Ambika Sukumaran
{{short description|Indian actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ambika Sukumaran
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| birth_place = Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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| occupation = Classical dancer
Actress
| years_active = 1952 – 1979
| spouse = K. V. Sukumaran
| children = 2
| relatives = Travancore family,
Raja Ravi Varma (Great Grandfather)
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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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/flash_back/159135/ |title=മലയാളത്തിന്റെ മുന് നായിക പൊന്നാനിയില്, Flash Back - Mathrubhumi Movies |access-date=17 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202225657/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/flash_back/159135/ |archive-date=2 December 2013 |url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?contentId=10418515&programId=7940855&channelId=-1073750705&BV_ID=@@@&tabId=3|title=Manorama Online Latest Malayalam News. Breaking News Events. News Updates from Kerala India|website=Manoramaonline.com|accessdate=18 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203005121/http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?contentId=10418515&programId=7940855&channelId=-1073750705&BV_ID=@@@&tabId=3|archive-date=3 December 2013|url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/Vintage-memories/article15937353.ece |title=Vintage memories |date=27 February 2009 |accessdate=18 July 2018 |website=The Hindu}}
Personal life
She married Sukumaran and left cinema, settling in the US. She has two daughters.{{cite web |title=Innalathe Tharam-Amritatv |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkHcBRSP4Po |via=YouTube |accessdate=1 November 2013}} She is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer. She ran a dance school in New Jersey before retiring.
Partial filmography
=Malayalam=
=Tamil=
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
| Year | Title | Role | class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Ponni | Dancer | |
| rowspan=3 | 1956 | Rambaiyin Kaadhal | Menaka | |
| Raja Rani | Dancer | ||
| Mathar Kula Manikkam | Dancer | ||
| 1957 | Pudhu Vazhvu | Dancer | |
| 1959 | Yaanai Valartha Vanampadi | ||
| rowspan=2 | 1960 | Rathinapuri Ilavarasi | ||
| Ivan Avanethan | |||
| 1961 | Sri Valli | ||
| 1963 | Naan Vanangum Deivam | ||
| 1967 | Kandhan Karunai | Padumakomalai | |
| 1968 | Thillana Mohanambal | Maragatham |
=Telugu=
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
| Year | Title | Role | class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Charana Daasi | Dancer | |
| 1960 | Rani Ratnaprabha | Dancer | |
| 1962 | Dakshayagnam | Urvashi |
=Kannada=
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
| Year | Title | Role | class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Abba Aa Hudugi | Dancer |
=Hindi=
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
| Year | Title | Role | class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Royal Mail | Rajkumari | |
| 1965 | Mahabharat | Hidimbi |
TV Shows - Guest
- Sthree (ACV)
- Morning Guest (Media One)
- Interview (Manorama News)
- Rangoli (Doordarshan Malayalam)
- Innalathe Tharam (Amrita TV)
- Film Views
Dramas
- Kuttavum Shikshayum
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|5893823}}
- {{cite web |url=http://en.msidb.org/displayProfile.php?category=actors&artist=Ambika+(Old)&limit=65 |title=Profile of Malayalam Actor Ambika (Old) |website=En.msidb.org |accessdate=18 July 2018}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.betsywoodman.com/india/travancore-sisters-forever/ |title=Travancore Sisters Forever - Betsy Woodman |date=29 August 2012 |website=Betsywoodman.com |accessdate=18 July 2018}}
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Category:Actresses in Malayalam cinema
Category:20th-century Indian actresses
Category:Actresses from Kerala
Category:Indian film actresses
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Actresses in Tamil cinema
Category:Actresses in Telugu cinema