Bhagyalakshmi (born 1 November 1962) is an Indian

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actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek ...

and activist. She works primarily in

Malayalam Film Malayalam cinema is an Indian cinema, Indian film industry of Malayalam-language motion pictures. It is based in Kochi, Kerala, India. The films produced in Malayalam cinema are known for their cinematography and story-driven plots. In 1982, ...

Industry and has dubbed for more than 4000 films in

Malayalam cinema Malayalam cinema is an Indian film industry of Malayalam-language motion pictures. It is based in Kochi, Kerala, India. The films produced in Malayalam cinema are known for their cinematography and story-driven plots. In 1982, ''Elippathayam' ...

, most notably for actresses

Shobana Shobana Chandrakumar Pillai (born 21 March 1970) is an Indian actress and Bharatanatyam dancer. She acts predominantly in Malayalam films along with Telugu and Tamil films with few Hindi, Kannada and English films. She has won two National Fil ...

and

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. Bhagyalakshmi published her autobiography titled ''Swarabhedangal,'' which received the

Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Biography and Autobiography The Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Biography and Autobiography is an award given every year by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi (Kerala Literary Academy) to Malayalam writers for writing a biography or autobiography of literary merit. It is one of th ...

Career

Bhagyalakshmi started dubbing at the age of 10 for child actors. Her first noted movie was '' Aparadhi'' in 1977, and she became popular through the film

Kolilakkam ''Kolilakkam'' () is a 1981 Malayalam-language action thriller film, written and directed by P. N. Sundaram, and starring Jayan. The film was a box office hit. The movie was a remake of the 1965 Hindi film '' Waqt''. Premise Three brothers, ...

(dubbed for

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). She has also acted in around 20 Malayalam movies, with ''

Manassu ''Manassu'' is a 1973 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Hameed Kakkassery and produced by H. H. Abdulla Settu. The film stars Prem Nazir, Jayabharathi, Adoor Bhasi and Sankaradi in the lead roles. The film had musical score by M. S. Baburaj. ...

'' (1973) being her debut movie as a child artist. She has won the

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for Best Actress for Various Heroines. She has won this award more than any other actress, and is followed by

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. In 2021, she entered the popular reality TV show

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- Malayalam, Season 3 as a contestant and was evicted on Day 49.

Radio

Bhagyalakshmi has worked as an announcer for the

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Dubbing

She started her dubbing career in films like Aparathi (1977). From 1978-1980, she dubbed numerous films for child actors and supporting heroines. Nokkethadhoorathu Kannum Nattu (1984) popularized her in the

Malayalam film industry Malayalam cinema is an Indian film industry of Malayalam-language motion pictures. It is based in Kochi, Kerala, India. The films produced in Malayalam cinema are known for their cinematography and story-driven plots. In 1982, '' Elippathayam ...

, after which she dubbed for numerous Malayalam films. She gave her voice for several leading heroines, such as Menaka, Urvasi, Jayapradha, Karthika, Parvathy, Gauthami,

Suhasini Suhasini Maniratnam (born 15 August 1961) known mononymously as Suhasini, is an Indian actress, director, producer and writer in the Tamil film industry. She has worked as an actress in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. She made her ...

, Sobhana, Sukanya,

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, Renjini,

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, Kanaka and

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. She dubbed for Sobhana in the films ''

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'' (1993), M''azhayethum'' Mumbe (1995), ''

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'' (1994),

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(1985), and

Innale ''Innale'' () is a 1990 Malayalam-language psychological drama film written and directed by P. Padmarajan. The film was produced by A. B. R Productions. The film stars Suresh Gopi, Jayaram, Shobhana, and Srividya in lead roles. The film featur ...

(1990) for which she received wide acclaim in the Malayalam film industry.

Personal life

Bhagyalakshmi was born on 1 November 1962 to Kumaran Nair, who hails from Powaat Tharavadu in

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, and Bhargavi Amma from Kurupath Tharavad in

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. She has an elder sister, Indira Nair, and a brother, Unni Nair. She started her career as a dubbing artist at the age of 10 and went on to complete her pre-university course while working in the film industry. She lost both her parents in childhood and married K. Ramesh Kumar on 27 October 1985. The couple has two sons. They separated in 2011, and officially divorced in September 2014. Her ex-husband died on 23 March 2021 due to kidney failure.

Publication

Bhagyalakshmi published her autobiography, ''Swarabhedangal'' and was selected by Nielsen Data as part of its best seller list. This was the first time a Malayalam book was selected for this endowment.

Controversy

Assault case

On 26 September 2020, Bhagyalakshmi, along with two other activists, Diya Sana and Sreelakshmi Arakkal, inked and manhandled a YouTube Vlogger named Vijay P. Nair in his residence at Thiruvananthapuram. They alleged that one of his videos was a personal insult to her, even though her name was not explicitly mentioned in the post. Following that, she and the other two were charged with

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offences including

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and attempt to murder.

Awards and honours

Bibliography

Partial filmography

As dubbing artist

This is not a complete list

Filmography As an actress

# Manassu (1973) # Samudram (1977) # Madalasa (1978) # Surya Daham (1978) # Nivedyam (1978) # Kathu # Padmatheertham (1978) #

Chamaram ''Chamaram'' is a 1980 Malayalam film written by John Paul Puthusery and directed by Bharathan, starring Nedumudi Venu, Zarina Wahab, Prathap Pothan and Ratheesh. The story is about the tumultuous affair between a student and his college lectu ...

(1980) #

Manassinte Theerthayathra ''Manssinte Theerdha Yathra'' is a 1981 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Thamban. The film stars Shubha, Sukumaran, M. G. Soman and Jagathy Sreekumar in the lead roles. The film has musical score by M. B. Sreenivasan. Cast * Shubha as Arund ...

(1981) # ''Ammakkorumma'' (1981) #''Gaanam'' (1982) #

Dheera ''Dheera'' is a 1982 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Joshiy and produced by Raghu Kumar. The film stars Sukumaran, Ambika, M. G. Soman and Sumalatha in the lead roles. The film has musical score by Raghu Kumar. Cast *Sukumaran as Vinod ...

(1982) # Mattuvin Chattangale (1982) # Swantham Enna Karuthi (1989) #

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(2013) # ''Njan Samvidhanam Cheyyum'' (2015) # ''Pava'' (2016) # Oru Muthassi Gadha (2016) as Susaamma # ''Premanjali'' (2018) #

Adithya Varma ''Adithya Varma'' is a 2019 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Gireesaaya in his directorial debut and produced by Mukesh Mehta under E4 Entertainment. The film stars Dhruv Vikram in his acting debut and Banit ...

(2019) # ''Aniyan Kunjinum Thannalayathu'' (2019) # ''Madhuram Jeevitham'' (2021-)

Television

As a television presenter

* Manassiloru Mazhavillu seasons 1, 2 (

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) * Selfie (

) * Fast Track * Dream Drive

Television shows as judge

*Tharolsavam 1, 2 (

) *

Star Singer ''Star Singer'' is an Indian music reality-television competition, broadcast on Asianet and previously sponsored by Idea Cellular. The show, which selected contestants in the age group of 15–35 years determined the winner based on their ski ...

2008 (

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)

Television shows as participant

*MY G Flowers Oru Kodi * Bigg Boss (Malayalam season 3) * Smart Show

Serials

*''Miss Mary Therasa Paul'' — Dubbed for

Beena Antony Beena Antony is an Indian actress appearing in Malayalam film and television. She mainly appeared in supporting roles in films and television serials in her later career, including ''Ommanathinkalpakshi'', ''Mayaseetha'', ''Ente Manasaputhri' ...

: She won best actress telefilm in Kerala State Television Award (1996) *''Nombarapoovu'' — Dubbed for Reshmi Soman (2007) *''Melapadam'' — Dubbed for Mini Nair (1996) *''Kadamattath Kathanar'' — Dubbed for Thara Kalyan, Sukanya *''Mandaram'' — Dubbed for Rekha (2008) *''Akashadooth'' — Dubbed for Chippy (2010-2013) *''Kumkumapoovu'' — Dubbed for Asha Sharth (2012-2015) *''Koodathayi'' — Dubbed For Muktha (2019–2021) *''Kaliveedu'' — Dubbed for Shanthi Krishna (2022) * From 2000 to 2005 she dubbed many serials for various channels

References

External links

Sources

Bhagyalakshmi Filmography

{{authority control Living people 1962 births Kerala State Film Award winners Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award Indian voice actresses Actresses in Malayalam cinema Indian film actresses Actresses from Kozhikode 20th-century Indian actresses 21st-century Indian actresses Bigg Boss Malayalam contestants