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1. Sheela


28-02-2020/sheela.jpg Winner of the Guinness World Record along with Prem Nazir for featuring in the largest number of consecutive films together as lead actor and actress (107), Sheela is one of the most prominent faces and actors in the Mollywood industry.   Born in Thrissur in March, 1945, to parents K. Antony and Gracy, she was brought up in Coimbatore, and completed her education in the St. Francis Anglo-Indian School.   Sheela made her debut in Paasam opposite MGR, with her first film in Malayalam being Bhagyajathakom in 1962 opposite Sathyan. Following this, the next two decades saw her portray roles in over 475 movies in languages including Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and of cours...
Winner of the Guinness World Record along with Prem Nazir for featuring in the largest number of consecutive films together as lead actor and actress (107), Sheela is one of the most prominent faces and actors in the Mollywood industry.   Born in Thrissur in March, 1945, to parents K. Antony and Gracy, she was brought up in Coimbatore, and completed her education in the St. Francis Anglo-Indian School.   Sheela made her debut in Paasam opposite MGR, with her first film in Malayalam being Bhagyajathakom in 1962 opposite Sathyan. Following this, the next two decades saw her portray roles in over 475 movies in languages including Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and of cours...
Date of Birth: 22-03-1945
Age: 79
Star Sign: Aries
Gender: Female
Language: Malayalam
Date of Birth: 22-03-1945
Age: 79
Star Sign: Aries
Gender: Female
Language: Malayalam

2. Kaviyoor Ponnamma


kaviyoor-ponnamma.jpg Kaviyoor Ponnamma is the evergreen mother of Malayalam cinema. Ever since she was just 22, she had been portraying effectively the mother role in Malayalam movies. Even after 55 years of her contribution in silver screen, she continues to play the “evergreen amma” character. Her first offer was in Thommante Makkal (1965) where she played mother to Sathyan and Madhu. After this role, the industry had heaped so much praise on her performance and there was no looking back at all. For her wealth of experience in the industry, she only gets love and acceptance from the viewers. That is why she finds playing mother role in cinema as honor. Actually,...
Kaviyoor Ponnamma is the evergreen mother of Malayalam cinema. Ever since she was just 22, she had been portraying effectively the mother role in Malayalam movies. Even after 55 years of her contribution in silver screen, she continues to play the “evergreen amma” character. Her first offer was in Thommante Makkal (1965) where she played mother to Sathyan and Madhu. After this role, the industry had heaped so much praise on her performance and there was no looking back at all. For her wealth of experience in the industry, she only gets love and acceptance from the viewers. That is why she finds playing mother role in cinema as honor. Actually,...
Date of Birth: 10-09-1945
Age: 78
Star Sign: Virgo
Gender: Female
Language: Malayalam
Skills: Movie Actress
Date of Birth: 10-09-1945
Age: 78
Star Sign: Virgo
Gender: Female
Language: Malayalam
Skills: Movie Actress

3. P Susheela


p-susheela-.png P. Susheela is a well-known playback singer in South Indian film industry, who has received five National awards for the talent she posses. P. Sheela was born on 13th November 1935. She has been associated with the film industry for over six decades now. She is a legendary artist who has the purest form of vocal strength, with great syllabic pronunciations. She is mainly noted for her honey like sweet voice; that can speak fluently and deliver the word or the lyrics sung so distinctly and clearly. Sheela, from her childhood, discovered itself the talent she has and the passion she feels for it. Thus, she went for classical music training and perfected her skill. She was seen to sing for AIR (All India Radio)....
P. Susheela is a well-known playback singer in South Indian film industry, who has received five National awards for the talent she posses. P. Sheela was born on 13th November 1935. She has been associated with the film industry for over six decades now. She is a legendary artist who has the purest form of vocal strength, with great syllabic pronunciations. She is mainly noted for her honey like sweet voice; that can speak fluently and deliver the word or the lyrics sung so distinctly and clearly. Sheela, from her childhood, discovered itself the talent she has and the passion she feels for it. Thus, she went for classical music training and perfected her skill. She was seen to sing for AIR (All India Radio)....
Date of Birth: 13-11-1935
Age: 88
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Female
Language: Tamil
Skills: Singer
Date of Birth: 13-11-1935
Age: 88
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Female
Language: Tamil
Skills: Singer

4. Sethumadhavan


21-06-2021/sethumadhavan.jpg Sethumadhavan, who is popularly known as Sethu, is a writer and a banker by profession. He was born on 5th June 1942 in Chendamangalam in Ernakulam, Kerala. He went to Paliam High school in Chendamangalam. He completed his B.Sc Physics at Union Christian College in Aluva. In 1962 Sethu got a job in Indian Meteorological Department, Mumbai. In 1964, he was transferred to Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station in Trivandrum. He got a promotion and was transferred to the Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune. Later, he shifted to New Delhi, as he got a job in Railway Board. In 1967, he started writing, and his first short story was published in Mathrubhumi Magazine. In 1968, he left his job and joined the banking sec...
Sethumadhavan, who is popularly known as Sethu, is a writer and a banker by profession. He was born on 5th June 1942 in Chendamangalam in Ernakulam, Kerala. He went to Paliam High school in Chendamangalam. He completed his B.Sc Physics at Union Christian College in Aluva. In 1962 Sethu got a job in Indian Meteorological Department, Mumbai. In 1964, he was transferred to Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station in Trivandrum. He got a promotion and was transferred to the Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune. Later, he shifted to New Delhi, as he got a job in Railway Board. In 1967, he started writing, and his first short story was published in Mathrubhumi Magazine. In 1968, he left his job and joined the banking sec...
Date of Birth: 05-06-1942
Age: 81
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills: Writer
Date of Birth: 05-06-1942
Age: 81
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills: Writer

5. V. Dakshinamoorthy


v/0/0/d/a/k/v.-dakshinamoorthy.jpg He is popularly known as “Swami” (9th December 1919 – 2nd August 2013) were the maestro of Carnatic music and director & composer of Tamil, Malayalam, and Hindi films, chiefly in Malayalam films. He has created songs for more than 125 films. He has almost composed 859 songs over a time span of 64 years.Universally known as Swami, he was influential in classical music- based film songs. In the Malayalam music industry, he has guided many of the renowned singers/composers of current times. Dakshinamoorthy was born on 9 December 1919. Dakshinamoorthy was the son of D. Venkateswara Iyer and Parvathi Ammal in Alappuzha district, Kerala. He was the eldest child among his two brothers and four sisters. His mother d...
He is popularly known as “Swami” (9th December 1919 – 2nd August 2013) were the maestro of Carnatic music and director & composer of Tamil, Malayalam, and Hindi films, chiefly in Malayalam films. He has created songs for more than 125 films. He has almost composed 859 songs over a time span of 64 years.Universally known as Swami, he was influential in classical music- based film songs. In the Malayalam music industry, he has guided many of the renowned singers/composers of current times. Dakshinamoorthy was born on 9 December 1919. Dakshinamoorthy was the son of D. Venkateswara Iyer and Parvathi Ammal in Alappuzha district, Kerala. He was the eldest child among his two brothers and four sisters. His mother d...
Date of Birth: 09-12-1919
Date of Death: 02-08-2013
Age: 104
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills:
Date of Birth: 09-12-1919
Date of Death: 02-08-2013
Age: 104
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam

6. K J Yesudas


k/0/j/0/y/e/k-j-yesudas.jpg Kattassery Joseph Yesudas shortly called as K J Yesudas is an exceptional Carnatic singer and playback singer in Indian Cinema. Born on Jan 10 in 1940, he is fondly called as Gana Gandharvan and Dasettan. He has set a record of recording more than 60,000 songs. He is born in a Roman Catholic family, in Kochi. His father was a great classical Malayalam musician. His first song was Jaathi Bhedam Matha Dwesham (music: M B Sreenivasan) recorded on 14 November 1961. This song is so close to Yesudas, that he signs it even today very often in any of the concerts. His journey started with this song. He got his first hit through a movie Bharya under the music direction of G. Devarajan. He made hu...
Kattassery Joseph Yesudas shortly called as K J Yesudas is an exceptional Carnatic singer and playback singer in Indian Cinema. Born on Jan 10 in 1940, he is fondly called as Gana Gandharvan and Dasettan. He has set a record of recording more than 60,000 songs. He is born in a Roman Catholic family, in Kochi. His father was a great classical Malayalam musician. His first song was Jaathi Bhedam Matha Dwesham (music: M B Sreenivasan) recorded on 14 November 1961. This song is so close to Yesudas, that he signs it even today very often in any of the concerts. His journey started with this song. He got his first hit through a movie Bharya under the music direction of G. Devarajan. He made hu...
Date of Birth: 10-01-1940
Age: 84
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills: Singer, Musician
Date of Birth: 10-01-1940
Age: 84
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills: Singer, Musician

7. Actor Sathyan


sathyan-nadar.png Sathyan aka Manuel Sathyaneshan is an Indian actor who worked for Malayalam films. He has a pretty good name in the industry, and people respected him duly. He has won the Kerala State Film Award twice and was renowned for his versatile acting skills. He is remembered for introducing and pioneering the realistic and natural style of acting in Malayalam cinema. Stating his personal life, he was born to Catholic parents. Sathyan passed the Vidwan exam, equivalent to Master of Arts before joining Saint Joseph's School, Trivandrum as a teacher. Then he got a job in the Kerala Secretariat. Later he joined the army in 1941 and got posted as a Commissioned Officer of the...
Sathyan aka Manuel Sathyaneshan is an Indian actor who worked for Malayalam films. He has a pretty good name in the industry, and people respected him duly. He has won the Kerala State Film Award twice and was renowned for his versatile acting skills. He is remembered for introducing and pioneering the realistic and natural style of acting in Malayalam cinema. Stating his personal life, he was born to Catholic parents. Sathyan passed the Vidwan exam, equivalent to Master of Arts before joining Saint Joseph's School, Trivandrum as a teacher. Then he got a job in the Kerala Secretariat. Later he joined the army in 1941 and got posted as a Commissioned Officer of the...
Date of Birth: 09-11-1912
Date of Death: 15-06-1971
Age: 111
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills:
Date of Birth: 09-11-1912
Date of Death: 15-06-1971
Age: 111
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam

8. Sankaradi


sankaradi.png A Malayalam actor and artist, Sankaradi originally named as Chandrasekhara Menon was one of the finest and realistic actors of the South Indian Cinema. He almost has 700 movies registered to his name and has been quite a popular figure from the 1960s to the 1980s. The posthumous actor had a very different life before his Bollywood career. He pottered in politics, theatre and journalism. He also became the card holder of the undivided Communist Party of the Congress post piecing together with the Indian National Congress. Unfortunately, the split in 1964 compelled him to return his card and he linked up back with the theatre. During his higher studies, he also joined t...
A Malayalam actor and artist, Sankaradi originally named as Chandrasekhara Menon was one of the finest and realistic actors of the South Indian Cinema. He almost has 700 movies registered to his name and has been quite a popular figure from the 1960s to the 1980s. The posthumous actor had a very different life before his Bollywood career. He pottered in politics, theatre and journalism. He also became the card holder of the undivided Communist Party of the Congress post piecing together with the Indian National Congress. Unfortunately, the split in 1964 compelled him to return his card and he linked up back with the theatre. During his higher studies, he also joined t...
Date of Birth: 14-07-1924
Date of Death: 09-10-2001
Age: 99
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Movie Actor
Date of Birth: 14-07-1924
Date of Death: 09-10-2001
Age: 99
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Movie Actor