Seema (actress) explained
| Seema |
| Birth Name: | Shanthakumari Nambiar |
| Birth Date: | 22 May 1957 |
| Birth Place: | Madras, Madras State, India |
| Other Names: | Shanthi |
| Occupation: | Film actress |
| Years Active: | 1973–present |
| Children: | 2 |
Shanthakumari Nambiar, known by her stage name Seema, is an Indian actress.[1] known for her work in Malayalam cinema. Actor Vijayan gave her the screen name : Seema.[2]
Career
Seema began her career in Tamil film at the age of 18 as a dancer. She debuted as an actress in director Lisa Baby's Nizhale Nee Sakshi, but this film was shelved. (It was later completed with Vidhubala as heroine.) Veteran actor Vijayan rechristened her name as Seema during the filming of Nizhale Nee Sakshi.
At the age of 26, Seema starred as the heroine in her first movie in Malayalam titled Avalude Ravukal (Her Nights), directed by I. V. Sasi.[3] [4] [5] After a few years of inactivity during 1990s, Seema became active again in 1998 in Olympiyan Anthony Adam. Seema won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress in 1984 and in 1985. Vishudha Shanthi, a biography on her life, was published by Didi Damodaran, in 2011. She achieved the Lifetime achievement award at the 59th Idea Filmfare festival at Chennai.[6]
Personal life
She married director I. V. Sasi on 28 August 1980. The couple have two children, one daughter, Anu and one son, Ani.
Partial filmography
Malayalam
1970s
1980s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Tamil
Telugu
Kannada
Television career
- TV series
- Shows
| Year | Name | Role | Channel | Language |
|---|
| Sangamam | Guest | Amrita TV | Malayalam |
| Ennile Njan | Guest | ACV |
| 2010 | Rani Maharani | Participant | Surya TV |
| 2011 | Vivel Big Break | Judge |
| 2013 | Harmony | Guest | Asianet News |
| 2014 | Celebrity Kitchen | Guest | Puthuyugam TV | Tamil |
| 2014 | Nere Chovve | Guest | Manorama News | Malayalam |
| 2014 | Comedy Festival | Judge | Mazhavil Manorama |
| 2015 | JB junction | Guest | Kairali TV |
| 2016 | Onnum Onnum Moonu | Guest | Mazhavil Manorama |
| 2016 | Badai Bungalow | Guest | Asianet |
| 2016 | Comedy Super Nite | Guest | |
| 2016 | Comedy Utsavam | Judge |
| 2016–2017 | Malayali Veetamma | Judge |
| 2017 | Lal Salam | Guest | Amrita TV |
| 2018 | Comedy Stars season 2 | Judge | Asianet |
| 2018 | Straight Line | Guest | Kaumudy TV |
| 2018 | Urvasi Theatres | Mentor | Asianet |
| 2018 | Flowers Top Singer | Judge | Flowers TV |
| 2018 | Utsavam Super Star | Judge |
| 2018 | Vanitha Film Awards | Awardee |
| 2019 | Comedy Stars Season 2 | Judge | Asianet |
| 2019 | Ennum Seemayude Dhinangal | Guest | Kaumudy TV |
| 2020 | Comedy Super Show | Guest | Flowers TV |
| 2021 | Red Carpet | Mentor | Amrita TV |
| 2021 | Flowers Top Singer Season 2 | Judge | Flowers TV |
| 2021–2022 | Comedy Stars Season 3 | Judge | Asianet |
| 2022 | Oru Chiri Iru Chiri Bumper Chiri | Special Judge | |
| 2022 | Flowers Oru Kodi | Participant | Flowers TV | |
Notes and References
- News: On a comeback trail . Shobha . Nair . . 29 April 2005 . Chennai, India . https://web.archive.org/web/20061203011714/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/04/29/stories/2005042902790300.htm . 3 December 2006 . dead . en.
- Web site: Cinema is Sasi's wife: Seema . https://web.archive.org/web/20130613213618/http://newindianexpress.com/entertainment/interviews/Cinema-is-Sasis-wife-Seema/2013/05/20/article1597433.ece . dead . 13 June 2013 . Shevlin . Sebastian . 20 May 2013 . The New Indian Express.
- Web site: Manorama Online Latest Malayalam News. Breaking News Events. News Updates from Kerala India . Manorama Online.
- Web site: P. K. . Ajithkumar . 25 April 2013 . Architect of blockbusters . . Thiruvananthapuram, India . 12 May 2013.
- Web site: How a toddy shop rendezvous resulted in Avalude Ravukal . 6 April 2015 . Warrier . Sreejith . . https://web.archive.org/web/20170917125301/http://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/how-a-toddy-shop-rendezvous-resulted-in-avalude-ravukal.html . 17 September 2017.
- News: The 59th Idea Filmfare Awards 2011(South) . 8 July 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130710094211/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-08/news-interviews/32588512_1_aadukalam-video-pranayam . . 10 July 2013.
- News: Malayalam channels . 27 May 2011 . . subscription . Chennai, India.
