Namitha Pramod (born 19 September 1996) is an Indian actress who appears mainly in

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films. She made her acting debut in supporting role in the Malayalam film ''

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'' (2011) and appeared in her first lead role in ''Puthiya'' ''Theerangal'', which was released in 2012. She went on to appear in super hit films like '' Sound Thoma'' (2013), ''Pullipulikalum'' ''Aattinkuttiyum'' (2013), '' Vikramadithyan'' (2014), '' Villali Veeran'' (2014), '' Chandrettan Evideya'' (2015), ''Amar Akbar Anthony'' (2015), '' Adi Kapyare Kootamani'' (2015), ''Role Models'' (2017) & ''

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'' (2020).

Early life and education

Namitha Pramod was born in

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as the daughter of Pramod, a businessman and Indu, a housewife. Her younger sister is Akhita Pramod. She attended Carmel Girls Higher Secondary School in

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. She attended the St. Teresa's College, Kochi to pursue a

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degree in sociology. She has stated that she was "not going to let eracting career compromise erstudies".Namitha Pramod's dream of working with Prithviraj comes true
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Career

Namitha started acting when she was in seventh standard by acting in ''Vellankanni Mathavu'', ''Amme Devi'', and ''Ente Manasa Puthri''. She made her film debut in supporting role in

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's critically acclaimed ''

'' In 2012, she played her first lead role in the film '' Puthiya Theerangal'', opposite

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. It was followed by lead roles in '' Sound Thoma'' with

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and '' Pullipulikalum Aattinkuttiyum'' with

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in which she played a

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dancer. She was not trained in Mohiniyattam and learned the dance steps in

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's dance school in

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for four days. Both films were successful and she was selected as Top Star (Female) 2013 in Malayalam. In 2014, she was first seen in ''En Kadhal Pudhithu'', her debut Tamil film directed by Maaris Kumar which had a delayed release, followed by Lijin Jose's '' Law Point'' in which she played a modern, city bred girl named Maya. In

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's '' Vikramadithyan'', she played the role of Deepika, a

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girl, which required her to speak a few lines in

, a language she had never used before. Her next film '' Villali Veeran'', in which she paired once again with Dileep, had her playing the role of an ad filmmaker. Her last release in 2014 was '' Ormayundo Ee Mukham'', a romantic drama in which she was cast opposite

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. Her first release of 2015 was '' Chandrettan Evideya'' where she portrayed the role of Dr.Geethanjali along with

and

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.Her performance was critically acclaimed and she went on to receive her first nomination at

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. She has acted in many

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of Bhima Jewellers, Francis Alukkas and Ripple Tea. She has participated in

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'' Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran'' on

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. In 2023, Namitha established Summer Town Cafe, a vintage cafe located in Panampilly Nagar,

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Filmography

*''All films are in

language unless otherwise noted''.

Film

Television

Awards

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pramod, Namitha Living people Actresses in Malayalam cinema Indian film actresses People from Kottayam district Actresses from Kottayam 1996 births 21st-century Indian actresses Indian television actresses Actresses in Malayalam television Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses in Telugu cinema St. Teresa's College alumni