Pala Thankam

{{Infobox person

| name = Pala Thankam

| image=

| birth_date = 1941

| birth_place = Pala, India

| death_date = {{Death date and given age|2021|01|10|79|df=y}}

| occupation = Film actress

| nationality = Indian

| parents=

| spouse = Sreedharan Thampi

| children= Somasekharan Thampi, Bahuleyan Thampi, Ambili

| years_active= 1969–1981

}}

Pala Thankam (1941 – 10 January 2021) was an Indian actress in Malayalam movies.{{cite web |url=http://www.malayalamcinema.com/star-details.php?member_id=261 |title=Malayalam movie photos, Malayalam cinema gallery, Malayalam cinema actress, Malayalam cinema photos, New Malayalam cinema |publisher=malayalamcinema.com |accessdate=22 February 2014}} She was one of the prominent supporting actresses, singers and dubbing artists in the late 1960s and 1970s in Malayalam and Tamil movies. She acted in more than 100 movies and dubbed for almost 500 films.{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/amma-to-form-cricket-team/article2138150.ece |newspaper=The Hindu |title=AMMA to form cricket team |date=27 June 2011 |accessdate=21 June 2018}}

Biography

She was born as Thankam at Pala, Kottayam. She was a theater artist before becoming a cine artist. She worked at many drama troupes like KPAC, Vishwakerala kala Samithi, Jyothi Theaters etc. She debuted with the movie Rebecca in 1963 as Sathyan's mother. She made her dubbing debut in 1971 movie, Bobanum Moliyum for the character Boban. She was a sought out dubbing artist during the 1970s who has dubbed for more than 1000 characters and acted in more than 300 movies. She has dubbed for 5 characters in a single movie.

Personal life

Her husband Sreedharan Thampi, was a police officer, who died in an accident. The couple have three children: Somasekharan Thampi, Bahuleyan Thampi, Ambili. Her daughter Ambili was also a dubbing artist in Malayalam movies.{{cite web |title=Innalathe Tharam – Pala Thankam |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Peh0KS7XB9g |publisher=amritatv.com |accessdate=22 February 2014}}{{cite web |title=Innalathe Tharam part 2 – Pala Thankam |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbbugRYUyQE |publisher=amritatv.com |accessdate=22 February 2014}} She was deserted by her children and stayed at an aged care facility, Gandhibhavan, Kollam.{{Cite web |url=http://www.marunadanmalayali.com/news/special-report/story-of-pala-thankom-16231 |title=നസീറും സത്യനും മധുവും മുതൽ മമ്മൂട്ടിക്കും സുരേഷ് ഗോപിക്കും ഒപ്പം വരെ അഭിനയം; 300 സിനി}}