10 Actresses Who Played Mother And Romanced Opposite The Same Heroes

Ambika, known for her contribution to Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films has paired up with Vijayakanth for the film ‘Thazhuvatha Kaigal’ in 1986. Pairing up with father Vijayakanth, she also played the mother of the son Vijayakanth in the film ‘Mariyadhai’ that released in 2009.

Jayabharathi is a popular Malayalam film actress who has acted in few Tamil films too. She played the lead role opposite to Kamal Haasan in the film ‘Allaudinaum Arputha Vilakkum’ in 1979 which is based on Alladin’s story from Arabian Nights. In 1991 she played Kamal Haasan’s mother in the film ‘Michael Madhana Kama Rajan’. The film revolves around the four sons of Jayabharathi who gets separated at a young age and the various incidents in their life. How they unite at the end with their mother forms the latter half of the story.

Jayasudha, one of the popular actresses of her period has paired up with many leading heroes, but her work primarily confides to Telugu films. Vijayakanth played a dual role in the film ‘Rajadurai’ which released in 1993, and Jayasudha was one among the two heroines to play the lead role in the film. In 2001 she was seen playing the role of a mother for the same actor for the film ‘Thavasi’.

Lakshmi who started to act at the age of 15 has played the lead alongside Rajinikanth in the film ‘Sri Raghavendar’ which happened to be the 100th film of the superstar. She also played the lead in ‘Polladhavan’ with Rajinikanth. Later she played the actor’s mother in the film ‘Padayappa’ which had a story portrayal of mother and son relationship.

Radhika Sarathkumar, a film actress, entrepreneur and a producer has acted in around 200 films. She played the lead role opposite to Prabhu and Murali in the film ‘Ninaivu Chinnam’. This actress has now played Murali’s mother in the film ‘Veera Thallatu’ that narrates the sentiments of a mother and a son.

Revathi, who has acted in lead roles alongside Vijayakanth in films like ‘Vaidehi Kathirunthal’ and ‘Sathriyan’ has played the mother of Vijayakanth in the film ‘Gandh Pirantha Mann’. The story is based on the caste eradication in a village where Vijayakanth and Revathi are involved in abolishing the caste system in their school.

Sridevi debuted as a heroine at the age of 13 with the film ‘Moondru Mudichu’ where she played the role of Rajinikanth’s step mother who plans to take revenge on Rajinikanth for killing her ex- lover. Years later, she played his love interest in films like ‘Thanikattu Raja’, ‘Pokkiri Raja’, ‘Johny’ and ‘Naan Adimai Illai’.

Srividhya who paired up with Kamal Haasan for films like ‘Unarchigal’ and ‘Apoorva Raagangal’ had played his mother in the film ‘Apoorva Sagodhargal’. She has played the mother of the Kamal Haasan twins, one of them plans to kill all the people involved in their father’s murder.

She has also played the lead alongside Rajinikanth in the film ‘Apoorva Raagangal’ and was seen playing his mother in ‘Thalapathi’. She played the mother of Ranjikanth who abandons the later as she was only 14 years when she gave birth. Though it is a gangster film, it also portrayed the sentiments between a mother and a son. ‘Chinna Thai Aval’ a song from the film that showcased a son who meets his mother for the first time in his life was a super duper hit.

Sujatha, who has acted in around 300 films, has paired up with Rajinikanth for the film ‘Avargal’ that revolves around a woman who is caught between the man whom she fell in love with and her former husband who wants to re-unite with her. This actress who paired up with most of the top actors was seen playing the mother of Rajinikanth in the film ‘Baba’ and ‘Uzhaippali’. Sujatha acted as a lunatic patient in the film ‘Uzhaippali’ but regains her conscious after seeing her son who is considered to be killed by her three brothers.

Sukanya, an actress, singer and music composer was one of the leading and popular actresses of her period. She paired up with Kamal Haasan for the film ‘Mahanadi’ but was seen as the actor’s mother in the film ‘Indian’ which revolves around a man who is on a killing spree to eradicate corruption in India. He also plan to kill his son who is small time bribe broker stationed outside the Regional Transport Office.