Sri Lakshmi is an Indian actress who is known for her comic roles in

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films. She has also appeared in

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films. More than 500 films to her credit, she later turned her attention towards television serials. Lakshmi has received four

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for Best Female Comedian.

Early life

Sri Lakshmi was born and brought up in

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into a Telugu family from

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. Her father Amarnath and brother Rajesh are actors. Rajesh's daughter Aishwarya is an actress.

Career

Daughter of veteran Telugu actor/Producer Dr. Amarnath, Sri Lakshmi entered the film industry to support her family after her father had fallen sick. Initially, she did minimal and unnoticeable characters. After noticing her spark in playing comedic roles, director

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offered her a meatier role in ''

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'', which turned her career. In the Telugu film industry, she acted in comedy films by ace director,

. She also acted in

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films in comedy roles. She acted in more than 500 films, including Tamil, Kannada, etc. She later turned to TV plays. She is typically associated with stereo comic roles.

Filmography

Films

Telugu

Tamil

*''Sparisam'' (1982) - Debut in Tamil *''

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'' (1992) *'' Payanam'' (2011) as Mrs. Venkat Raman * ''

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'' (2012)

Television

Dubbing

* '' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader'' (2010): Telugu version dub

Awards

;

(in

) * Best Female Comedian - ''Sahanam'' (1996) * Best Female Comedian - ''Chelikaadu'' (1997) * Best Female Comedian - ''Police'' (1999) * Best Female Comedian - ''

Preminchu ''Preminchu'' () is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by Boyina Subba Rao and produced by D. Rama Naidu. The film stars Laya and Sai Kiran with Roopa, Murali Mohan, and Lakshmi in supporting roles. The plot follows Meena (La ...

'' (2001)

References

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