Connection
M. R. Santhanalakshmi is a Actor Indian born on 1905
M. R. Santhanalakshmi (1905–1957) was a Tamil film actress who played lead roles in movies of the 1930s and 1940s.
Source : Wikidata
M. R. Santhanalakshmi
- Infos
- Photos
- Best films
- Family
- Characters
- Awards
Usually with
Filmography of M. R. Santhanalakshmi (14 films)
Actress
Add to a movie list
Pudhaiyal (1957)
Genres Drama
Actors Sivaji Ganesan, Padmini Ramachandran, S. Balaiah, J. P. Chandrababu, M. V. Rajamma, M. N. Rajam
Pudhayal was about imaginary gold buried on a beach, which Vellaiambalam (Balaiah) covets. Padmini and Sivaji meet and talk about how her father (M.K. Radha) in Sri Lanka was implicated in her mother’s murder and imprisoned.
Andhaman Kaidhi (1952)
, 3h10Genres Drama
Actors M. G. Ramachandran, Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair, K. Sarangapani, S. Balaiah, M. N. Nambiar, Padmini Ramachandran
In the opening sequence, jailed former labor leader Nataraj (M. G. Ramachandran) is telling his cellmates about the suffering his family endured as a result of uncle Ponnambalam (K. Sarangapani) betraying his fellow Indians in order to help the British. Nataraj tells of how Ponnambalam murdered his father, swindled his mother of her meager savings and forced her sister Leela (P. K. Saraswathi) into marriage. Nataraj hunts down and kills his uncle, which lands him in jail to tell his story.
Abhimanyu (1948)
, 3hActors M. G. Ramachandran, M. N. Nambiar, M. G. Chakrapani, M. R. Santhanalakshmi, U. R. Jeevarathinam
The film tells the story of the Pandava prince Abhimanyu.
Kannika (1947)
Actors M. R. Santhanalakshmi, 'Kalaivanar' N. S. Krishnan
The movie is about a demon whose life is imprisoned inside a pigeon. A young man destroys the demon inside the pigeon and marries the demon's daughter.
Jagathalaprathapan (1944)
, 2h56Actors Pudukkottai Ulaganathan Pillai Chinnappa, M. R. Santhanalakshmi, U. R. Jeevarathinam, S. Varalakshmi, S. Balaiah, 'Kalaivanar' N. S. Krishnan
Roles Jagathalaprathapan's mother
Jagathalaprathapan was based on the fantasy story of a prince who is to be punished from his kingdom for expressing his desire for four celestial maidens, Indrani, Nagakumari, Agnikumari and Varunakumari. The prince, however, escapes punishment and roams in disguise in the company of a friend when he meets a damsel who is Indirakumari in disguise. He marries her and settles down in a kingdom whose king falls in love with his wife and sends the prince away to Nagaloka in order to covet her. The prince, however, succeeds in finding Nagakumari in Nagaloka, Agnikumari in Agniloka and Varunakumari in Varunaloka and succeeds in winning them as wives.
Dhaasippen (1943)
, 2h30Directed by Ellis Roderick Dungan
Genres Historical
Actors M. G. Ramachandran, 'Kalaivanar' N. S. Krishnan, R. Balasaraswathi Devi, M. R. Santhanalakshmi
The young devadasi (Balasaraswathi of the ‘Malligai poomalai rojaa' fame) is forced by her family to yield to the lustful zamindar (Das) but she refuses for, she is devoted to Lord Shiva (MGR). She wishes to marry her lover (Mahalingam), but there are a lot of hurdles. The zamindar attempts to kidnap the woman to make her his mistress. But his attempts fail thanks to the intervention of Shiva and his consort Parvathi (Santhanalakshmi). Devadasi is tired of life, Answering her prayers, Shiva transforms her into a ‘Thumbhai' plant. Even today, its flowers are offered to Lord Shiva during worship in many places. Hence, the film also had the title Thumbhai Mahatmyam.
Tamizhariyum Perumal (1942)
Actors M. G. Ramachandran, M. R. Santhanalakshmi, T. S. Durairaj, M. G. Chakrapani
This script must be run from the command line
Aryamala (1941)
Genres Drama
Actors Pudukkottai Ulaganathan Pillai Chinnappa, M. R. Santhanalakshmi, S. Balaiah, 'Kalaivanar' N. S. Krishnan
This script must be run from the command line
Sathi Murali (1940)
Actors M. R. Santhanalakshmi, S. Varalakshmi, K. V. Mahadevan
Roles Murali.
The movie was based on the story of a low-caste boy named Seenu who falls in love with a high-caste woman named Murali. After facing a lot of hardships, their love finally succeeds.
Prahalada (1939)
Genres Drama
Actors M. R. Santhanalakshmi, M. G. Ramachandran, 'Kalaivanar' N. S. Krishnan
The story is from a short episode in the Vishnu Purana, a holy text of Vaishnavites, that narrates the story of Prahlada, an ardent devotee of Lord Vishnu much against the wish of his father Hiranyakashipu, a demon. All of Hiranyakashipu's attempts to change his son's attitude are in vain. Finally, when he decides to kill his son, Lord Vishnu comes to the rescue of the son, in the form of Narasimha (a man-lion form), and kills the king.
Ambikapathy (1937)
, 3h30Directed by Ellis Roderick Dungan
Actors M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, M. R. Santhanalakshmi, S. Balaiah, 'Kalaivanar' N. S. Krishnan
Rating65%
The film is based on a story set in the Chola Empire in year 1083 AD. The titular character in the story is Ambikapathy (M K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar), the son of the Tamil poet Kambar (Serugulathur Sama) who is in love with the Chola princess and daughter of Kulothunga Chola, Amaravati (played by M. R. Santhanalakshmi). The king objects to their love and insists on testing Ambikapathy's literary mettle before judging his worth. The test given to Ambikapathi is that he should write and sing a hundred poems in the field of Puram (dealing with war and politics). The poems should not have any reference to the field of Aram (dealing of love and romance). Ambikapathi begins the test in the King's court with a Kadavul Vaazhthu(invocation to God). Amaravathi who is keeping the count, mistakes the invocation as a poem and counts it as poem number one. When he has sung only ninety nine Puram poems, she thinks he has completed the task and signals him that hundred poems have been sung. Declaring victory, Ambikapathy sings of his love for her and thus fails the test. He is executed by the king.
Chandrahasan (1936)
Actors M. R. Santhanalakshmi
The plot of the movie revolves around a boy Chandrahasan who is destined to become the king of a country. Aware of Chandrahasan's destiny, a minister (played by P. B. Rangachari) tries to kill him but is unsuccessful. Chandrahasan eventually become king and the minister is punished. C. S. Saradambal plays his love interest while M. R. Santhanalakshmi plays a princess, both of whom he marries.
Kalidas (1931)
Directed by H M Reddy
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical
Themes Films about writers, Films about music and musicians, Films based on mythology, Films about religion, Musical films
Actors L. V. Prasad, M. R. Santhanalakshmi
Rating56%
Vidhyadhari is the daughter of Vijayavarman, the king of Thejavathi. His minister wants the princess to marry his son but she refuses. Annoyed, the minister sets out to find another potential husband for Vidhyadhari. In the forest, the minister finds an illiterate cowman sitting in a tree and cutting into the branch on which he is sitting. The minister persuades the cowman to come to the palace and has Vidhyadhari marry him. When Vidhyadhari realises she has been cheated and is married to a farmhand, she prays to the goddess Kali for a remedy. Kali appears before her, names her husband "Kalidas" and endows him with phenomenal literary talents.