscars, a feat not matched until Katharine Hepburn's two Oscar wins thirty years later. Besides bringing a distinctive
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