Acting

Lakshmi

Born December 13, 1952 · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (age 73)

Lakshmi Narayan ( born 13 December 1952) is an Indian National Film Award winning actress who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. Lakshmi has acted in more than 300 films in all south Indian languages apart from few in Bollywood. She has won a Filmfare Best Actress Award and eight Filmfare Awards South

Known For

Padayappa

Padayappa · 1999

MovieDramaAction

Padayappa, a mechanical engineer whose father gives up his property to his foster brother, and then dies of shock soon after. Neelambari initially loves Padayappa, but plans to humiliate him after his family humiliates her father. The rest of the plot deals with Padayappa overcoming all the obstacles placed by Neelambari.

Hulchul

Hulchul · 2004

MovieRomanceComedy

A man and woman from feuding families each pretend to fall in love, as part of a revenge plot. Chaos ensues when their fake romance becomes a reality.

Premante Ideraa

Premante Ideraa · 1998

Premante Ideraa

MovieRomanceDrama

A boy meets a girl in a friend's marriage and falls for her but she is engaged to be married to a cop. He convinces everyone in her family but her father is head bent on getting her married to a cop.

Rajaraja Cholan

Rajaraja Cholan · 1973

Rajaraja Cholan

Rajaraja Cholan is a 1973 Tamil film about the life of the Chola king Rajaraja Chola.

Bidugadeya Bedi

Bidugadeya Bedi · 1985

Bidugadeya Bedi

MovieRomanceDrama

Gowri, an egocentric girl, falls in love with Santharam, a school master. When Gowri's father is against their relationship, she tries to fight against all odds to unite with her lover.

Jeans

MovieComedyDrama

The father of twin brothers wants to get them married to only twin sisters. But one of the brothers falls in love with a woman does not have a twin sister.

Bandit Queen

Bandit Queen · 1994

MovieActionCrime

Born a lower-caste girl in rural India's patriarchal society, "married" at 11, repeatedly raped and brutalized, Phoolan Devi finds freedom only as an avenging warrior, the eponymous Bandit Queen. Devi becomes a kind a bloody Robin Hood; this extraordinary biographical film offers both a vivid portrait of a driven woman and a savage critique of the society that made her.

IG: Inspector General

IG: Inspector General · 2009

IG: Inspector General

Inspector General Durga Prasad is made the head of an anti-terrorism squad and strives to end the terrorist activities. However, a revelation forces him to choose between his family and his duty.

Filmography

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Padayappa

Padayappa · 1999

MovieDramaAction

Padayappa, a mechanical engineer whose father gives up his property to his foster brother, and then dies of shock soon after. Neelambari initially loves Padayappa, but plans to humiliate him after his family humiliates her father. The rest of the plot deals with Padayappa overcoming all the obstacles placed by Neelambari.

Savithri

Hulchul

Hulchul · 2004

MovieRomanceComedy

A man and woman from feuding families each pretend to fall in love, as part of a revenge plot. Chaos ensues when their fake romance becomes a reality.

Lakshmi Devi Anpara

Premante Ideraa

Premante Ideraa · 1998

Premante Ideraa

MovieRomanceDrama

A boy meets a girl in a friend's marriage and falls for her but she is engaged to be married to a cop. He convinces everyone in her family but her father is head bent on getting her married to a cop.

Rajaraja Cholan

Rajaraja Cholan · 1973

Rajaraja Cholan

Rajaraja Cholan is a 1973 Tamil film about the life of the Chola king Rajaraja Chola.

Kundavai

Bidugadeya Bedi

Bidugadeya Bedi · 1985

Bidugadeya Bedi

MovieRomanceDrama

Gowri, an egocentric girl, falls in love with Santharam, a school master. When Gowri's father is against their relationship, she tries to fight against all odds to unite with her lover.

Gowri

Jeans

MovieComedyDrama

The father of twin brothers wants to get them married to only twin sisters. But one of the brothers falls in love with a woman does not have a twin sister.

Krishnaveny

Bandit Queen

Bandit Queen · 1994

MovieActionCrime

Born a lower-caste girl in rural India's patriarchal society, "married" at 11, repeatedly raped and brutalized, Phoolan Devi finds freedom only as an avenging warrior, the eponymous Bandit Queen. Devi becomes a kind a bloody Robin Hood; this extraordinary biographical film offers both a vivid portrait of a driven woman and a savage critique of the society that made her.

Poolan / Man Singh Gang

IG: Inspector General

IG: Inspector General · 2009

IG: Inspector General

Inspector General Durga Prasad is made the head of an anti-terrorism squad and strives to end the terrorist activities. However, a revelation forces him to choose between his family and his duty.

Durga's and Vinod's mother

Kushi

MovieRomanceComedy

Worlds and families collide when the son of a prominent atheist falls head over heels for the daughter of his father’s nemesis, a revered Hindu leader.

Chithirame Chithirame

Chithirame Chithirame · 1985

Chithirame Chithirame

Ore Oru Gramathiley

Ore Oru Gramathiley · 1987

Ore Oru Gramathiley

Shankara fakes a lower-caste certificate for his daughter Gayathri, as he worries that she might not get entrance to university otherwise. Trouble begins when people discover her real identity.

Makkala Sainya

Makkala Sainya · 1980

The love story of the hero, taking care of his now-orphaned brother's children and the heroine, taking care of her now-orphaned sister's children. The children, who are always at loggerheads, makes their marriage an impossibility until they are forced to join forces

Director

Rhythm

MovieRomanceDrama

Karthikeyan, a photo editor in Mumbai, is a widower whose parents wish to see him settled and happy. Chitra, a widow with a son, gives them hope, unaware that their pasts are intertwined.

Chitra's mother-in-law

Oh! Baby

Oh! Baby · 2019

MovieComedyDrama

A 70-year-old woman transforms into her 24-year-old self after she's photographed at a studio, changing her life and those of the people around her forever.

Savitri "Baby"

Eradane Sala

Eradane Sala · 2017

When a mother has taken an oath from her son that he won't fall in love or look 'differently' at their new female house guest, forbidden fruit seems sweeter.

Nani's Gang Leader

Nani's Gang Leader · 2019

Nani's Gang Leader

MovieComedyCrime

A crime novelist is approached by a group of bereaved women to help them plot revenge against those responsible for the loss of their loved ones.

Saraswathi

Paasa Paravaigal

Paasa Paravaigal · 1988

Paasa Paravaigal

MovieFamilyDrama

Lakshmi, a lawyer, defends her husband, Sukumar, in court when his sister, Uma, suspects him of murdering her husband, Shankar.

Anandhi

Brahmastra

Brahmastra · 1986

MovieActionDrama

A 1986 Kannada Action movie by Perala

Dhairya Lakshmi

Dhairya Lakshmi · 1980

Dhairya Lakshmi

"Dhairya Lakshmi" translates to "Courage Lakshmi" and refers to a form of Goddess Lakshmi that bestows strength and courage, suggesting the film may have themes related to overcoming adversity.

Tony

MovieMysteryDrama

A young woman loves a man, but the man dies in an accident and the woman becomes mentally unstable. However, her life changes forever when she is married off to another man.

Jyothi

Suryavamsha

Suryavamsha · 1999

An aristocratic patriarch realizes the worth of his most caring son he despised because of his illiteracy. A family learns values forgotten or misunderstood. A great soul overcomes all hindrances thrown at him to finally emerge victorious.

Sathyamurthy's wife

Prema Kadambari

Prema Kadambari · 1987

Prema Kadambari

MovieRomanceDrama

Prema Kadambari is a 1987 Kannada drama film directed by B. Mallesh.

Naanobba Kalla

Naanobba Kalla · 1979

MovieFamilyDrama

A boy gets separated from his parents and grows up to become a thief. When he finds his parents and tries to return to them, his father who is a police officer refuses to accept him.

Rukmini

Kanda Naal Mudhal

Kanda Naal Mudhal · 2005

Kanda Naal Mudhal

MovieRomanceComedy

Two youngsters meet in a marriage hall and fight with each other and thereafter every-time they meet they end up fighting with each other. But there comes a time when this animosity turns to love.

Ramani

Sweet Kaaram Coffee

Sweet Kaaram Coffee · 2023

Sweet Kaaram Coffee

SeriesComedyFamily

Braving the unknown, three women of different generations living in the same house set off on an epic road trip as an attempt to put themselves before the people they are bound by for the first time.

Sundari