
Karthika
Acting
Biography
Sunanda Nair, better known by her stage name Karthika is an Indian actress who worked predominantly in Malayalam movies and a few Tamil movies. She was one of the popular lead Malayalam actresses during 1984-1988. She is well known for her portrayal of Charumathy in Nayakan (1987).
Known For

Poovizhi Vasalile
Jeeva, an alcoholic who is deeply scarred by the death of his family, adopts a young boy with hearing and speech difficulties. The boy, who has seen the killers of his murdered mother, is in danger.

Unnikale Oru Kadha Parayam
The story of an orphan Aby Abraham who takes care of street kids and orphans like him. They earn a livelihood by performing street acts. When he meets Annie Mol and both fall in love with each other, Aby’s life changes forever.

Nayakan
Velu Naicker, who witnesses the brutal murder of his father, kills a corrupt policeman and escapes to Mumbai, only to become a gangster.

Thalavattam
Vinod/Vinu (played by Mohanlal) is mentally ill and is hospitalized in the institution run by Dr. Ravindran ( M G Soman). Story progresses as Vinod recovers with the help of Dr. Savithri, Dr. Ravindran's daughter (Karthika) and Dr. Unnikrishnan (Nedumudi Venu) who finds that Vinu fell ill after the accidental death of his fiancée Anitha (Lizy). Later Vinu and Savithri fall in love but Savithri is already engaged to be married to her cousin, Hari(Mukesh). Plot progresses as Dr. Ravindran opposes the romance between the doctor and the recovered patient.

Sanmanassullavarkku Samadhanam
The only way Gopalakrishnan can escape from certain bankruptcy is to sell the property he owns in the city and use the proceeds to settle his debts. To do that, he has to evict his tenants from there first. Unfortunate for him, his tenant is the feisty Meera and her family, who absolutely refuses to vacate the house. Gopalakrishnan uses an obscure clause in the contract to take up residence at the house, and tries his best to smoke his tenants out.

Gandhinagar 2nd Street
Sethu, an unemployed youth, struggles to find a job. When a spate of robberies takes place in his friend's neighborhood, he poses as a Gurkha to get a job as a security guard.

January Oru Orma
January Oru Orma is a 1987 Malayalam film directed by Joshi. The film stars Mohanlal, Karthika, Suresh Gopi and M. G. Soman in lead roles.

Kariyilakkattu Pole
An investigating officer, Inspector Achuthankutty, suspects the involvement of three women while trying to find the culprit behind the murder of a popular director and writer.

Ivide Ellavarkkum Sukham
Appu is a lowly shepherd and in love with his employer's daughter, Jiji. But then his friend Hari arrives on the scene and equations change.

Adiverukal
Balakrishnan owns an elephant and is very fond of it. His mother sells it in order to find money to secure the job of a lecturer for Balakrishnan which devastates him.
Filmography
as Charumati
as Annie Mol
as Nimmy
as Shyamala Panicker aka Shyama
as Yamuna
as Sandhya
as Savithri
as Meera
as Sheela
as Maya
as Shilpa
as Nirmala