Indian actress
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.[1] Ambika also was initiated to go along that path and she debuted in Udaya Studio's film Visappinte Vili in 1952 she is also the first herion of Premnazir.[2] 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.[3]
Personal life
She married Sukumaran and left cinema, settling in the US. She has two daughters.[4] She is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer. She ran a dance school in New Jersey before retiring.[3]
Partial filmography
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Kannada
Hindi
TV Shows - Guest
- Sthree (ACV)
- Morning Guest (Media One)
- Interview (Manorama News)
- Rangoli (Doordarshan Malayalam)
- Innalathe Tharam (Amrita TV)
- Film Views
Dramas
References
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