About Veena Nandkumar
Name	Veena Nandkumar
Nick Name	Veena
Profession	Actress
Debut Film	Kadam Kadha
Notable Movies
Physical Stats	Lean , short
Height (Aprox.)
Weight (Aprox.)
Eye Color	Black
Hair Color	Black
Personal Life
Date of Birth
Age (as of 2017)
Birth Place	Mumbai
Home Town/State	Mumbai
Nationality	Indian
Languages Known	Malayalam, English
School	St. Therese Convent High School, Mumbai.
College	BA degree in English Literature from University of Mumbai.
Educational Qualification	BA degree
Father Name	Mr. Nandakumar
Mother Name	Mrs. Indira Nandakumar
Brother(s)	Rahul
Sister(s)
Religion	Hindu
Hobbies
Marital Status	Unmarried
Affairs	Not Known
Husband/Spouse	N/A
Children	N/A

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Lissy (Lizy) has been a successful Malayalam actress during the 80’s who has acted in main and supporting roles of large number of Malayalam along with Prominent actors of that period.She has also acted in many Telugu and Tamil films in that decade.
Lissy was born on 3rd February 1967 in Ernakulam district to parents Pappachan and Eliyamma.She studied at St.Theresa’s college and after completion of Pre-Degree course joined films as an actress in the early 80’s.The beautiful actress was liked by the audience and she  handled well noted and important roles in films of famous  directors like I.V.Sasi,Balachandra Menon.Priyadarshan,Joshy,Sibi Malayil,Thampi Kannanthanam,Fazil,Bharathan etc and performed quite impressively always.She acted in several films of director Priyadarshan in that decade.She married Priyadarshan in  the year 1990 and after the marriage she accepted ‘Hinduism’ and changed her name as ‘Lakshmi’.

Lissy acted as heroine opposite Mohan Lal and Mukesh in several comedy films of the 80’s which was all liked by the audience.She had been heroine to Mammootty,Suresh Gopi etc also.
Mutharam Kunnu P.O. was directed by Sibi Malayil in which she handled the role of K.P.Amminikutty, an immature young girl who writes love letters to popular film stars.
In the film Boeing Boeing directed by Priyadarshan in the year 1985 she was one of the heroines and acted along with Mohanlal,Mukesh,Sukumari etc.
In the comedy film Aram+Aram=Kinnaram, she was one of the heroines along with Pooja Saxena.Mohan Lal,Shankar,Sreenivasan,Maniyan Pillai Raju,Thilakan etc acted in it.

Her role as Dr.Suma in the film ‘Nirakoottu‘ was loved by the audience.
In the film ‘Aa Neram Alpa Dooram‘ her character as ‘Valsala’ was well liked by the audience and critics.Mammootty,M.G.Soman,Lalu Alex,Jose Prakash,Seema,Unni Mary etc acted in it.
Her role in the film ‘Kathode Kathoram‘ directed by Bharathan in which she acted along with Mammootty and Saritha earned appreciation.
In the comedy film ‘Mazha Peyyunnu Maddalam Kottunnu‘ directed by Priyadarshan, Lissy was the heroine.Mohan Lal,Sreenivasan,Mukesh,Maniyan Pillai Raju Jagathy,Kuthiravattam Pappu etc acted in this film.
In the film ‘Thalavattam’ she acted as the girlfriend of Vinod (Mohan Lal).In this film her character dies because of an electric shock and Vinod becomes a mental patient as the result  of his deep depression.Mohan Lal,Mukesh,M.G.Soman,Jagathy Sreekumar,Karthika etc acted in it.
In the blockbuster film ‘Chithram‘ directed by Priyadarshan in 1998 she acted as a mute dancer who was the daughter of a police head Constable.Still photographer Vishnu loved her and married her but suspected that innocent girl later which paved way for many consequences.

She had a nice role in the super hit film ‘Nair Saab’ directed by Joshi in 1989 and acted along with Mammootty,Suresh Gopi,Geetha,Sumalatha etc.
In the super hit film ‘Kuttettan’ in 1990 she acted along with Mammootty,Urvashy,Maathu,Saritha etc.
She acted in the Tamil hit film ‘Vikram‘ directed by Rajasekhar in 1986, and acted along with Kamal Hassan,Sathyaraj,Amjad Khan,Dimple Kapadia,Ambika,Charuhassan etc.
She has acted in some other Tamil films like ‘Ananda Aradhanai,Manasukkul Mathappu’ etc.
She has acted in many films.’Mogadu’ was a Telugu film of 1989 in which she acted as heroine opposite Rajaserkhar.Thyagarajan,Murali Mohan etc also acted in it which was directed by K.Madhu.
Sakshi,Doshi Nirdoshi,Mamasri’Aatha Bandhan,SivaShakthi etc are some other films in which Lissy acted.
Selected Filmography
Parannu Parannu Parannu
Asthram
Kaliyil Alpam Karyam

 

Athirathram
Puli Varunne Puli
Onnam Kunnil Oradi Kunnil
Mutharam Kunnu P.O.
Boeing Boeing
Aram+Aram=Kinnaram
Ayanam
Angadikkappurathu
Nirakkoottu
Onningu Vannengil
Aa Neram Alpa Dooram
Kathodu Kathoram
Thammil Thammil
Thalavattam
Rakkuyilin Ragasadassil
Mazha Peyyunnu Maddalam Kottunnu
Pappan Priyappetta Pappan
Iniyum Kurukshethram
Hello My dear wrong number
Chekkanoru Chilla
Geetham
Dheem Tharikida Thom
Adukkan Entheluppam
Ennu Nathante Nimmi
Viswasichalum Illenkilum
Ice cream
Ilanjippookkal
Ashtabandham
Revathikkoru Pavakkutty
Kottum Kuravayum
Manivathoorile Ayiram Sivarathrikal
Vellanakalude Nadu
Oru CBI Dairy Kurippu
Unnikrishnante Adyathe Christmas
Manu Uncle
Chithram
Charithram
David David Mr.David
Dauthyam
Oru Vivada Vishayam
Vadakku Nokki Yanthram
Nair Saab
Njangalude Kochu Doctor
May Dinam
Mindapoochakku Kalyanam
Kuttettan
Chanakya Soothrangal

Sreelatha Namboothiri is a well famous Malayalam actress who is in the acting profession for a long san of about fifty years.She has acted as a child artist in the Malayalam film ‘Aashadeepam‘ in the year 1953.Her entry as a mature artist of films was in the year 1967 for the film ‘Khadeeja’.

Sreelatha was born to parents Balakrishnan Nair and Kamalamma at Karuvatta in Alappuzha district.Yesteryear actress Kumari Thankam is her father’s sister.Sreelatha entered K.P.A.C Drama troupe as a singer while she was a high school student and soon started to act on stage.In the year 1967 she got chance to act in the film ‘Khadeeja’ and since she got other offers continuously from films she chose to act in films rather than on stage.

She used to appear in supporting roles during the early stages of her acting career mostly as the close  friend or sister of the heroine.Adoor Bhasi, the top comedy actor of those period realized her skill to portray comedy roles and made her his pair in large number of films.In many CID type films and other entertainment type  films of directors like Sasikumar,A.B.Raj,Crossbelt Mani etc, Prem Nazir used to be the hero and Adoor Bhasi his close friend.In CID type films Nazir would be the detective and Bhasi his assistant.Bahadoor also was included along with Adoor Bhasi. 

The trio, Adoor Bhasi,Sreelatha and Bahadoor created comedy ideas and scenes  by  themselves and  performed nice comedy   to amuse the audience in numerous films.In that period it was the duty and task of the comedy actors to create the comedy scenes to be performed in the film  by themselves.In CID type films Adoor Bhasi,Sreelatha and Bahadoor used to act like fools to find out and reveal the secrets of the culprits which in turn became excellent comedy sequences.

Actress Meena used to act as mother of Sreelatha in such kind of films and she was also capable of playing comedy roles effectively well like Sreelatha.There are numerous unforgettable comedy scenes portrayed by this team in large number of films of the 70’s.Sreelatha was also a playback singer in Malayalam films during the 70’s who sung many songs out of which some are still popular.She sang comedy songs also along with Adoor Bhasi for certain films and the song like “Angadi marunnukal njan cholli tharam Oronnay” were very much liked by the audience.

Sreelatha underwent classical music training from the famous music composer and classical music exponent Dakshina Murthy.She has performed several classical music concerts and earned name and prestige in that field also.
She married Ayurvedic Physician Dr.Kalady Namboothiri and settled as a housewife at kunnamkulam near Guruvayoor in the early 80’s but was still appearing in films occasionally.Her husband Dr.Namboothiri was also an occasional actor who appeared in films like ‘Hridayam Oru Kshetram’ died in the year 2005, and after his death Sreelatha Namboothiri again became active in films.She  acts in T.V. serials also and at present acting in serials like ‘Karutha Muthu’ on Asianet Channel.
At present she is acting character roles in films and in recent years has acted in films such as ‘Poppins,Ladies and 

Gentleman,Nadodimannan,Vishudhan,Varsham’ etc.
Sreelatha Namboothiri is having two children and she is presently living in Thiruvananthapuram.
Selected Filmography
Khadeeja
Yakshi
Mooladhanam
CID Nazeer
Moonnupookkal
Lanka Dahanam
Azhakulla Saleena
Interview
Thacholi Marumakan Chanthu
Pattabhishekam
Hello Darling
Love Marriage
Thiruvonam
Neelaponman
Manishada
Panchami
Pickpocket
Rathriyile Yathrakkar
Lighthouse
Sathyavan Savithri
Sridevi
Vishukkani
Itha Ivide Vare
Amme Anupame
Acharam Ammini Osaram Omana
Panchamritham
Kadathanattu Makkam
Ashtamudikkayal
Madanolsavam
Anjathatheerangal
Thakara
Venalil Oru Mazha
Vellayani Paramu
Kathirmandapam
Vilkkanundu Swapnangal
Ambalavilakku
Kalika
Kari Puranda Jeevithangal
Ithikkara Pakki
Benz Vasu
Kololakkam
Ee Sabdam Innathe Sabdam
Vinodayathra
Nasrani
Minnaminnikoottam
Pramani
Kerala Cafe
Alexander the Great
Shikkar
Kapalika

Unnimary hails from Cochin and earned fame in childhood days itself winning the title as Little Miss.Cochin
in a beauty Contest.This paved way for entrance to film field as child artist.The teenage Sree Krishna Character of “Sree Guruvayoorappan’ film produced and directed by Neela Productions P.Subramanyam was much noted.At an early age of fifteen years itself she became a heroine and got chance to act with Prem Nazir,Vincent,M.G.Soman,Sukumaran,Jayan, and later even Mammootty,Mohan Lal also.She had been pair to eminent
stars of Tamil,Kannada and Telugu also.In other languages she was known as Deepa.
Unnimary did not bother in acting  glamorously and  being sexy and was the heartthrob of youths of those period of 70’s and 80’s.
Unnimary was cast in almost all Vadakkan pattu filmsmade during those period such as Kannappanunni,Thacholi Ambu etc and such costumes suited her very much.She was looking gorgeous in
Vadakkan pattu  story films and mythological story films.She had acted in several stunt films wearing  dress that
reveals body parts.
Unnimary had acted in many films in respectable type roles as well.In ‘Jeevitham Oru Ganam’ she was in a good role and Madhu and Sreevidya were in main roles.That film was directed by Sreekumaran Thampi.
In the film ‘Nagamadathu Thampuratty’ her transcendent appearance as the queen of the Serpents was very pretty and received accolades.The song scene  by singing  ‘Somarasam pakarum lahari…’ was superb.
In the Only Maniratnam directed Malayalam film ‘Unaroo’Unnimary handled an impportant role.Mohan Lal was the hero of that film.
In the films  ‘Thinkalazcha Nalla Divasam’ and ‘Arappatta Kettiya Gramathil’ which were P.Padmarajan films
and in which Mammootty was the hero, Unnimary was in main female roles.Both the films were critically well acclaimed and were unforgettable films.
In the Balachandra Menon’s  “Kanamarayathu‘ also Unnimary handled prestigious role which received much appreciation.
In the film ‘Chitram’ which was a blockbuster film of Priyadarshan in which Mohan Lal and Ranjini acted in
main roles, Unnimary acted as the daughter of Sukumari.Sreenivasan acted as her brother who was eagerly
trying to find out the secrets about Mohan Lal with the help of his sister.Sreenivasan peeping through the ventilation of the bedroom to take a photograph of Kalyani(Ranjini) sleeping alone created much laughter
when caught red handed by his Uncle.
Unnimary is not acting in films at present.

Selected Filmography
Picnic
Dheera Sameere Yamuna Theere
Acharam Ammini Osaram Omana
Minimol
Belt Mathai
Kannappanunni
Thacholi Ambu
Aval Viswasthayayirunnu
Aanakkalari

Unaroo
Thinkalazcha Nalla Divasam
Arappatta Kettiya Gramathil
Chitram
Hridayathinte Nirangal
Jeevitham Oru Gaanam
Kanamarayathu
Penpuli
Mukkuvane Snehicha Bhootham
Soothrakkari
Sathrusamharam
Mochanam
Kizhakkunarum Pakshi
Patham Udayam
Keli
Grihapravesam
Ullasa Paraivagal
Johnny
Meendum Kokila
Akbar Salim Anarkali
Ladies Tailor

The south Indian film goers   were highly delighted to experience

An ideal housewife should be affectionate and compassionate towards her husband and children, she should be an embodiment of love who will be working hard for the happiness,good health and the welfare of her family.A good house wife will be ready to take any sufferings for the betterment of the family and will not complaint about her miseries to others.She will have the readiness to give support for all good deeds of  her husband, and guide her children in a proper way.She should  fill the house with luminous positive energy and must be an asset for the whole family members as said in the lyrics of an old Malayalam film song “Veedinu ponmani vilakku nee tharavadinunidhi nee Kudumbini” which was written by Abhayadev and composed by LPR Varma.C.O.Anto sung this song in the film ‘Kudumbini’ which was released in 1964 and still a nostalgia for listeners.The title role as the female head of the family ‘Kudumbini’was handled by Kaviyoor Ponnamma in that film.

Kaviyoor Ponnamma is a Versatile veteran actress of Malayalam cinema who has portrayed numerous character roles largely as a loving mother in Malayalam films from the early 60’s.She started to act in mother roles from her youth days itself and has acted as mother to senior legendary actors of those period like Prem Nazir and Sathyan in many films.She possess a special talent to portray motherly characters who all endure any sort of situations pleasantly to make the family members happy.
Kaviyoor Ponnamma was born on September 10, 1945 at Kaviyoor in Thiruvalla Taluk to parents T.P.Damodaran and Gauri as the eldest of seven children.Actress Kaviyoor Renuka was her younger sister.
Kaviyoor Ponnamma started to learn music from the age of five.She sang songs for professional drama troupes and acted in some of them in the initial period of her acting career.She has  acted in the  famous drama ‘Mooladhanam’ by Thoppil Bhasi.

Her debut into films was in 1962 in the role as ‘Mandodari’ the consort of King Ravana in the 1962 Malayalam film ‘Srirama Pattabhishekam’ directed and produced by P.Subramanyam.Another famous mother role actress Aranmula Ponnamma also acted in this film and she handled to role of Kausalya, mother of Srirama.

Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair,G.K.Pillai,Kottarakkara,Jose Prakash,Prem Nazir,Prem Nawas,Miss Kumari etc acted in the film ‘Srirama Pattabhishekam’.

In 1965 she acted in the super hit film ‘Odayil Ninnu‘ and acted in it as the wife of Sathyan and mother of K.R.Vijaya.Sathyan as the rikshaw puller Pappu earned appreciation and accolades in this movie.
In the 60’s and 70’s she acted in large number of hits and super hits in Malayalam in mother roles to famous actors like Prem Nazir,Sathyan,Madhu, M.G.Soman, Sukumaran,Sarada,Sheela,Jayabharathy,K.R.Vijaya,Sreevidya,Ushakumari and later acted in mother roles to actors like Jayan, Mammootty,Mohan Lal,Suresh Gopi,Seema,Sumalatha,Jayaram,Parvathy,Dileep,Shobhana,Geetha etc etc. and for new generation actors also.

Some of her earlier hit films are ‘ Rosy,Velutha Kathreena,Anweshichu Kandethiiyilla,Asuravithu,Nadhi,Ammayenna Sthree,Othenante Makan,Cross Belt,Vivahitha,Sarasayya,Triveni,Kalithozhi,Abhijathyam,Theerthayathra,Thiruvabharanam,Ponnapuram Kotta,Divya Darsanam,Nellu,Devi Kanyakumari’ etc etc.

She acted as ‘Velichapad’s (P.J.Antony) wife in the National award winner film‘Nirmalyam’ directed by M.T.Vasudevan Nair  and in that film Sukumaran and Sumitra were her children.
She has also acted in the film ‘Kodiyettam’ directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan for which Bharath Gopi received National award as Best actor.
In 1978 she acted as the mother of Krishna Chandran and Baby Sumathy in the block buster film ‘Rathi Nirvedam’  written by P.Padmarajan and directed by ‘Bharathan’.

She acted as mother to Jayan in super hit films like ‘Manushya Mrigam’, ‘Karimpana’ etc.

In 1981 her role as the wife of Jose Prakash and mother of Rajyalakshmi,Lalu Alex in the super hit film ‘Thrishna‘ in which Mammootty and Swapna acted in lead roles earned accolades.I.V.Sasi directed this film.
She acted as mother to M.G.Soman in films like ‘Kodathy’ directed by Joshy in 1984.Mammootty,Ratheesh,Jagathy,Pappu,Seema,Jalaja etc acted in it.

‘Thinkalazhcha Nalla Divasam’ written and directed by P.Padmarajan was a challenge in Kaviyoor Ponnamma’s acting career in which she presented excellent acting moments.The film  which dealt with the theme of children interested in only the wealth of their parents who sell their properties and send them to old age homes.

Another fantastic unforgettable character was her mother role of ‘Balan Mash’ (Mammootty) in the film ‘Thaniyavarthanam‘ written by Lohithadas and directed by Sibi Malayil.The scene in which the helpless loving mother liberating her son’s miseries  by serving him poisoned food was portrayed with unparalleled acting skill by Kaviyoor Ponnamma.

She is admired as the  best son and mother combination with Mohan Lal and has acted together in several films which all received accolades.In the film ‘Adhipan’ the kindhearted and caring mother pretends as if she doesn’t know  the pranks of her son (Mohan Lal) but was watching him closely and helped him to get  married a beautiful singer girl (Parvathy) when she came to know that the girl has  entered in to his heart.
In the film ‘Kireedam’ she presented stupendous acting skill as the wife of the strict Head constable and as  the mother of a good mannered well educated son ‘Sethumadhavan’ who was just ready to wear the Police Officer Cap but unexpectedly  had to wear the crown of a culprit.Mohan Lal,Parvathy,Thilakan,Maniyan Pillai Raju,Jagathy,Cochin Haneefa etc acted in it.Her roles in films like Bharatham,His Highness Abdulla etc are unforgettable.

She has acted as mother to Jayaram in many films like ‘Mazhavil Kavady‘.In that film she acted as Velayudhan Kutty’s (Jayaram) mother and in that film she was astonished to find her son as a barber at Pazhani.Jayaram,Urvashy,Sithara,Innocent,Paravur Bharathan,Krishnan Kutty Nair,Mamukoya etc acted in it.
In 1971 she received second best actress award from Kerala Government.
In 1972 she got second best actress award from Kerala government for the film‘Theerthayathra‘.It was based on a novel by V.T.Nandakumar.She sang in that film along with other singers.
She received second Best actress award in 1973 also for various films.
In 1994 she received Kerala government award as second best actress for the portrayal of ‘Yasodhamma’, the sister of Nedumudy Venu’s character Sreekrishnan in the film ‘Thenmavin Kombath‘ directed by Priyadarshan.
Mohan Lal and Shobhana acted in min roles of this film.
Kaviyoor Ponnamma is loved and respected by all film lovers and also loves and appreciates her cordial and viable character roles as house wife and mother in most of her films.
Her husband was film producer Maniswami who died in 2011.
Her daughter Bindu is settled in the United States.
Selected Filmography
Sreerama PattabhishekamKudumbini
Odayil Ninnu
Rosy
Snweshichu Kandethiyilla
NadhiVithukalAbhijathyam
Akkarapacha
Periyar
Nakhangal
Interview
Nirmalyam
Nellu
Devi Kanyakumari
MakkalUlsavam
Chottanikkara Amma
Romeo
Sindhu
Srimurugan
Vezhampal
Oonjl
Kodiyettam
Padasaram
Tiger Salim
Rajan Paranja Kadha
Kalpa VrikshamEetta
Aarattu
Cheriyachante Kroorakrithyangal
Karimpana
SphodanamThrishna
Bheeman
Sesham Kazhchayil
Ente Nandinikuttikku
Kanamarayathu
Adiyozhukkukal
Thinkalazhcha Nalla Divasam
Karimpin Poovinakkare
Kshamichu Ennoru Vakku
Achuvettante Veedu
Anantharam
Ente Amma
Mukthi
Peruvannapurathe Viseshangal
Mazhavil Kavady
Vandanam
Adhipan
Aksharathettu
Kireedam
JathakamDasaratham
Rajavazhcha
His Highness Abdulla
Ulladakkam
Sandesam
Dhanam
Bharatham
Pappayude Swantham Appoos
Sopanam
GandharvamVietnam Colony
Mahanagaram
Kavadiyattam
Vatsalyam
Sukrutham
Bheeshmacharya
Chukkan
Sadayam
Thenmavin Kombathu
Mannar Mathai Speaking
Kottaram Veettil Apoottan
The Godman
Ezhupunna TharakanUthaman
Kakkakuyil
AmmakilikkooduPattanathil Sundaran
Vismayathumbathu
Runway
Mampazhakkalam
Vadakkumnathan
Baba Klyani
Twenty 20
Sulthan
Ividam Swargamanu
Kappal Muthalali
Christian Brothers
Ithu Nammude Katha
Manjadikunnu
Kadal Kadonnoru Mathukutty
Avatharam