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Praveena is an Indian Television actress and as dubbing artist who predominantly appears in Malayalam films and few Tamil and Telugu films.[1][2]

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Praveena
Praveena in 2012
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actress Voice actor
Years active	1992–present
Spouse	Manoharan Nair

She started her acting career through 1992 film Gowri.[3] She has received several accolades including Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress for her performances in the films Agnisakshi in 1998[4] and Oru Pennum Randaanum in 2008.[5][6] She received the Kerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing Artist for the films Elektra in 2010[7] and Ivan Megharoopan in 2012.[8]

Career

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

She has won Kerala State Film Award 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 Mazhavil Manorama and Mohakkadal. She has also has been judge on several reality shows including Mummy & Me on Kairali TV, Comedy Stars and Star Singer on Asianet.

Kasthooriman 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 on 11 April 1978 to Ramachandran Nair and Lalithabai. Her father is a retired college professor. She has an elder brother, Pramod Nair, who works as a software engineer in United States. She is married to Mr. Manoharan Nair who is a business person in kerala.following which she took a short hiatus from acting. The couple have a daughter.[9]^{[verification needed]}

Awards

Kerala State Film Award

• 1998: Second Best Actress - Agnisakshi
• 2008: Second Best Actress - Oru Pennum Randaanum
• 2010: Best Dubbing Artist - Elektra
• 2011: Best Dubbing Artist - Ivan Megharoopan

Asianet Television Awards

• 2005- Best Actress - Megham
• 2011- Most Popular Actress - Devimahathmyam
• 2018- Best Character Actress- Kasthooriman

Kerala Film Critics Association Awards

• 1999 - Best Actress - Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum
• 2007 - Best Dubbing Artist - Novel

Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal

• 2018 -Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal for Best Mother -Priyamanaval

Filmography

As actor

• All films are in Malayalam language unless and otherwise noted

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1992	Gauri	Young Gouri	As a child artist
1997	Rajathantram
1997	Kaliyoonjal	Radha	Debut movie
1997	Oral Mathram	Malavika Menon
1998	Kalapam	Gopika
1998	Pranayavarnangal	Vanaja
1998	The Truth	Gayathri
1998	Sreekrishnapurathe Nakshathrathilakkam	Asha
1999	Onnaamvattam Kandappol	Sophia
1999	Gaandhiyan	Divya
1999	Agnisakshi	Thankam
1999	Ezhupunna Tharakan	Rani
1999	Mazhavillu	Neena
1999	Rishivamsham	Drama artist
1999	English Medium	Snehalatha
1999	Saaphalyam	Ammu
1999	Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum	Vasanthy
2000	Pilots	Sr. Cindrella / Megha Mathew
2000	Punaradhivasam	Savithri
2000	Manassil Oru Manjuthulli	Maya
2001	Nalacharitham Naalam Divasam	Indu
2001	Swarnachirakumay	-
2007	Rock n' Roll	Mariya
2008	Swarnam	Radha
2008	Thirakkatha	Meera	Cameo Appearance
2009	Oru Pennum Randaanum	Pankiyamma
2009	Duplicate
2009	Vilapangalkkappuram	Vilasini
2010	Khilafath	-
2010	Penpattanam	Adv. Maheshwari Iyer
2010	Inganeyum Oral	Priyamvadha/Sheela Devi
2011	Varadhanam
2011	Super Hero
2011	Beautiful	Doctor
2012	Manjadikuru	Sheela
2012	Mullamottum Munthiricharum	Sumitra
2012	Akasmikam	Shailaja Teacher
2012	Husbands in Goa	Annie
2012	Ustad Hotel	Fareeda Razaq
2013	Honey Bee	Lisamma
2013	Memories	Parvathy
2013	Weeping Boy	Nabeesu
2013	Vedivazhipadu	Divine Character/Passenger
2013	Ezhu Sundara Rathrikal	Dr. Daisy
2013	Avicharitha	Charulatha
2014	Law Point	Geetha
2014	Bangalore Days	Shobha
2014	Urava	-
2014	Color Balloon	Seetha
2014	Study Tour	Padmini Teacher
2014	Little Superman 3D	Jeny Wilson	Re-released in 2015
2015	Mili	Nancy
2015	100 Days of Love	Adoor Pankajam
2016	Vetrivel	Rasamanickam's wife	Tamil film
2016	Kaattum Mazhayum	Deepa
2016	Buddhanum Chaplinum Chirikkunnu	Indulekha
2017	Green Apple	-
2017	Honey Bee 2: Celebrations	Lissamma	Archive footage Uncredited cameo
2017	Theeran Adhigaram Ondru	Theeran's mother	Tamil film
2017	Vimaanam	Geetha
2018	Carbon	Sujatha	Guest appearance
2018	Kadha Paranja Kadha	Rosakutty
2018	Chalakkudykkaran Changathy	Herself	Uncredited photo only
2018	Savaari	Nirmala teacher
2018	Mayil	-
2018	Saamy 2	Meenakshi	Tamil film
2019	Comali	Ravi's Mother	Tamil film
2019	Aakasha Ganga 2	Oppol
2019	Happy Sardar	Annamma Inderpal Singh
2020	Bheeshma	Bheeshma's mother	Telugu film
2021	Teddy	Lakshmi	Tamil film
2021	Pidikittapulli	Revathy
2021	Laabam		Tamil film
2021	Sumesh and Ramesh	Ushamol
2022	Ente Mazha	Unni's aunt
TBA	S. Shankar 15		Mulitlingual film
TBA	Vaathi		Tamil film
TBA	Sir		Telugu film

As a dubbing artist (partial)

Television

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Year	Show	Role	Language	Channel
1999	Ninavukal Novukal		Malayalam	DD Malayalam
2000	Illam
2002	Ganga	Ganga
2003	Swapnam	Janaki		Asianet
2004	Megham	Krishna
2004–2005	Dambathya Geethangal	Amu
2005	Swaram			Amrita TV
2006	Minnaram			Asianet
2006	Mounam			Surya TV
2007	Nandhanam	Acted With Shiju
2007	Prayanam	Acted With Rajeev Parameshwar
2007	Swami Ayyappan	Dakshayani		Asianet
2008–2012	Devimahathmyam	Devi
2008	Namma Kudumbam	Mahalakshmi	Tamil	Kalaignar TV
2009-2011	Maharani	Sandhya		Star Vijay
2010–2011	Adi Parasakthi	Kamakshi Devi
2010	Mazhayariyathe	Achu	Malayalam	Surya TV
2011	Chila Nerangalil Chila Manushyar	Ganga		Amrita TV
2012	Sabarimala Sreedharmashastha	Devi		Asianet
	Sri Padmanabham	Thanka		Amrita TV
	Malakhamar	Sr.Agnez		Mazhavil Manorama
2012–2014	Mohakadal	Krishna		Surya TV|
2013	Ullkkadal			Kairali TV
2014	Gauri			Doordarshan
	Vadhu	Hema		Surya TV
2015–2019	Priyamanaval	Uma	Tamil	Sun TV
2017–2020	Kasthooriman	Sethulakshmi	Malayalam	Asianet
2019–2020	Magarasi	Shenbagam	Tamil	Sun TV
2020–Present	Raja Rani 2	Sivagami		Star Vijay
2021	Parampara	Kamala	Telugu	Disney+ Hotstar
2022	Parampara Season 2	Kamala	Telugu	Disney+ Hotstar

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, Doordarshan)
• Sangeethika (Music Show, Doordarshan)
• Maharani (Star Vijay)
• Snehasparsham (Asianet News)

Albums

• Sree Ramanam Devadevan
• Tamil
• Paaduka Saigal Paadu
• Iniyennum - Singer
• Amma - Singer

Reality shows as a judge

• Raree Rareram Raro (Asianet Plus)
• Mummy & Me (Kairali TV)
• Idea Star Singer (Asianet)
• Vodafone Comedy Stars (Asianet)
• Yuvatharam (Jaihind TV)
• Grihalakshmi (Jaihind TV)
• Super Dancer Junior (Amrita TV)

References

External links

• Official website
• Praveena at IMDb
• Kasthooriman at MSI

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