Lakshmi Gopalaswamy

Lakshmi Gopalaswamy
Lakshmi Gopalaswamy
	Lakshmi Gopalaswamy in 2014
Born	Lakshmi Gopalaswamy; Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Occupations	Actress; classical dancer; model;
Years active	1998–present
Parents	Gopalaswamy; Uma;

Lakshmi Gopalaswamy is an Indian actress from Karnataka and a classical dancer, qualified in Bharatanatyam.^[1]^[2]^[3] She has mainly acted in Malayalam films, while also appearing in few Tamil and Kannada films.

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..^[4]

Early life[edit]

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.^[5] Her Mother is a scholar of music who prompted Lakshmi to learn and pursue a career in Bharatanatyam.^[6]

Film career[edit]

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.^[7] For the same films, she also received the "Atlas Film Critics Award" for the best woman actor.^[8]^[9]

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.^[10]^[11] 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."^{[citation needed]}

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[edit]

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[edit]

Kerala State Film Awards : Winner

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 : Winner

2014 : Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress - Vidaaya

Filmography[edit]

Key
†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2000	Arayannangalude Veedu	Seetha	Malayalam
2000	Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal	Asha Lakshmi	Malayalam
2001	Achaneyanenikkishtam	Seetha	Malayalam
2002	Punyam	Sukanya	Malayalam
2004	Kanavu Meippada Vendum	Hema	Tamil
	Poorvapara	Vineetha	Kannada
	Mampazhakkalam	Nirmala	Malayalam
	Vamanapuram Bus Route	Meenakshi	Malayalam
	Symphony	Sindhu	Malayalam
2005	Vishnu Sena	Chitra	Kannada
2005	Boy Friennd	Nandini	Malayalam
2006	Kanaka Simhasanam	Seethalakshmi	Malayalam
	Smart City	Sarada	Malayalam
	Keerthi Chakra	Sreekutty Mahadevan	Malayalam
2007	Paradesi	Khadeeja	Malayalam
	Paranju Theeratha Visheshangal	Vijayalakshmi	Malayalam
	Thaniye	Home nurse	Malayalam
2008	Bheemaa	Padma	Tamil
	Bhagavan	Priya	Malayalam
	Pakal Nakshatrangal	Padma	Malayalam
2009	Bhramaram	Latha	Malayalam
	Ividam Swargamanu	Maria	Malayalam
	Black Dahliya	Dancer	Malayalam
	Nam Yajamanru	Urmila	Kannada
2010	Thathwamasi	Sreedevi	Malayalam
	Thoovalkattu	Devu	Malayalam
	Aptharakshaka	Saraswathi	Kannada
	Alexander the Great		Malayalam
	Sahasram	Dr.Vrinda	Malayalam
	Shikkar	Rukmini	Malayalam
2011	Arabiyum Ottakavum P. Madhavan Nayarum in Oru Marubhoomikkatha	Khadeeja	Malayalam
	Christian Brothers	Jessy	Malayalam
	Kamal Perak	Stella	Malayalam
	Veeraputhran	Sharada Balakrishnan	Malayalam
2012	Naughty Professor	Karthika Viswambaran	Malayalam
	916		Malayalam
	Little Masters	Rajalakshmi	Malayalam
2013	Oru Yathrayil	Meenakshi	Malayalam	Segment : I Love Appa
	Yathra Thudarunnu	--	Malayalam
	Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty	Herself	Malayalam
	Ginger	Molykutty	Malayalam
	Oru Indian Pranayakatha	Dr.Thulasi	Malayalam
2014	Swapaanam	Kalyani	Malayalam
2014	Mathai Kuzhappakkaranalla	Geetha	Malayalam
2015	Ammakkoru Tharattu	Keerthana	Malayalam
	Vidaaya	Meera	Kannada
	Karbonn	--	Hindi
2017	Allama	Allama Prabhu's mother	Kannada
	Kambhoji	Uma Antharjanam	Malayalam
	Aruvi	Shobha Parthasarathy	Tamil
2018	Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava	Aravinda's Mother	Telugu
2019	Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy	Seethamma	Telugu
	Jack & Daniel	Irine Jerald	Malayalam
	Thakkol		Malayalam
2022	Salute	Dr.Radhika Nambiar	Malayalam
	Anantham	Saroja	Tamil	web series
	Raymo		Kannada
2023	Rajni	Dr. Fasli	Malayalam/Tamil	^[12]

Television[edit]

Year	Program	Role	Language	Channel	Notes
2006-2007	Lakshmi	Nethra	Tamil	Sun TV	TV Serial
2006	Swamy Ayyappan	Mohini	Malayalam	Asianet	TV Serial
2008	Vodafone Thaka Dhimi	Judge	Malayalam	Asianet	Reality show
2011	Sarigama	Participant	Malayalam	Asianet	Game show
2011	Golden Couple	Anchor	Malayalam	Jeevan TV	Game show
2011	Varnam	Dancer	Malayalam	ACV
2013	Khayal	Dancer	Malayalam	MediaOne
2014	Sree Venkateshwara Kalyana	Sridevi	Telugu	E TV	TV serial
2016	D 4 Dance Reloaded	Dancer	Malayalam	Mazhavil Manorama	Reality show
2017	Suvarnam Hariharam	Dancer	Malayalam	Mazhavil Manorama
2018	Sthree Sakthi	Arakkal Beevi	Malayalam	Asianet News
2018	Amma Mazhavillu	Dancer	Malayalam	Mazhavil Manorama
2021–2022	Comedy Stars Season 3	Judge	Malayalam	Asianet	Reality show
2022	Red Carpet	Mentor	Malayalam	Amrita TV
2022	Kaiyethum Doorath	Herself as Cameo Appearance	Malayalam	Zee Keralam	TV serial
2022	Flowers Oru Kodi	Participant	Malayalam	Flowers TV
2023	Star Magic	Mentor	Malayalam	Flowers TV
2023	Manimuthu	Herself as Cameo Appearance	Malayalam	Mazhavil Manorama	TV serial

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

Albums[edit]

Ormmayundo

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Metro Plus Bangalore : Framed!!". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 5 July 2008. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
^ "Malayalam Actresses Who Played Mothers On Screen, Before Experiencing Motherhood In Real Life". The Times of India. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
^ Vipin, Manu (4 December 2014). "There has always been great chemistry between Jayaram and me: Lakshmi Gopalaswamy". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
^ "Friday Review Thiruvananthapuram / TV Serials : The grand finale". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 13 June 2008. Archived from the original on 17 June 2008. Retrieved 26 February 2009.
^ "CINIDIARY - A Complete Online Malayalam Cinema News Portal". Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
^ Srikant, Maithri (1 December 2011). "My dance is visual music". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
^ "Stepping into a new phase". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 14 December 2007. Archived from the original on 6 November 2008. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
^ "Making a foray into Bollywood". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 2 February 2008. Archived from the original on 22 September 2008. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
^ "Malayalam Cinema News : 'Ore Kadal', 'Thaniye' share critics award for best film". bharatwaves.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
^ "Vishnuvardhan scores with Aptharakshaka". Rediff. 19 February 2010. Archived from the original on 15 March 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
^ "Aptharakshaka review". bollywoodbilli.com. 19 February 2010. Archived from the original on 22 March 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
^ "Kalidas Jayaram-starrer Bilingual Film Rajni To Release Soon". News18. 20 October 2023.

External links[edit]

Lakshmi Gopalaswamy at IMDb

[framedarticle-1] "Metro Plus Bangalore : Framed!!". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 5 July 2008. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2013.

[2] "Malayalam Actresses Who Played Mothers On Screen, Before Experiencing Motherhood In Real Life". The Times of India. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.

[3] Vipin, Manu (4 December 2014). "There has always been great chemistry between Jayaram and me: Lakshmi Gopalaswamy". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 June 2021.

[4] "Friday Review Thiruvananthapuram / TV Serials : The grand finale". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 13 June 2008. Archived from the original on 17 June 2008. Retrieved 26 February 2009.

[5] "CINIDIARY - A Complete Online Malayalam Cinema News Portal". Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.

[6] Srikant, Maithri (1 December 2011). "My dance is visual music". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2013.

[7] "Stepping into a new phase". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 14 December 2007. Archived from the original on 6 November 2008. Retrieved 21 November 2009.

[8] "Making a foray into Bollywood". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 2 February 2008. Archived from the original on 22 September 2008. Retrieved 21 November 2009.

[9] "Malayalam Cinema News : 'Ore Kadal', 'Thaniye' share critics award for best film". bharatwaves.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2009.

[10] "Vishnuvardhan scores with Aptharakshaka". Rediff. 19 February 2010. Archived from the original on 15 March 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2010.

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

[12] "Kalidas Jayaram-starrer Bilingual Film Rajni To Release Soon". News18. 20 October 2023.

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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)