K. P. A. C. Lalitha
| K.P.A.C. Lalitha | |
|---|---|
| Native name | കെ.പി.എ.സി. ലളിത |
| Born |
Maheshwari Amma 1947 Ramapuram near Kayamkulam, Alappuzha, Kerala, India |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1970–present |
| Spouse(s) | Bharathan (deceased) |
| Children | Sidharth, Sreekutty |
| Website |
kpaclalitha |
Maheshwari Amma, better known by her stage name K.P.A.C. Lalitha (born February 25, 1947), is an Indian film and stage actress who works primarily in Malayalam cinema and few Tamil films. She was married to the Bharathan, a Malayalam filmmaker.
Early life
K.P.A.C. Lalitha was born as Maheshwari Amma in 1947 in Ramapuram near Kayamkulam, Alappuzha, Kerala to Kadaykatharayil Veettil K. Ananthan Nair and Bhargavi Amma. She has a brother and a sister: Krishnakumar and Shyamala. She learned to dance when she was still a child under the tutelage of Kalamandalam Gangadharan. She started acting in plays when she was 10 years old.[1]
Her first appearance on stage was in the play Geethayude Bali. She later joined K.P.A.C. (Kerala People's Arts Club), which was a prominent leftist drama troupe in Kerala. She was given the screen-name Lalitha and later when she started acting in movies, the tag K.P.A.C. was added to her screen-name to differentiate it from another actress known as Lalitha.
Career
Her first movie was the film adaptation ofKoottukudumbam directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan. In 1978 she married Bharathan, a noted Malayalam film director.[2] She took a break from film acting for sometime, doing only a few films. The second era of her career started with Kattathe Kilikkoodu (1983) directed by her husband. During this time, she did many critically acclaimed roles including those in Sanmanassullavarkku Samadhanam (1986), Ponn Muttyidunna Tharavu (1988), Mukunthetta Sumitra Vilikkunnu (1988), Vadakku Nooki Yanthram (1989), Dasharatham (1989), Venkalam (1993), Godfather (1991), Amaram (1991), Vietnam Colony (1993), Pavithram (1993), Manichitrathazhu (1994), Sphadikam (1995), and Aniyathi Pravu (1997). She won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Amaram (1991), a film directed by her husband Bharathan.
In 1998, when Bharathan died, she took a break for a few months only to come back with a brilliant performance in Sathyan Anthikkad directed Veendum Chila Veetukaryangal (1999). K.P.A.C. Lalitha's notable roles in recent years were in Shantham (2000), Life Is Beautiful (2000) and Valkannadi (2002). She won her second National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Shantham (2000), directed by Jayaraj.[3] She still appears in films.[4]
K.P.A.C. Lalitha has acted in over 500 films in Malayalam cinema. Apart from Malayalam, She has also acted in 3 Tamil films including Kadhalukku Mariyadhai (1997), Alaipayuthey (2000) and Kireedam (2007). Particularly, her performance in Tamil film Kadhalukku Mariyadhai as Shalini's mother won her critical acclaim.
Personal life
Lalitha's son Sidharth debuted as an actor in the movie Nammal, which was directed by Kamal. After a short career in acting, he chose a career in film direction. In 2012, he made his directorial debut with the film Nidra, which is the remake of 1984 film with the same title written and directed by his father Bharathan.
Lalitha has published an autobiography, titled Katha Thudarum (Story To Be Continued), which won the Cherukad Award in 2013.[5]
Awards
- 1990: Best Supporting Actress - Amaram[6]
- 2000: Best Supporting Actress - Shantham
- 1975: Second Best Actress - Neela Ponman, Onnum Lelle (1975)
- 1978: Second Best Actress - Aaravam
- 1990: Second Best Actress - Amaram
- 1991: Second Best Actress - Kadinjool Kalyanam, Godfather, Sandhesam
- 2000: Best Supporting Actress - Shantham
- 2007: Best Supporting Actress - Thaniye, Nasrani, Aakasham
- 2011: Best Supporting Actress - Snehaveedu
- 2009: Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2004:[Filmfare award for best -supporting actress Malayalm|Manassinakkare
- Other awards
- 2007: Premji Award[7]
- 2009: Thoppil Bhasi Prathibha Award
- 2009: Annual Malayalam Movie Award (Dubai) for Best Outstanding Performances[8]
- 2010: Bharat Murali Award[9]
- 2011: Bahadoor Award[10][11]
- 2011: Kambisseri Karunakaran Award[12]
- 2012: Thoppil Bhasi Prathibha Award
- 2014: Kalaratna Fellowship by Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi
Partial filmography
Actress
2010s
| Year | Film | Role | Co-stars | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Hello Namasthe | Alice | Vinay Fort,Bhavana,Miya George | |
| 2015 | Charlie | Rahel Ammachi | Dulquer Salman,Parvathy and Aparna Gopinath | Martin Prakat |
| 2015 | Su.. Su... Sudhi Vathmeekam | Sudhi's mother | Jayasurya | Ranjith Sankar |
| 2015 | Loham | Ramesh's & Suresh's mother | Mohanlal, Andrea Jeremiah | Ranjith |
| 2015 | Utopiayile Rajavu | Narayani | Mammootty, Jewel Mary | Kamal |
| 2015 | Amar Akbar Anthony | Amar's mother | Prithviraj Sukumaran, Jayasurya | Nadirshah |
| 2015 | Jilebi | Jayasurya | Arun Shekhar | |
| 2015 | Thinkal Muthal Velli Vare | Jayadevan's grandmother | Jayaram, Rimi Tomy | Kannan Thamarakkulam |
| 2015 | Chandrettan Evideya | Valsala | Sidharth Bharathan | |
| 2015 | Mathru Vandhanam | Sukumari, Jagathy Sreekumar | ||
| 2015 | Compartment | Nun | Salim Kumar, Kalabhavan Mani | Salim Kumar |
| 2014 | Aamayum Muyalum | (Marychechi)-Antony's sister | jayasurya innocent, Nedumudi Venu | priyadarshan |
| 2014 | Njangalude Veettile Adhithikal | Manoj's mother | ||
| 2014 | Vellimoonga | Mamachan's mother | ||
| 2014 | Vasanthathinte Kanal Vazhikalil | |||
| 2014 | Law Point | Thressia | Kunchacko Boban, Namitha Pramod, P. Balachandran | Lijin Jose |
| 2014 | Balyakalasakhi | |||
| 2014 | My Dear Mummy | Katrina's aunt | ||
| 2013 | Pullipulikalum Aattinkuttiyum | Chakkattutharayil Madhavi | Kunchacko Boban, Namitha Pramod | Lal Jose |
| 2013 | August Club | Nandan's mother | ||
| 2013 | Progress Report | |||
| 2013 | Good Idea | |||
| 2013 | Nadan | Radhamani | Jayaram | Kamal |
| 2013 | Ayaal | |||
| 2013 | Oru Saopetty Katha | |||
| 2013 | Bicycle Thieves | Asif Ali | ||
| 2013 | Vallatha Pahayan | Balan's Mother | Manikandan Pattambi, Rachana Narayanankutty | Razaq-Niyas |
| 2012 | Chapters | Elderly woman | Sreenivasan | Sunil Ibrahim |
| 2012 | Father's Day | Mathan's mother | ||
| 2012 | Ennennum Ormmakkayi | |||
| 2012 | Ee Thirakkinidayil | Savithri's grandmother | ||
| 2012 | Unnam | |||
| 2012 | Ithra Mathram | |||
| 2012 | 916 | |||
| 2012 | Molly Aunty Rocks | Benny's mother | Prithviraj Sukumaran, Revathy | |
| 2012 | The King & the Commissioner | Joseph's mother | Mammootty, Suresh Gopi | Shaji Kailas |
| 2012 | Thalsamayam Oru Penkutty | TV Audience | Unni Mukundan, Nithya Menon, Shwetha Menon | T. K. Rajeev Kumar |
| 2012 | Hero | Antony's mother | Prithviraj, Anoop Menon | |
| 2012 | Nidra | Ashwathy`s Amma | Siddharth, Rima Kallingal, Jishnu | Siddharth Bharathan |
| 2012 | Mullassery Madhavan Kutty Nemom P.O. | Anoop's mother | Anoop Menon, Sonal Devaraj | Kumar Nanda |
| 2011 | Naayika | Sister | Jayaram, Padmapriya, Sharada | Jayaraj |
| 2011 | Urumi | Narrator | Prithviraj Sukumaran, Prabhu Deva, Arya, Nithya Menon, Vidya Balan | |
| 2011 | Kathayile Naayika | Nandini's mother | ||
| 2011 | Kanakombathu | |||
| 2011 | Khadamma | Aswathi's mother | ||
| 2011 | Kudumbasree Travels | Bhavaniyamma | Jayaram, Bhavana | |
| 2011 | Nadakame Ulakam | Teashop owner | ||
| 2011 | Dr.Love | Nun | Kunchako Boban, Bhavana | |
| 2011 | Rathinirvedam | Rathi's mother | ||
| 2011 | Snehaveedu | Reethamma | Mohanlal, Sheela, Padmapriya, Biju Menon, Innocent | Sathyan Anthikad |
| 2011 | The Train | Grandmother | Mammootty, Jayasurya, Sheena Chohan | Jayaraj |
| 2011 | Manikiakkallu | Chandini's mother | Prithviraj, Samvrutha Sunil | M. Mohanan |
| 2010 | Best Actor | Lalitha | Mammootty, Sruthi Krishnan, Nedumudi Venu, Lal, Salim Kumar | Martin Prakatt |
| 2010 | Elsamma Enna Aankutty | Elsamma's Amma | Kunchacko Boban, Ann Augustine, Indrajith, Nedumudi Venu | Lal Jose |
| 2010 | Plus Two | Valyammachi | Roshan Basheer, Shafna | Shebi |
| 2010 | Penpattanam | Shantha | Revathi, Shwetha Menon, Kailash, Vishnupriya | V. M. Vinu |
| 2010 | Kadha Thudarunnu | Omanakkunjamma | Mamta Mohandas, Jayaram, Asif Ali | Sathyan Anthikkad |
| 2010 | Paappi Appacha | Maria (Dileep's mother) | Dileep, Kavya Madhavan, Innocent | Mamas Chandran |
| 2010 | Pramani | Janaki's Mother | Mammootty, Sneha, Fahad Fazil, Lakshmi, Siddique | B. Unnikrishnan |
| 2010 | Dhrona 2010 | Mammootty, Thilakan, Kanika, Navya Nair | Shaji Kailas | |
| 2010 | Annarakkannanum Thannalayathu | Kalabhavan Mani, Jayashree, Nakshathra, Suraj Venjaramood | Prakashan | |
| 2010 | April Fool | Krishnanunnu's mother | Siddique, Jagadish | Viji Thampi |
| 2010 | Punyam Aham | Jayasree's mother | Prithviraj Sukumaran, Samvrutha Sunil, Nedumudi Venu | Raj Nair |
| 2010 | Oru Small Family | |||
| 2010 | Elektra | |||
| 2010 | Kandahar | Pathumma | ||
| 2010 | Inganeyum Oral | Lalitha Menon | Praveena, Saikumar | Kabeer Rawthar |
2000s
1990s
1980s
1970s
As a dubbing artist
| Year | Film | Character | Dubbed for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Thara | Thara | Sharada |
| 1971 | Aabhijathyam | Malathy | Sharada |
| 1972 | Theerthayathra | Savithrikutty | Sharada |
| 1973 | Udayam | Geetha | Sharada |
| 1973 | Bhadradeepam | Rajani | Sharada |
| 1973 | Veendum Prabhatham | Lakshmi | Sharada |
| 1973 | Dharmayudham | Meenu | Nanditha Bose |
| 1973 | Padmavyooham | Jaya | Vijayasree |
| 1973 | Panitheeraatha Veedu | Rachel | Nanditha Bose |
| 1980 | Thakara | Subhashini | Surekha |
| 1981 | Parankimala | Soorya | |
| 1990 | Mathilukal | Narayani |
Television career
- Thatteem Mutteem as Mayavathi (Mazhavil Manorama)
- Pattukalude Pattu (Surya TV)
- Indira (Surya TV)
- Aakashadoothu (Surya TV)
- Kochu Thresya Kochu (Kairali TV)
- Vava
- Sathi Leelavathi
- Sangeetha Samagamam
- Magal
- Hello Mayavi
- Avasthantharangal
See also
References
- ↑ Archived 7 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "KPAC Lalitha - Malayalam celebrities the stories and the gossips". Movies.deepthi.com. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
- ↑ Archived 24 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑
- ↑ "Cherukad Award for KPSC Lalitha". Dcbooks.com. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
- ↑ "Directorate of Film Festival" (PDF). Iffi.nic.in. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
- ↑ "KPAC Lalitha won the Premji Award". Mallufilmworld.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
- ↑ "Annual Malayalam Movie Awards(AMMA) Announced". Archived from the original on 15 December 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
- ↑ "KPAC Lalitha gets Bharat Murali Award - Filmibeat". Entertainment.oneindia.in. 2010-08-09. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
- ↑ "Latest Malayalam Movies". Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
- ↑ "കെ.പി.എ.സി ലളിതയ്ക്ക് ബഹദൂര് പുരസ്കാരം". Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2013. zero width joiner character in
|title=at position 29 (help) - ↑ "KPAC Lalitha Bags Kambiserry Karunakaran Award". Moovyshoovy.com. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
External links
- K. P. A. C. Lalitha at the Internet Movie Database
- Profile, msidb.org; accessed 18 November 2015.
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