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Jalaja is a Actor born on 16 august 1961
Jalaja (Malayalam: ജലജ) is an actress in Malayalam film who was active during the 1970s and 1980s. She had won Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress and Filmfare Award for Best Actress in 1981 for the movie Venal directed by Lenin Rajendran. She is one of the few actors to have acted in the films of most great film-makers of Malayalam cinema, both for art-house and commercial films.
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Birth name Jalaja Kumari
Birth 16 august 1961 (63 years)
Awards Filmfare Awards South
Birth 16 august 1961 (63 years)
Awards Filmfare Awards South
Biography
She is born on 13 December 1961 to a Professor Thakazhiyil Vasudevan Pilla and Saraswathiyamma in Malaysia. She studied there till her fourth grade and then migrated to India, due to Civil war in Malaysia. She had her primary education from Asan Memorial Senior Secondary School, Madras, Ambalappuzha English Medium School and her Pre-degree from St. Joseph College, Alappuzha. She did her Bachelors and Masters in English Literature from Women's college Thiruvananthapuram. She is married to Prakash Nair on 3 September 1993 & has settled in Bahrain after her marriage.They have a daughter Devi. She was the jury member for kerala state film awards 2014.Usually with
Filmography of Jalaja (98 films)
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Perumthachan (1991)
, 2hGenres Drama, Romance
Actors Thilakan, Monisha Unni, Manoj K. Jayan, Prashanth, Vinaya Prasad, Nedumudi Venu
Roles Devaki
Rating78%
In this Indian story, based on a Kerala legend, a pious and self-disciplined master carpenter of a supposedly mixed-caste background, moves easily in his world, building temples and then carving the stone statues which embellish them. He is at home in his traditional world, is at peace with his inner self and the social mores of the time. By way of contrast, he begets a son who is of rebellious nature and questioning of the traditional social hierarchies of the time. He falls in love with the daughter of a royal household which ultimately leads to his demise.
The Late Afternoon (1991)
Genres Drama
Actors Babu Antony, Kaviyoor Ponnnamma, Murali, Babu Namboothiri, Jalaja, Krishnan Kutty Nair
Roles Lathika
Kuttapathram (1990)
Actors Suresh Gopi, Sreeja, Babu Antony, Jagathy Sreekumar, Innocent, Baiju
Roles Geetha
Rating44%
Kalamorukkam (1990)
Actors Ashokan, Jalaja, Captain Raju, Karamana Janardanan Nair, K.P.A.C. Sunny, Mala Aravindan
Roles Chandrika
Alicinte Anweshanam (1989)
, 2h2Directed by T. V. Chandran
Genres Drama
Actors Jalaja, Nedumudi Venu, Nilambur Balan, V K Sreeraman
Roles Alice
Rating64%
Set in northern Kerala, the film narrates the journey of Alice in search of her missing husband, a college lecturer. During her quest, she slowly discovers disturbing aspects of her husband, including his descent from his earlier radicalism into bourgeois degeneracy. In the end she gives up her search and decides to take the responsibility of her own life.
Charithram (1989)
Directed by G. S. Vijayan
Genres Thriller
Actors Mammootty, Rashin Rahman, Shobana, Lissy, Jagathy Sreekumar, Janardhanan
Roles Gracy
Rating73%
Philip Manavaalan (Mammootty) is the owner of a financing company in Kerala and the movie begins with his wedding preparations. After the wedding, Philip's wife, Cecily (Shobhana) is curious about Raju (Rahman), Philip's dead brother and so Philip relates the story of Raju to Cecily.
Mahayanam (1989)
Directed by Joshiy
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Mammootty, Mukesh, Seema, Balan K. Nair, Vineeth, Mala Aravindan
Roles Ramani
Rating71%
Chandran (Mammootty) is a truck driver and Ravi ( Mukesh), the cleaner of the truck. Chandran is very affectionate towards Ravi, for whom, Chandran is like an elder brother. Chandran spends most of his leisure time in booze and women, while Ravi is busy in saving all the money, as he has got a family. One day, Ravi gets a letter from Remani (Jalaja), his wife saying that there is festival in the village temple set to happen for the coming Friday and she requested him to be there .Excited Ravi sets out to his home with all the cash he has saved as he has plans to build a house and to be there for at least two months. But on his way back home, he was killed in an accident. Chandran arrives at the village of Ravi, with his dead body. He finds out the miserable condition of his family and decides to stay for a few days to financially assist Remani and help her fulfill Ravi's dream house. But during his stay, he gets involved in several social issues. He slowly joins the job of ferrying sand under Kochu Varkey, a rich businessman of the area. But, with time, he enrages Kochu Varkey (Prathapachandran) and his son Sunnykkutty (Vijayaraghavan), invites animosity from them. Rajamma ( Seema), a bold and independent lady who makes a living by running a tea stall falls in love with Chandran, but certain unexpected incidents happen in the life of Chandran that turns everything upside down.
Abkari (1988)
Directed by I. V. Sasi
Genres Drama
Actors Mammootty, Ratheesh, T. G. Ravi, Parvathy, Urvashi, Jalaja
Roles Ammini
Rating52%
Vasu and Chacko are working as drivers and low ranking workers for the Abkari contractor Sreekandan. Sreekandan is heavily involved in the smuggling of liquor from the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu in order to increase the already high profits in his business. Chacko once makes an incorrect move to seduce the wife of Sreekandan, hoping that she is just waiting for any new man to come into her love life. But she only wanted to have an affair with Vasu. Sreekandan comes to know about this, and Chacko is beaten black and blue and thrown out of the organisation.
Aparan (1988)
, 1h55Directed by Padmarajan
Genres Thriller
Actors Jayaram, Shobana, Madhu, Mukesh, Sukumari, M. G. Soman
Roles Sumangala teacher
Rating79%
Vishwanathan (Jayaram), an innocent young man in Kochi for a job interview is mistaken by many for a hardcore criminal and is arrested by police. His similarity to the criminal is so accurate that even cops mistakes him to a local criminal. Luckily, George Kutty (Mukesh), the police inspector, happens to be the classmate of Vishwanathan, and gets him released. George Kutty explains Vishwanathan about the crimes done by the criminal, whose real name and background is a mystery even for police. Looking just the same as Vishwanathan, he has several criminal cases pending against him and is on run. Vishwanathan, joins a job in city and falls in love with his co-worker Ambili (Shobhana). Mohandas, his MD in the company one day has a visitor in his office, who again mistakes VIshwanathan for the criminal, which ends in losing his job. The problems faced by Vishwanathan continues, including the breaking down of a marriage proposal for his sister. Vishwanathn thus loses hope in life and decides to take revenge against the criminal. He imposters himself as the criminal and extorts money there by inviting ire of the criminal. Vishwanthan is thus chased by the criminal. In a bitter fight, the criminal is accidentally stabbed to death by one of his accomplices. But his body is mistaken to be of Vishwanathan's as a bag containing educational certificates and bank passbook was lying near the body. Vishwanathan on reaching home witnesses his family performing last rites. That night, Vishwanathan appears in front of his father and explains him the reality. His father consoles Vishwanathan and tries to take him inside the house. Vishwanathan refuses to go with him and decides to live as the criminal for the rest of his life as a sweet revenge for ruining his life.
Manu Uncle (1988)
Directed by Dennis Joseph
Genres Adventure
Themes Children's films
Actors Mammootty, M. G. Soman, Prathapachandran Nair, Suresh Gopi, Mohanlal, K. P. A. C. Lalitha
Roles Manu's elder sister
Rating72%
Mammootty plays the lead role Manu, M.A., L.L.B., BTech Electronics who is researching in astronomy. Manu's father (M. G. Soman) is a police officer. Lisi plays the role of Manu's sister Uma. Prathapachandran plays Ravunni, a family friend. Antony (Azeez) and Mary (K. P. A. C. Lalitha) are neighbours of Manu. Their children are Dany aka Lother and Ikru. Manu's elder sister (Jalaja)'s children comes from Delhi for their vacation. They with Dany and Ikru make up a four member team headed by Dany.
Oru Muthassi Katha (1988)
Directed by Priyadarshan
Genres Drama
Actors Vineeth, Nirosha Ramki, Thiagarajan Sivanandam, M. G. Soman, Innocent, Sukumaran
Roles Parvathi
Rating68%
The story is set in a fisherman village in the western cost of Kerala. The story revolves around the antagonist Chemparundu (Thiagarajan) who is responsible for many murders in the village. Karthu, the daughter of Chemparundu falls for Chanthu (Vineeth), an orphan. As the story progresses, Unnikrishnan(K. B. Ganesh Kumar), a young man with mysterious intentions arrives at the village for fishing business.
Sarvakalasala (1987)
, 2h38Directed by Venu Nagavally
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Mohanlal, Jagathy Sreekumar, Kaadhal Sandhya, Sukumaran, Sreenath, Adoor Bhasi
Roles Sr. Alphonsa
Rating73%
It tells the story of a college student Lal played by Mohanlal, who takes on 3 Masters degree in college and continues as a student in the college as he was an orphan. He lives in a home nearby college made from the money of his unknown father. From time of his memory he lives in an orphanage, now he is in college and he do not want to leave the college. The story revolves around the college and various events happening in the college.
Deshadanakkili Karayarilla (1986)
Directed by Padmarajan
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Karthika, Mohanlal, Urvashi, Shari, Jalaja, Jagathy Sreekumar
Rating75%
The film is about the deep love and affection between two girls, Sally and the meek and tradition-bound Nirmala. At school they were punished by their teacher Devika, so the two girls run away during a school trip as a revenge on their teacher Devika who organised the trip.
Ennennum Kannettante (1986)
Directed by A. M. Fazil
Genres Romance
Actors Nedumudi Venu, Mammootty, Thilakan, K. P. Ummer, Sreevidya, Jagathy Sreekumar
Roles Vijayalakshmi
Rating76%
Ennennum Kannettante is a teenage love story. It tells of the incomplete love of 19-year-old Kannan (Sangeeth) and 16-year-old Radhika (Sonia).