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Sukumari had been acting since she was 10
years old and has acted in various roles. The total number of her films is
presumed to be more than 2500. In 2003, she was awarded the Padma Shri by the
Government of India for her contributions towards the arts. And she won the
National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Namma
Gramam(2010). Sukumari died on 26 March 2013 following a heart attack while
under treatment for burn injuries received while lighting the pooja lamp at her
residence in Chennai
Sukumari was born in Nagercoil to Madhavan Nair and Sathyabhama, in the year
1940. She left them early in life to study dance with her aunt Saraswathi in
Chennai, alongside her first cousins the Travancore Sisters, Lalitha, Padmini
and Ragini (their mothers are sisters). She learned dance with the sisters
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 Or iravu.. She has acted in various Malayalam films of
the black and white age, like Chettathi, Kusruthikkuttan, Kunjali Marakkar,
Thacholi Othenan, Yakshi and Karinizhal. She later became popular 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 Karyam Nissaram.
In later years she played a major role in Nizhalkkuthu (2002) directed by Adoor
Gopalakrishnan. She had played many notable mother roles. She has acted in films
in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi, and used her own voice in all
languages without using dubbing artists.
Sukumari married director A. Bhimsingh in 1959. He died in 1978. The couple has
a son, Suresh, who is a doctor.
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Awards
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National Film Awards
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Kerala State Film Awards
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Filmfare Awards
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Asianet Film Awards
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Kerala Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress
- 1979: Ezhu
Nirangal (directed by I.
V. Sasi)
- 1982: Chiriyo
Chiri
- 1985: Arappatta
Kettiya Gramathil
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Other awards
- 2007: Kala Ratnam Award
of KALA Abu Dhabi
- 2011: Bahadoor Award[18]
- 2011: Chalachitra
Pratibha by Kerala Film
Critics Association[19]
- 2002: Special honour at Gurupooja, Soorya
Festival for lifetime achievement
- Chalachithra Ratnam by
Kerala Film Critics Association
- Abhinaya Bharathi by
Kalakairali, Chennai
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Tamil Nadu State Awards
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Kalaimamani Award (Given by
Govt. of Tamil Nadu): 1991-1992)
- Kalai Selvam Award (Given by Govt. of Tamil
Nadu): 1990
( Courtesy: Wikkipedia)
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