Manorama (born Gopishantha Tamil:கோபிசாந்தா) is a veteran Tamil actress who has acted in more than 1500 films, 1000 stage performances, and a few television serials. She is affectionately called as Aachi by Tamil people . She holds a Guinness World Record for acting in most number of films.
Manorama was born as Gopi Shantha to Arumuga Clockudaiyar and Ramamitham on 26 May 1943 at Mannargudi, Tiruvarur district of Tamil Nadu. Later her family mov...
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Manorama (born Gopishantha Tamil:கோபிசாந்தா) is a veteran Tamil actress who has acted in more than 1500 films, 1000 stage performances, and a few television serials. She is affectionately called as Aachi by Tamil people . She holds a Guinness World Record for acting in most number of films.
Manorama was born as Gopi Shantha to Arumuga Clockudaiyar and Ramamitham on 26 May 1943 at Mannargudi, Tiruvarur district of Tamil Nadu. Later her family moved to Pallathur near Karaikudi owing to poverty. She started her acting career as a drama artist. When she started her stage performances she was rechristened as Mamorama by the drama director Thiruvengadam and the harmonist Thiayagarajan. She continued to act in plays and also performed on stage as a playback singer.
Manorama slowly migrated from dramas to the silver screen with the role of a comedienne in Tamil film Malayitta Mangai in 1958. During her initial days in the cine field, she concentrated more on comedy. She was given equally...
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