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Malayalam Awards Kerala State Film Awards 1979 - Cast & Crew

1. Sreevidya


11-06-2019/sreevidya.jpg Srividya was a versatile actress who balanced her position well in Tamil and Malayalam movies. She is the daughter of M. L. Vasantha Kumari, the popular carnatic vocalist. Her father Krishnamoorthy was an actor and he quit acting after he was diseased by some skin issues. Srividya made her debut as a child artist in the film Thiruvarutchelvar, which had...
Date of Birth: 24-07-1953
Date of Death: 19-10-2006
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Female
Language: Tamil
Skills:
Date of Birth: 24-07-1953
Date of Death: 19-10-2006
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Female
Language: Tamil
Skills: Movie Actress

2. Sukumari


23-06-2017/sukumari.jpg Sukumari was a legendary South Indian actress who was active in the industry for more than 50 years. She has acted in close to 3000 movies and several serials. Sukumari was facilitated with Padma Shri for her great contributions. She was married to late Dr.Bhim Singh and they have a son named Suresh. Suresh has also acted in a few...
Date of Birth: 06-10-1940
Date of Death: 26-03-2013
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Female
Language: Malayalam
Skills:
Date of Birth: 06-10-1940
Date of Death: 26-03-2013
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Female
Language: Malayalam
Skills: Movie Actress

3. O. N. V. Kurup


o.-n.-v.-kurup.jpg Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup also known as O.N.V Kurup, was a famous Malayalam lyricist and amazing poet of Kerala in India. His father was O.N. Krishna Kurup and mother was K. Lakshmikutty Amma. He was born on 27 May 1931 in Chavara, Kollam, Kerala. His father died when Kurup was eight years old. He somehow tackled the situation and completed...
Date of Birth: 27-05-1931
Date of Death: 13-02-2016
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills:
Date of Birth: 27-05-1931
Date of Death: 13-02-2016
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills: Lyricist

4. Balachandra Menon


balachandra-menon.jpg Balachandra Menon has various feathers to his caps including actor, distributor, director, script writer, music composer, singer, producer and editor. He predominantly concentrates on Malayalam cinema. The 1980s and 90s were heydays in his career. He has the credit of gaining the National Award for his good performance as a lead actor in the 1998 flick Samaantharangal. This flick is...
Date of Birth: 11-01-1954
Age: 71
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills:

5. Nellikode Bhaskaran


nellikode-bhaskaran.jpg 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...
Date of Birth: 21-04-1924
Date of Death: 11-08-1988
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills:
Date of Birth: 21-04-1924
Date of Death: 11-08-1988
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills: Movie Actor

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...
Date of Birth: 10-01-1940
Age: 85
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills:
Date of Birth: 10-01-1940
Age: 85
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills: Singer, Musician

7. M. B. Sreenivasan


21-10-2020/m.-b.-sreenivasan.jpg   M B Sreenivasan is an Indian director who worked for the Malayalam film industry. He was born on 19th September 1925 in Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh. Sreenivasan completed his school at P.S. High School, Chennai, and graduated from Madras Presidency College. His first song was released in the Tamil language with popular Tamil lyricist Jayakanthan for his movie Paadhai Theriyudhu Paar....
Date of Birth: 19-09-1925
Date of Death: 09-03-1988
Star Sign: Virgo
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills:
Date of Birth: 19-09-1925
Date of Death: 09-03-1988
Star Sign: Virgo
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills: Director

8. Adoor Bhasi


adoor-bhasi.jpg Hailing from the city of Kerala, Adoor is an actor and a director. He was born on 1st March 1927 in Vazhuthacaud, Thiruvananthapuram. He spent his childhood with his parents at Travancore. He was the fourth son to E.V. Krishna Pillai, who is a revolutionary story writer, a lawyer and a member of Travancore Legislative Assembly, and Maheshwari Amma, who...
Date of Birth: 01-03-1927
Date of Death: 29-03-1990
Star Sign: Pisces
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
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Date of Birth: 01-03-1927
Date of Death: 29-03-1990
Star Sign: Pisces
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam

9. Padmarajan


03-02-2017/padmarajan.jpg P.Padmarajan is an acclaimed name in Malayalam literature and cinema history. He was an Indian screenwriter, author, and film director, known for his intricate writing and direction....
Date of Birth: 23-05-1945
Date of Death: 24-01-1991
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills:
Date of Birth: 23-05-1945
Date of Death: 24-01-1991
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam

10. G Aravindan


12-08-2020/g-aravindan.jpg G. Aravindan, full name Govindan Aravindan was an exceptional personality with many talents. Aravindan was a screenplay writer, painter, director, and cartoonist of Indian origin. He was born in Kottayam in present-day Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala in 1935. He was born to a family of artists, his father being M.N. Govindan Nair – a comedy writer. Aravindan went to University College in...
Date of Birth: 23-01-1935
Age: 89
Star Sign: Aquarius
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills:
Date of Birth: 23-01-1935
Age: 89
Star Sign: Aquarius
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam

11. Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai


12-03-2023/thakazhi-sivasankara-pillai.jpg Thakazhi Sivasankar Pillai is an Indian novelist, story writer. He loved to write in the Malayalam Language. He was born in Thakazhi, in Kuttanad, Alappuzha district of Kerala state. He has a nickname as ‘Thakazhi.' He was born on April 17, and the year 1912. He has the nationality of India. He is the supporter of various suppressed class....
Date of Birth: 17-04-1912
Date of Death: 10-04-1999
Star Sign: Aries
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills:
Date of Birth: 17-04-1912
Date of Death: 10-04-1999
Star Sign: Aries
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills: Writer, Novelist