Praveena is an Indian Television actress and a dubbing artist who predominantly appears in Malayalam films, she has also appeared in Tamil and Telugu films. She started her acting career through 1992 film ''Gowri''. She has received several accolades including

Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress The Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress was an award presented annually from 1969 to 2014 at the Kerala State Film Awards of India. The Kerala State Film Awards is managed by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, an autonomous non-pr ...

for her performances in the films '' Agnisakshi'' in 1998 and ''

Oru Pennum Randaanum ''Oru Pennum Randaanum'' (Translation: ''A Woman and Two Men'') is a 2008 Malayalam feature film written and directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan. The film has four separate chapters, each based on independent short stories written by Thakazhi Siva ...

'' in 2008. She received the

Kerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing Artist The Kerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing Artist is an award presented annually at the Kerala State Film Awards of India to the best dubbing in Malayalam film industry. Ideally, there is a male and female winner for the award. Until 1997, the ...

for the films ''Elektra'' in 2010 and '' Ivan Megharoopan'' in 2012.

Career

She appeared in multiple films, including '' Agnisakshi'', ''

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'', ''

Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum ''Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum'' () is a 1999 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by Vinayan based on a screenplay by J. Pallassery. The film features Kalabhavan Mani, Kaveri, Praveena and Sai Kumar in the lead roles. The film ...

, Swarnam'' and ''

''. Kasthooriman later debuted in Malayalam cinema through Anil Babu's ''

Kaliyoonjal Kaliyoonjalu is a 1997 Malayalam drama, film starring Mammootty, Shalini, Shobana and Dileep. It was directed by Anil Babu and produced by Siyad Koker under the banner of Koker Films and was a commercial success. The film completed 50 days in M ...

'' in which she was paired opposite Dileep. In '' Oral Mathram'' ''

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'' and '' Ezhupunna Tharakan,'' She has won

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four times. In 1998, she won the

for her performance in ''Agnisakshi'' and in 2008 she won the same award for her role in ''Oru Pennum Randaanum''. In 2010 and 2011, she won the

for ''Elektra'' and ''Ivan Megharoopan'' respectively. Her serials include Swapnam,

Megham ''Megham'' () is a 1999 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film directed by Priyadarshan, written by T. Damodaran, produced by Suresh Balaje and distributed by Mohanlal through Pranavam Movies. It stars Mammootty, Dileep, Priya Gill, Pooja ...

the recent

Mounam ''Mounam'' () is a 1995 Telugu-language thriller film directed by C. Umamaheswara Rao. The film revolves around a political-criminal nexus, a married couple and a nuclear scientist. It was released in Tamil as ''Mouna Yudham''. Plot Kiran is ...

, Malakhamar in

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and Mohakkadal. She has also has been judge on several reality shows including ''Mummy & Me'' on

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, ''Comedy Stars'' and '' Star Singer'' on Asianet. Kasthooriman has performed as a voice artist, for actresses like

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in ''

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'' for

Kavya Madhavan Kavya Madhavan (born 19 September 1984) is a former Indian actress, who appeared predominantly in Malayalam films. She made her debut in 1991 as a child artist in '' Pookkalam Varavayi''. Her debut role as a lead actress was in Lal Jose's '' ...

in ''

Mizhi Randilum ''Mizhi Randilum'' (English: ''In both Eyes'') is a 2003 Malayalam film written and directed by Ranjith, starring Dileep, Kavya Madhavan, Indrajith, Jagathy Sreekumar, Sukumari, and Revathi. This movie was actor Narendra Prasad's last film ...

'' and ''

Sadanandante Samayam ''Sadanandante Samayam'' is a 2003 Malayalam satirical film directed by Akbar-Jose and starring Dileep and Kavya Madhavan. Synopsis The movie is about Sadanandan who is an Ordinary school teacher and people says a good teacher. But some probl ...

'' and for

Padmapriya Padmapriya (born Padmalochani; died 16 November 1997) was an Indian actress who worked in Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. Her first movie was in Telugu, ''Adapillala Tandri'' (1974). In Kannada, she debuted with ''Bangarada Gudi'' ...

in '' Amrutham''.

Personal life

Praveena was born on 11 April 1978 to Ramachandran Nair and Lalithabai. Her father is a retired college professor. She has an elder brother, Pramod Nair, who works as a software engineer in United States. She is married to Mr. Manoharan Nair who is a business person in kerala.following which she took a short hiatus from acting. The couple have a daughter.

Awards

*1998: Second Best Actress - '' Agnisakshi'' *2008: Second Best Actress - ''

'' *2010: Best Dubbing Artist - ''Elektra'' *2011: Best Dubbing Artist - ''Ivan Megharoopan''

Asianet Television Awards The Asianet Television Awards (ATA) is one of Asianet's newer ventures. It is a promotional platform of Asianet's TV shows. Since TV actors and actress' lack a strong society like Association of Malayalam Movie Artists, Asianet conducts functio ...

*2005- Best Actress - Megham *2011- Most Popular Actress - Devimahathmyam *2018- Best Character Actress- Kasthooriman

Kerala Film Critics Association Awards The Kerala Film Critics Association Awards are presented annually by the Kerala Film Critics Association to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Malayalam language film industry of India. The awards were instit ...

*1999 - Best Actress - Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum * 2007 - Best Dubbing Artist - Novel Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal *2018 - Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal for Best Mother -Priyamanaval

Filmography

As actor

*''All films are in Malayalam language unless and otherwise noted''

As a dubbing artist (partial)

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– Mowgli * Unda (2019) - Easwari Rao * Sakhavinte Priyasakhi (2018) - Neha Saxena *

Edavappathy ''Edavappathy'' () is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language drama film written and directed by Lenin Rajendran. It deals with the story of the mental conflicts of a Tibetan Buddhist priest. Siddharth Lama plays the male lead with Utthara Unni opposit ...

(2016) –

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* Njan Samvidhanam Cheyyum (2015) - Sreedhanya *

Homely Meals ''Homely Meals'' is a 2014 Malayalam film written by Vipin Atley and directed by Anoop Kannan (who previously directed ''Jawan of Vellimala''), starring Vipin Atley, Rajesh Sharma, Neeraj Madhav and Srinda Ashab. The film received positive revi ...

(2014)- Srinda * Ivan Megharoopan (2012) -

* Elektra (2010) –

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(2012) -

Mallika Kapoor Mallika Kapoor is an Indian actress, working in the South Indian film industries mainly in Malayalam, Tamil and Kannada. She has also appeared in a few Telugu and Hindi films. Biography Kapoor was raised in a middle-class Punjabi family. Her f ...

Oru Small Family ''Oru Small Family'' is a 2010 Malayalam film directed by Rajasenan, starring Rajasenan, Seetha, Kailash and Ananya. Plot The film revolves around two families, one that became rich by making illicit liquor and the other, of a sub-registra ...

(2010) – Seetha * Madambi (2008) -

* Novel (2008) – Sada *

Naalu Pennungal ''Naalu Pennungal'' (''Four Women'') is a 2007 Malayalam film produced and directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan based on four short stories written by Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai. The film stars Padmapriya, Geethu Mohandas, Manju Pillai, and Nandi ...

(2007) –

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(2006) –

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Vaasthavam ''Vaasthavam'' () is a 2006 Indian Malayalam-language romance (love), romantic political thriller, political crime drama film written by Babu Janardhanan and directed by M. Padmakumar. The film revolves around a youth Balachandran Adiga (Prithv ...

(2006) –

* Karutha Pakshikal (2006) -

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* Amrutham (2006) -

* Symphony (2004) -Anu I.V *

(2003) –

(2003) – Kavya Madhavan *

(2003) - Kavya Madhavan *

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(2003) -

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*Shobhanam (1997) - Meenakumari (Character - Reshma) * Superman (1997) - Sreejaya Nair *Innalekalillaathe (1997) - (Character - Cicily) *

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(1997) - (Character - Rani) *

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(1997) –

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*Moharavam ( Doordarshan) -

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Television

; Web series

Telefilms as an actress

*2006 : Neermaathalathinte Pookkal (Amrita TV) as lead role *2007 : Annayude Lillipookkal (Surya TV) as Alice *2013 : Baby Sitter

Television programmes as an anchor

*Sapthaswarangal (Music Show, Doordarshan) *Sangeethika (Music Show, Doordarshan) *Maharani (

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) *Snehasparsham (

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)

Albums

* Sree Ramanam Devadevan * Tamil * Paaduka Saigal Paadu * Iniyennum - Singer * Amma - Singer

Reality shows as a judge

*Raree Rareram Raro (Asianet Plus) *Mummy & Me (

) *Idea Star Singer ( Asianet) *Vodafone Comedy Stars ( Asianet) *Yuvatharam (

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) *Grihalakshmi (

) *Super Dancer Junior (

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)

References

External links

Official website
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Kasthooriman at MSI
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