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Shobha is a Actor born on 23 september 1962
Shobha (23 September 1962 – 1 May 1980) was a South Indian film actress. She started her career as a child artist in the Tamil film Thattungal Thirakkappadum. Her first film as a heroine was Utrada Raatri. Shobha's real name was Mahalakshmi. She won the National Film Award for Best Actress for her role in the Tamil film Pasi at the age of 17.
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Shobha
Birth name Mahalakshmi Menon
Birth 23 september 1962
Death 1 may 1980 (at 17 years) at Chennai (Inde)
Awards Filmfare Awards South
Birth 23 september 1962
Death 1 may 1980 (at 17 years) at Chennai (Inde)
Awards Filmfare Awards South
Shobha (23 September 1962 – 1 May 1980) was a South Indian film actress. She started her career as a child artist in the Tamil film Thattungal Thirakkappadum. Her first film as a heroine was Utrada Raatri. Shobha's real name was Mahalakshmi. She won the National Film Award for Best Actress for her role in the Tamil film Pasi at the age of 17.
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Love Thy Neighbor (2006)
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Alexandra Paul, Sudhakar G, Vijayan, Shobha, Ambika, Charlie Day
Rating51%
A la suite d'un cambriolage qui a bouleversé toute la famille, les Benson déménagent dans un quartier résidentiel très sécurisé. Mais à peine installés dans leur nouvelle maison, d'étranges évènements se produisent dans le voisinage, et les Benson commencent à recevoir des menaces.
Theeb (1981)
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Rajinikanth, Aachi Manorama, Suman, Sripriya, Shobha, Sowcar Janaki
Rating66%
The movie tells the story of two brothers, Raja and Ravi, who follow different career paths: Raja is a smuggler and Ravi the policeman who is asked to hunt Raja down. Raja (Rajinikanth) and Ravi (Suman) are the sons of a trade unionist (AVM Rajan), who was defeated and disgraced by the management of his firm using his family as bait.
The Mist (1980)
, 2h11Directed by Balu Mahendra
Genres Thriller
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Pratap K. Pothen, Shobha, N. Viswanathan, Mohan, Bhanu Chander, Ganthimathi
Roles Rekha
Rating68%
Chandru (Pratap K. Pothen), the managing director of an export company in Bangalore, has a hatred for prostitutes since childhood, as he was the victim of a prostitute who ruined his family by taking his father away from his mother. Raghunath (N. Viswanathan) is a police inspector who knows Chandru and his mother. Raghunath's son Ravi (Bhanu Chander) is engaged to Rekha (Shoba).
Shalini Ente Koottukari (1980)
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Shobha, Jalaja, Sukumaran, Venu Nagavally, K. P. Ummer, Sukumari
Roles Shalini
Rating64%
The plot revolves around the life of Shalini(Shobha),a young college girl, who faces emotional isolation in many places of life. Much of the story is revealed through the memories of Ammu(Jalaja), Shalini's intimate friend both in college and in their village. Shalini and her brother Prabha (Venu Nagavally) experience a sort of emotional trauma and loneliness in their home, especially in the presence of their adamant father (K.P Ummer)and their step mother(Sukumari). As Shalini is not satisfied with the barren life of her home, except in her attachment with her brother, she finds solace and comfort in the happiness provided by her college. As a young, smart and beautiful graduate student, she is attracted to many of the males of the campus, especially to Roy (Ravi Menon),one of the smartest boys of the college. But his love is rejected by Shalini, even though she felt a temporary fascination towards him. Later the suicide of her brother makes her life uneasy, as she experiences an emotional isolation. However she overcomes the pain inflicted by the death. She returns to college with an aim to turn over a new leaf in her life. Here she develops a love affair with one of the newly appointed, young and handsome lecturer Jayadevan(Sukumaran). In the shade of his love Shalini gains confidence and feels aspirations towards life. But this unnatural relationship between a teacher and his student stirs up a little trouble in their college. Both of them ignore this as a wretched part of the social outlook. But their relation doesn't culminate in marriage, because Shalini falls ill with brain tumor. This evaporates her confidence and finally she succumbs, leaving Jayadevan alone in the world and leaving everlasting memories in the mind of Ammu.
Thayiya Madilalli (1980)
, 2h33Actors Ashok, Aarathi, Udaykumar, T. N. Balakrishna, Shankar Naag, Musuri Krishnamurthy
Directed by Uttam Kumar
Actors Shobha, Vijayan, Suruli Rajan
Thyagarajan(Vijayan) and Kamala(Shoba) aer in love and are separated due to unforeseen events in their lives. Kamala has moved to New Delhi and is married off to a philandering husband who has no affection for her.
Pasi (1979)
Directed by Durai
Genres Drama
Actors Shobha, Delhi Ganesh, Vijayan, Senthil, Kamal Haasan, Jayabharathi
Roles Kuppamma
Rating75%
Manian, a cycle-rickshaw puller, is a road-side dweller along with his wife Valliamma and their seven children – two daughters and five sons. Despite being the sole breadwinner of his family, Manian spends the majority of his meager earnings on liquor. His wife struggles to make ends meet with the remaining amount. Her friend Rakkamma, a street food vendor, lends financial support to Valliamma's family.
Ulkadal (1979)
Directed by K. G. George
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Venu Nagavally, Shobha, Ratheesh, Jalaja, Jagathy Sreekumar, Sankaradi
Roles Reena
Rating62%
The film's protagonist is Rahulan who loves three different women in different stages of his life. After his childhood love Thulasi commits suicide, Rahulan falls in love with his friend's sister Reena. She hails from an orthodox Christian family and Rahulan never has the courage to approach her father for a marriage proposal. After completing college, Rahulan gets a teacher job. He eventually falls in love with Meera, a rich student of his. Meera's family fixes her marriage with Rahulan. One night, Reena visits Rahulan in his house and at the same time Meera and her father also come and is shocked to see another woman with Rahulan. In the climax, Rahulan accepts Reena into his life. On the parallel, another romance story is also told, between Davis (Rahulan's friend and Reena's brother), and a nun.
Azhiyatha Kolangal (1979)
, 1h40Directed by Balu Mahendra
Genres Drama
Actors Pratap K. Pothen, Shobha, Kamal Haasan
Roles Indumathi
Rating69%
Gowrishankar, a managing director of a company in Madras (presently called Chennai), receives a letter from his childhood friend Pattabi. The story goes into a flashback mode where he along with Pattabi and another friend Raghupathi live in a small village. The three friends who are in their teens, get attracted to Indumathi, a school teacher who comes to their village, and try to impress her. The film ends with a tragic note where Raghupathi gets drowned in a river, eventually leading to his death.
Aniyatha Valakkal (1979)
Directed by Balachandra Menon
Actors Sukumaran, M. G. Soman, Venu Nagavally, Sankaradi, Jagathy Sreekumar, Ambika
Aparichita (1978)
Directed by Kashinath
Genres Thriller
Actors Suresh Heblikar, Shobha, M. V. Vasudeva Rao, Mohan
Roles Kusuma
Rating65%