Mavelikkara Ponnamma - Actress, Playback Singer. (Malayalam)

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Mavelikkara Ponnamma

Died 6 September 1995

Nationality Indian

Occupation Film actress

Years active 1940–1995

Spouse Raghava Panicker

Children Sushama Padmanabhan

Introduction:

Mavelikkara Ponnamma (died 6 September 1995) was an Indian actress in Malayalam movies. She was one of the prominent supporting actress in late 1970s and 1990s in Malayalam movies. She is noted for her performance in Ulladakkam (1991), Aakasha Kottayile Sultan (1991) and Ennodu Ishtam Koodamo (1992).

Personal life:

Daughter, Sushama Padmanabhan.

She belongs to the Mavelikkara Palace clan in Mavelikkara, Kerala. She was married to Raghava Panicker. The couple had a daughter, Sushama Padmanabhan.

Career:

She was a government schoolteacher by profession, but her life was drama and films. She was one of the foremost females to start acting on stage in the 1940s when female roles were done on stage by men. She had acted in more than 500 stage dramas with renowned troupes like KPAC and Kalanilayam. She had acted with all of the top artistes of her time like Sebastian kunju kunju bhagavathar, Augustine joseph (Singer Yesudas's father) T. N. Gopinathan Nair, Thoppil Bhasi, O Madhavan (Actor Mukesh's father) etc.

She started acting in films in 1963 in the Udaya movies film Kadalamma in which she was the heroine and Sathyan was the hero. She acted in few other films during those days like Oru Sundariyude Katha with Prem Nazir and Jayabharathi and few other films. However, since her job as a teacher didn't allow her to take long leaves and those days since most of the films were being shot in Madras, she discontinued acting till she retired from government service.

She returned to big screen in 1989 with the K P Kumaran directed Award-winning movie Rugmini which had the story by Madhavikutty. Later she starred in movies like Jayaraj's Akasakottayile Sultan- with Srinivasan, Kamal's Ennodishtam Koodamo- with Mukesh, Madhubhala, Kamal's Ulladakkam with Mohanlal, Shobhana etc., Siby Malayil's Lohithadas scripted Valayam with Murali, Manoj K Jayan etc., T.V Chandrans’ Ponthan Mada with Mammootty, Sasinas based on Vaikom Muhammad Basheer's life story with Asokhan, Kidilol Kidilam with Narendra Prasad, Rajan P Dev and Rekha, Thalamura with Narendra Prasad, Madhu and Anju, Pidakkozhi Koovunna Noottandu with Urvashi, Ratheesh, Vinayaprasad, Sathyan Anthikkad's Samooham with Suresh Gopi, Suhasini Manirathnam etc.

She was the recipient of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award in 1962,[2] Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship in 1993, and many other noted awards.

She died on 6 September 1995 at the Sree Uthradom thirunal hospital due to heart attack.

Partial filmography:

As an actress:

Year Title Role Notes

1940 Gnanambika

1955 Aniyathi

1956 Manthravadi Kanthimathi

1960 Umma Pathumma

1961 Unniyarcha

Krishna Kuchela

1963 Kadalamma Chithrangatha

Ninamaninja Kalpadukal

1964 Devaalayam

1967 Anweshichu Kandethiyilla

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1970 Abhayam Saraswathiyamma

Nilakkatha Chalanangal

1972 Oru Sundariyude Katha Thankachi

1986 Ammanamkili Saraswathi Amma

1989 Rugmini Sathyabhai

1991 Ulladakkam Mental Patient

Aakasha Kottayile Sultan Mariyamma

1992 Valayam Ammini

Ennodu Ishtam Koodamo Arathi's Grandmother

1993 Thalamura

Samooham Sudhakaran's mother

1994 Ponthan Mada

Pidakkozhi Koovunna Noottandu Ammachi

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1995 Kidilol Kidilam Lakshmiyamma

Shashinaas

As a playback singer:

Priyachandra Mamachandran as Jnaanaambika (1940)

Manojnam as Jnaanaambika (1940)

Maayaarasitham as Jnaanaambika (1940)

Jeevitheshane as Jnaanaambika (1940)

Television career:

Oru Poo Viriyunnu

Cherappayi

Lambo {telefilm}

Manchiyam {telefilm}

Dramas

Sthree

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