Praveena is an Indian actress and dubbing artist who predominantly appears in

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television series and films in addition to a few Tamil television series and films. She is known for portraying mother roles in films & television operas. She started her acting career through 1992 film ''Gowri''. She has received several accolades including Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress for her performances in the films '' Agnisakshi'' in 1998 and '' Oru Pennum Randaanum'' in 2008. She received the Kerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing Artist for the films ''Elektra'' in 2010 and '' Ivan Megharoopan'' in 2012.

Career

She appeared in multiple films, including '' Agnisakshi'', '' English Medium'', '' Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum, Swarnam'' and '' Oru Pennum Randaanum''. She later debuted in Malayalam cinema through Anil Babu's '' Kaliyoonjal'' in which she was paired opposite Dileep. In '' Oral Mathram'' ''

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'' and '' Ezhupunna Tharakan,'' She has won

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four times. In 1998, she won the Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress for her performance in ''Agnisakshi'' and in 2008 she won the same award for her role in ''Oru Pennum Randaanum''. In 2010 and 2011, she won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing Artist for ''Elektra'' and ''Ivan Megharoopan'' respectively. Her serials include Swapnam, Megham the recent Mounam, Malakhamar in

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and Mohakkadal. She has also has been judge on several reality shows including ''Mummy & Me'' on

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, ''Comedy Stars'' and '' Star Singer'' on Asianet. She has performed as a voice artist, for actresses like Jyothirmayi in '' Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum'' for Kavya Madhavan in '' Mizhi Randilum'' and '' Sadanandante Samayam'' and for Padmapriya in '' Amrutham''.

Personal life

Praveena was born to Ramachandran Nair and Lalithabai. Her father is a retired college professor. She has an elder brother, Pramod Ramachandran, who works as a software engineer in the

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. She was married to Pramod Nair who is a businessperson in

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. Following her marriage, she took a short hiatus from acting. The couple have a daughter named Gowri pramod .

Filmography

Malayalam films

Tamil films

Telugu films

As a dubbing artist

Television

; Web series

Telefilms as an actress

* 2006 – Neermaathalathinte Pookkal (Amrita TV) as lead role * 2007 – Annayude Lillipookkal (Surya TV) as Alice * 2013 – Baby Sitter

Television programmes as an anchor

* Sapthaswarangal (Music Show,

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) * Sangeethika (Music Show,

) * Maharani ( Star Vijay) * Snehasparsham (

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)

Albums

* Sree Ramanam Devadevan * Tamil * Paaduka Saigal Paadu * Iniyennum – Singer * Amma – Singer

Reality shows as a judge

* Raree Rareram Raro (Asianet Plus) * Mummy & Me (

) * Idea Star Singer ( Asianet) * Vodafone Comedy Stars ( Asianet) * Yuvatharam ( Jaihind TV) * Grihalakshmi ( Jaihind TV) * Super Dancer Junior ( Amrita TV)

References

External links

Official website
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Kasthooriman at MSI
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