{{Short description|Indian actress}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Lakshmi Chandrashekar | image = Lakshmi Chandrashekar 1.jpg | caption = | birth_name = Lakshmi | birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|73|2024|1|24}}<ref name="th2024">{{cite web |last1=S. |first1=Yemen |title=Celebrating 60 years of theatre: Laxmi Chandrashekar's remarkable journey from high school to solo performances |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/celebrating-60-years-of-theatre-laxmi-chandrashekars-remarkable-journey-from-high-school-to-solo-performances/article67771782.ece |website=The Hindu |access-date=6 April 2026 |language=en-IN |date=29 January 2024}}</ref> | birth_place = Hassan, Mysore State, India | alma_mater = University of Mysore<br/>University of Leeds | occupation = {{hlist|Actress|writer|professor|translator}} | years_active = 1967–present | other_names = Laxmi Chandrashekar | spouse = B. K. Chandrashekar | children = 2<ref name="dh2001"/> | relatives = H. K. Narasimha Murthy (brother) }}
'''Lakshmi Chandrashekar''' is an Indian theatre personality, actress and former professor, known for her work in Kannada theatre, film and television. She is also a prominent translator of Kannada literature and drama critic.<ref name="dh2001">{{cite web |last1=Srinivasa |first1=Srikanth |title=A passion called theatre |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/jun03/ent5.htm |website=Deccan Herald |access-date=6 April 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011220200828/http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/jun03/ent5.htm |archive-date=20 December 2001 |date=3 June 2001 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Acting in plays staged in both Kannada and English, she is noted for her solo performances in ''Eddelu'', ''Medea'', ''Kittalemane Kaveri'', ''Lady Minus Macbeth'' and ''Shakespearana Srimathi''.<ref name="th2024"/> As a theatre personality, Lakshmi's plays have often explored themes of feminism.<ref name="dh2024">{{cite web |title=Theatre should lead to social action: Veteran Kannada actor Laxmi Chandrasekhar |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/theatre-should-lead-to-social-action-veteran-kannada-actor-laxmi-chandrasekhar-2864147 |website=Deccan Herald |access-date=6 April 2026 |language=en |date=25 January 2024}}</ref>
Some of Lakshmi's notable screen performances came in films such as ''Avasthe'' (1987), ''S. P. Sangliyana Part 2'' (1990) and ''Atithi'' (2002),<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> and television soaps such as ''Mayamruga'' and ''Grihabhanga''. In addition to acting, she founded Kriyative Theatre in 2005 as a platform for her independent productions and solo performances. She is a recipient of the Karnataka Nataka Academy Award.<ref name="dh2024"/>
== Career == === Theatre === During her first year in college in 1967, Lakshmi joined Samathentho (Saraswatipurada Madhyada Thengina Thotada kalavidaru),<ref name="th2018">{{cite web |last1=Kambanna |first1=Manasa |title=Wearing multiple hats |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/theatre/wearing-multiple-hats/article25387886.ece |website=The Hindu |access-date=6 April 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181101103228/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/theatre/wearing-multiple-hats/article25387886.ece |archive-date=1 November 2018 |language=en-IN |date=1 November 2018}}</ref> a Mysore-based amateur theatre troupe. After her marriage to B. K. Chandrashekar, she moved to Bangalore, where she joined Prasanna's troupe Samudaya.<ref name="th2024"/>
Upon returning to Bangalore from the UK, while teaching English literature at the NMRKV College for Women, Lakshmi also appeared in plays with Samudaya for the next 20 years.<ref name="th2024"/> She recalled that in the 1980s and 1990s, the troupe, with the support of playwright Prasanna, professor Narendar Pani and others, "we did a number of thought-provoking plays," including translated works from the West. Te troupe also performed to scripts based on real incidents with societal themes.<ref name="th2018"/> Lakshmi played Virginia and later Sarati in the Kannada version of ''Life of Galileo''. In ''Dangeya Munchina Dinagalu'' (Days before the Mutiny), she played a courtier, and mother earth in ''Madari Madaiah''. The latter popularised stylised form of acting in a folk-based song and dance sequence-based play. Other popular plays she acted in include ''Meet Mr Satyaji'' made by T. N. Narasimhan, ''Mahachaitra'' and N. A. Suri's ''Ee Kelaginavaru'', based on Maxim Gorky's play ''The Lower Depths''.<ref name="dh2001"/> She also played a role in Peter Coe's play, ''Snake Pit'', based on the life of activist Snehalata Reddy. Recalling this in an interview with ''The Hindu'' in 2018, Lakshmi stated: "Though by then I was clear that I wanted to involve in social activities and was aware that theatre was my strength, it was only after witnessing the response from the audience after this play ''Snake Pit'', did I realise that I should be taking up theatre as the medium for my creative expression."<ref name="th2018"/>
Starting 1999, Lakshmi began performing solo.<ref name="th2024"/> Forher initial monologues, she took women characters from different plays such as Lady Macbeth from William Shakespeare's ''Macbeth'', Sakavva from Devanur Mahadeva's ''Odalaala'' and Grusha Vashnadze from Bertolt Brecht's ''The Caucasian Chalk Circle''.<ref name="th2018"/> She frequently toured within India and abroad, and delivered performances of ''Just A Woman'' (in English) and ''Hennallave'' (in Kannada), she which conceptualised and scripted. On what the play conveys to the society, she stated: "It's a kind of monologue, though not entirely. I play eight different characters in the one-hour play. Essentially, it traces the path of Savitri, a middle-class woman – wife and a mother with her role and her role in society. The play goes on say that the woman continues to play the same role as for ages with no change of any kind. It is all about oppression and liberation."<ref name="dh2001"/> The characters were taken from mythology, folklore and present-day.<ref name="dh2024"/> She also presented ''Medea'', a Greek mythological story by Euripides, from the perspective of its protagonist Medea. In ''Eddelu'', she played the modern-day woman and the intense pressures she is put through.<ref name="th2018"/>
Subsequently, apart from acting, Lakshmi took to running theatre and helping stage plays. In 2005, she started Kriyative Theatre, intended as a platform for her solo performances. She stated: "As I started doing more performances, I needed an organisation that was under my control. Solo plays are tricky, some work and some do not; I did not want another troupe to spending its money on my productions. I wanted to fund my own plays." Her popular performances included ''Singarevva Mattu Aramane'', ''Shakespeare's Wife'' and ''Kittalemane Kaveri''. She performed the former in national and international drama festivals and in universities and conferences on women's issues.<ref name="th2024"/><ref name="dh2001"/> On ''Shakespearana Srimathi'' (''Shakespeare's Wife'' in English), she opined that William Shakespeare's wife Anne Hathaway was maligned by most scholars, and that her play ''Shakespeare's Wife'' was written taking Germaine Greer's research on Hathaway into account.<ref name="dh2024"/> In ''Kittalemane Kaveri'', a modern-day adaptation of Stella Kon's ''Emily of Emerald Hill'', she plays a Kodava matriarch.<ref>{{cite web |title=A clash of cultures |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/lounge/singaporean-pay-adaptation-stella-kon-emily-of-emerald-hill-kaveri-of-kittale-villa-laxmi-chandrashekhar-play-threatre-sowmya-aji/articleshow/34080371.cms |website=Bangalore Mirror |access-date=6 April 2026 |language=en |date=22 April 2014}}</ref> The Kriyative Theatre later explored other themes such as comedy and enivornmentalism in their plays.<ref name="th2018"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Prabhan |first1=Pooja |title=A comic act that makes you ponder {{!}} A comic act that makes you ponder |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/theatre/300416/a-comic-act-that-makes-you-ponder.html |website=Deccan Chronicle |access-date=6 April 2026 |language=en |date=30 April 2016}}</ref>
=== Film and television === Lakshmi made her film debut with ''Avasthe'' (1987), a political drama based on U. R. Ananthamurthy's novel. Her portrayal of the wife of Anant Nag's character was considered "unfair".<ref name="dh2001"/> Starting 1990s, Lakshmi appeared in television soaps such as ''Mayamruga''. Around this time, she also appeared in television soaps such as ''Gorur Kathaloka'', ''Sankalana'', ''Namma Nammali'' and T. N. Seetharam's ''Kathegara''. She also acted in Shankar Nag's television series ''Malgudi Days'' and play ''Nagamandala''. In Girish Kasaravalli's serial ''Grihabhanga'', based on S. L. Bhyrappa's novel, she played a widow.<ref name="dh2001"/>
==Personal life== Lakshmi was born in Hassan, in the erstwhile Mysore State (today Karnataka). Her father Krishna Murthy was a hotelier and an avid lover of music. Her brother is violinist H. K. Narasimha Murthy.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Govind |first1=Ranjani |title=The big bow |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/the-big-bow/article2973906.ece |website=The Hindu |access-date=6 April 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231003423/https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/the-big-bow/article2973906.ece |archive-date=31 December 2013 |language=en-IN |date=8 March 2012}}</ref> Lakshmi completed her schooling in Channarayapatna, pursued graduation at NMRKV College for Women, where should also go on to teach for a few years. She pursued her postgraduate degree in English literature from the University of Mysore.
After her marriage to B. K. Chandrashekar, Lakshmi pursued another postgraduate degree in English literature from the University of Leeds.<ref name="th2018"/><ref name="filmibeat">{{cite web |last1=ದೊರೆ |first1=ಪ್ರಿಯಾ |title=ಕಮಲಮ್ಮ ಪಾತ್ರಧಾರಿ ನಟಿ ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀ ಚಂದ್ರಶೇಖರ್ ಅವರ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಲೋಕದ ಜರ್ನಿ |url=https://kannada.filmibeat.com/tv/mathe-mayamruga-serial-fame-actress-lakshmi-chandrashekar-personal-life-and-other-details-065176.html |website=Filmibeat |access-date=6 April 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260406071422/https://kannada.filmibeat.com/tv/mathe-mayamruga-serial-fame-actress-lakshmi-chandrashekar-personal-life-and-other-details-065176.html |archive-date=6 April 2026 |language=kn |date=27 January 2023 |trans-title=The colourful journey of actress Lakshmi Chandrashekar, known for her role as Kamalamma on TV}}</ref><ref name="dh2001"/> She has two children with him, son Manas and daughter Sarayu.<ref name="dh2001"/>
== 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 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 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 />adaptation of novel ''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 />Na Kasthuri's "Chakradrushti" meaning 360° 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> |- |''Ratnan Parpancha'' <br /><div style="font-size:85%">(Meaning: Ratna's world; Based on collective work of 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> |- |''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> |- |''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> |- |''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> |- |''The Lady minus Macbeth'' <br /><div style="font-size:85%">Based on 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> |}
== Filmography == {{colbegin}} * ''Avasthe'' (1987) * ''S. P. Sangliyana Part 2'' (1990) * ''Mathadana'' (2001) * ''Atithi'' (2002) * ''Mouni'' (2003) * ''Beru'' (2005) * ''Tananam Tananam'' (2006) * ''Dadagiri'' (2007) * ''Savaari 2'' (2014) * ''Jothi Alias Kothiraj '' (2014) * ''Vidaaya'' (2015) * ''Preethiyinda'' (2015) * ''Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu'' (2016) {{colend}}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable" |+ |- ! Year !! Title !! Role !! {{Ref.}} |- | || ''Gorur Kathaloka'' || || <ref name="dh2001"/> |- | 1987 || ''Malgudi Days'' || || <ref name="dh2001"/> |- | || ''Sankalana'' || || <ref name="dh2001"/> |- | || ''Namma Nammali'' || || <ref name="dh2001"/> |- | || ''Kathegara'' || || <ref name="dh2001"/> |- | 1998 || ''Mayamruga'' || Kamalamma || <ref name="dh2001"/> |- | || ''Kamanabillu'' || || <ref name="dh2001"/> |- | 2001 || ''Grihabhanga'' || || <ref name="dh2001"/> |- | 2023 || ''Matte Mayamruga'' || || <ref name="filmibeat"/> |}
==Bibliography== ;Translations (Kannada to English) * ''Mahamayi'' by Chandrashekhara Kambara (2000)<ref name="bb25">{{cite web |title=Laxmi Chandrashekar |url=https://bookbrahmalitfest.com/speakers/lakshmi-chandrashekar |publisher=bookbrahmalitfest.com |access-date=6 April 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250813161428/https://bookbrahmalitfest.com/speakers/lakshmi-chandrashekar/ |archive-date=13 August 2025 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * ''Singarevva and the Palace'' (2000)<ref name="bb25"/> * ''Mahachaitra: The Great Spring and other Plays'' by H. S. Shivaprakash (2002)<ref>{{cite web |title=Mahachaitra: The Great Spring and other Plays |url=https://www.bagchee.com/books/BB29816/mahachaitra-the-great-spring-and-other-plays |publisher=bagchee.com |access-date=6 April 2026}}</ref> * ''The Sign: Vachanas of 12th Century with Introduction, Select Bibliography, and Glossary'' (2007)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Nagabhushanaswami |first1=O. L. |title=The Sign: Vachanas of 12th Century with Introduction, Select Bibliography, and Glossary |date=2007 |publisher=Prasaranga, Kannada University-Hampi |url=https://books.google.co.in/books/about/The_Sign.html?id=wNrzPgAACAAJ |language=en}}</ref> * ''Shikharasoorya'' by Chandrashekhara Kambara (2017)<ref name="bb25"/>
==Awards== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Award ! Work ! Credits ! Category ! Result ! Ref |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2014 | style="text-align:left;"| Karnataka Nataka Academy 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}} | |- |}
==See also== {{Portal|India|Bollywood}} *Theatre of India *List of people from Karnataka {{clear}}
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category}} *{{IMDb name|4429567|Lakshmi Chandrashekar}}
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