Malayalam Tv Serial Amme Devi - Cast & Crew

Namitha Pramod, born to Pramod and Indu on 19th September 1996 in Thiruvananthapuram is a Malayalam actress who rose to fame through television. She started her acting career when she was in her 7th grade by appearing in the very popular fictional Christian Devotional teleserial  Velankanni Mathavu. She appeared as Mathavu in the serial and was accepted by the Malayalam television viewers. After that she played the role of goddess Devi in Amme Devi, portraying her character through her expressive eyes. She acted as Anjali in Ente Manasaputhri, a very popular serial in Asianet directed by Baiju Devaraj. She chose to play it safe as she did not overwork and put her education at stake. 

She entered the big screen through the movie Traffic, a trend setter movie which revolved aroud the theme of organ donation and heart transplant. She played the character Riya, the dying daughter of Rahman and Lena, which gave a lot for her to perform. Even though it was a short character role, her performance got noticed. Her first lead role, the Sathyan Anthikkad movie Puthiyatheerangal with a coastal lifestyle as the backdrop, brought her back to Malayalam movie industry as a promising heroin. She played the role of Thamara a fisherwoman opposite Nivin Pauly. Later she had a series of movies; in Sound Thoma with Dilip; a Mohiniyattam dancer in Pullipulikalum Aattinkuttiyum; as a modern, city bred college student in Law point with Kunchako Boban. Her very recent movies are Villaliveeran with Dilip in which she plays the character of Namratha, Dilip’s love interest; a Konkani speaking girl Deepika opposite Dulquer Salman in Vikramadithyan, which is still running in the theaters. All of her movies are box office hits and she holds a position among the top 5 actresses of 2013. She appears to be a Promising and Lucky actress in the Malayalam movie industry after her back to back hits. Her movie Ormayundo Ee Mugham with Vineeth Sreenivasan, a romantic comedy musical entertainer, is scheduled for release on 14 November 2014. 

As every other new budding heroines in Malayalam, Namitha has made her debut in Tamil also. Her first Tamil movie is En Kadhal Pudhithu, directed by Maaris Kumar which she had done before becoming popular in Malayalam did not give her promising start. But she says that she has offers pouring in from the Tamil Industry, but she does not have dates for now.

She has won many awards like Amrita TV Film awards for New Face of the Year in 2013 for portraying Thamara, and Asianet Film award for Popular actress for her acting in Pullipulikalum Aatinkuttiyum.   Namitha is continuing her education along with acting. She joined for Bachelor’s degree in sociology at St Theresa’s college in 2014. She says that even though she could not attend classes regularly till now due to her busy schedule, she will not compromise with her studies. She has a younger sister Ankitha who is her very big fan and critic.

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 films and is a doctor by profession. Sukumari passed away in the year 2013. Her death was a huge loss to the industry.

Sukumari was born in the year 1940 as the daughter of Madavan Nair and Satyabama Amma at Tamil Nadu. She started her dance training at a very young age and travelled all over India with her dance shows. Her debut movie was Oru Irav in Tamil. The journey which started with 1960 continued till 2013. She has donned a variety of roles over the years. Her acting career was spread across many languages like Malayalam, Simhala, Bengali, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. She has been an integral part of many stage programs, humorous skits, chat shows and reality shows. Sukumari had also conducted many independent music concerts. She has donned significant roles in a variety of Malayalam and Tamil television serials. Her powerful character in the serial Swarnamayooram is unforgettable. Swarnamayooram is a mega serial which was telecasted on Asianet television channel. Swarnamayooram mainly focused on the story of two ladies Seetalakshmi and Krishnaveni and their relationship with each other. Krishnaveni and Seetalakshmi shared a very close friendship. The love, affection and care they had for each other been regarded as much more than that of real sisters. As per the story line, a very theatrical incident in their lives brought about a huge alteration in their strong bond. Sukumari has won numerous awards for stellaer performances and will always remain alive in the heart of her loving fans.

Sukumari Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)