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{{Short description|Indian actress}}
{{About|the actress|the Indian Baptist missionary|Lalitha Kumari (pastor)|the writer|P. Lalita Kumari}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Lalitha Kumari
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1969
|09|29}}<ref name="web.archive.org">[https://web.archive.org/web/20001206120300/http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/cinebio/01-07-00/prakas.htm dinakaran]. Web.archive.org. Retrieved 10 June 2014.</ref>
| birth_place = [[Chennai district|Madras]], [[Madras State]], India
| occupation = Actress
| parents = {{ubl|[[C. L. Anandan]]|Lakshmi}}
| years_active = 1987–1995
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Prakash Raj]]|1994|2009|reason=divorced}}
<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Ex-wife-comes-to-Prakash-Rajs-rescue/articleshow/7471965.cms |title=Ex-wife comes to Prakash Raj's rescue |date=11 February 2011 |accessdate=1 July 2020 |newspaper=The Times of India}}</ref>
| children = 3
| relatives = [[Disco Shanti]] (sister)<br />[[Jai Varma]] (brother)
}}

'''Lalitha Kumari''' (born 18 May 1967) is an Indian actress who worked in Tamil films. She is the daughter of Tamil actor [[C. L. Anandan]] and the younger sister of actress [[Disco Shanti]].

==Personal life==
Lalitha Kumari married actor Prakash Raj in 1994 and the couple has two daughters and a son (who died in 2004). The couple have got divorced in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |title=10-year-old Son's Death To Failed First Marriage, A Look At Prakash Raj's Personal Life |url=https://www.news18.com/movies/10-year-old-sons-death-to-failed-first-marriage-a-look-at-prakash-rajs-personal-life-8833699.html |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref>

==Career life==
Lalitha Kumari starred in many movies, alongside the likes of [[Goundamani]], [[Senthil]] and other senior actors. She has also played major roles in films such as ''[[Manadhil Urudhi Vendum]]'', ''[[Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal (film)|Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal]]'', ''[[Pulan Visaranai]]'' and ''[[Sigaram]]''.<ref name="ref1">{{cite web |url=http://www.kollytalk.com/cinenews/prakash-rajs-former-wife-lalitha-kumari-returns-to-films-29173.html |title=Prakash Rajs former wife Lalitha Kumari returns to films |accessdate=9 December 2014 |publisher=kollytalk.com |archive-date=31 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231000507/http://www.kollytalk.com/cinenews/prakash-rajs-former-wife-lalitha-kumari-returns-to-films-29173.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Lalitha Kumari has performed around 30 films and has made her mark in the Tamil film industry. In 1995, after her marriage to actor [[Prakash Raj]], Kumari left the film industry.

She made her re-entry into [[Kollywood]] and [[South Indian cinema]] in the Tamil movie ''[[Muriyadi]],''<ref name="ref2">{{cite web |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/prakash-rajs-wife-to-act-news-tamil-kkfrpggfeeesi.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905025632/http://www.sify.com/movies/prakash-rajs-wife-to-act-news-tamil-kkfrpggfeeesi.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 September 2015 |title=Prakash Raj's wife to act! |accessdate=17 May 2018}}</ref> playing the wife of [[Sathyaraj]]'s character. However the film was, and as of July 2022 still is, shelved and delayed for unknown reasons.

==Partial filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year !! Film !! Role !! Language !! Notes
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Manadhil Urudhi Vendum]]'' || Vasu || style="text-align:center;"|[[Tamil language|Tamil]] ||
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Veedu Manaivi Makkal]]'' || || style="text-align:center;"|Tamil ||
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal (film)|Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal]]'' || Jolly's wife || style="text-align:center;"|Tamil ||
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Mappillai (1989 film)|Mappillai]] '' || Dilip lover|| style="text-align:center;"|Tamil ||
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Pulan Visaranai]]'' || Kasthuri || style="text-align:center;"|Tamil ||
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Aarathi Edungadi]]'' || || style="text-align:center;"|Tamil ||
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Ulagam Pirandhadhu Enakkaga]]'' || || style="text-align:center;"|Tamil ||
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Neengalum Herothan]]'' || Rani || style="text-align:center;"|Tamil ||
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Madurai Veeran Enga Saami]]'' || || style="text-align:center;"|Tamil ||
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Pathimoonam Number Veedu]]'' || Rekha / Ghost || style="text-align:center;"|Tamil ||
|-
| 1991 || ''[[Sigaram]]'' || || style="text-align:center;"|Tamil ||
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Pokkiri Thambi]]'' || Maruthu's sister || style="text-align:center;"|Tamil ||
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Parvathi Ennai Paradi]]'' || || style="text-align:center;"|Tamil ||
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Vedan]]'' || || style="text-align:center;"|Tamil ||
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Karnaa]]'' || Chellamma || style="text-align:center;"|Tamil ||
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Marumagan]]'' || Kannamma || style="text-align:center;"|Tamil ||
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Nadodi Mannan (1995 film)|Nadodi Mannan]]'' || Kuyil Aatha || style="text-align:center;"|Tamil ||
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|id=2975840|name=Lalitha Kumari}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.filmibeat.com/celebs/lalitha-kumari/biography.html |title=Lalitha Kumari Biography |accessdate=9 December 2014 |publisher=filmibeat.com}}

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[[Category:20th-century Indian actresses]]
[[Category:Indian film actresses]]
[[Category:1972 births]]

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CandicePrenderga at 18:20, 18 January 2026