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Manorama is a Actor Indian born on 16 august 1926
Manorama (16 August 1926 – 15 February 2008) was a Bollywood character actress known best for her role as the comical tyrant aunt in Seeta Aur Geeta (1972) and film like Ek Phool Do Maali (1969) and Do Kaliyaan (1968). She started her career as a child artiste in 1926 in Lahore, under the name Baby Iris. Thereafter she made her debut as in adult actress in 1941 to her final role in Water in 2005, her career extending over 60 years. Through her career she acted in over 160 films. After playing heroine roles in the early 40s she settled into playing villainous or comic roles. She played comic roles in superhit films such as Half Ticket appearing alongside Kishore Kumar and the legendary Madhubala. Among many, her memorable performances are in Dus Lakh, Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje, Mujhe Jeene Do, Mehboob ki Menhdi, Caravan, Bombay to Goa,Lawaris etc.
She switched to TV serials & shifted to Delhi for five years where she worked in series Dustak which also featured Shahrukh Khan. She shot for Mahesh Bhatt's Junoon (1992) too but her role was snipped at the editing table. Around 2001, she worked with Balaji Telefilms for their serials Kashti and Kundali. She also played Hiten Tejwani's grandmother's role in the serial "Kutumb"
Her last movie was Deepa Mehta's Water (2005) where she mesmerised Hollywood critics with her performance. According to her, she was the first and final choice to play Madhumati the film. The production of the film was stopped in Varanasi, five years when it started again, the entire cast was changed except her.
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Birth name Erin Isaac Daniel
Nationality Inde
Birth 16 august 1926
Death 15 february 2008 (at 81 years) at Mumbai (Inde)
Nationality Inde
Birth 16 august 1926
Death 15 february 2008 (at 81 years) at Mumbai (Inde)
Biography
She acted in films since 1941 under her name Manorama. Her real name was Erin Issac Daniels. She was half-Irish, with an Irish mother and an Indian Christian father, who was a professor in an engineering college. A trained classical singer and dancer, she used to do stage shows for Red Cross in 40's in Lahore. At the age of nine, she was spotted by Roop K. Shorey in a school concert in Lahore. She started off as a child artist in Khazanchi (1941) under screen name Manorama (given by Shoery) and grew into very successful and highly paid actress of Lahore. After partition she shifted to Mumbai. Actor Chandramohan recommended her to producers. Although she gave superhit Punjabi film Lachchi, she was relegated to play Dilip Kumar's sister in Ghar ki Izzat (1948). After her marriage to actor Rajan Haksar, she was slotted into character roles and then to villainous or comedienne roles. After several years of marriage she got divorced. Her last Hindi movie was Akbar Khan's Haadsa(1983).She switched to TV serials & shifted to Delhi for five years where she worked in series Dustak which also featured Shahrukh Khan. She shot for Mahesh Bhatt's Junoon (1992) too but her role was snipped at the editing table. Around 2001, she worked with Balaji Telefilms for their serials Kashti and Kundali. She also played Hiten Tejwani's grandmother's role in the serial "Kutumb"
Her last movie was Deepa Mehta's Water (2005) where she mesmerised Hollywood critics with her performance. According to her, she was the first and final choice to play Madhumati the film. The production of the film was stopped in Varanasi, five years when it started again, the entire cast was changed except her.
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Guna 369 (2019)
, 2h35Genres Action, Romance
Actors M. G. Ramachandran, Aachi Manorama, K. R. Vijaya, Muppalaneni Shiva, Nagesh, Manorama
Rating64%
Somewhere in the Tamil country, in one of its vast green campaigns... Muthaiya (MGR), a young agronomist and a farmer, full of ingenuity, a high integrity, a worker and a pride of his parents, the rich big landowner, The Pannaiyar Duraiswamy (Major Sundarrajan) and of his wife, devoted Sivagami (S. N. Lakshmi), revolutionize the exploitation of his father, by applying new methods of sowings.
Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam (2010)
, 2h20Directed by Chimbu Deven
Genres Comedy, Western
Actors Raghava Lawrence, Padmapriya, Raai Laxmi, Kaadhal Sandhya, Nassar, Sai Kumar
Roles Keluthi Amma
Rating57%
The town of Jayshankarapuram, home of Tamil-speaking cowboys, is ruled by a one-eyed tyrant Kelakku Kattai (Nasser) (literally "Eastwood"), who rules over other villages as well, and is always surrounded by his assistants, a cowgirl named Pakki (Lakshmi Rai) and an outlaw named Ulakkai (Sai Kumar). In order to free their town from Kattai's rule, four men (played by Mouli, Ilavarasu, Ramesh Khanna and Vaiyapuri) travel to a neighboring town Sholaypuram to seek out a savior.
Arundhati (2009)
Genres Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about religion, Ghost films
Actors Anushka Shetty, Sonu Sood, Aachi Manorama, Arjan Bajwa, Sayaji Shinde, Manorama
Roles Chandramma
Rating72%
Arundhati (Anushka Shetty) is the great-granddaughter of the Raja of Gadwal, Mahasamsthan. Arrangements are being made for her marriage. Arundhati is the first female to be born since her great great grandmother and is especially revered in the family. Her grandfather, the head of the family, talks to her with respect as if she were older than him. She receives a misleading phone call in her fiance Rahul's (Arjan Bajwa) voice asking her to come to the fort of Gadwal, where she faces a horrible revelation. Learning the story from an aged servant maid, Chandramma (Manorama), Arundhati comes to know that she is a look alike of her great-grandmother Arundhati/Jejjamma.
Seetha Kalyanam (2009)
Directed by T. K. Rajeev Kumar
Genres Romance
Actors Jayaram, Bheeman Reghu, Jyothika, Geetu Mohandas, Siddique, Bindu Panicker
Roles Sreeni's mother
Rating43%
Sreeni (Jayaram), a simpleton has a high paying job in Bangalore. His mother, who is traditional to the core, is looking for the perfect match for him. Sreeni is a butt of the joke among his female colleagues and they tease him by pretending to flirt with him. The leader among them is Nimisha (Jyothika). Their relationship is purely platonic. Meanwhile, his mother succeeds in finding a traditional girl in Abhirami (Geethu Mohandas); brought up in an Aghraharam.
Krishnarjuna (2008)
, 2h34Directed by P. Vasu
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Akkineni Nagarjuna, Mamta Mohandas, Manchu Vishnu, Mohan Babu, Nassar, Hanumantha Rao
Rating41%
A mentally unstable pregnant woman runs inside a temple and closes the door. She gives birth to a boy at the feet of Lord Krishna’s idol and breathes her last. The doors of the temple are closed, as people believe that the birth of such a woman's child in 'garbhagudi' is a bad omen. The boy, named Arjun (Manchu Vishnu), grows up under the guardianship of his grandmother (Manorama). He goes to work as a bodyguard to Satya (Mamta Mohandas), the sister of landlord Pedababu (Nassar). Arjun and his grandmother live in the outhouse of Pedababu’s bungalow. Arjun is ill-treated by everyone. When an astrologer says that Satya’s first husband will be killed and she will live happily with her second husband, Pedababu plans to get Satya married to Arjun first. Then, he conspires to kill him and get Satya married to a rich man. However, Lord Krishna (Nagarjuna Akkineni) comes to Arjun's assistance. Arjun gains some powers from his companionship with the Lord and overcomes the evils that threaten his peace and family life. He also succeeds in reopening the doors of the temple. Arjun then dies by jumping off a tall building because of his faith in Lord Krishna who revives him a minute after his death. The film ends on a happy note.
Uliyin Osai (2008)
Actors Vineeth, Keerthi Chawla, Akshaya akshaya, Akshaya, Sarath Babu, Manorama
Roles Azhagi
The story is set in 1005 AD.
Aalwar (2007)
, 2h42Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Ajith Kumar, Asin Thottumkal, Keerthi Chawla, Aachi Manorama, Vivek, Lal
Rating29%
Aalwar is a traditional priest. He is devoted to his mother and sister. But the villainous elements Lal, Vincent Asokan, kill the sister and mother. Aalwar, with revenge ringing in his mind, ends up as Shiva the killer, even while working as a ward boy in a hospital. Shiva is out to make a statement against the venal forces. He sees himself as some kind of avatar — in fact, he bumps off the baddies under the get-up's of Lord Rama and Lord Krishna. In climax, Shiva turns up as Lord Narasimha and bumps off the last villain by placing him on his thighs and ripping apart his bowels and chest with his sharp claws.
Pasa Kiligal (2006)
Actors Prabhu, Murali, Navya Nair (Dhanya Veena), Malavika, Vadivelu, Aachi Manorama
Rating51%
Sethupathy (Prabhu) and his young brother Sevathayya (Murali) are fond of their only sister Maragadham (Navya Nair) living in Melur village.
Seethakoka Chiluka (2006)
Genres Romance
Actors Navdeep, Sheela, Manorama, Vijayakumar, Vijayakumar, Suhasini Maniratnam
Cheenu (Navdeep) and Lakshmi (Sheela) study in the same school and fall in love. Her brother-in-law Prithviraj lusts after her and even tries to rape her in front of Cheenu. Somehow the lovers escape and seek protection from Collector Suhasini. She advices them to finish their studies before thinking about the marriage. Accordingly, Cheenu starts to study under the protection of police....
Aadum Koothu (2005)
, 1h46Directed by T. V. Chandran
Genres Drama
Actors Navya Nair (Dhanya Veena), Cheran, Prakash Raj, Aachi Manorama, Seeman, Manorama
Roles the Dalit woman
Rating20%
The film unfolds from the life of college student Manimekhala (Navya Nair), a village girl who can see what others don't. A serious reader of modern literature, from a southern district of Tamil Nadu, Manimekhala sees visions, that no one believe. Later incidents prove, that what she said become true. She creates scenes, whenever she has these illusions. Interestingly, the illusions are like a movie projected on an imaginary screen from her bangle presented by her fiancé Muthu (Akil Kumar). The bangle isactually made from molten celluloid. This projected movie roughly reveals thestory of a couple of street performers (Cheran and Navya Nair) in love and tortured by a lustful Zamindar (Prakash Raj) who tonsures the girl's head.
Water (2005)
, 1h57Directed by Deepa Mehta
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray, John Abraham, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Waheeda Rehman, Vinay Pathak
Roles Madhumati
Rating76%
The film is set in the year 1938, when India was still under British occupation. Child marriage was common practice back then. Widows had a diminished position in society, and were expected to spend their lives in poverty and worship of God. Widow remarriages were legalised by the colonial laws, but in practice, they were largely considered taboo.
7G Rainbow Colony (2004)
, 3h5Directed by Selvaraghavan
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Ravi Krishna, Sonia Agarwal, Suman Setty, Vijayan, Chandra Mohan, Aachi Manorama
Rating78%
Kadhir (Ravi Krishna) belongs to a lower middle class family, living with his parents and younger sister in Rainbow Colony. He is perceived as a good for nothing person as he skips classes, fails in exams, and gets involved in fights. Kadhir believes that his father hates him and often quarrels with him, even threatening to leave the house, only to be persuaded not to do so by his mother.
Azhagesan (2004)
, 2h10Actors Sathyaraj, Prema, Manoj K. Jayan, Delhi Ganesh, Vinu Chakravarthy, Manorama
Roles Nandini's grandmother
Rating44%
Azhagesan (Sathyaraj), loves his cousin Nandini (Prema), a college student. Neelakandan (Pithamagan Mahadevan), the village landlord, has a son Sekhar (Manoj K. Jayan) who is a womaniser.
Perazhagan (2004)
, 2h28Genres Thriller, Comedy
Themes Films about disabilities
Actors Suriya, Jyothika, Aachi Manorama, Vivek, Thalaivaasal Vijay, Manorama
Roles Pattamma
Rating63%
The story revolves around Chinna (Surya Sivakumar), a village youth who receives sympathy because he is a hunchback and is lauded for selfless service to others. He covers up his handicap with humor. Unmindful of his looks, Chinna goes around looking for a suitable bride with the help of his friend (Vivek). Brushing aside many an insult hurled at him, he carries on.
Neranja Manasu (2004)
Directed by Samuthirakani
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Aachi Manorama, Sampath Raj, Ilavarasu, Mahima Chaudhry, Vinu Chakravarthy, Manorama
Rating35%