Lakshmi Chandrashekar | |
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| Born | Lakshmi Karnataka, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Postgraduate in English (University of Mysore) and Postgraduate in English (University of Leeds, UK) |
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Lakshmi Chandrashekar is an Indian actress in the Kannada film industry, and a theatre artist in Karnataka, India. Some of the notable films of Lakshmi Chandrashekar as an actress include Atithi (2002), Avasthe (1987), S. P. Sangliyana Part 2 (1990). [1]
| Year | Award | Work | Credits | Category | Result | Ref |
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| 2014 | Karnataka Nataka Academy's Awards | Drama and theatre roles | Actress | Honorary | Won | [2] [3] |
| 2002 | Aryabhata Awards | Grihabhanga (Television series) | Actress | Best Actress | Won | |
Lakshmi Chandrashekar has been part of more than 10 films and 35 drama plays in Kannada and English, with drama 'Singarevva mattu Aramane' playing in national and international drama festivals and in universities and conferences on women's issues. She was part of Kannada television series 'Mayamruga' , 'Manthana' etc.
"In place of oil, she uses honey and applies it to the baby and in place of honey, she uses oil and mixes it with tea"
| Drama play | Role | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| *Singarevva mattu Aramane | Singarevva | [5] [6] [7] [8] |
| *Kittalemane Kaveri (Meaning: Orange Villa's Kaveri; A monodrama, of the adaptation of novel Emily of Emerald Hill by Stella Kon | Kaveri | [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] |
| *Gundaayana (Meaning: Gunda's story; A monologue comedy, based on Na Kasthuri's "Chakradrushti" meaning 360° vision) | Multirole | [15] [16] [17] [18] |
| *Eddelu and Medea | Medea | [19] [20] |
| *Heegadre Hege? (Meaning: What if it happens like this?; A comedy, based on articles of T. Sunandamma) | Sarasamma | [21] [22] [23] |
| *Aadaddella Olithe…? (Meaning: Whatever happened is for good?; A comedy, based on articles of T. Sunandamma) | Bhageerathi | [24] |
| *Ratnan Parpancha (Meaning: Ratna's world; Based on collective work of Rajarathnam) | Multirole | [25] [26] [27] |
| *Hennallave! (Meaning: Reason 'cause she's a woman) | Multirole | [28] [29] [30] [31] |
| *Dustin Bayi Based on a short story by Gopalakrishna Aithal | Dustinbai | [32] |
| *Sahebara Sarkeetu (Meaning: Officer's circuit; Based on M.R.Srinivasa Murthy's novel Rangannana Kanasina Dinagalu) | Multirole | [33] [34] [35] |
| *The Lady minus Macbeth Based on Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth | Macbeth | [36] |
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