Alphonsa is an
Indian actress known for her works in
South Indian films, predominantly in
item number
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s, supporting and cameo roles.
Career
Alphonsa played a supporting role in
K. S. Ravikumar
K. S. Ravikumar (born 30 May 1958) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, primarily working in Tamil films.
Career
1990–1997
Ravikumar worked as co-director on R. B. Choudary's production '' Pudhu Vasantham'' dire ...
's ''
Panchathanthiram'' (2002), appearing alongside
Kamal Haasan
Kamal Haasan (born 7 November 1954) is an Indian actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, playback singer, television presenter and politician who works mainly in Tamil cinema and has also appeared in some Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada and Bengali ...
in a few scenes like, before appearing in ''
Kadhal Sadugudu'' (2003), opposite
Vikram
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* Vikram (name), a male name in the Hindu community
* ''Vikram'' (1986 Tamil film)
* ''Vikram'' (1986 Telugu film)
* ''Vikram'' (2022 Tamil film)
* Vikram (actor) (born 1966), Indian actor
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, where her work was described as "lewd".
Personal life
Alphonsa was born in
Tamil Nadu
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. Her younger brother is choreographer
Robert
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, who has also worked in films as an actor. Alphonsa married Nazeer, her co-star in ''Parvu Mazhai'', in 2001, against the wishes of her family.
Alphonsa had lived with an upcoming actor, Vinod, in a live-in relationship for two years, before he committed suicide in 2012. Alphonsa also then attempted suicide in March 2012 by consuming excessive sleeping pills, but was saved. Reports initially emerged casting suspicion over the actress's involvement in Vinod's death. She later insisted that such allegations were baseless. She stated that Vinod had played the lead in a movie called ''Kavasam'', alongside
Murali, which was put on hold because of financial problems, and that the failure to make it as an actor in films despite half a decade of hard work had him feeling depressed enough to commit suicide.
Filmography
References
External links
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Living people
Actresses from Chennai
Indian female dancers
21st-century Indian actresses
20th-century Indian actresses
Year of birth missing (living people)
Actresses in Malayalam cinema
Actresses in Tamil cinema
Actresses in Telugu cinema
Indian film actresses
Actresses in Kannada cinema
Dancers from Tamil Nadu
Actresses in Hindi cinema