Lakshmi Narayan 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.
Lakshmi`s father Yaragudipati Varada Rao (Y. V. Rao), originally from Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, was a Telugu filmmaker and actor whose films dealt with important social issues. Her mother Kumari Rukhmani was a Tamil actress, whose mother Nungambakkam Janaki was also an actress. They eased her into films, making her a third-generation film actress.
Lakshmi`s father Yaragudipati Varada Rao (Y. V. Rao), originally from Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, was a Telugu filmmaker and actor whose films dealt with important social issues. Her mother Kumari Rukhmani was a Tamil actress, whose mother Nungambakkam Janaki was also an actress. They eased her into films, making her a third-generation film actress.
Lakshmi was fifteen when she started acting in films. Her first film was Jeevanamsam, a Tamil film released in 1968. The same year she entered Telugu cinema through Bandhavyalu. She became well-known among the North-Indian audience through the film Julie (1975) in which she played the title role. Her performance in the film earned her a Filmfare Best Actress Award.
She became a popular actress in South India in the 1970s acting in all four South Indian languages: Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam. Her Malayalam film Chattakari (1974) was remade in Hindi as Julie (1975) and in Telugu as Miss Julie Prema Katha (1975). In addition to a Filmfare Best Actress Award, she also won the Bengal Film Journalists` Association Awards for the "most outstanding work of the year", for her work in Julie. She is a versatile actress with a glamorous touch. In the Telugu film Panthulamma, she is credited with giving one of her best performances.
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 Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal (1977), 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 a mother and later as grandmother. She played Aishwarya Rai`s grandmother in Jeans (1998) and Kareena Kapoor`s grandmother in Hulchul (2004). She has performed in more than 400 films and has also been involved in politics.
P.Susheela sang for her in all
the four languages Tamil, Telugu kannada and Malayalam. Here is the list of songs in P.Susheela and
Lakshmi combination.
Year | Language | Movie | Song with Link | Music |
1969 | Tamil | annaiyum pithavum | iraiva unakkoru kelvi | M.S. Viswanathan |
1969 | Tamil | annaiyum pithavum | malarum mangayum oru | M.S. Viswanathan |
1969 | Tamil | kaaval deivam | Ayyanaru neranja vazhvu | G. Devarajan |
1969 | Tamil | magane nee vaazhga | Ethanai mughamo unakku | T. R. Papa |
1969 | Tamil | magane nee vaazhga | otha kallu mookuthi jolikkuth | T. R. Papa |
1969 | Tamil | magane nee vaazhga | azhagu mayil kolamena | T. R. Papa |
1969 | Tamil | mannippu | nI engEen ninaivukal angE | S. M. Subbiah Naidu |
1969 | Tamil | paal kudam | Malligai Poo vaangi vanthen | M.S. Viswanathan |
1969 | Tamil | thangaikkaga | thaayin mugham ingu | M.S. Viswanathan |
1970 | Tamil | jeeva naadi | ayodya aranmanai | |
1970 | Tamil | kannan varuvan | poovinum melliya poongodi | Shankar Ganesh |
1970 | Tamil | kannan varuvan | kannan varuvan intru kannan | Shankar Ganesh |
1970 | Tamil | kasthoori thilagam | kadaloram veedukatti | G. Devarajan |
1970 | Tamil | kasthoori thilagam | thithikkum sarkarai | G. Devarajan |
1970 | Tamil | maanavan | Kalyana ramanukkum kannana | Shankar Ganesh |
1970 | Tamil | mattukkara velan | poo vaitha poovaikku | K.V. Mahadevan |
1970 | Tamil | navagraham | Unnai thotta kaatru vanthu | V. Kumar |
1970 | Tamil | penn deivam | oru veedu vendumaa | V. Kumar |
1970 | Tamil | penn deivam | vetkam kollalaama innum | V. Kumar |
1970 | Tamil | veetukku veedu | nalvaazhvu nam vaazha | M.S. Viswanathan |
1970 | Tamil | veetukku veedu | thottuth thottup paarthaal | M.S. Viswanathan |
1971 | Tamil | arunodhayam | Enga vEtu thanga theril | K.V. Mahadevan |
1971 | Tamil | needhi devan | ponnu kaiyi poo polae | K.V. Mahadevan |
1971 | Tamil | raani yaar kuzhanthai | chinna chinna | Shankar Ganesh |
1971 | Tamil | raani yaar kuzhanthai | chinna chinna papa(sad) | Shankar Ganesh |
1971 | Tamil | thirumagal | kaalaale nilamalandhu | K.V. Mahadevan |
1971 | Tamil | thirumagal | Ullangal palavitham | K.V. Mahadevan |
1971 | Tamil | uyir | vetkama vaa pakkama | Ramana sridhar |
1972 | Tamil | idhaya veenai | neeradum azhagellam | Shankar Ganesh |
1972 | Tamil | kaase than kadavulada | avaL enna ninaithAL | M.S. Viswanathan |
1972 | Tamil | kanimuthu paapa | ezhu malai vaasa-ver2 | T.V. Raju |
1972 | Tamil | karunthel kannayiram | netruvarai vinnil | shyam philips |
1972 | Tamil | karunthel kannayiram | paRanthu vaa vaa paadal | shyam philips |
1972 | Tamil | pillayo pillai | mEnaattam kannkonda | M.S. Viswanathan |
1972 | Tamil | pillayo pillai | moontru thamizh | M.S. Viswanathan |
1972 | Tamil | ponmagal vandhaal | endhan devanin paadal | shankar ganesh |
1972 | Tamil | ponmagal vandhaal | maalai soodum naalai | Shankar Ganesh |
1972 | Tamil | pugundha veedu | naan unnai thedugirEn | Shankar Ganesh |
1972 | Tamil | pugundha veedu | neeye sollu enge | Shankar Ganesh |
1972 | Tamil | sange muzhangu | irandu kaigal pEsum mozhiyil | M.S. Viswanathan |
1972 | Tamil | sange muzhangu | thamizhil adhu oru iniya kalai | M.S. Viswanathan |
1973 | Tamil | arangettam | Aramba kaalathil athu irukku | V. Kumar |
1973 | Tamil | karaikkal ammayar | naayagan vadivai | Kunnakkudi Vaidyanath |
1973 | Tamil | karaikkal ammayar | ulagamengum nee | Kunnakkudi Vaidyanath |
1973 | Tamil | nyayam ketkirom | appadium vAzhalam | K.V. Mahadevan |
1973 | Tamil | nyayam ketkirom | kalyanathai manthil | K.V. Mahadevan |
1973 | Tamil | nyayam ketkirom | ullam theriyum uruvam | K.V. Mahadevan |
1973 | Tamil | raaja raaja chozhan | naadhanai kandenadi | Kunnakkudi Vaidyanath |
1973 | Tamil | Thalai Pirasavam | kannodu meenai | M.S. Viswanathan |
1973 | Tamil | thedi vandha lakshmi | acham naanam nee pennentru | M.S. Sanjay |
1973 | Tamil | thedi vandha lakshmi | selaiyil moodiya karumbu | M.S. Sanjay |
1973 | Tamil | vijaya | malayarasi shakthi | G. Devarajan |
1974 | Tamil | kanmani raja | kaadhal vilayada kattilidu | M.S. Viswanathan |
1974 | Tamil | kanmani raja | Odam kadal odum | M.S. Viswanathan |
1974 | Tamil | prayachitham | saami senja bommaigale | Sanjay |
1974 | Tamil | prayachitham | yaar sonnadho | Sanjay |
1974 | Tamil | prayachitham | mayangugiraaL intha madhura | Sanjay |
1976 | Tamil | vaazhvu en pakkam | theerthathil vizhuntha | M.S. Viswanathan |
1977 | Tamil | oruvanukku oruthi | adi aathadi | V. Kumar |
1977 | Tamil | oruvanukku oruthi | pachaikili ingammaa | V. Kumar |
1977 | Tamil | thoondil meen | vaazhvil sowbhagiyam | V. Kumar |
1978 | Tamil | achani | thaalatu pillai ennai | Ilayaraja |
1978 | Tamil | achani | thaalattu pillai -sad | Ilayaraja |
1978 | Tamil | seer varisai | kannanai nianikkatha | M.S. Viswanathan |
1978 | Tamil | seer varisai | Panchangam pathu sollava | M.S. Viswanathan |
1979 | Tamil | nangooram | Illai illai nee illamal | V. Kumar |
1979 | Tamil | nangooram | thenral pol aadinaal | V. Kumar |
1980 | Tamil | pollathavan | chinnak kannE chithirakkannE | M.S. Viswanathan |
1986 | Tamil | aanandha kanneer | amma nee vaazhga | M.S. Viswanathan |
1987 | Tamil | mupperum deviyar | thirumaal azhaga thirumagal | M.S. Viswanathan |
1987 | Tamil | thaali thanam | Enakku neeyum unakku | M.S. Viswanathan |
1987 | Tamil | thaali thanam | oru pullankuzhal ennai amma | M.S. Viswanathan |
1988 | Tamil | ratha thaanam | Koyilgalum churchugalum | Ganagi Amaran |
1989 | Tamil | pillayo pillai | vellai malaril oru | M.S. Viswanathan |
1990 | Tamil | gnayangal jeyikaatum | aanai kaati poradikkum | M.S. Viswanathan |
1991 | Tamil | sir i love you | Inge iraivan | Ilayaraja |
1968 | Telugu | bandhavyalu | thuvvaye avvai suvvai | S. Hanumantha Rao |
1968 | Telugu | chuttarikalu | neeve naa kanulalu | Ghantasala |
1968 | Telugu | chuttarikalu | andhala alivenaivai | Ghantasala |
1968 | Telugu | chuttarikalu | aadava atta aadava | Ghantasala |
1968 | Telugu | chuttarikalu | emito ee vintha | Ghantasala |
1968 | Telugu | Kumkumabharani | maraloka | Adi narayana rao |
1968 | Telugu | Kumkumabharani | nelarajuvai | Adi narayana rao |
1968 | Telugu | Kumkumabharani | oh naa cheli | Adi narayana rao |
1969 | Telugu | karpoora haarathi | vasthundhi | T.V. Raju |
1970 | Telugu | oke kutumbam | kavali thodu kavani | S.P. Kodandapani |
1970 | Telugu | oke kutumbam | Avune thaane nanne ne | S.P. Kodandapani |
1971 | Telugu | nindu thampathulu | malle puvlu jadale chutti | T.V. Raju |
1971 | Telugu | suputhrudu | ayyindayyo suputrudu | K.V. Mahadevan |
1971 | Telugu | suputhrudu | Chilakamma pilichindi | K.V. Mahadevan |
1971 | Telugu | suputhrudu | Yemmivanu neekamivanu | K.V. Mahadevan |
1972 | Telugu | koduku kodalu | Neekem thelusu nimmakaya | K.V. Mahadevan |
1972 | Telugu | koduku kodalu | Edhenanna maata | K.V. Mahadevan |
1972 | Telugu | koduku kodalu | Neevu nenu ekamainamu | K.V. Mahadevan |
1972 | Telugu | nijam niroopistha | banthilaanti pilla | Satyam |
1972 | Telugu | nijam niroopistha | choodagaane kai kai | Satyam |
1972 | Telugu | palletoori bava | Yetu choosina andame | T. Chalapathi Rao |
1972 | Telugu | palletoori bava | Yeh bavayya | T. Chalapathi Rao |
1973 | Telugu | kanna koduku | lokam sokam manakoddu | S.P. Kodandapani |
1973 | Telugu | kanna koduku | anadamaina pillagadu | T. Chalapathi Rao |
1973 | Telugu | kanna koduku | yennadaina anukunnana | T. Chalapathi Rao |
1973 | Telugu | kanna koduku | ayyorama ayyokrishna | T. Chalapathi Rao |
1973 | Telugu | kanna koduku | Thinte garale thinali | T. Chalapathi Rao |
1973 | Telugu | kanna koduku | Kallatho kaatesi | T. Chalapathi Rao |
1974 | Telugu | andaru dongale | naidolintikaada | K.V. Mahadevan |
1974 | Telugu | andaru dongale | oh nayala choosava | K.V. Mahadevan |
1974 | Telugu | andaru dongale | raa raa raa rammante rara | K.V. Mahadevan |
1974 | Telugu | bangaru kalalu | chekkili meedha | S. Rajeshwara Rao |
1974 | Telugu | bangaru kalalu | nee kannulalo | S. Rajeshwara Rao |
1974 | Telugu | kode naagu | katha vinthuva | J.V. Raghavulu |
1974 | Telugu | kode naagu | sangamam sangamam | J.V. Raghavulu |
1974 | Telugu | kode naagu | andaala gadasarivaadu | J.V. Raghavulu |
1975 | Malayalam | Chuvanna Sandhyakal | poovukalku punyakaalam | G.Devarajan |
1975 | Malayalam | Raagam | ambaadi poonkuyile paadum | salil choudry |
1975 | Telugu | babu | Ennenni vompulu | Chakravarthy |
1975 | Telugu | kashmir bullodu (D) | Neeradum azhagellam in telu | Shankar Ganesh |
1975 | Telugu | maa oori ganga | entha manchi roju | yarlaganta |
1975 | Telugu | maa oori ganga | gorinta piliche koneru piliche | yarlaganta |
1975 | Telugu | maa oori ganga | bangaru babu | yarlaganta |
1975 | Telugu | maa oori ganga | bangaru babu (sad) | yarlaganta |
1975 | Telugu | maa oori ganga | ee manusula brathukulu | yarlaganta |
1975 | Telugu | maa oori ganga | nee kosam naa hrithayam | yarlaganta |
1975 | Telugu | yeduruleni manishi(old) | kasigaavundi | Chakravarthy |
1976 | Malayalam | kadavaye pidicha kidavu | oru swapnathil | v.Dakshinamurthy |
1976 | Malayalam | ponni | neerattu ponkal neerattu | G.Devarajan |
1976 | Malayalam | Priyamvadha | thiruvathira manassil | v.Dakshinamurthy |
1976 | Telugu | bangaru manishi | kalagannanu | K.V. Mahadevan |
1976 | Telugu | bangaru manishi | nindu kunda thonakane | K.V. Mahadevan |
1976 | Telugu | bangaru manishi | naa desam bhagawatgeetha | K.V. Mahadevan |
1976 | Telugu | bangaru manishi | Yekadiveluthonthi desam | K.V. Mahadevan |
1977 | Malayalam | akshayapathram | priyamulla chettan | M.S. viswanathan |
1977 | Malayalam | Sneha yamuna | aayiram chandrodayangal | k.J. Joy |
1977 | Telugu | panthulamma | Tenetheega kuduthunte | Rajan Nagendra |
1977 | Telugu | panthulamma | Manaserigina vadu maa devud | Rajan Nagendra |
1977 | Telugu | panthulamma | Chanda rayya | Rajan Nagendra |
1977 | Telugu | panthulamma | Pandanganti vennelantha | Rajan Nagendra |
1978 | Telugu | madhyatharagathimahabh | ammakku neeve | Madhavapeddi Suresh |
1978 | Telugu | mallepoovu | Chinna maata oka chinna | Chakravarthy |
1978 | Telugu | mallepoovu | Yemi lokam yemi | Chakravarthy |
1979 | Kannada | Dhairya Lakshmi | echera thangi | G.K. Venkatesh |
1981 | Telugu | sravana meghalu | Yemi katha cheppanura | Chakravarthy |
1982 | Malayalam | lady teacher[1] | dehamaake thudikkunne | rajan nagendra |
1982 | Malayalam | lady teacher | manaseriginavadu in telugu | rajan nagendra |
1982 | Malayalam | lady teacher | Pandanganti vennelantha in t | rajan nagendra |
1982 | Malayalam | Priyasakhi Radha | chiriyude kavitha | v.Dakshinamurthy |
1982 | Telugu | bandhalu anubandhalu | yedu janmalu | K.V. Mahadevan |
1982 | Telugu | korukuna mogudu | Chilakamma gorinka(happy) | Satyam |
1982 | Telugu | korukuna mogudu | Chilakamma gorinka(sad) | Satyam |
1982 | Telugu | prema murthulu | taraka cheppadu | Chakravarthy |
1982 | Telugu | prema murthulu | siri siri muvvala navvu | Chakravarthy |
1982 | Telugu | raga deepam | kumkuma Poosina akasamlo | Chakravarthy |
1983 | Kannada | makkale devaru | andada krishna muraliyu | satyam |
1983 | Malayalam | sandhyavandanam | neelambari neelmbari | LPR varma |
1983 | Telugu | pallavi anupallavi | edhi teeyani teerani | Ilayaraja |
1984 | Kannada | Thaaliya Bhaagya | kumkuma shubhava haaduva | satyam |
1984 | Malayalam | vepRaLam | kunkuma thumbikal | K.V. Mahadevan |
1985 | Telugu | udhaya geetham | laali naa paapa velli | Ilayaraja |
1986 | Telugu | brahma rudrulu | o jaabilli thanathodu | Chakravarthy |
1986 | Telugu | ravana brahma | sravana sandhya ragam | J.V. Raghavulu |
1988 | Telugu | devi vijayam | laksminatha | M.S. Viswanathan |
1988 | Telugu | raktha thilakam | dancho dancho | Chakravarthy |
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