
Sumalatha
Actor · b. 1963 · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Sumalatha (born August 27, 1963), also known as Sumalatha Ambareesh, is an Indian actress and politician who works predominantly in Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada cinema, alongside appearances in Tamil and Hindi films. She made her acting debut in the Tamil feature *Thisai Maariya Paravaigal* (1979) and entered Telugu cinema that same year with *Samajaniki Saval*. During the 1980s, Sumalatha established a prolific career across South Indian film industries. In Telugu cinema, she starred in *Subhalekha* (1982), *Khaidi* (1983), and won the Nandi Special Jury Award for *Sruthilayalu* (1987). In Malayalam cinema, her notable credits included *Nirakkoottu* (1985), *New Delhi* (1987), the romantic drama *Thoovanathumbikal* (1987), and *Isabella* (1988), the latter of which earned her the Kerala Film Critics Award for Best Actress. In Kannada cinema, she made her debut with *Ravichandra* (1980), followed by films such as *Thayiya Kanasu* (1985), *Aahuti* (1985), and *Karna* (1986). She also appeared in Hindi productions, including *New Delhi* (1988), *Pratibandh* (1990), and *Aaj Ka Goonda Raj* (1992). In her later career, Sumalatha transitioned to supporting and maternal roles, appearing in the bilingual devotional feature *Sri Manjunatha* (2001), *Kallarali Hoovagi* (2006), *Kandahar* (2010), *Doddmane Hudga* (2016), *Thayige Thakka Maga* (2018), *D/O Parvathamma* (2019), and *Kranti* (2023).
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MovieDramaa righteous judge whose life is shattered when his criminal son-in-law murders his daughter. Trapped by legal loopholes, the judge acquits the killer before executing him in vigilante revenge, ultimately delivering his own death sentence in an empty courtroom.
MovieRomanceComedyWhile on a train journey, Kiran, an engineer, meets Bhuvana and falls in love with her. Bhuavana's family agrees to their marriage, but mistaken identities lead to the cancellation of the wedding.
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Two crooks, Raja and Babu, who get released from jail, decide to help an innocent prisoner, who is falsely accused in a murder. In the process, both discover secrets about their childhood.
Movie6.3ActionComedyEnroute Madras via train, when three friends get falsely accused of a mysterious homicide, they escape and desperately search for the real killer.
Movie7.2DramaRomanceJayakrishnan falls in love with two girls, Radha (a villager) and Clara (a sex-worker), and fights his confusion about whom he should marry and spend his life with.
Movie9.0DramaMahesh is a honest and diligent young man, who has no knowledge of his background as he was raised in an orphanage. One day he meets Reshma, who is also an orphan, and both fall in love and get married. They live a harmonious life, and soon are proud parents of a healthy young boy who they name Lucky, who ends up causing them alot of trouble.
Movie7.5Swarg Yahan Narak Yahan is the story of a dignified father (Mithun) and his conflict with his Brat son (Mithun in a double role). Sumalatha and Shilpa Shirodkar play the leading ladies for the father and the son respectively. The film resembles Ramesh Sippy's Shakti.
Swarg Yahan Narak Yahan
1991 · 2 votes
Movie5.1In the arid region of Rajasthan, India; there are two royal families, Mirtagarth and Surjangarh who believes in a religious ritual which states that a warrior from each of these two families will come together annually to have a fierce battle with the winner having to sacrifice a baby buffalo and it will rain in that person's territory. This tradition must be fated to carry on by the future generation as it is a rule of nature set down by their kin.
Movie7.4DramaRomanceWhile on a holiday, Raja meets and falls in love with Rani but breaks off the relationship due to family compulsions. Later, when he has all but given up hope of seeing her again, he gets a surprise.
Movie4.0ActionDramaBoss is a 2006 Telugu film directed by V. N. Aditya. It stars Akkineni Nagarjuna, Nayantara, Poonam Bajwa, and Shriya Saran. The film's score and soundtrack is composed by Kalyani Malik and Harry Anand. Cinematography for the movie is handled by Siva Kumar while editing is being handled by Marthand K. Venkatesh. The film was released on September 27, 2006. The film is dubbed into Malayalam as Boss: I Love You and into Hindi as Yeh Kaisa Karz with Gopala Krishna changed to Gaurav Khanna.
Movie6.5ThrillerA journalist is illegally jailed for exposing two corrupt politicians, He exacts revenge through his new mysterious newspaper.
- Movie9.0Drama
Purappadu deals with social issues between Muslims and Hindus in a village who are forced to relocate when a flood destroys their village.
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Indu and Vasanth are college mates who are madly in love until they split due to a misunderstanding. Unable to bear the separation, Vasanth resorts to black magic to woo Indu back.
Movie7.0ComedyDramaSujatha, a lecturer, stands up against the dowry system when a rich man comes to her house with a marriage proposal. But she doesn't have the support of her family and her actions have serious consequences.
Movie10.0ActionDramaA young woman is married against her will. After she delivers a baby, the child grows up to become a fine girl, who fights to ensure that her mother gets justice for everything she went through.
Aahuthi
1985 · 1 votes
Movie7.8ActionDramaAfter his wife's death, Madhu lives in a drunken stupor until Raja, a child with hearing and speech impairment, enters his life. But Raja's parents' murderers are searching for him to hide the truth.
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After Sujatha interviews a death row inmate, Ravi, who is also her sister's killer, she writes an article on it. However, she realises later that the truth is a different story altogether.
Movie5.8CrimeThrillerAdvocate Rajashekaran's life turns upside-down when he receives a package of some old pictures of him getting intimate with a dancer. Worried about his reputation, he tries to find the blackmailer.
Movie4.8ActionThrillerKranti Rayanna, a business tycoon in Europe is invited by his favorite teacher to attend the Centenary celebrations of the school. Kranti begins a revolution and takes the fight on with Salatri Group trying to takeover 12,000 government schools and privatize them.
Movie6.2ThrillerWhen a series of murders of prominent people remain a mystery, Hariharan is assigned to capture the culprit. His investigations lead to a spiritual guru who is highly revered in society.
Movie3.7DramaHistoryAnother mission with Mahadevan and crew, as they deal with international terrorism with a flight being hijacked by hardcore terrorists.
- Movie7.5
Sridevi, the new teacher of a boarding school, has to deal with Sunil, a difficult student and the only son of Menon, a widower.
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TV5.0Talk ShowDocumentaryProminent celebrities in various fields, primarily from Karnataka, are invited to tell the story of their lives. Over steaming cups of coffee, Ramesh Aravind takes the audience on an inside journey with the celebrities through all walks of their lives.