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Malayalam Movie Actress Kaviyoor Ponnamma

DOB : 10-09-1945
Date of death: 20-09-2024
Lived For : 79 Years
Language : Malayalam
Star Sign : Virgo
Gender : Female

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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 for the dramas that were staged in Kerala, she could not get such film offers. She performed on stage when she was just 14 years old. Hence, she is always thankful to the theaters which taught her basic in acting.

She has acted in over 1,000 films, and has won many state awards for her best supporting role in cinema (in the year 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974). She recalls very often that during her time, acting was taken up very seriously and it was just means of livelihood. But the present generation finds acting as passion and pastime job only. While there was some opposition from her mother in taking up acting as her career, it was her father who had supported her fully when she was a stage artiste performer in Kerala. It was just two years before that she had settled in Aluva after shifting from Chennai. In Chennai, she had stayed for 38 years. She also acted as grandmother and mother and appeared in some advertisement. Kaviyoor Ponnamma had acted in the mother role for the actors like Satyan and Prem Nazir Prem Nazir was born on 7th April 1926 and his actu >> Read More... . But people recognized her when she did the mother role for actor Mohanlal Mohan Lal is the Super Star of the Malayalam film >> Read More... .

Kaviyoor Ponnamma’s sister, Kaviyoor Renuka, was also an actress. Inspired by the legendary MS Subbulakshmi, Ponnamma learned music. Her singing arangetram was held when she was just 11 years. On that stage, she was introduced as Kaviyoor Ponnamma, where her name is accompanied by her birthplace. Her acting debut happened in the stage play, Mooladhanam. She was 13 years old when she made her debut as the heroine on stage. When she was just 18, she played the role of a mother of 2 kids.

Ponnamma’s film debut came in 1958 through the film Mariakutty, where she shared the screen with Prem Nazir and Miss Kumari Miss Kumari was a Malayalam actress who graced the >> Read More... . Right from her debut to her last movie, she was seen in significant roles with strong performances. From 2011 to 2015, she was featured in 20 movies. In 2016, she was featured in Kammal, Dhanayathra, Poy Maranju Paranju, Pa Va with Murali Gopy Murali Gopy is a very revered name in the Malyalam >> Read More... and Anoop Menon Anoop Menon is an Indian film actor, script writer >> Read More... , “ Oppam Click to look into! >> Read More... ” with “Mohanlal,” Thoppil Joppan with “ Mammootty Muhammed Kutty Ismail Paniparambil is the original >> Read More... ,” and Oru Muthassi Gadha Click to look into! >> Read More... with “ Lena Lena Abhilash is known for her character Jancy pla >> Read More... ,” Suraj Venjaramoodu Sooraj Venjaramoodu was born on 30th June, 1976 in >> Read More... , and Aparna Balamurali Aparna Balamurali is an actress in Indian cinema w >> Read More... . In 2017, she was seen in a short film, Manchatti. The same year, she was featured in “ Achayans Click to look into! >> Read More... ,” directed by Kannan Thamarakulam, featuring “ Jayaram Born on December 10 1965, Jayaram’s main region of >> Read More... ,” Unni Mukundan Born on the 22nd of September, 1987, Unni Mukundan >> Read More... , and Prakash Raj Prakash Raj, born on 26th of March, 1965, as Praka >> Read More... . The same year, she was seen in Vedam.

In 2019, Ponnamma was seen in Mr. Pavanayi 99.99 and Muthassikkoru Muthu. The same year, she was seen in Mammootty’s “ Mamangam Click to look into! >> Read More... .” In 2021, she was seen in the anthology movie Aanum Pennum in the segment Rani. The same year, she was seen in Ammachikoottile Pranayakalam. In 2022, Ponnamma was seen in Kannadi and lent her voice to Mohanlal’s “Aarattu.” She has also featured in a lot of serials, including Mandan Kunju in Doordarshan in 1997. In 1999, she performed in Kalanum Kandakashani on Doordarshan. In 2000, Ponnama was seen in Manasi.

In 2001, she was seen in Akshayapaathram and Swantham Malootty. In 2002, Ponnamma was featured in “Akkarappacha” on Asianet. In 2004, she was featured in Dambathya Geethangal DAMBATHYA GEETHANGAL is a television serial about >> Read More... on Asianet. The same year, she was seen in Black and White on Asianet. In 2005, Ponnamma performed in Krishnakripaasaagaram on Amrita TV. The same year she appeared on a Telefilm, Amma on Amrita TV. In 2006, Ponnamma was featured in Manthrakodi on Asianet. The same year, she featured on the same channels’ Sthree 2 and Ponnunjal. In 2007, she played in Sree Ayappanum Vavarum on Surya TV. The same year, she was seen in Alilathali on Asianet, Manassariyathe on Surya TV, and the devotional show Guruvayoor Sree Krishna Darsanam.

In 2008, Ponnamma was featured in Meera on Asianet. The same year, she was seen in Vishudha Thomasleeha, Gajarajan Guruvayoor Kesavan, and Ammathottil. In 2009, she was seen in Chandrettanum Shobedathiyum. She was also seen on Amrita TV’s Pakal Mazha. In 2012, Ponnamma was featured in Ramayanam on Mazhavil Manorama. The same year, she played in Kathayile Rajakumari Kathayile Rajakumari is a daily family drama show >> Read More... on Mazhavil Manorama. In 2016, she was seen in Amme Mahamayee on Surya TV. In 2017, she made a cameo appearance in Thatteem Mutteem on Mazhavil Manorama. In 2018, Ponnamma was featured in Gauri on Surya TV.

She was honoured by the State of Kerala and Tamilnadu. The government of Tamilnadu honoured her with the Kalaiselvam Award. Ponnamma was honoured with more than 20 renowned awards during her career. Ponnamma married Maniswami, a film producer, in 1969. Their daughter, Bindu, is settled in the US. Maniswami died in 2011. Ponnamma died on 20^th September 2024 due to cancer.