Lakshmi
Lakshmi is known for Maama Mascheendra (2023).
Lakshmi
Lakshmi is known for Gaalodu (2022).
Lakshmi
Lakshmi is known for Pyaar Main Panauti (2020).
Lakshmi
Lakshmi is known for Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal (2020).
Lakshmi
Lakshmi was born on December 13, 1952 in Madras, Tamil Nadu, India to a show business family. Her father Y.V. Rao, originally from Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, was an noted filmmaker and actor whose films dealt with important social issues. Her mother Kumari Rukmini was a Tamil actress, whose mother Nungambakkam Janaki was also an actress. She was fifteen when she started acting in films. Her first film was a Tamil film titled "Jeevanamsam" in 1968. She became a star in South India in the 1970s and acted in all four South Indian languages in which she is fluent: Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. Her Malayalam hit Chattakkari (1974) was remade in Hindi as Julie (1975) and in Telugu as "Miss Julie Prema Katha" (1975). "Julie" became a hit, and Lakshmi received the Filmfare Best Actress Award and the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for "most outstanding work of the year." After her success in "Julie," however, she didn't star in many Hindi films and instead concentrated on doing more South Indian films. She won the National Film Award for Best Actress for the Tamil film Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal (1975), becoming one of the first South Indian actresses to win in that category for a Tamil film. When her career as a leading lady ended in the 1980s, she started playing supporting roles as mother and later as grandmother. She played grandmothers to Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in Jeans (1998) and Kareena Kapoor in Hulchul (2004). She has performed in more than 400 films. She has also been involved in politics. Lakshmi took a break from acting to host two talk shows, including the Tamil talk show "achamillai, achamillai". After the talk shows ended, she returned to acting in films. Lakshmi was married three times. Her first marriage was to Baskar, which was arranged by her parents when she was seventeen. Her only biological child, Aishwarya, was born in 1971. Her marriage ended in divorce, and she gained custody of her daughter, who later became an actress in the 1990s, carrying on the family tradition. Lakshmi fell in love with her _Chattakkari (1974)_ leading man Mohan, but that relationship ended. While she was shooting En Uyir Kannamma (1988), she and actor-director K.S. Sivachandran fell in love and got married. She adopted a baby girl in 2001. Her daughter Aishwarya gave birth to a baby girl in the mid 1990s, making Lakshmi a grandmother.
Lakshmi Alapati
Lakshmi Alapati is known for Jai Lava Kusa (2017), Yamadonga (2007) and Jayam (2002).
Lakshmi Ambuga
Lakshmi Ambuga is known for Stabiliti (2022).
Lakshmi Atul
Lakshmi Atul is known for Dam999 (2011), Touch (2017) and Aickarakkonathe Bhishaguaranmaar (2018).
Lakshmi Bharadwaj
Lakshmi Bharadwaj is a recognized stage and film actor active from the year(s) 2015-present. She made her first film appearance in the Kannada music video Endu Helada Maatu for singer Santosh Tumnar (2015). She is known for her lead female roles in Telugu feature film Vasantha Sameeram (2018) and Kannada feature film Vedanti (2018). She has appeared in Tamil short film Kaalam which was screened at Bay Area Fine Arts (BAFA) film festival, a Telugu language featurette Geethanjali (2019) for which she also composed the music (Selection, Hyderabad-Bengali Film Festival 2019, Florence Indian Film Festival 2019 and New Generations Short Film Festival 2019), and a short "Meera" for the 48 hour film project (2018). She was the lead actor of the SOIL films social-impact short on domestic abuse titled Crossing The Waters (2019), in support of the NGO Narika. Lakshmi has lent her voice for National Award winning filmmaker OP Srivastava's documentary on Alzheimer's Disease titled I Don't Miss Him (2017). She has previously served as a Radio Jockey for Radio Zindagi in the year 2013. Her work in English theatre includes Mahesh Dattani's Dance Like A Man (2015) and Girish Karnad's Wedding Album (2017) presented by Bay Area Drama Company. In 2016, she essayed the role of Chitralekhe in Kannada troupe Bannadavesha's stage production of Girish Karnad's Yayati, with repertory performances in the year 2017 at Dallas, TX. She has been active on the stage as the lead female protagonist (Mallika) of Aashadada Ondu Dina (2018) and as Ranju in Mahesh Elkunchwar's Wade Triology (2019). Most recently, she was a character in "A Figment" staged as part of the Veritas Theatre Festival presented by the Graduate Student collective at Harvard University (2019). Her first EP, written for and produced with The Objektz Band and filmed by Devvrat Mishra (MFA) is in post-production for a music video track. Her next Telugu feature film, Gatham (2020) is currently in post-production.
Lakshmi Cuddapah
Lakshmi Cuddapah is known for Jhansi (2022) and Brinda (2024).