Philomina
Acting
Biography
Philomina was a veteran Malayalam film actress. She had acted in more than 750 films in her career. She played mostly character and comedy roles, besides that of grandmother and mother. Like most actors Philomina had cut her acting teeth on the stage. This experience stood her in good stead when she was offered her first film role. The character of Anappara Achamma in Godfather is acknowledged to be one of the powerful roles ever in Malayalam cinema. Philomina's histrionic skills won her many hearts and fans. Philomina had that uncanny ability to slip into the skin of any character. She could be a scheming shrew, make you roar in laughter or bring a lump in your throat. Philomina was one of those actors who made an impact even in a cameo.
Born: January 1, 1926
Known For
Kakkothikkavile Appooppan Thadikal
The lives of two sisters separated in childhood look set to intersect dramatically again. Two sisters (Raasi and Kaveri) are separated when a beggar kidnaps the younger of them one day. Murali doesn’t want to study and runs away with some gypsies, making friends with a gypsy girl, Kakkothi (Revathi). Unlike Murali, Kakkothi wants to study. Where will this ambition take her?
Ee Lokam Ivide Kure Manushyar
Malayalamaasam Chingam Onninu...
Preman is married to Rukumani and is a photographer by profession. He meets Appu's wife Renuka during a photo shoot and tries to seduce her.
Avittam Thirunaal Aarogya Sriman
Outspoken Achutha Kurup is the oldest patriarch of the Mankoyikkal family, but who is now persona non grata within his extended family, as each family tries to get rid of him as he takes turns visiting them. His eldest nephew, Prabhakaran, seeing his state, writes a fake letter to each family, including his own, claiming that Kurup owned a big plot of land worth lakhs. After this news, all of Kurup's family starts tripping over each other to care for him.
Ponmuttayidunna Tharavu
Bhaskaran, a goldsmith, is madly in love with Snehalatha, the daughter of astrologer, Panicker. When Bhaskaran asks for Sneha's hand in marriage, to his shock, she denies their love affair.
Thalayana Manthram
A struggling husband falls prey to his wife's insatiable desire for luxury, leading them down a path of deception, debt, and betrayal.
Kireedam
Sethu aspires to become a police officer to fulfil his father's dream. However, his life turns upside down when he intervenes in a scuffle with a criminal to save his father's life.
Thaniyavarthanam
Balan, a teacher, has a mentally unstable uncle. There is a belief that the family is cursed to have a lunatic at all times. When the uncle passes away, people believe that Balan will be the next.
Godfather
A retelling of William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet", the film revolves around the rivalry between two families, the Anjooran and Anappara houses, and the consequences faced when two members of the families fall in love.
Ulladakkam
Reshma is a patient of psychiatrist Dr Sunny. She gets romantically obsessed with him even though this is not reciprocated by the doctor. The arrival of the doctor's fiancee Annie causes a lot of conflict in the mind of Reshma.
Filmography
as Muthu's grandmother
as American Achayathi
as Dakshayaniyamma
as Radhika's Grandmother
as Narayaniyamma
as Sarkar Saramma
as Mariyamma
as Margerett
as Chettathi
as Amminiyamma
as Odanavattom Omana
as Dileep's mother
as Mary
as Kunjannamma
as Mariya chedathi
as Grandmother
as Suhra Bai
as Kalyaniyamma
as Indumathy's Grandma
as Thandamma
as Thandamma
as Aanappara Achamma
as Insane Lady
as Gloria Therathi
as Janaki
as Hospital Attandant
as Akkamma
as Kathrina
as Bhama's Grandmother
as Rahelamma
as Mary
as God Woman
as Rose Mary's grand mother
as Philipose's Mother
as Janakiyamma
as Maya's grandmother
as Paru Ammayi
as Kunjulakshmi
as Velayudhankutty's Grandmother
as Janamma
as house owner
as Muthashi
as Kunju Lakshmi's Grandmother
as Bhaskaran's mother
as Prabhakaran Thampi's Mother
as Kunjamma
as Old Woman
as Sudhakaran's mother
as Sankaran's Mother
as Abdu's Mother
as Naseema's mother
as Mother of Kaala Velu
as Lakshmi's mother
as Kalyani
as Achamma
as Rajani's mother
as Ammukuttyamma
as Grand Mother
as Vishalakshi Amma
as Narayani
as Kochunni's wife
as Narayani
as Beevaathu
as Anaarkkali's Mother
as Madhavi Amma