Lakshmi Gopalaswamy

Lakshmi Gopalaswamy
Lakshmi Gopalaswamy
Born	Lakshmi Gopalaswamy; 7 January 1972; Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Nationality	India
Occupations	Film actress; Classical dancer; Model;
Years active	1980–present
Parents	Gopalaswamy; Uma;
Awards	Second Best Actress Award of Kerala (2002 and 2007)

Lakshmi Gopalaswamy is an Indian film actress from Karnataka and a classical dancer, qualified in Bharatanatyam.^[1] She has acted in several Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil films. She has also acted in some TV serials. She won the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in her Kannada film Vidaya. Her debut Malayalam film Arayannangalude Veedu alongside Mammootty won her the Kerala State Film Award as the best supporting actor.^[1] She was a judge on Asianet's dance show Vodafone Thakadhimi..^[2]

Early life

Lakshmi Gopalaswamy was born in a Kannada family in Bangalore, Karnataka to M. K. Gopalaswamy and Dr. Uma Gopalaswamy.^[1] She has a younger brother, Arjun.^[3] Her Mother is a scholar of music who prompted Lakshmi to learn and pursue a career in Bharatanatyam.^[4]

Acting

She did her debut in the year 2000 with a Malayalam film Arayannangalude Veedu written and directed by Lohithadas alongside Mammootty which won her the Kerala State Film Award as the best supporting actress. In 2007, Lakshmi again received the Kerala State Film Award for the second best actress for her performances in Thaniye directed by debutant director Babu Thiruvalla and Paradesi directed by P. T. Kunju Mohammed.^[5] For the same films, she also received the "Atlas Film Critics Award" for the best woman actor.^[6]^[7]

In 2010, she secured a role in Aptharakshaka directed by P. Vasu, opposite South Indian star Vishnuvardhan. In this Kannada film, her performance as a dancer possessed by an evil spirit was praised by critics and the film-going public as well.^[8]^[9] The film went on to become a mega hit and ran for 35 continuous weeks in the theatres; and it was the last Kannada film of Vishnuvardhan. She also acted in Vishnuvardhan films like Vishnu Sena and Namyajamanru. Talking about the success of the film, Lakshmi in a recent interview said "I am satisfied with the kind of response I am getting from the audience for my performance in it. I had a desire to act with Vishnuji again and that is fulfilled with this movie."^[10]

She acted in the Tamil serial titled Lakshmi and has won much praise.

Her success in Malayalam cinema also got her offers from her native Kannada film industry, too. Her debut Malayalam film Arayannangalude Veedu got her the Kerala State Award for the best supporting actress. Her second film, Kochu Kochu Santhosangal, also brought in much acclaim for her acting. Acting afforded her a different kind of exposure. "Initially I was intimidated by the profession, I was too shy to be famous," but she soon felt at home.^{[citation needed]}

Dance

She says dance will always remain her favorite metier; she loves playing good roles in films,^{[citation needed]} like those that integrate semi-classical dance tracks, like Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal, in which two classical dance numbers became popular in Kerala. Her star status in the film world notwithstanding, she dreams of metamorphosing into a top-notch dancer.

Awards

Kerala State Film Awards:

2000:Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress – Arayannangalude Veedu
2007: Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress – Thainye

Karnataka State Film Awards'

2014 : Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress - Vidaaya

Filmfare Awards South

2007 : Best Supporting Actress – Paradeshi

Asianet Film Awards

2001 - Best Female debut - Arayannangalude Veedu

Kerala Film Critic Awards

2007 : Best Actress - Thainye
2016 : Special jury award - Kamboji

Jaihind TV Awards

2007 : Best Supporting Actress – Paradeshi & Thainye

Filmography

Film	Year	Character	Co-stars	Director	Language
Arayannangalude Veedu	2000	Seetha	Mammooty	Lohitha Das	Malayalam
Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal	2000	Asha Lakshmi	Jayaram	Sathyan Anthikkad	Malayalam
Achaneyanenikkishtam	2001	Seetha	Biju Menon	Suresh Krishna	Malayalam
Punyam	2002	Sukanya			Malayalam
Kanavu Meippada Vendum	2004	Hema	Ramya Krishnan		Tamil
Poorvapara	2004	--	Naveen Mayur, Geetha		Kannada
Mampazhakkalam	2004	Nirmala	Mohanlal		Malayalam
Vamanapuram Bus Route	2004	Meenakshi	Mohanlal		Malayalam
Symphony	2004	Sindhu	Jagathy Sreekumar		Malayalam
Vishnu Sena	2005	--	Dr.Vishnuvardhan, Ramesh Aravind, Doddanna, Ashutosh Rana,		Kannada
Boy Friennd	2005	Nandini	Ganesh Kumar, Mukesh, Manikuttan	Vinayan	Malayalam
Kanaka Simhasanam	2006	Seethalakshmi	Jayaram	Rajasenan	Malayalam
Smart City	2006	Sarada	Suresh Gopi, Manoj K Jayan	B. Unnikrishnan	Malayalam
Keerthi Chakra / Aran	2006	Sreekutty Mahadevan	Mohanlal	Major Ravi	Malayalam Tamil
Paradesi	2007	Khadeeja	Mohanlal	P.T. Kunjumuhammed	Malayalam
Paranju Theeratha Visheshangal	2007	Vijayalakshmi	Suresh Gopi	Harikumar	Malayalam
Thaniye	2007	Home nurse	Nedumudi Venu		Malayalam
Bheema	2008	Padma	Vikram	N. Linguswamy	Tamil
Bhagavan	2008	Priya	Mohanlal		Malayalam
Pakal Nakshatrangal	2008	Padma	Mohanlal		Malayalam
Bhramaram	2009	Latha	Suresh Menon, Mohanlal	Blessy	Malayalam
Ividam Swargamanu	2009	Maria	Mohanlal	Roshan Andrews	Malayalam
Black Dahliya	2009	Dancer	Vani Viswanath, Suresh Gopi		Malayalam
Nam Yajamanru	2009	Urmila	Dr.Vishnuvardhan, Navya Nair, Ananth Nag	T. S. Nagabharana	Kannada
Thathwamasi	2010	Sreedevi	Vineeth Master Dhananjay, Manikkuttan	Swami Viswa Chaithanya (Sunil)	Malayalam
Thoovalkattu	2010	Devu	Manoj K. Jayan	Venu B Nair	Malayalam
Aptharakshaka	2010	Saraswathi	Dr.Vishnuvardhan, Sandhya, Vimala Raman	P. Vasu	Kannada
Alexander the Great	2010		Mohanlal		Malayalam
Sahasram	2010	Dr.Vrinda	Suresh Gopi		Malayalam
Shikkar	2010	Rukmini	Mohanlal		Malayalam
Arabiyum Ottakavum P. Madhavan Nayarum in Oru Marubhoomikkatha	2011	Khadeeja	Mohanlal, Mukesh	Priyadarshan	Malayalam
Christian Brothers	2011	Jessy	Mohanlal Dileep Suresh Gopi Sarath Kumar	Joshy	Malayalam
Kamal Perak	2011	Stella	Alen^{[disambiguation needed]}, Nedumudi Venu, Jose, Thampi, Joseph, Manu Verma, Omega Brothers, Akarsh	Natkumar	Malayalam
Veeraputhran	2011	Sharada Balakrishnan	Naren	P.T. Kunjumuhammed	Malayalam
Naughty Professor	2012	Karthika Viswambaran			Malayalam
916	2012				Malayalam
Little Masters	2012	Rajalakshmi			Malayalam
Oru Yathrayil - {Segment : I Love Appa}	2013	Meenakshi	Vineeth Kumar, Remya Nambeesan	Priyanandanan, Major Ravi	Malayalam
Yathra Thudarunnu	2013	--	Meera Nandan		Malayalam
Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty	2013	Herself	Mammootty	Renjith	Malayalam
Ginger	2013	Molykutty	Jayaram	Shaji Kailas	Malayalam
Oru Indian Pranayakatha	2013	Dr.Thulasi	Fahad Fazil, Amala Paul	Sathyan Anthikkad	Malayalam
Swapaanam	2014	Kalyani	Jayaram		Malayalam
Mathai Kuzhappakkaranalla	2014	Geetha	Mukesh,Jayasurya		Malayalam
Ammakkoru Tharattu	2015	Keerthana	Madhu,Sharadha		Malayalam
Vidaaya	2015	Meera			Kannada
Karbonn	2015	--	Amitabh Dayal, Raj Babbar, Padmini Kolhapure, Rati Agnihotri, Vikram Gokhale	Mrunalini patil	Hindi
Allama	2017	Allama Prabhu's mother	Dhananjay, Meghana Raj	T. S. Nagabharana	Kannada
Kambhoji	2017	Uma Antharjanam	Vineeth	Vinod Mankara	Malayalam
Aruvi	2017	Shobha Parthasarathy			Tamil
Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy	2019	Seethamma	Chiranjeevi	Surender Reddy	Telugu
Jack & Daniel	2019	Irine Jerald	Dileep,Suresh Krishna	S.L. Puram Jayasurya	Malayalam
Thakkol	2019	Unknown	Indrajith Sukumaran	Kiron Prabhakaran	Malayalam

Television

Year	Program	Role	Language	Channel	Notes
2006-2007	Lakshmi (TV series)	Nethra	Tamil	Sun TV	TV Serial
2006	Swamy Ayyappan	Mohini	Malayalam	Asianet	TV Serial
2008	Vodafone Thaka Dhimi	Judge	Malayalam	Asianet	Reality show
2011	Golden Couple	Anchor	Malayalam	Jeevan TV	Game show

She has been presenting her dance performances on different stages worldwide. She has appeared in many commercials especially in Malayalam.

Albums

Ormmayundo

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "The Hindu : Metro Plus Bangalore : Framed!!". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 5 July 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
^ "The Hindu : Friday Review Thiruvananthapuram / TV Serials : The grand finale". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 13 June 2008. Retrieved 26 February 2009.
^ http://cinidiary.com/people.php?pigsection=Actor&picata=2&no_of_displayed_rows=16&no_of_rows_page=10&sletter=
^ Srikant, Maithri (1 December 2011). "'My dance is visual music'". The Hindu. Chennai, India.
^ "Stepping into a new phase". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 14 December 2007. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
^ "Making a foray into Bollywood". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 2 February 2008. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
^ "Malayalam Cinema News : 'Ore Kadal', 'Thaniye' share critics award for best film". bharatwaves.com. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
^ "Vishnuvardhan scores with Aptharakshaka". Rediff. 19 February 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
^ "Aptharakshaka review". bollywoodbilli.com. 19 February 2010. Archived from the original on 22 March 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
^ http://entertainment.oneindia.in/kannada/news/2010/lakshmi-gopalaswamy-interview-230410.html

External links

Lakshmi Gopalaswamy at IMDb

[framedarticle-1] "The Hindu : Metro Plus Bangalore : Framed!!". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 5 July 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2013.

[2] "The Hindu : Friday Review Thiruvananthapuram / TV Serials : The grand finale". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 13 June 2008. Retrieved 26 February 2009.

[3] ttp://cinidiary.com/people.php?pigsection=Actor&picata=2&no_of_displayed_rows=16&no_of_rows_page=10&sletter=

[4] Srikant, Maithri (1 December 2011). "'My dance is visual music'". The Hindu. Chennai, India.

[5] "Stepping into a new phase". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 14 December 2007. Retrieved 21 November 2009.

[6] "Making a foray into Bollywood". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 2 February 2008. Retrieved 21 November 2009.

[7] "Malayalam Cinema News : 'Ore Kadal', 'Thaniye' share critics award for best film". bharatwaves.com. Retrieved 21 November 2009.

[8] "Vishnuvardhan scores with Aptharakshaka". Rediff. 19 February 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2010.

[9] "Aptharakshaka review". bollywoodbilli.com. 19 February 2010. Archived from the original on 22 March 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2010.

[10] ttp://entertainment.oneindia.in/kannada/news/2010/lakshmi-gopalaswamy-interview-230410.html

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v t e Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress
1968–1980	Kalpana (1968) Kalpana (1969) Bharathi (1970) Kalpana (1971) L. V. Sharadha (1972) Aarathi (1973) Jayanthi & Nandini Bhaktavatsala (1974) no award (1975) Aarathi (1976) Jayanthi (1977) Aparna Narang (1978) Aarathi (1979) Vaishali Kasaravalli (1980)
1981–2000	Aarathi (1981) Jayanthi (1982) Padma Vasanthi (1983) Abhinaya (1984) Roopa Devi (1985) Jayanthi (1986) Geetha (1987) no award (1988) Saritha (1989) Sudha Rani (1990) Tara (1991) Sudha Rani (1992) Vinaya Prasad (1993) Lakshmi (1994) Shruti (1995) Prema (1996) Shilpa (1997) Jayamala (1998) Soundarya (1999) Tara (2000)
2001–present	Anu Prabhakar (2001) Soundarya (2002) Bhavana (2003) Radhika Kumaraswamy (2004) Shruti (2005) Pavitra Lokesh (2006) Tara (2007) Umashree (2008) Radhika Pandit (2009) Anu Prabhakar (2010) Ramya (2011) Bhavana (2012) Nirmala Chennappa (2013) Nivedhitha (2014) Lakshmi Gopalaswamy (2015) Sruthi Hariharan (2016)