Ambika Sukumaran


Ambika Sukumaran Nair is an Indian actress best known for her work in Malayalam cinema during the 1950s and 1960s. She is a close relative of the Travancore Sisters; Lalitha, Padmini and Ragini, and also Shobana, Vineeth, Krishna and Sukumari. Ambika debuted in Udaya Studio's film Visappinte Vili in 1952; she is also the first heroine of Premnazir. In 1968, she acted as the lead actress in the first full-length comedy in Malayalam cinema Viruthan Shanku, directed by P. Venu. She acted in more than 80 movies.

Personal life

She married Sukumaran and left cinema, settling in the US. They have two daughters. She is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer. She ran a dance school in New Jersey before retiring.

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