Ilayathalapathy Vijay pay homage to Aachi Manorama, Legendary Actress, Singer Aachi Manorama Passed away due to heart attack. she had acted in over 1000+ Tamil films. the whole tamil film industry was schoked. a huge loss to the tamil film industry. She did versatile roles which many actress of today would dare to even try.
She had been in films with five chief ministers of Andhra and Tamil Nadu. She had played the female lead in the plays written, directed and acted by C. N. Annadurai, former chief minister of Tamil Nadu. She had also appeared in plays with another chief minister of Tamil Nadu, M. Karunanidhi. She had acted in films with M. G. Ramachandran and Jayalalitha Jayaram who both later became chief ministers of Tamil Nadu later. She had also acted in Telugu films with Dr. N. T. Rama Rao, who became the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh.
Aachi Manorama who started her career as an artist from stage to Film. She was awarded the Padma Shri in 2002. She won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for the movie Pudhiya Pathai in 1989.She was the recipient of the Kalaimamani award by the government of Tamil Nadu. She holds a Guinness World Record for acting more than 1000 number of films. Cho Ramaswamy claimed on the Tamil TV show Koffee with Anu that he was the first one to call Manorama the female Sivaji Ganesan: He admired her for her versatility and the ability to surprise with her performances.