M.N Lakshmi Devi

M.N. Lakshmi Devi is an extremely skilled artist of Kannada Film Industry. This veteran actress is from Mandya District of Karnataka. Lakshmi Devi is one among the few people in Kannada Industry, to have an active cinema life for more than 60 years. She is credited with acting in more than 600 films in her long stint. In her childhood days, Lakshmi Devi was trained to become a singer.

Her mother was not pleased when she chose Cinema instead of singing. Lakshmi Devi's talent during her dance program at Dharmastala. Thus, she got pulled into films. Lakshmi Devi made her debut in the year 1952, through the movie Srinivasa Kalyanam Click to look into! >> Read More... . She was cast opposite the famous Actor Balakrishna. Lakshmi Devi is famous for acting in movies such as Bhakta Kanakadasa (1960), Bangaarada Manushya (1972), Veera Kesari (1963), Kalyanotsava (1995) and so on. She does not consider her age as a barrier and has not seized from acting yet. Her latest movie is Prema Pallaki in the year 2015.

After 2004, Lakshmi Devi took a long break for nine years and returned to the big screen with two movies. She acted in Googly and Raja Huli, in the year 2013. She always shows variety in her characters in movies. She started as a Heroine and now is being cast as a Comedian, mother, Grandmother and other such supporting roles. Even during the break, Lakshmi Devi did not rest and acted in many serials. In the year 2010, Lakshmi Devi was invited for a chat show hosted by Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy. Reminiscing about her past days, Lakshmi Devi has told that, her movies with Narasimha Raju Narasimha Raju is a famous Tollywood actor born on >> Read More... and Balakrishna were the best in her career. Lakshmi Devi is a recipient of Dr. Rajkumar Award.