S. Varalakshmi
Also Known As: Varalakshmi, Saridey Varalakshmi
Biography: Saridey Varalakshmi, popularly known as Telugu: ఎస్. వర లక్ష్మిS. Varalakshmi (13 August 1925 - 22 September 2009) was a veteran Telugu and Tamil actress and singer. She was popular for her roles and songs in Telugu movies like Mahamantri Timmarasu and Sri Venkateswara Mahatyam and Tamil movies like Veerapandiya Kattabomman and Poovaa Thalaiyaa.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Jaggampeta, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Birthday: August 25, 1925
Deathday: September 22, 2009
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Sevasadanam
Overview: An abused wife Sumathi is driven out of her house by husband and later forced into prostitution. Later she reforms her ways and devotes her life to running an institution for the children of prostitutes.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1938-05-02
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Thoongadha Kannendru Onru
Overview: Devi marries Ravi without telling her father. Ravi goes away seeking opportunities in the film world. But when Devi's father tries to fix her marriage, she sets out to find Ravi and gets into trouble.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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Savale Samali
Overview: Manickam, whose father works for the landlord, is always at loggerheads with the landlord's son due to his cruel ways. Manickam also forcibly marries the landlord's daughter after winning a challenge.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1971-07-03
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Daana Veera Soora Karna
Overview: A retelling of Mahabharata through the perspectives of KARNA and DURYODHANA. The film uses dialogue and poetry written in Classical Telugu/ Grandhika Basha.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1977-11-02
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Muddula Mogudu
Overview: Durga, daughter of a millionaire, marries Prasad, a writer she is a fan of. However, financial troubles drive the couple apart. Will they reunite?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1983-01-27
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Lawyer Suhasini
Overview: Suhasini, a poor woman, gets married to Shankar, much to his mother's chagrin. However, soon after their wedding, the money-minded mother-in-law starts creating rifts between the couple.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1987-03-06
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Uravu Solla Oruvan
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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Mohana Sundaram
Overview: Mohana Sundaram is a 1951 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film written and directed by A. T. Krishnaswamy.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1951-07-21
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Irumbu Pookkal
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1991-02-16
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Aayiram Nilavae Vaa
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-07-13
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Kizhakku Vasal
Overview: Kizhakku Vasal film takes place in a village that the movie is titled after. Revathy leads a cloistered life and does not visit any one. Nonetheless, Karthik, the village hero falls in love with him. Meanwhile Kushboo also woos Karthik, but Karthik reciprocates his love for Revathy. There is a fight between the families.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1990-07-12
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Mayalokam
Overview: Mayalokam is a 1945 Telugu-language film produced and directed by Gudavalli Ramabrahmam under the Sarathi Films banner. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao and S. Varalakshmi.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1945-10-10
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Pattindalla Bangaram
Overview: Bangaru Raju and Bharathi love each other a lot. Though he promises Bharathi that he will marry her, circumstances separate them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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Adi Parasakthi
Overview: A man saved from death by God and told how God help others.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1971-10-17
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Kavari Maan
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Genres: Family
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1979-04-06
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Rajaraja Cholan
Overview: Rajaraja Cholan is a 1973 Tamil film about the life of the Chola king Rajaraja Chola.
Genres: History
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1973-05-01
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Veerapandiya Kattabomman
Overview: After the East India Company forces Kattabomman, the king of Panchalankurichi, to pay taxes and be their subordinate, the latter decides to fight against them.
Genres: History Drama War Music
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1959-05-16
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Velli Vizha
Overview: Bala, a tennis champion, is happily married to his wife and children. Things get difficult for him after his fan Sheela comes into his life and they develop feelings for each other.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1972-08-11
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Miss Malini
Overview: Miss Malini created at least one immortal character ‘Sampath’. Life is a constant struggle for Malini, a poor young woman with an ailing father.She reluctantly accepts stage actor-friend Sundari’s suggestion to go on stage, and joins her theatre group, Kala Mandhiram.Success smiles on her and she soon becomes an idol of the masses. Sampath, a suave swindler, befriends Malini and takes control of her life. He persuades her to start her own theatre company. A puppet in his hands, Malini severs ties with those who have helped her in the past such as Sundari.Soon she is in debt and back at the bottom of the ladder. Sampath abandons her. Sundari and others come to her rescue and Malini goes back to Kala Mandhiram and begins her life anew, sadder but certainly wiser!
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1947-09-26
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Thiruppam
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1984-01-13
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Tharaasu
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1984-03-15
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Needhikku Thalaivanangu
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1976-03-17
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Navarathinam
Overview: In order to stay away from his mother and her influential demeanor, Thangam, a young and affluent feudal lord, sets off on a quest to avenge his father's death.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1977-03-05
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Chakravarthi Thirumagal
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1957-01-17
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Bhama Vijayam
Overview: Bhama Vijayam is a 1967 Indian Telugu-language swashbuckler film, produced by Somasekhar and Radha Krishna, and directed by C.Pulliah. It stars N. T. Rama Rao and Devika, with music composed by T. V. Raju. The film is based on Gollabhama (1947) which itself is based on the stories of Kaasi Majililu written in Telugu by Madhira Subbanna Deekshitulu.
Genres: Drama Family Fantasy Romance
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1967-06-29
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Sri Venkateswara Mahatmyam
Overview: Sri Venkateswara Mahatyam (Telugu: శ్రీ వెంకటేశ్వర మహత్యం) is a 1960 Magnum opus Telugu mythological film produced and directed by P. Pullaiah and starring N. T. Rama Rao. The story is based on the story of Lord Venkateswara (Balaji).
Genres: Family
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1960-01-09
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Poova Thalaiya
Overview: Ganesan is a widower and Paruvathamma is his mother in law. Shankar is the younger brother of Ganesan and he falls in love with Paruvathamma . A healthy competition takes place between evil minded S. Paruvathamma and Shankar so as to overthrow one another.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1969-05-01
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Suvarilladha Chiththirangal
Overview: The Story revolves around a poor girl living with widowed mother and siblings. Poverty and the family situation gets her mother to prostitute herself for the welfare of the family. Director Bhagyaraj, treats this subject from the perspective of the girl who sees the wrong of her mother; but in the later teases the thought of right and wrong with the viewers considering the situation in which the mother gets into that. Bhagyaraj, himself plays the neighbour who first falls in love with the girl, later to realize that she is already in a relationship with another.
Genres: Family Drama Romance
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1979-11-30
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Dasavatharam
Overview: The story revolves around the portrayal of the ten different avatars of Lord Vishnu namely Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Narasimha, Vamana, Parashurama, Rama, Krishna, Balarama and Kalki.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1976-01-15
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Chanakya Chandragupta
Overview: The film is a historical story, based on the 3rd century BC Maurya Emperor Chandragupta Maurya and his mentor Chanakya. It begins with the Greek invader Alexander intruding on our borders, Magadha as his last step of sovereignty. Discerning it, fear-defying scholar Chanakya is under trace of the dynamic King to hinder it.
Genres: History Action War
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1977-08-25
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Sri Krishna Pandaveeyam
Overview: The film depicts the adolescent age of the Pandavas and Krishna and shows the events in the Mahabharata, focusing on the later chapters of Adi Parva and the first half of Sabha Parva.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1966-01-13
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Kannan Karunai
Overview: Kannan Karunai is a 1971 remake Indian Tamil-language Hindu Epic film directed by N. T. Rama Rao.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1971-06-16
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Vayyari Bhamalu Vagalamari Bhartalu
Overview: Ramalingam and Somalingam envy two happily married couples and attempt to create differences and enmity among them to disrupt their family life.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1982-08-20
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Sri Krishnavataram
Overview: The life story of Sri Krishna.
Genres: Drama History Music
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1967-10-12
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Mahamantri Thimmarusu
Overview: Timmarusu the prime minister in Krishnadevaraya's court, is envied by Hamvira, who hopes to overthrow him. After being falsely accused of attacking the king, Timmarusu must prove his innocence.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1962-07-26
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Jeevitham
Overview: A crooked wealthy man has cheated a gullible poor woman and meanwhile an aristocratic self-possessed woman is being flirted by a responsible officer, an ideal for modern India in this "social guidance picture".
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
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Sandhya Ragam
Overview: A Telugu family drama.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1981-01-02
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Babruvahana
Overview: An enactment of the war between the father and son, Arjuna and Babruvahana
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-10-22
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1000 Thalaivangi Apoorva Chinthamani
Overview: In order to obtain supreme power, an evil saint must sacrifice 1000 men. Soon, he hatches a devious plan and persuades a princess to pose three extremely difficult questions to her suitors.
Genres: Adventure Thriller Fantasy
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1947-12-08
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Adutha Varisu
Overview: When the sole person to inherit the family wealth is missing, her grandmother desperately searches for her. A conniving relative, who also killed the girl's parents, finds a look-alike to help him gain the wealth.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1983-07-07
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Edhir Paradhathu
Overview: Ethirpaaraathathu narrates the story of star-crossed lovers Sundar (Sivaji Ganesan) and Sumathi (Padmini) in whose house Sundar, a college student, lodges. Both dream of a happy, married life, but that is not to be. Sundar is involved in an air crash and is believed to be dead. However, he survives the crash and loses his eyesight. Unwilling to face his father (Nagaiah), he tries to lead a life on his own. Destiny takes over their lives and the widowed father marries Sumathi and on the wedding night, the husband realises that his son and bride are sweethearts. Broken-hearted, he leaves home and wanders around visiting temples and holy places.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1954-12-09
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Shyamala
Overview: Some producers from Andhra wanted to produce a tamil film featuring MKT. They produced Syamala in 1953 with MKT in the lead role. MKT and S.S.Koko were the only tamilians in this film. Rest of them were all from Andhra. Popular among them were Relangi and S.Varalakshmi. MKT for the first and last time in his life acted with a moustache and resembled very much the famous telugu screen hero, A.Nageswara rao! Shyamala is a 1952 Indian, Tamil-language film directed by B. A. Subba Rao.[2] The film featured M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar and S. Varalakshmi in the lead roles.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1952-11-29
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Balaraju
Overview: The story begins in heaven a Devakanya Mohini and a Yaksha are in love. Indra, the ruler of Suvarloka, has an interest in Mohini. His emissary Kubera, unable to separate the lovers, curses Yaksha to be born as a human. Mohini refuses to bow to the wish of Indra, who then curses her to be born as a human and pine for her lover. The Yaksha, now Balaraju, is brought up by a shepherd. Mohini is found in a field by Kamma Naidu, who names her Sita and brings her up. As she grows up, pressure mounts on him to perform her marriage. Fearing that the wealth he had acquired after her arrival may disappear if she leaves him, he refuses to get her married and keeps her in a solitary tower in a forest.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1948-02-26
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Mattukara Velan
Overview: Sattanathan, a lawyer, mistakes Velan for Raghu, another lawyer. When Raghu learns about this, he helps Velan continue the charade since Velan loves Sattanathan's daughter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1970-01-14
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Cinema Paithiyam
Overview: A young girl loves bunking school to watch movies. Unable to distinguish between reel and real life, she insists on marrying her favourite hero. The kind-hearted hero agrees to help the family.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1975-01-31
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Sivagangai Seemai
Overview: After Kattabomman's execution at Kayattar, his brother, Oomadurai, becomes the ruler of the town Sivaganga. Seeing this as an opportunity, the British attack and invade the town with a powerful army.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1959-05-19
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Unnai Suttrum Ulagam
Overview: Unnai Suttrum Ulagam is a 1977 Indian Tamil-language film starring Jayalalithaa in the lead role. The supporting cast included AVM Rajan, Vidhubala, Pramila, Savithri, Vijayakumar. Kamal Haasan plays a cameo. The film was directed by G.Subramaniya Reddiar and produced by Shree Navaneetha Pictures.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1977-04-29
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Gunaa
Overview: Guna, a mentally-disturbed man, imagines a fictitious character of a woman to be his future wife. One day, he sees a girl in a temple and assumes that she is his imaginary love and kidnaps her.
Genres: Romance Thriller Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1991-11-05
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Veguli Penn
Overview: The story revolves around a woman who becomes pregnant, and the mystery surrounding the father of her child.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1971-07-02
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Neti Bharatam
Overview: A political action film, about a new cop in town taking on the entrenched corruption of his new city.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1983-10-15
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Sri Krishnarjuna Yudham
Overview: After vanquishing the army of the Kauravas, the Pandava Brothers preside over Indraprastha, and Arjun takes a journey to worship Bhagwan Shri Shivji. It is during this journey that he will challenge Devrishi Narad that no one on Earth can instigate him to go against Bhagwan Shri Kishan. Arjun will soon have to mince his words when, on Subhadra's insistence, he will be compelled to take up arms and go to war against Kishanji in order to protect Chitrasen - who had inadvertently offended Sage Gabal - leading to Kishanji's decision to behead the former with his Sudarshan Chakra.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1963-01-09
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