Bhagyalakshmi (born 1 November 1962) is an Indian dubbing

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, actress and activist. She works primarily in Malayalam Film Industry and has dubbed for more than 4000 films in Malayalam cinema, most notably for actresses Shobana and Urvashi. Bhagyalakshmi published her autobiography titled ''Swarabhedangal,'' which received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Biography and Autobiography.

Career

Bhagyalakshmi started dubbing at the age of 10 for child actors. Her first noted movie was '' Aparadhi'' in 1977, and she became popular through the film

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). She has also acted in around 20 Malayalam movies, with '' Manassu'' (1973) being her debut movie as a child artist. She has won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress for Various Heroines. She has won this award more than any other actress, and is followed by Sreeja Ravi. In 2021, she entered the popular reality TV show Bigg Boss- Malayalam, Season 3 as a contestant and was evicted on Day 49.

Radio

Bhagyalakshmi has worked as an announcer for the All India Radio.

Dubbing

She started her dubbing career in films like Aparathi (1977). From 1978-1980, she dubbed numerous films for child actors and supporting heroines. Nokkethadhoorathu Kannum Nattu (1984) popularized her in the Malayalam film industry, after which she dubbed for numerous Malayalam films. She gave her voice for several leading heroines, such as Menaka, Urvasi, Jayapradha,

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, Parvathy, Gauthami,

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, Saritha, Bhanupriya, Rekha, Revathi, Radha, Raadhika, Renjini,

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, Padmapriya, Kavya Madhavan, Divya Unni, Samyuktha Varma, Indraja, Suhasini Maniratnam, Shweta Menon, Meena, Geetu Mohandas, Bhavana, Nandini, Kanaka and Jyothika. She dubbed for Sobhana in the films '' Manichitrathazhu'' (1993), M''azhayethum'' Mumbe (1995), ''

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'' (1994), Yathra (1985), and Innale (1990) for which she received wide acclaim in the Malayalam film industry.

Personal life

Bhagyalakshmi was born on 1 November 1962 to Kumaran Nair, who hails from Powaat Tharavadu in

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, and Bhargavi Amma from Kurupath Tharavad in Shoranur. She has an elder sister, Indira Nair, and a brother, Unni Nair. 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. She lost both her parents in childhood and married K. Ramesh Kumar on 27 October 1985. The couple has two sons. They separated in 2011, and officially divorced in September 2014. Her ex-husband died on 23 March 2021 due to kidney failure.

Publication

Bhagyalakshmi published her autobiography, ''Swarabhedangal'' and was selected by Nielsen Data as part of its best seller list. This was the first time a Malayalam book was selected for this endowment.

Controversy

Assault case

On 26 September 2020, Bhagyalakshmi, along with two other activists, Diya Sana and Sreelakshmi Arakkal, inked and manhandled a YouTube Vlogger named Vijay P. Nair in his residence at Thiruvananthapuram. They alleged that one of his videos was a personal insult to her, even though her name was not explicitly mentioned in the post. Following that, she and the other two were charged with non-bailable offences including criminal trespass and

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Awards and honours

Bibliography

Partial filmography

As dubbing artist

This is not a complete list

Filmography As an actress

# Manassu (1973) # Samudram (1977) # Madalasa (1978) # Surya Daham (1978) # Nivedyam (1978) # Kathu # Padmatheertham (1978) # Chamaram (1980) # Manassinte Theerthayathra (1981) # ''Ammakkorumma'' (1981) #''Gaanam'' (1982) # Dheera (1982) # Mattuvin Chattangale (1982) # Swantham Enna Karuthi (1989) # Celluloid (2013) # ''Njan Samvidhanam Cheyyum'' (2015) # ''Pava'' (2016) #

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(2016) as Susaamma # ''Premanjali'' (2018) # Adithya Varma (2019) # ''Aniyan Kunjinum Thannalayathu'' (2019) # ''Madhuram Jeevitham'' (2021-)

Television

As a television presenter

* Manassiloru Mazhavillu seasons 1, 2 ( Kairali TV) * Selfie ( Kairali TV) * Fast Track * Dream Drive

Television shows as judge

*Tharolsavam 1, 2 ( Kairali TV) * Star Singer 2008 ( Asianet)

Television shows as participant

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

Serials

*''Miss Mary Therasa Paul'' — Dubbed for Beena Antony: She won best actress telefilm in Kerala State Television Award (1996) *''Nombarapoovu'' — Dubbed for Reshmi Soman (2007) *''Melapadam'' — Dubbed for Mini Nair (1996) *''Kadamattath Kathanar'' — Dubbed for Thara Kalyan, Sukanya *''Mandaram'' — Dubbed for Rekha (2008) *''Akashadooth'' — Dubbed for Chippy (2010-2013) *''Kumkumapoovu'' — Dubbed for Asha Sharth (2012-2015) *''Koodathayi'' — Dubbed For Muktha (2019–2021) *''Kaliveedu'' — Dubbed for Shanthi Krishna (2022) * From 2000 to 2005 she dubbed many serials for various channels

References

External links

Sources

Bhagyalakshmi Filmography

{{authority control Living people 1962 births Kerala State Film Award winners Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award Indian voice actresses Actresses in Malayalam cinema Indian film actresses Actresses from Kozhikode 20th-century Indian actresses 21st-century Indian actresses Bigg Boss Malayalam contestants