Bhagyalakshmi (born 1 November 1961) is an Indian actress, activist, and dubbing artist. She works predominantly in the Malayalam film industry, working with over 800 actresses and in 4,700 films. She has collaborated with actresses such as Shobana, Revathi, and Urvashi. Bhagyalakshmi's autobiography, ''Swarabhedangal,'' was awarded the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Biography and Autobiography.

Career

Bhagyalakshmi began dubbing for young performers at the age of ten, and debuted as an actress in '' Manassu'' (1973). She made her film dubbing debut in ''Aparathi'' (1977), and from 1978 to 1980 continued to dub films for child actors and supporting actress. She later rose to prominence in ''

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, w ...

'' (1981), in which she dubbed for Sumalatha. Her breakthrough came in the Malayalam film industry with ''

Nokkethadhoorathu Kannum Nattu ''Nokkethadhoorathu Kannum Nattu'' () is a 1984 Indian Malayalam-language drama film written and directed by Fazil, and starring Mohanlal, Nadhiya, Padmini. The film features original songs composed by Jerry Amaldev and background score by Jo ...

'' (1984). In 2021 she competed in the reality TV show '' Bigg Boss Malayalam Season 3'', but was evicted on day 49. She has won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing Artist three times. She was also a traveller who works for Safari channel for a special program "Ente Yatre".

Personal life

Bhagyalakshmi was born on 1 November 1962 in Kozhikode, Kerala, India to Kumaran Nair and Bhargavi Amma. She has an older sister Indira Nair, and a brother Unni Nair. Both of her parents died while she was young. 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. Bhagyalakshmi married K. Ramesh Kumar on 27 October 1985. The couple has two sons. They separated in 2011 and divorced in September 2014."ഭാഗ്യലക്ഷ്മി വിവാഹമോചിതയായി"
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Publication

Bhagyalakshmi published her

autobiography An autobiography, sometimes informally called an autobio, is a self-written account of one's own life. It is a form of biography. Definition The word "autobiography" was first used deprecatingly by William Taylor in 1797 in the English peri ...

, ''Swarabhedangal,'' which was selected by Nielsen Data for its best-seller list, the first time a Malayalam book had been selected.

Controversy

Assault case

On 26 September 2020, Bhagyalakshmi and two other activists, Diya Sana and Sreelakshmi Arakkal, poured black motor oil on a YouTube vlogger named Vijay P. Nair at his Thiruvananthapuram residence. Nair had uploaded a number of derogatory videos about women, and the trio claims there had been no action on the multiple complaints they had filed with police. They also alleged that one of his videos was a personal insult to her, even though her name was not explicitly mentioned. She and the other two were charged with non-bailable offences, including trespass and intimidation.

Awards and honours

Bibliography

Partial filmography

As dubbing artist

Filmography as an actress

Malayalam

# Manassu (1973) # Samudram (1977) # Madalasa (1978) # Surya Daham (1978) # Nivedyam (1978) # Padmatheertham (1978) # Chamaram (1980) # Manassinte Theerthayathra (1981) #

Abhinayam ''Abhinayam'' is a 1981 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Baby.It was produced by B. P. Moideen ukkam The film stars Jayan, Vidhubala, T Jayasree and Vanchiyoor Radha in the lead roles. The film has musical score by K. J. Yesudas and K. ...

(1981) #''Ammakkorumma'' (1981) #''Gaanam'' (1982) # Dheera (1982) # Mattuvin Chattangale (1982) # Swantham Enna Karuthi (1989) # Celluloid (2013) # ''Njan Samvidhanam Cheyyum'' (2015) # ''Pava'' (2016) #

Oru Muthassi Gadha ''Oru Muthassi Gadha'' (A Granny's Mace) is an Indian Malayalam comedy road film written and directed by Jude Anthany Joseph from a story by Nivin Pauly. It stars Rajini Chandy and Bhagyalakshmi in the lead roles of two grandmothers, with suppor ...

(2016) as Susaamma # ''Premanjali'' (2018) # ''Aniyan Kunjinum Thannalayathu'' (2019) # ''Madhuram Jeevitham'' (2021-)

Tamil

# '' Adithya Varma'' (2019)

Dialogues or effects between songs

Tamil Movies Dubbed

*'' Kilinjalgal'' - Dubbed for Poornima Rao (1981)

Television

As a television presenter

* Manassiloru Mazhavillu seasons 1, 2 ( Kairali TV) * Selfie ( Kairali TV) * Fast Track * Dream Drive * Charithram Enniloode * Chakkarapanathal (Autobiography of Shobhana)

Television shows as judge

*Tharolsavam 1, 2 ( Kairali TV) *

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 ( Asianet)

Television shows as participant

*MY G Flowers Oru Kodi *

Bigg Boss (Malayalam season 3) The third season of the Indian Malayalam-language reality television game show ''Bigg Boss'' premiered on 14 February 2021. It is produced by Endemol Shine India under the control of Banijay and broadcast on Asianet with Mohanlal as the host. ...

* Smart Show

Telefilm

*''Miss Mary Therasa Paul'' — Dubbed for Beena Antony: (She won best actress telefilm in Kerala State Television Award (1996)) *''Melapadam'' -Dubbed for Mini Nair (1996) *''Kilivathil''-Dubbed for Ambika (1999)

Serials as dubbing artist

Serials as actress

*Mangalyam (2023) as Adv.Radhika Raman *Sukamo Devi (2023) as Dr. Janaki

*''Swayamvara Silks'' - Dubbed for Shobhana (2021)

References

External links

Sources

Bhagyalakshmi Filmography

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