Sukumari is an Indian actress from Kerala who has primarily acted in Malayalam and Tamil movies. She has been acting since she was 10 years old and has acted in different roles and languages. The total number of her movies is presumed to be about 2,000 movies. Even after having entertained generations with diverse tastes, she is still a much sought-after actress.She was born in Nagercoil in 1940. Sukumari is a first cousin of the Travancore Sisters, Lalitha, Padmini and Ragini (their mothers are sisters). She learned dance with the sisters and mastered danceforms like Keralanadanam, Kathakali and Bharathanatyam. She went for an all-India tour with the sisters. Sukumari was noticed by a director when she went to the sets of a film with Padmini, and she debuted in the lead role in the Tamil film Orarivu. She was married to Director A. Bhimsingh until he died when she was barely 30. She acted in various Malayalam films of the black and white age, like Chettathi, Kusruthikkuttan, Kunjali Marakkar, Thacholi Othenan, Yakshi and Karinizhal. She became popular in the later years by acting in various films of Priyadarshan like Poochakkoru Mookkuthi, Oodarathuammava Aalariyam, Boeing Boeing and Vandanam. She was also noticed in various films directed by Balachandra Menon like Manicheppu Thurannappol and Karyan Nissaram. In later years she did a major role in Nizhalkkuthu(2002) directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan. She has also done many mother roles and many of them are well-noted. She has acted in films in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi, and used her own voice in all languages without using dubbing artists. She is still actively involved in films, TV Serials and stage dramas.
Actress Sukumari Movies List
Akkare Ninnoru Maran
(
Malayalam )
Vetrimaran I.P.S
(
Tamil
)
Director :
Major Ravi
Music Director :
M.G. Shree Kumar
Release Date:
28-02-2014
August Club
(
Malayalam )
Director :
K. B. Venu
Music Director :
Bennet Veetraag
Release Date:
16-07-2013
Hotel California
(
Hindi )
Director :
Aji John
Music Director :
Shaan Rahman
Release Date:
02-05-2013
SIM: Sorry I'm Mad
(
Malayalam )
Director :
Deepan
Music Director :
Gopi Sundar
Release Date:
19-04-2013
David and Goliath
(
Malayalam )
Director :
Rajeev Nath
Music Director :
Ratheesh Vegha
Release Date:
21-02-2013
