THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Veteran actress
Jameela Malik
(74) passed away in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday. She had been living with her son at her residence at Palode. Her body has been shifted to Medical college mortuary.
She was born as the eldest child of Thankamma Malik and Malik Mohammad at Jonakapuram in Kollam. Prodded on by her progressive mother, Jameela Malik became the first woman from Kerala to have graduated from Film and Television Institute, Pune.
During the 70s, she straddled Tamil and Malayalam languages doing various roles and occasionally dubbed for movies, but her career never took off as a breakthrough role evaded her. She had also been cast in television serials.
She had worked as a dubbing artiste in Hindi movies, lending her voice to Manjula in `Mayoora` and had dubbed for Jayamalini. She had acted with J Jayalalitha in the film 'Nadiye thud vantha kadal.' She did roles with famous actors like Sharada, Chiranjeevi and Rajesh Khanna.
Her first movie to be released was K S Sethumadhavan’s 'Adyathe Katha.' She forayed into Malayalam industry with 'Ragging' directed by NN Pisharody in which she acted along with a star cast comprising PJ Antony, Balan K Nair and Rani Chandra.
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