Aachi

Manorama



Manorama (born Gopishantha) 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.

She has the distinction of having acted with five chief ministers of South India. She was the female lead in the stage plays written, directed and acted by Mr C. N. Annadurai, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. She has also acted in stage plays with another Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Dr M Karunanidhi. She has acted in films with Dr M G Ramachandran and Dr Jayalalitha Jayaram who both became Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu later. She has also acted in Telugu films with Dr N T Rama Rao, who became the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. She was awarded Padma Shri in the year 2002.She won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for the movie Pudhiya Pathai in the year 1989. She holds a guinness world record for acting in most number of films.