 She then went on to appear in a number of commercially successful films in Tamil, 
Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu and various other languages.She has won one National Film Award for Best Actress, nine Filmfare Awards, three Nandi Awards, Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress, Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress for the movie Hoovu Hannu, the Bengal Film Journalists Association Awards and various other state awards.Lakshmi made her Bollywood debut in 1975, with the woman-centric "Julie", the remake of Malayalam film "Chattakkari".