
Shanmugasundari
Biography
Shanmugasundari was an Indian actress worked in Tamil films in supportive and comedy roles.
Known For & Full Filmography15 Titles

Movie - 1989, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A Family entertainer about the brother and sister

Movie - 1971, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Babu, a young man, falls in love with Kammo. When a thug rapes her, he murders him out of revenge, which leads to his arrest.

Movie - 2003, 2h 15m • as Neelaveni’s Grandmother
A young man moves to his hometown; here he falls in love with the village head's daughter. The village head learns about this and he has the girl abducted; if the young man tries to rescue her, his parent's life will be at stake.

Movie - 2001, 2h 15m • as Kuzhandhaivelu's mother
Madhavan, a lawyer and the breadwinner of his family, finds it difficult to enjoy his married life due to his family's issues.

Movie - 1972, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Malaikottai ostracises his wife and blames her for not being chaste. After she gets thrown out of the village, she takes her son and decides to give him a good education.

Movie - 2003, 2h 15m • as Serial Lover
Tenkasi, the creator of a hit television show, finds himself in the house of Julie, a fan, after an accident. However, she reveals herself to be emotionally unstable and potentially dangerous.

Movie - 2001, 2h 15m • as Manikam's mother
A hard working man who has three daughters owns and manages a restaurant. Impressed by the sincerity of his newly appointed hotel manager, he decides to get his youngest daughter married to him, but the other two sons-in-law do not like him.

Movie - 1968, 2h 15m • as Veena player in Mohana's troupe
A classical bharatanatyam dancer and a nathaswaram player fall in love against the wishes of her family.

Movie - 1994, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Gopal is sentenced to the death penalty for killing his wife Gayathri (Vineetha). His last wish is meeting the feminist writer Tamilarasi (Nadhiya). He tells his past. Gopal was from a middle-class family and lived with his mother Sharadha (Vijayakumari) and his mentally ill sister (Vinodhini). He fell in love with, a rich city girl, Gayathri and he got married with her. Gayathri had often quarrels with Gopal because he was not rich. Finally, Gayathri removed her thaali and applied for the divorce. Heartbroken, Sharadha died of a heart attack. Gopal proceeded for his mother's cremation. Angry, he ran with a stick in fire and he discovered Gayathri in fire at her house.Tamilarasi decides at any price to save Gopal before his death.

Movie - 1997, 2h 15m • as Vellaisamy's Mother
Subramani, Vellaisamy, Arumugam and Ponrasu are four friends from poor family; they are graduate but they cannot find a job. Their fathers feel that they are good-for-nothing and decide to corrupt the politician Anja Nenjam to find them a decent job. Anja Nenjam is linked to Pannaiyar, a ruthless landlord who exploited the villagers. Pannaiyar orders him to flee with their money, otherwise, nobody will respect him. Their friend Pazhanisamy, who is supposed to be a supervisor in the city, is back to his village and was also cheated by Anja Nenjam. The five friends decide to become milk suppliers in their village.

Movie - 1994, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Sivaraman, an honest government clerk, and his wife Lakshmi, belong to a middle-class family and they have two children. Anja Singam Marudupandi, a corrupted politician, moves into a new house near Sivaraman's house. Marudupandi's life style influences Lakshmi and she tries to ape him by buys luxurious items on installments. This puts pressure on Sivaraman and he takes a loan from his office peon but the police arrests him for corruption. He later finds a job in a brandy company with Marudupandi's recommendation.

Movie - 1996, 2h 15m • as Rangamma (Sekar's Mother)
Indra and her three sisters are married off to mediocre men by their patriarchal father. However, he realises their importance when his son stirs discord in the family.

Movie - 1978, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Sakka Podu Podu Raja is a 1978 Tamil-language film starring Jaishankar, Jayachitra in the lead roles. Kamal Haasan and Phataphat Jayalaxmi played guest roles.

Movie - 1971, 2h 15m • as Sundari
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
