P. R. Varalakshmi

P. R. Varalakshmi is an Indian movie actress in the period of 1970s and 1980s. She was one of the top homely actresses in South Indian cinema. Her first film was ‘Vazhaiyadi Vazhai’ in Tamil, which K. S. Gopalakrishnan directed. She was the leading Tamil supporting actress in films like "Padai Veetu Amman," "Mayandi," "Tiger Thathachari," and many more films. She recalls by saying that she has not achieved much success in her career as she had no godfather or a guide to managing her success. It was because of this she went to act in other South Indian languages films too. She has acted in around 600 films so far in all South Indian films.

Apart from playing heroines, she also had played a mother character on the big screen. Later, she had appeared in TV series later on. She is a firm believer in luck and feels that luck did not smile upon her, and this was the main reason she was left far behind in success. She is a very modest person and has never been too calculative in her success. Her notable films include Shankarlal, Ore Sakshi, Deivamsham, Vazhaiyadi Vazhaiin, and Kaadu. In Malayalam, she acted with Madhu, Prem Nazir Prem Nazir was born on 7th April 1926 and his actu >> Read More... , and other leading heroes of Mollywood. In Tamil films, too, she acted with Sridevi, Jai Shankar, and other popular heroes.

She has performed in many social family dramas and held a top spot through most of the 1970s. She was a gifted actress and had a screen presence that made her a busy actress in the 70s. She could convey every emotion from happiness to sadness to disappointment to love to anger in every role that she portrayed. Besides playing in Tamil and Malayalam films, Varalakshmi also played in Kannada, Hindi, and Telugu films. She had played with two-generation actors in the Tamil and Telugu film industries. Yes, she shared the screen space with Sivaji Ganesan The Honorable Mr. Ganesan was the second son in hi >> Read More... and his son “ Prabhu Prabhu Ganesan or better known as Prabhu is a prom >> Read More... ,” “Muthuraman,” and his son Karthik Muthuraman Karthik Muthuraman is an Indian politician, film a >> Read More... , Krishna Ghattamaneni his son Mahesh Babu Born on 9 August 1975 in Chennai, Mahesh Ghattaman >> Read More... . Varalakshmi had also played with three Chief Ministers – “ M G Ramachandran M G Ramachandran was a demigod for his fans. And h >> Read More... ” and “ Jayalalithaa Jayalalithaa Jayaram, more popularly known as Pura >> Read More... ” in Tamilnadu and “N T Rama Rao” in Andhra Pradesh.

She had also played in Tamil and Telugu serials such as Idi Katha Kaadu, Ammayi Kaapuram, “ Selvi Selvi is a Tamil serial aired on Sun TV and was pr >> Read More... ,” “ Arasi Arasi is a drama series which came on the channel >> Read More... ,” Chellamadi Nee Enakku Chellamadi Nee Enakku was a highly rated Tamil mor >> Read More... , and “Chellamey.” She was not seen in the TV and movie industries after 2009. After a long gap, she starred in  Ninaika Therintha Manamae Ninaika Therintha Manamae is a Tamil TV serial air >> Read More... , a Vijay TV serial in 2017. In 2018, she played in Neelakuyil on Vijay TV. In 2019, she shared the screen space with Shreekumar, Natchathira, Chaitra Reddy Chaitra Reddy is a South Indian TV actress. Her ho >> Read More... , and Fathima Babu Fathima Babu is a popular Newsreader cum actress, >> Read More... in the Zee Tamil serial, Yaaradi Nee Mohini Yaaradi Nee Mohini which translates to ‘Who are yo >> Read More... . In the same year, she did a serial, Thaenmozhi BA Uratchi Mandra Thalaivar, for Vijay TV. Jacqueline, Usha Elizabeth Usha Elizabeth is a Tamil serial actress, famous f >> Read More... , and Siddharth Kumaran played the lead roles in this series.

Varalakshmi is also a part of Sun TV’s hit serial, “Roja” with Priyanka Nalkar Priyanka Nalkar (born 16 February 1990 in Hyderaba >> Read More... , Sibbu Suryan Sibbu Suren was born on the 26th of March in the y >> Read More... , “Vadivukkarasi," Rajesh, Siva Subramaniam, Dr. Sharmila, and Gayathri. In 2021, she played the grandmother to “Sundari,” played by Gabriella Sellus on Sun TV’s serial Sundari. In the same year, she signed doing Kaatrukenna Veli, a Vijay TV serial. Right from the heroine to the granny role, she had been in the industry. Only a few people continue their careers in the film industry for these many years, and Varalakshmi is one.