Vijayakumari


Vijayakumari is an Indian stage, television and film actress. She was a stage actress at Kerala People's Arts Club and Kalidasa Kalakendra. She is the winner of the Kerala State award for best stage actress. She received the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award in 1976 and the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship in 2005. Currently she is the Secretary of Kalidasa Kalakendra.

Early and personal life

Vijayakumari was born to Paramu Panicker and Bhargaviyamma at Kollam. Her father was a boat captain and her mother was a cashew nut worker in a cashew factory at Kollam. Her father died when she was very young. She has a younger sister. She had her primary education from Cantonment School, Kollam.
She is married to O. Madhavan. They have three children, Mukesh, Sandhya Rajendran, and Jayasree Syamlal. Sandhya's husband, E. A. Rajendran is also a film actor.

Filmography

Ayisha .... SuhraKochumon .... GracyKaattupookkal Thaara .... KaalikuttyNingalenne Communistakki...KalyaniPanchavankaadu .... NaniyachiLora Nee Evide Agnimrigam Oru Sundariyude Katha...Kunjiyamma Achanum Baappayum .... Yashodha Thottavadi Rajankanam Anavaranam Vedikkettu Venal Nattuchakkiruttu Artham Shubhayathra Aparna City Police ... Voice onlyThenali ... KamakshiNandanam ... Parootty AmmaMizhi Randilum... YashodharaAmmakilikoodu ...KouslayaJalolsavam ...PappiyammaMadhuchandralekha...Chandramathi's motherChiratta Kalippattangal .... GrandmotherChota Mumbai... Nadeshan's motherHeart Beats... Therutha chedathiChandranilekkoru Vazhi ... ThumbaMeghatheertham ... ArtistKadaaksham .... Old ladyChithrakkuzhal Anwar .... UmmaThaappana ... BhavaniHide N' Seek ... Niranjan's motherNadan ... IcheyiOttamandaaram Karnavar ... MuthassiVeyilum Mazhayum ... GrandmaOru Second Class Yathra ... Old lady on the trainParayanullath ... Amma Olappeeppi ... Sreedharan's motherOru KPAC Kaalam ... HerselfBottle Lockdown ... OmanaVidhi:The Verdict .... EliyammaAcquarium ... Lady at gardenTurning Point Ormakalil - a mother's passion
  • ''Kanneerinum Madhuram''

Television serials

Drama

  • Ningalenne Communistakki
  • Mudiyanaya Puthran
  • Doctor
  • Puthiya Akasham Puthiya BhoomiKadalpalamYudhabhoomiAltharaRamananSwantham Leghakan
  • ''Rainbow''