1. Jaya Bharathi
Jaya Bharathi is a legendary actress who has contributed immensely to the South Indian entertainment industry. She has acted in many films and serials in most of the South Indian languages. Jaya Bharathi started her career as a dancer and then moved to the world of movies. She debuted in a Tamil movie Anubavi Raja Anubavi at the age of 16. Her first Malayalam movie was Thokkukal Kadha Parayunu against the super star Prem Nazir. Jayabharathi was quite active in movies and serial till early 2000, after which she started concentrating on her dance career. She has been performing at various temples and cultural societies. Jaya Bharathi is also running a chain of dance schools in Tamil Nadu.
Jaya Bharathi was born and brought up in Tamil Nadu as Lekshmi Bharathi. Her parents were Sivas...
Gender:
Female
2. Kaviyoor Ponnamma
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, she wanted to become a singer in cinema, but her dream did not become true. While she sang songs fo...
Age:
78
Gender:
Female
Age:
78
Gender:
Female
3. Sethumadhavan
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 sector. He worked as a probationary officer in the State Bank Group. Later, he got the post of General ...
Age:
81
Gender:
Male
4. Bahadoor
Bahadoor is a legendary stage actor, who has predominantly been a part of the Malayalam film industry. He has made many prominent changes in the industry. He made sure comedians were given noteworthy and significant roles in movies. Bahadoor’s birth name is P. K. Kunjalu. He was born in a poverty-stricken family, in Thrissur, Kerala, in the year 1930. Bahadoor joined the Farook College, situated in Calicut, but unfortunately, he couldn't complete his studies because of the financial crisis.
After dropping out of college, he became a bus conductor, but still his heart yearned to be an Actor. The popular Malayalam Director Thikkurisi gave Kunjalo his break, by signing him for his movies. It was this director, who assigned Kunjalo the name Bahadoo...
Date of Death:
22-05-2000
Gender:
Male
5. Nellikode Bhaskaran
Nellikode Bhaskaran is a Malayalam movie actor. He is also a director and a lyricist. He has appeared in more than ten Malayalam movies. He also received a Kerala State Film Award in 1972 for Best Actor in the movie Maram. He holds 22 Kerala State Award for Best Actor. His original name is Bhaskaran Menon but changed his name after entering the film Industry and Nellikode Bhaskaran thus became his stage name. He is known for portraying supportive roles in man south Indian movies. He has also played many character roles in the Malayalam movies.
Bhaskaran’s latest appearance on the big screen in the movie Kadathanadan Ambadi in the year 1990. The movie was directed by the famous Indian movie director, Priyadarshan. The movie depicted Kerala’s traditional Vadakk...
Date of Death:
11-08-1988
Age:
100
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
11-08-1988
Age:
100
Gender:
Male
6. Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair
Born in the Travancore state of Nagercoil, Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair went down in history as the first movie star of Malayalam cinema. Even though he is widely known as an actor, he was also a playwright, lyricist, director, orator and script writer. He has made many remarkable contributions to the Malayalam film industry and is revered as a stalwart in his field. He was born to Mangat Govinda Pillai and Lekshmi Amma, who were a part of the elite class in Nagercoil. Right from his childhood, he was a great writer and orator. He started writing poems at the tender age of eight and achieved his first publication when he was only fourteen. He had an intense, insatiable passion for writing and the arts and that passion made him turn down his parents’ suggestion to settle down as a government employee. Initially, he ...
Date of Death:
11-03-1997
Age:
107
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
11-03-1997
Age:
107
Gender:
Male
7. Mankada Ravi Varma
Manakda Ravi Varma was born on 4th June, 1926 in Malappuram, Kerala. Ravi Varma passed away at the age of 84on 22nd November, 2010 in Tamil Nadu, India. People also know him as Raviettan. He started his career in the year 1966. He is a very popular Malayalam Film Director and Cinematographer. He has worked with many famous Directors such as G. Aravindan, P.N. Menon and much more.
Ravi Varma is also the director of two movies and he has also won many awards. He has won seven Kerala State Film Awards and Two National Film Awards for many categories. Ravi Varma loved photography when he was a kid. Therefore, he did his graduation from Victoria College and he also studied motion pictures photography from the FTII (Institute Of Film Technology). After he had completed his stu...
Date of Death:
22-11-2010
Age:
97
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
22-11-2010
Age:
97
Gender:
Male
8. Vayalar Ramavarma
Valayar Ramavarma was an Indian poet and lyricist. He was a modern Malayalam lyricist as well as a poet. Some of his famous works are Padamudrakal, Oru Judas Janikkannu, Mulankaadu, Sargasangeetham, etc. Valayar was born on 25 March 1928, in a village of Valayar, Alappuzha, Kerala. His father was Vellarappally Kerala Varma while his mother was Raghavaparambil Ambalika Thamburatty. He was married to Chandramathi Thampuratti. Later he got married to Bharathy Amma, and they have four children together. Their son Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma is a popular lyricist working for the Malayalam entertainment industry.
They also have three daughters, Yamuna, Indulekha, and Sindhu. Bharathy wrote Indradhanussin Theerathu, a book about his late husband, Vayalar. The book became controversial after it was published. Vayalar has written about...
Date of Death:
27-10-1975
Age:
96
Gender:
Male
Skills:
Date of Death:
27-10-1975
Age:
96
Gender:
Male
9. PN Menon
Palissery Narayanankutty Menon, famously known as P.N. Menon, was an Indian film director and an Art Director, mainly in the Malayalam film industry. Besides, director Menon is also known for designing promotional posters.
He was born in Vadakkancherry, Kerala, in 1928. He completed his schooling at the School of Art in Chennai, Thrissur. Arriving in Chennai at the age of 20 with no job - life was challenging for him in the initial phase. He did not find a job in Chennai and thus traveled to Salem, where he worked as a production boy in a studio. However, he had to go back to Chennai after two and a half years as the studio he was working for shut down. In Chennai, he started doing sketches, painting, and designing magazine covers. He also got an opportunity to work for Nagi Reddy’s Magazine cover. Impressed by his talent...
Date of Death:
09-09-2008
Age:
98
Gender:
Male
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