Manorama (b. 26 May 1943, Pallathur, Tamil Nadu, India), fondly called Aachi, is a Tamil comedy actress who has acted in more than 1000 films, 100 stage performances, and a few television serials. [1]
She started her acting career as a drama artist, which was more popular those days. She slowly migrated from dramas to cinemas just as most actors did those days. During her initial days in the cine field, she concentrated more on comedy. She was given equally challenging roles alongside the well known comedian Nagesh. They made an excellent pair and gave many praiseworthy comedies.
Her role in Thillana Mohanambal was much appreciated and noticed even with the presence of great stalwarts like Sivaji Ganesan and Natiya Peroli (Danseuse) Padmini in the movie. Ever since, she was provided with more scope in varied roles in addition to comedy. She took each responsibility with such an ease which made the Tamil industry recognize her immense talent.
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Thamiraparani (தாமிரபரணி) (2007) is a Tamil film directed by Hari. The film stars Vishal, Bhanu, Prabhu, Nadiya and Nassar. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The film was released in January, 2007. This film is produced by Vijaya Production. The story is centred on Bharani (Vishal). This loud, angry young man, who doesn’t mind letting his fist fly furiously, is totally in awe of his uncle Salt Saravanan (Prabhu). Vishal and his mother (Rohini) live with Saravanan and his mother (Manorama). It is a family that is typical to most Tamil movies. The villagers just venerate this big family. Pitted against them is the other big one ----PVS family (peopled by Nadhiya, Vijayakumar and Nasser). And then there is Banu (Bhanu). Bharani, as cinema rules mandate, loves Banu. In a sense, he has rights to marry Banu as we are told that Sakunthala (Nadhiya) is the estranged wife of Saravanan. The two had parted ways over Saravanan’s extreme fondness for his sister ...
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The story comprises 4 episodes involving Lord Shiva and all 4 have different stories called as leelaigal. Each part teaches conveys a message for life at the end. All stories have Lord Shiva as the main character and his test of patience and devotion of his devotees.
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Manorama was born
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