Praveena

Praveena is an Indian actress and dubbing artist who predominantly appears in Malayalam 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.^[1][2]

For other people named Praveena, see Praveena (given name).

Praveena
Praveena in 2012
Born	Praveena
Nationality	Indian
Occupations	Actor dubbing artist
Years active	1992–present
Spouse	Santhosh M. 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 and Oru Pennum Randaanum in 2008.^[4][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. She 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.

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 United States. She was married to Pramod Nair who is a businessperson in Kerala. Following her marriage, she took a short hiatus from acting. The couple have a daughter named Gowri pramod .^{[9][verification needed]}

Filmography

Malayalam films

List of Praveena Malayalam film credits

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1992	Gauri	Young Gouri	Child artist
1997	Kaliyoonjal	Radha
	Oral Mathram	Malavika Menon
1998	Kalapam	Gopika
	Pranayavarnangal	Vanaja
	The Truth	Gayathri
	Sreekrishnapurathe Nakshathrathilakkam	Asha
1999	Onnaamvattam Kandappol	Sophia
	Gaandhiyan	Divya
	Agnisakshi	Thankam
	Ezhupunna Tharakan	Rani
	Mazhavillu	Neena
	Rishivamsham	Drama artist
	English Medium	Snehalatha
	Saaphalyam	Ammu
	Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum	Vasanthi
2000	Pilots	Sr. Cindrella / Megha Mathew
	Punaradhivasam	Savithri
	Manassil Oru Manjuthulli	Maya
2001	Nalacharitham Naalam Divasam	Indu
	Swarnachirakumay	–
2007	Rock n' Roll	Mariya
2008	Swarnam	Radha
	Thirakkatha	Meera	Cameo Appearance
	Oru Pennum Randaanum	Pankiyamma
2009	Vilapangalkkappuram	Vilasini
2010	Khilafath	–
	Penpattanam	Adv. Maheshwari Iyer
	Inganeyum Oral	Priyamvadha/Sheela Devi
2011	Varadhanam
	Super Hero
	Beautiful	Doctor
2012	Manjadikuru	Sheela
	Mullamottum Munthiricharum	Sumitra
	Akasmikam	Shailaja Teacher
	Husbands in Goa	Annie
	Ustad Hotel	Fareeda Razaq
2013	Honey Bee	Lisamma
	Memories	Parvathy
	Weeping Boy	Nabeesu
	Vedivazhipadu	Divine Character/Passenger
	Ezhu Sundara Rathrikal	Dr. Daisy
	Avicharitha	Charulatha
2014	Law Point	Geetha
	Bangalore Days	Shobha
	Urava	–
	Color Balloon	Seetha
	Study Tour	Padmini Teacher
	Little Superman	Jeny Wilson	Re-released in 2015
2015	Mili	Nancy
	100 Days of Love	Adoor Pankajam
2016	Kaattum Mazhayum	Deepa
	Buddhanum Chaplinum Chirikkunnu	Indulekha
2017	Honey Bee 2: Celebrations	Lissamma	Archive footage Uncredited cameo
	Vimaanam	Geetha
2018	Carbon	Sujatha	Guest appearance
	Kadha Paranja Kadha	Rosakutty
	Chalakkudykkaran Changathy	Herself	Uncredited photo only
	Savaari	Nirmala teacher
	Mayil
2019	Aakasha Ganga 2	Oppol
	Happy Sardar	Annamma Inderpal Singh
2021	Pidikittapulli	Revathy
	Sumesh and Ramesh	Ushamol
2022	Ente Mazha	Unni's aunt
	Perfume	Sandra
2023	Laika		[10]

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Tamil films

List of Praveena Tamil film credits

Year	Film	Role
2016	Vetrivel	Rasamanickam's wife
2017	Theeran Adhigaram Ondru	Theeran's mother
2018	Saamy 2	Meenakshi
2019	Comali	Ravi's Mother
2021	Teddy	Lakshmi
	Laabam	Vanangamudi's wife
2023	Vaathi	Bala's mother
	Echo
	Joe	Joe's mother

Telugu films

List of Praveena Telugu film credits

Year	Film	Role
2020	Bheeshma	Bheeshma's mother
2023	Sir	Bala's mother
2025	Game Changer	Ram's adoptive mother

As a dubbing artist

Year	Title	Voiced for	Language	Notes
1994	Jungle Book Shōnen Mowgli	Mowgli	Malayalam	Dubbed Version
1995	Moharavam	Manju Warrier		Serial
1997	Kilukil Pambaram	Kaveri
	Itha Oru Snehagatha	Laila
	Innalekalillaathe	Manju Warrier
	Superman	Sreejaya Nair
	Shobhanam	Meenakumari
2003	Sthithi	Nandini Ghosal
	Mizhi Randilum	Kavya Madhavan
	Sadanandante Samayam
	Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum	Jyothirmayi
2004	Symphony	Anu Sasi
2006	Amrutham	Padmapriya
	Karutha Pakshikal	Meena
	Vaasthavam	Kavya Madhavan
	Photographer	Saranya Bhagyaraj
2007	Naalu Pennungal	Padmapriya
2008	Novel	Sada
	Pakal Nakshatrangal	Lakshmi Gopalaswamy
	Madambi	Mallika Kapoor
2010	Oru Small Family	Seetha
	Elektra	Manisha Koirala
2012	Makaramanju	Mallika Kapoor
	Ivan Megharoopan	Padmapriya
2014	Homely Meals	Srinda
2015	Njan Samvidhanam Cheyyum	Sreedhanya
2016	Edavappathy	Manisha Koirala
2018	Sakhavinte Priyasakhi	Neha Saxena
2019	Unda	Easwari Rao

Television

List of Praveena television credits

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
	Mounam			Surya TV
2007	Nandhanam
	Prayanam
	Swami Ayyappan	Dakshayani		Asianet
2008–2012	Devi Mahathmyam	Devi Mahamaya
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
2020–2023	Raja Rani 2	Sivagami Sundaram		Star Vijay
2022–2024	Iniya	Gowri Nallasivam		Sun TV
2025–present	Getti Melam	Lakshmi Sivaraman		Zee Tamil

Web series

List of Praveena television credits

Year	Show	Role	Language	Channel
2021	Parampara	Kamala	Telugu	Disney+ Hotstar
2022	Parampara Season 2

Telefilms as an actress

Kasthooriman on the sets of Neermaathalathinte Pookkal

• 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)