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{{Short description|Indian actress}}
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| birth_place = [[Karnataka]], India
| alma_mater = [[Postgraduate education|Postgraduate]] in English ([[University of Mysore]]) and<br />Postgraduate in English ([[University of Leeds]], UK)
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| occupation = {{hlist|Film actress|English teacher}}
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'''Lakshmi Chandrashekar''' is an Indian actress in the [[Kannada film industry]], and a [[Theatre of India|theatre]] artist in Karnataka, India. Some of the notable films of Lakshmi Chandrashekar as an actress include ''[[Atithi (2002 film)|Atithi]]'' (2002), ''[[Avasthe]]'' (1987), ''[[S. P. Sangliyana Part 2]]'' (1990).<ref>{{cite web |title=ನಾಟಕ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದು ನನಗಾಗಿ: ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೇ ಚಂದ್ರಶೇಖರ್‌ |url=https://vijaykarnataka.indiatimes.com/lavalavk/weekly-magazine/lakshmi-chandrashekar/articleshow/55629334.cms |website=The Times of India |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120000859/https://vijaykarnataka.indiatimes.com/lavalavk/weekly-magazine/lakshmi-chandrashekar/articleshow/55629334.cms |archivedate=20 January 2018 }}</ref>

==Awards==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Work
! Credits
! Category
! Result
! Ref
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2014
| style="text-align:left;"| Karnataka Nataka Academy's Awards
| style="text-align:left;"| Drama and theatre roles
| style="text-align:left;"| ''Actress''
| style="text-align:left;"| Honorary
| {{won}}
|<ref>{{cite news |title=Lakshmi Chandrashekar among nataka academy award winners |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/lakshmi-chandrashekar-among-nataka-academy-award-winners/article6616705.ece |newspaper=The Hindu |date=20 November 2014 |accessdate=20 November 2014 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110210524/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/lakshmi-chandrashekar-among-nataka-academy-award-winners/article6616705.ece |archivedate=10 November 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Amin Painter, Lakshmi Chandrasekhar receive Nataka Academy Award |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/amin-painter-lakshmi-chandrasekhar-receive-nataka-academy-award/article6755348.ece |publisher=Chiloka.com |date=5 January 2015 |accessdate=5 January 2015 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180609095955/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/amin-painter-lakshmi-chandrasekhar-receive-nataka-academy-award/article6755348.ece |archivedate=9 June 2018 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2002
| style="text-align:left;"| Aryabhata Awards
| style="text-align:left;"| Grihabhanga ''(Television series)''
| style="text-align:left;"| ''Actress''
| style="text-align:left;"| Best Actress
| {{won}}
|
|-
|}

== Career ==
Lakshmi Chandrashekar has been part of more than 10 films and 35 drama plays in [[Kannada]] and English, with drama '' 'Singarevva mattu Aramane' '' playing in national and international [[Arts festival|drama festivals]] and in universities and conferences on [[Feminism|women's issues]]. She was part of Kannada television series '' '[[Mayamruga]]' '','' '[[Manthana]]' '' etc.

== Selected filmography ==
{{colbegin}}
# ''[[Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu]]'' (2016)
# ''[[Tananam Tananam]]'' (2006)
# ''[[Beru (film)|Beru]]'' (2005)
# ''[[Atithi (2002 film)|Atithi]]'' (2002)
# ''[[Mathadana]]'' (2001)
# ''[[Avasthe]]'' (1987)
{{colend}}

== Drama Works ==
{{quote box|align=right|width=246px|quote="In place of oil, she uses honey and applies it to the baby and in place of honey, she uses oil and mixes it with tea" |source=— Lakshmi Chandrashekar, on the [[Tragicomedy|tragiccomedy]] drama ''Eddelu'', speaking with [[Bangalore Mirror]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Chinwag with...Laxmi Chandrashekhar |url=http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/lounge//articleshow/21261925.cms? |website=The Times of India |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310202834/http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/lounge//articleshow/21261925.cms |archivedate=10 March 2018 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>}}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" |Drama play
! scope="col" |Role
! scope="col" |Ref
|-
|'''*'''''Singarevva mattu Aramane''<br /><div style="font-size:85%">(Meaning: Singarevva and the palace; Based on<br />[[Chandrashekhara Kambara]]'s [[Chandrashekhara Kambara#Novels|novel]])</div> || ''Singarevva'' ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Abba! What a habba |url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/12/11/stories/2003121100220100.htm |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180609095955/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/12/11/stories/2003121100220100.htm |archivedate=9 June 2018 |website=[[The Hindu]] |date=11 December 2003 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=One-woman play draws accolades at Bahuroopi |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2005/12/14/stories/2005121404200200.htm |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180609095956/http://www.thehindu.com/2005/12/14/stories/2005121404200200.htm |archivedate=9 June 2018 |website=[[The Hindu]] |date=14 December 2005 }}</ref><br /><ref>{{cite web |title=Singaravva Mattu Aramane Kriyative Theatre's Shodashi Festival |url=http://www.rangashankara.org/home/rangatest/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=32&favm=2014-02-12 |website=rangashankara.org |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308232225/http://www.rangashankara.org/home/rangatest/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=32&favm=2014-02-12 |archivedate=8 March 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=This two-year-old Bangalore startup makes books talk |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report-this-two-year-old-bangalore-startup-makes-books-talk-1768083 |website=Daily News and Analysis |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309001531/http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report-this-two-year-old-bangalore-startup-makes-books-talk-1768083 |archivedate=9 March 2018 }}</ref>
|-
|'''*'''''Kittalemane Kaveri'' <br /><div style="font-size:85%">(Meaning: Orange Villa's Kaveri; A [[monodrama]], of the<br />[[Film adaptation|adaptation]] of novel ''[[Stella Kon#Work|Emily of Emerald Hill]]'' by [[Stella Kon]]</div> || ''Kaveri'' ||<ref>{{cite news |title=Children display their business acumen at Makkala Sante |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/children-display-their-business-acumen-at-makkala-sante/article5224150.ece |website=The Hindu |date=10 October 2013 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012170810/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/children-display-their-business-acumen-at-makkala-sante/article5224150.ece |archivedate=12 October 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=In the city |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/241310/in-city.html |website=Deccan Herald |date=11 April 2012 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308232045/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/241310/in-city.html |archivedate=8 March 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Nataka Kar-Nataka |url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/nataka-kar-nataka/72473 |website=mid-day.com |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308231950/https://www.mid-day.com/articles/nataka-kar-nataka/72473 |archivedate=8 March 2018 }}</ref><br /><ref>{{cite web |title=A clash of cultures |url=http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/articleshow/34080371.cms?prtpage=1 |website=The Times of India |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308233602/http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/articleshow/34080371.cms?prtpage=1 |archivedate=8 March 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kitthale Mane Kaaveri |url=http://www.rangashankara.org/home/rangatest/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=32&favm=2011-01-13 |website=rangashankara.org |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308232458/http://www.rangashankara.org/home/rangatest/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=32&favm=2011-01-13 |archivedate=8 March 2018 }}</ref><br /><ref>{{cite web |title=Dr. Sinduvalli Ananthamurthy Memorial Theatre Fest from 'Morrow |url=http://www.bangalorefirst.in/?tag=professor-h-s-shivaprakash-theatrist-poet-and-director-of-rabindranath-tagore-chair-in-berlin |website=bangalorefirst.in |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309054015/http://www.bangalorefirst.in/?tag=professor-h-s-shivaprakash-theatrist-poet-and-director-of-rabindranath-tagore-chair-in-berlin |archivedate=9 March 2018 }}</ref>
|-
|'''*'''''Gundaayana'' <br /><div style="font-size:85%">(Meaning: Gunda's story; A [[monologue]] comedy, based on<br />[[Narayana Kasturi|Na Kasthuri's]] "Chakradrushti" meaning [[Degree (angle)|360°]] [[Visual perception|vision]])</div> || ''Multirole'' ||<ref>{{cite web |title=A laugh riot |url=http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/lounge/Kriyative-Theatre-Gundaayana-Laxmi-Chandrashekar-Ranga-Shankara/articleshow/29866647.cms |website=The Times of India |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309055456/http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/lounge/Kriyative-Theatre-Gundaayana-Laxmi-Chandrashekar-Ranga-Shankara/articleshow/29866647.cms |archivedate=9 March 2018 }}</ref><br /><ref>{{cite web |title=Gundaayana |url=http://www.rangashankara.org/home/rangatest/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=32&favm=2010-12-29 |website=rangashankara.org |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308231513/http://www.rangashankara.org/home/rangatest/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=32&favm=2010-12-29 |archivedate=8 March 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Modern Indian drama: an anthology |url=https://www.cse.iitk.ac.in/users/amit/books/deshpande-2004-modern-indian-drama.html |website=cse.iitk.ac.in |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308232802/https://www.cse.iitk.ac.in/users/amit/books/deshpande-2004-modern-indian-drama.html |archivedate=8 March 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/TOIBG/2010/02/08/TOIBG_2010_2_8_27.pdf |website=The Times of India |title=TOI Repository}}{{dead link|date=April 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
|-
|'''*'''''Eddelu'' and ''Medea'' <br /><div style="font-size:85%">(Two short plays based on monologues of [[Dario Fo]] and <br />[[Franca Rame]])</div> || ''Medea'' ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Woman's world |url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2005/06/01/stories/2005060100710400.htm |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180609095955/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2005/06/01/stories/2005060100710400.htm |archivedate=9 June 2018 |website=[[The Hindu]] |date=1 June 2005 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=newsletter |url=http://www.rangashankara.org/newsletter/july-05/july_05.htm |website=rangashankara.org |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014021634/http://rangashankara.org/newsletter/july-05/july_05.htm |archivedate=14 October 2007 }}</ref><br />
|-
|'''*'''''Heegadre Hege?'' <br /><div style="font-size:85%">(Meaning: What if it happens like this?; A comedy, based <br />on articles of [[T. Sunandamma]])</div> || ''Sarasamma'' ||<ref>{{cite news |title=Kriyative's Heegadre Hege hits a hundred |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/kriyatives-heegadre-hege-hits-a-hundred/article2583722.ece |website=The Hindu |date=30 October 2011 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180609095955/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/kriyatives-heegadre-hege-hits-a-hundred/article2583722.ece |archivedate=9 June 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Heegadre Hege? |url=http://www.rangashankara.org/home/rangatest/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=32&favm=2010-12-30 |website=rangashankara.org |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311021132/http://www.rangashankara.org/home/rangatest/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=32&favm=2010-12-30 |archivedate=11 March 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The TimeOut Mint Planner |url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/3qcIM2UxtqSGHhMAzNVGeK/The-TimeOut-Mint-Planner.html |website=livemint.com |date=21 April 2011 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310140019/http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/3qcIM2UxtqSGHhMAzNVGeK/The-TimeOut-Mint-Planner.html |archivedate=10 March 2018 }}</ref>
|-
|'''*'''''Aadaddella Olithe...?'' <br /><div style="font-size:85%">(Meaning: Whatever happened is for good?; A comedy, <br />based on articles of T. Sunandamma)</div> || ''Bhageerathi'' ||<ref>{{cite news |title='Aadaddella Olithe' is back! |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/aadaddella-olithe-is-back/article2776168.ece |website=The Hindu |date=4 January 2012 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180609095955/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/aadaddella-olithe-is-back/article2776168.ece |archivedate=9 June 2018 }}</ref>
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|'''*'''''Ratnan Parpancha'' <br /><div style="font-size:85%">(Meaning: Ratna's world; Based on collective work of [[G. P. Rajarathnam|Rajarathnam]])</div> || ''Multirole'' ||<ref>{{cite news |title=Ratnan Parpancha is a tribute to GP Rajaratnam |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/theatre/Ratnan-Parpancha-at-Ranga-Shankara/articleshow/31735062.cms |website=The Times of India |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310142921/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/theatre/Ratnan-Parpancha-at-Ranga-Shankara/articleshow/31735062.cms |archivedate=10 March 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Kriyative theatre to present Ratnan Parpancha |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/kriyative-theatre-to-present-ratnan-parpancha/article6489578.ece |website=The Hindu |date=10 October 2014 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180609091419/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/kriyative-theatre-to-present-ratnan-parpancha/article6489578.ece |archivedate=9 June 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ratnan Parpancha |url=http://www.rangashankara.org/home/rangatest/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=32&favm=2009-04-14 |website=rangashankara.org |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311021217/http://www.rangashankara.org/home/rangatest/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=32&favm=2009-04-14 |archivedate=11 March 2018 }}</ref>
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|'''*'''''Hennallave!''<br /><div style="font-size:85%">(Meaning: Reason 'cause she's a woman)</div> || ''Multirole'' ||<ref>{{cite news |title=Under the rain tree, Schedule |url=https://www.undertheraintreefestival.com/schedule |newspaper=The Hindu |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308232313/https://www.undertheraintreefestival.com/schedule |archivedate=8 March 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Arts festival that's all about women |url=http://cms.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2017/oct/31/arts-festival-thats-all-about-women-1688650.html |website=The New Indian Express |date=31 October 2017 |accessdate=31 October 2017 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308232401/http://cms.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2017/oct/31/arts-festival-thats-all-about-women-1688650.html |archivedate=8 March 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Solo play |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/30914/solo-play.html |website=Deccan Herald |date=16 October 2009 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308232535/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/30914/solo-play.html |archivedate=8 March 2018 }}</ref><br /><ref>{{cite web |title=Hennallave! |url=http://www.rangashankara.org/home/rangatest/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=32&favm=2014-05-15 |website=rangashankara.org |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308232251/http://www.rangashankara.org/home/rangatest/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=32&favm=2014-05-15 |archivedate=8 March 2018 }}</ref>
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|'''*'''''Dustin Bayi'' <br /><div style="font-size:85%">Based on a short story by Gopalakrishna Aithal</div> || ''Dustinbai'' ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Ratnan Parpancha |url=http://bengaluru.citizenmatters.in/3695-dustin-bai-great-performance-weak-direction-3695 |website=bengaluru.citizenmatters.in |date=4 January 2012 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310200834/http://bengaluru.citizenmatters.in/3695-dustin-bai-great-performance-weak-direction-3695 |archivedate=10 March 2018 }}</ref>
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|'''*'''''Sahebara Sarkeetu'' <br /><div style="font-size:85%">(Meaning: Officer's circuit; Based on M.R.Srinivasa Murthy's <br />novel [[Rangannana Kanasina Dinagalu]])</div> || ''Multirole'' ||<ref>{{cite news |title=Sahebara Sarkeetu has 30 roles played by 7 actors |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/theatre/Sahebara-Sarkeetu-at-Ranga-Shankara/articleshow/39226100.cms |website=The Times of India |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180609095955/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/theatre/Sahebara-Sarkeetu-at-Ranga-Shankara/articleshow/39226100.cms |archivedate=9 June 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=INDIA SHOWS |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/india/regional/Sahebara-Sarkeetu-108082/videos |website=broadwayworld.com |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310201130/https://www.broadwayworld.com/india/regional/Sahebara-Sarkeetu-108082/videos |archivedate=10 March 2018 }}</ref><br /><ref>{{cite web |title=Sahebara Circuit |url=http://www.rangashankara.org/home/rangatest/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=32&favm=2016-04-10 |website=rangashankara.org |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311021311/http://www.rangashankara.org/home/rangatest/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=32&favm=2016-04-10 |archivedate=11 March 2018 }}</ref>
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|'''*'''''The Lady minus Macbeth'' <br /><div style="font-size:85%">Based on [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare's]] [[Lady Macbeth]]</div> || ''Macbeth'' ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Fest '12 Sat, 27 Oct Nov '12 |url=http://www.rangashankara.org/home/rangatest/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16 |website=rangashankara.org |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311021428/http://www.rangashankara.org/home/rangatest/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16 |archivedate=11 March 2018 }}</ref>
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==See also==
{{Portal|India|Bollywood}}
*[[List of people from Karnataka]]
*[[Kannada cinema|Cinema of Karnataka]]
*[[List of Indian film actresses]]
*[[Cinema of India]]
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== References ==
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==External links==
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Lakshmi Chandrashekar - Revision history

HectorOtoole at 09:20, 8 February 2026