Laxmi (sometimes credited as Lakshmi Narayan or just Lakshmi) is a South Indian actress. She is also known for her title role in the Hindi hit film Julie (1975 film) for which she won the Filmfare Best Actress Award.She was born in 1953.
Her mother was an actress, and her father was also involved in films, and they eased her into films. She was fifteen when she started acting in films.Her first movie was in 1969. She became a star in South India in the 1970s and acted in all four South Indian languages: Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam. Her Malayalam hit Chattakari (1974) was remade in Hindi as Julie (1975) and in Telugu as "Miss Julie Prema Katha" (1975). In addition to the Filmfare Best Actress Award, she won an award from the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards for "most outstanding work of the year," for her work in "Julie. 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" (1977), becoming the first South Indian actress to win in that category. When her career as a leading lady ended in the 1980s, she started playing supporting roles as mother and later as grandmother. She played Aishwarya Rai's grandmother in Jeans (1998) and Kareena Kapoor's grandmother in Hulchul (2004). She has also been involved in politics.She migrated to New York by herself in 1972, but she involved herself into movies.Now she lives in Manhattan, New York.Her movie Raagham(1975) was another outstanding worhk of her.
Laxmi 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. She is proud of her fluency in all four South Indian languages.
Laxmi was married three times. Her first marriage was to Baskar, which was arranged by her parents when she was seventeen. Her only 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. Laxmi fell in love with her Chattakari leading man Mohan, but that relationship ended. While she was shooting "Yen Uyir Kannamma," she and actor-director Sivachandran fell in love and got married. But that marriage ended in divorce. She was married to her third husband. Her daughter gave birth to a baby girl in the late 1990s, making Laxmi into a real-life grandmother.
FILMOGRAPHY
1.Rytham
3. Pelli Kanuka (1998) .... Ganga
4. Thalaimurai (1998)5. Kaliyoonjal (1997)
6. Madya Taragati Mahabharatham (1995)
7. Alluda Mazaaka...! (1995) .... Vasundhara
8. Manathe Vellitheru (1994) .... Yasodhamma
9. Poochakkaru Mani Kettum (1994) .... Kunjukuttiyamma
10. Praana Daata (1993)
11. Sree Raaghavendar (1985)
.12. Udaya Geetham (1985)
13. Aattuvanchi Ulanjappol (1984) .... Prameela
14. Arante Mulla Kochu Mulla (1984) .... Maheswariyamma
15. Chirai (1984) .... Bhagirathi
16. Piriyilla Naam (1984) .... Lakshmi Menon
18. Attakkalasam (1983) .... Indu
19. Karyam Nissaram (1983) .... Ammini Kutty
20. Poratham (1983)
21. Thaalam Thettiya Tharattu (1983) .... Adv. Rajalakshmi
22. Padayottam (1982) .... Parvathi
23. Sindoora Sandhyakku Mounam (1982) .... Deepthi
24. Chettaniki Kallu Levu (1981) .... Durga
25. Orikkal Koodi (1981) .... Devayani
26. Oru Nadigai Natakam Pakiral (1978)
27. Jeevan Mukt (1977) (as Laxmi)
28. Panthulamma (1977)
29. Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal (1975) .... Ganga
30. Chattakkari (1974) .... Julie
31. Thirumangalyam (1974)
32. Jeevana Tarangalu (1973) .... Lavanya
33. Palletoori Bava (1973)
34. Kasethan Kadavulada (1972)
35. Koduku Kodalu (1972)
36. Himmat (1970) .... Club Dancer
37. Penn Daivam (1970) .... Ponnamma's Daughter
38. Mattukkara Velan (1969) .... Raghu's Lover
39. Orientali, Le (1959) .... Lakshmi
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