Kukku Parameswaran is an

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actress and dubbing artist, who works predominantly in

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. She won the

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in 1988 for her performance in the film Ore Thooval Pakshikal.

Career

Kukku started her acting career as a

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. she is also a classical dancer,

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and

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.She studied at the School of Dramatic Arts,

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specialized in direction. Later, she studied

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at the

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. Her performances in the films '' Cotton Mary, Moonilonnu,

Oridathu ''Oridathu'' (1987) is an Indian Malayalam satirical drama film written and directed by G. Aravindan. Nedumudi Venu, Sreenivasan, Thilakan, Vineeth, Krishnankutty Nair, Chandran Nair and Soorya form the cast. The story is about the problems fac ...

, Kazhakam, Sammohanam, Vanaprastham, Janam, Anantharam, Thinkalaazhcha Nalla Divasam'' and ''

Nizhalkuthu ''Nizhalkuthu'' (, ) is a 2002 Indian film in Malayalam directed, written and co-produced by Adoor Gopalakrishnan. The film explores the recesses of the human consciousness. It stars Oduvil Unnikrishnan in the lead with actors Narain, Murali, ...

'' have been noted. Her husband is director Murali Menon.

Filmography

As an actor

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Parameswaran, Kukku Indian film actresses Living people Actresses in Malayalam cinema 21st-century Indian actresses Year of birth missing (living people) 1980s births 20th-century Indian actresses Actresses from Kerala Kerala State Film Award winners