Bhagyalakshmi (born 1 November 1961) is an Indian actress, activist, and

dubbing Dubbing (also known as re-recording and mixing) is a post-production process used in filmmaking and the video production process where supplementary recordings (known as doubles) are lip-synced and "mixed" with original production audio to cr ...

artist. She works predominantly in the Malayalam film industry. She has collaborated with several actresses from Malayalam industries as well as other south Indian languages including Shobana,

Revathi Asha Kelunni Nair (born 8 July 1966), better known by her stage name Revathi, is an Indian actress and director, known for her works predominantly in Tamil cinema, Tamil and Malayalam cinema - in addition to Telugu language, Telugu, Hindi and ...

, Urvashi, Soundarya, Tabu and

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. Bhagyalakshmi's autobiography, ''Swarabhedangal,'' was awarded the

Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Biography and Autobiography The Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Biography and Autobiography is an award presented 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 o ...

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'' (1981), in which she dubbed for Sumalatha. Her breakthrough came in the Malayalam film industry with '' Nokkethadhoorathu Kannum Nattu'' (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 The Kerala State Film Awards are the film awards for a cinema of kerala, motion picture made in Kerala. The awards started in 1969 by the Department of Cultural Affairs (Kerala), Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala and sin ...

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 1961 in

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, 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"
''Mathrubhumi''. Retrieved 21 September 2014.

Publication

Bhagyalakshmi published her

autobiography An autobiography, sometimes informally called an autobio, is a self-written account of one's own life, providing a personal narrative that reflects on the author's experiences, memories, and insights. This genre allows individuals to share thei ...

, ''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

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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

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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 (1981) #''Ammakkorumma'' (1981) #''Gaanam'' (1982) # Dheera (1982) # Mattuvin Chattangale (1982) # Swantham Enna Karuthi (1989) #

Celluloid Celluloids are a class of materials produced by mixing nitrocellulose and camphor, often with added dyes and other agents. Once much more common for its use as photographic film before the advent of safer methods, celluloid's common present-day ...

(2013) # ''Njan Samvidhanam Cheyyum'' (2015) # ''Pava'' (2016) # Oru Muthassi Gadha (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 Kairali TV is an Indian Malayalam-language general entertainment free-to-air television channel owned by PTC Network via holding company G-Next Media Pvt Ltd . It is headquartered at Thiruvananthapuram. It was launched on 17 August 2000. Hist ...

) * Selfie (

) * Fast Track * Dream Drive * Charithram Enniloode * Chakkarapanathal (Autobiography of Shobhana)

Television shows as judge

*Tharolsavam 1, 2 (

) * Star Singer 2008 ( Asianet)

Television shows as participant

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

Telefilm dubbed

*''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 * Sukhamo Devi (2023–present) as Dr. Janaki

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

References

External links

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