Kaviyoor Ponnamma
Acting
Born 1945-09-10
Died 2024-09-10
Kaviyoor, Thiruvalla, Kerala
215 credits
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Kaviyoor Ponnamma (10 September 1945 – 20 September 2024) was an Indian actress who appeared in Malayalam films and television. She began her career performing in theatre dramas before foraying into cinema. She also acted in TV serials and commercials and had playback singing credits in few films
Ponnamma was a four-time Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress winner.
Often called as the "mother to all actors", she acted as mother of almost all actors in her career spanning over decades. At the age of 20, she played the mother of older actors Sathyan and Madhu in Thommente Makkal (1965). She particularly gained critical acclaim for acting as the mother of Mohanlal.
As a five-year-old, she learned music and sang in stage shows. In 1958, she was spotted by Kerala People's Arts Club (KPAC) who was looking for a girl who can sing in their stage play. They also gave her the role of heroine in Mooladhanam, her debut stage drama at age 13. It was directed by Thoppil Bhasi. After five years came her first movie Kudumbini, in which she did the title role of the mother of two children.
Ponnamma died from cancer at Lissie Hospital in Kochi, Kerala, on 20 September 2024, at the age of 79.
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Filmography
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Acting
46 credits
Poacher
Vietnam Colony
Makan Ente Makan
Chakravakam
Thoppil Joppan
Thenmavin Kombath
Mansoru Maha Samudram
Sandhesam
Lal Salam
In Harihar Nagar
Manjadikuru
Arakkallan Mukkalkkallan
Kalippattam
Sopanam
His Highness Abdullah
Pa.Va
Kattukuthira
Sesham Kazhchayil
No: 1 Snehatheeram Banglore North
Ezhupunna Tharakan
Aayushkalam
Adhipan
Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty
Manushya Mrugam
Kavadiyattam
Bharatham
Gandharvam
Kshamichu Ennoru Vakku
Arayannangalude Veedu
Marakkillorikkalum
Swanthamevide Bandhamevide
Vedham
Peruvannapurathe Visheshangal
Collector
Kudumba Visesham
Vatsalyam
Angadikkappurathu
Nellu
Velutha Kathreena
Runway
Manthrakodi
Mazhavilkavadi
The Godman
Mukthi
Thinkalazhcha Nalla Divasam
Ulsavapittennu
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Priyuralu
Mahanagaram
Kaaliya Mardhanam
Meghatheertham
Ezhunnallathu
Snehadeepame Mizhi Thurakku
Sukrutham
Tourist Bungalow
Satyavan Savithri
Pappayude Swantham Appoos
Purappadu
Ee Thanalil Ithiri Neram
Vivahitha
Manasilloru Manimuthu
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