P. R. Varalakshmi is an Indian actress. She was active in movies during the 1970s and 1980s. She was a prominent lead actress during the 1980s in
Tamil
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People, culture and language
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**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka
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,
Malayalam
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,
Telugu
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* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of South India
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* Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
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, and
Kannada
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films. She has acted around 600 movies in all major south Indian languages. Her debut film was ''Kettikaran'' in 1971, directed by H.S Venu.
She has acted with former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister
MGR
Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran (17 January 1917 – 24 December 1987), popularly known by his initialism M.G.R. and as Makkal Thilagam/Puratchi Thalaivar, was an Indian actor, politician, and philanthropist who served as the chief minister of ...
, former Tamil Nadu Chief minister
Jayalalitha
Jayaram Jayalalithaa (24 February 1948 – 5 December 2016), popularly known as Amma, was an Indian actress, politician, and philanthropist who served as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu for more than fourteen years between 1991 and 2016. She ...
and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister
Rama Rao.
She has also acted with two Generations actors, with
Muthuraman and his son
Karthik,
Sivaji Ganesan
Villupuram. Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001), better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, was an Indian actor and film producer. He was mainly active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th centur ...
and his son
Prabhu
''Prabhu'' means ''master'' or ''prince'' in Sanskrit and many of the Indian languages; it is a name sometimes applied to God.
Surname
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, Telugu star
Krishna
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and his son
Mahesh Babu
Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu (born 9 August 1975) is an Indian actor who works in Telugu cinema. He is one of the highest-paid actors in Indian cinema and has featured in ''Forbes India''s Celebrity 100 list since 2012. He has appeared in more tha ...
. During her period she has acted as the heroine to famous heroes
Gemini Ganesan
Ramasamy Ganesan (17 November 1920 – 22 March 2005), better known by his stage name Gemini Ganesan, was an Indian actor who worked mainly in Tamil cinema. He was referred as Kaadhal Mannan (King of Romance) for his romantic roles in films. G ...
,
Kamal Haasan
Parthasarathy Srinivasan (born 7 November 1954), known professionally as Kamal Haasan, is an Indian actor, filmmaker and politician who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. Considered as one of the most accomplished actors of Indian Cinema, Haas ...
,
AVM Rajan and so on.
Filmography
Tamil
Malayalam
Telugu
Kannada
Hindi
Television serials
References
External links
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Actresses in Malayalam cinema
Indian film actresses
Actresses in Tamil cinema
Actresses in Kannada cinema
Actresses in Telugu cinema
Year of birth missing
20th-century Indian actresses
Actresses in Tamil television
Actresses in Telugu television