Kamala Kamesh is an Indian actress in
Tamil movie
Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood is a part of Indian Cinema; primarily engaged in production of motion pictures in the Tamil language. Based out of the Kodambakkam neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, it is popularly called ''Kollywood' ...
s.
She was one of the prominent supporting actress in late 1960s, 1970s and 1980s in
Tamil
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* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
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movies. She has acted nearly 480 movies in Tamil.
She is often seen in all of
Visu
Meenakshisundaram Ramasamy Viswanathan (1 July 1945 – 22 March 2020), best known by his stage name Visu, was an Indian writer, director, stage, film and television actor and talk-show host. Visu initially worked as an assistant to director K ...
's movies.
Biography
She is married to Kamesh, a Tamil music director in 1974. Her only daughter
Uma Riyaz Khan
Uma Riyaz Khan is an Indian actress. She has appeared in Tamil television shows and in supporting roles in a few Tamil films.
Personal life
Uma was the only child of her artist parents. Her father, Kamesh, was a music director and her mother, ...
was born in 1975. She is also an actress in Tamil movies. Kamala husband Kamesh died in 1984.
Malayalam-Tamil actor
Riyaz Khan
Riyaz Khan is an Indian actor and bodybuilder. He predominantly works in Malayalam and Tamil films and television series, besides acting in a few Telugu and Kannada films, as well as two Hindi films. Riyaz debuted in Malayalam through the 1994 ...
is her son-in-law.
Partial filmography
Tamil
Malayalam
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Rugma
''Rugma'' is a 1983 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by P. G. Viswambharan, starring Mammootty, Menaka, Seema and Venu Nagavally.
Plot
The film is the story of Rugma ( Seema) and her struggle to bring up her daughter ( Menaka) afte ...
'' (1983)
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Oru Sandesam Koodi'' (1985)
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Dheem Tharikida Thom
''Dheem Tharikida Thom'' is a 1986 Indian Malayalam-language comedy film directed by Priyadarshan. This film is about an innocent young man joining a ballet team just to express his love towards the main actress. Maniyan Pillai Raju and Lizy (a ...
'' (1986)
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Veendum Lisa
''Veendum Lisa'' is a 1987 Malayalam horror film. It is a sequel to the 1978 film '' Lisa''. The film was dubbed in Tamil as ''My Dear Lisa'' with a few scenes reshot.
Plot
The story starts with Gomathi and her daughter visiting a temple. Here ...
'' (1987)
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Amrutham Gamaya
''Amrutham Gamaya'' , (translation: ''Path to immortality'') is a 1987 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by Hariharan, written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair and produced by P. K. R. Pillai. It features Mohanlal in the lead role, along ...
'' (1987)
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Asthikal Pookkunnu'' (1989)
*''Ivalente Kaamuki (Manmadhan)'' (1989)
*''Avan Ananthapadmanaabhan ''(1994)
Television
*Mangalyam (Tamil TV Serial)
*Anandha Bhavan
References
External links
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Kamala Kamesh profileKamala Kamesh at MSI
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Actresses in Malayalam cinema
Actresses in Tamil cinema
Actresses in Telugu cinema
Indian film actresses
Actresses in Kannada cinema
Living people
Actresses from Kochi
20th-century Indian actresses
21st-century Indian actresses
1952 births
Actresses in Tamil television