Ponnamma Babu

Ponnamma Babu
Ponnamma Babu
Born	26 January 1964; Bharananganam, Palai, Kottayam
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1996–present
Spouse	Babu
Children	Deepthy James, Mathew Damien, Pinky Robin
Parent(s)	Mathai, Achamma

Ponnamma Babu is an Indian actress best known for her work in Malayalam cinema.^[2] She has acted in more than 300 films, TV serials and comedy shows.^[3] She made her debut in Padanayakan in 1996.^[4]

Personal life

Ponnamma was born to Mathai and Achamma in Bharananganam, Pala, Kottayam. She has 3 younger siblings. She had her primary education at St George High School, Aruvithura. She made her debut in Padanayakan in 1996.^[5] While in school, she joined Nrithabhavan Balesangham, Poonjar and later Surabhila Drama troupe, Ettumaanur.^[6] She is married to Babu, the owner of Surabhila Drama troupe. Ponnamma's daughter, Pinky, is an up-and-coming actress who made her debut in Nakshathrangal, a 2014 Malayalam movie whereas the first film she acted in, Mr. Pavanayi 99.99, is not yet released.^[5]

Filmography

1990s

Year	Title	Role
1993	Sowbhagyam	Drama artist
1993	Uppukandam Brothers	Pankajakshan's wife
1996	Ishtamanu Nooru Vattam	Singer for interview
	Padanayakan	Seetha's mother
	Udyanapalakan	Shantha
	Swarnakireedam	Padmavathi
	Excuse Me Ethu Collegila	Gayathri's mother
	Kaliveedu	Ramani
	Kireedamillatha Rajakkanmar	Hostel warden
1997	Asuravamsam	Jayamohan's mother
	Snehasindooram	Nirmala
	Karunyam	Indu's mother
	Vamsam	Thommichan's wife
	Nee Varuvolum	Revathy's mother
	Manasam	Rajalakshmi's mother
	Irattakuttikalude Achan	Anupama's mother
	Adukkala Rahasyam Angaadippaattu	Indira Kaimal
1998	Mayilpeelikkavu	Karthu
	Manthri Kochamma	Padmavathi
	Ennu Swantham Janakikutty	Janakikutty's mother
	Oro Viliyum Kaathorthu	Karthyayani
	Siddartha	Siddartha' mother
	Ormacheppu	Jeevan's sister in law
1999	Paava
	Njangal Santhushtaranu	Women's Commission Member
	Niram	Prakash's mother
	Vazhunnor	Mary Chandni/Alice
	Prempujari	Murali's mother
	Ezhupunna Tharakan	Mathew's wife
	Chandamama	Thresia
	Sparsham	Mahesh's mother

2000s

Year	Title	Role
2000	Narasimham	Jayalakshmi teacher
	Sahayathrikakku Snehapoorvam	Hostel warden
	Varnakkaazhchakal	Subhadra
	Vinayapoorvam Vidhyaadharan	Latha's mother
	Mera Naam Joker	Vishalakshi
	Swayamvara Panthal	Priya's mother
	Life Is Beautiful	Anil's mother
	Darling Darling	Padmaja's mother
	Valliettan	Bava's wife
	Daivathinte Makan	Soniya's mother
	Cover Story	Advocate
	Pilots	Cicily
2001	Bhadra	Jayadevan's mother
	Naranathu Thampuran	Sridevi's mother
	Vakkalathu Narayanankutty	Kurien's wife
	Praja	Minister Giirja
	Bharthavudyogam	Sulochana
	Nagaravadhu	Akkama Tharakan
	Karumadikkuttan
	Theerthadanam	Vinodhini's mother
2002	Kanmashi	Anandavalli
	Kunjikoonan
	India Gate	Mrs. Viswanathan
	Onnaman	Suhara's mother
	Melvilasam Sariyanu	Anjali's mother
	Pulival Kalyanam	Paramanandam's wife
	Hariharan Pilla Happy Aanu	Ramani
2004	Parayam
	Mayilattam	Ponnamma
	Swarna Medal	Jameela
	Youth Festival	Arjun's mother
	Kakkakarumban	Rameshan's stepmother
	Kanninum Kannadikkum	Actress
	Chathikkatha Chanthu	Vasumathi's relative
	Freedom	Janaki
2005	Deepangal Sakshi
	Pauran	Dr. Ponnamma
	Lokanathan IAS	Lokanathan's elder sister
	Annorikkal	Myna's mother
	Kochirajavu	Kunjamma
	Athbhutha Dweepu	Arundhathi
	Videsi Nair Swadesi Nair	Padmavathi
	Ben Johnson	Madhavan Menon's wife
2006	Yes Your Honour	Ravishankar's sister in law
	Rashtram	MLA
	Balram vs. Tharadas	Saleem's mother
	Lion	Adv. Mercy Mathew
	Thuruppugulan	Dance teacher
	Kisan	Minister's PA
	Pothan Vava	Antochan's wife
	Baba Kalyani	Women's Commission member
2007	Athishayan	Yunus Kunju's wife
	Bharathan Effect	Karia's wife
	Kaakki	Padmini
	Changathipoocha
	Panthaya Kozhi
	Arputha Theevu	Arundhati
	Nasrani	Guest
	Nanma	Karuppakam
	Black Cat	Susie's mother
	Anamika	Rachel's mother
	Inspector Garud	Women's Commission member, Malathy Varma
	Detective	Reshmi's mother
2008	Kabbadi Kabbadi	Panchayat President
	Shakespeare M.A. Malayalam	Omana
	Gopalapuranam	Kunjibeevi
	Bullet	Gayathri's aunt
	Aandavan	Prostitute
	Twenty:20	Sobha
2009	Black Dalia	Vivek's mother
2009	Oru Black and White Kudumbam	Rahul's mother

2010s

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Neelambari	Kannamma
	Cheriya Kallanum Valiya Policum	Seelavathi
	Pokkiri Raja	Mayor's wife
	Advocate Lakshmanan - Ladies Only	Saramma
	Marykkundoru Kunjaadu	Chantha Maria
2011	Sarkar Colony	Colony resident
	Teja Bhai & Family	Manikutty
	Kottarathil Kutty Bhootham
	Njaan Sanchaari
	Kanakompathu	Hotel resident
	Collector	Avinash's sister
	Beautiful	Ammini
	The Metro	Achayan's wife
	Manushyamrugam	Lissy's mother
2012	Vaadhyar	Teacher
	Navagatharkku Swagatham	Actress
	Padmasree Bharat Dr. Saroj Kumar	Neelima's friend
	Doctor Innocentanu	Komalavalli
	Mayamohini	Dr. Susamma Antony
	Mr. Marumakan	Club member
	Thanichalla Njan
	Gruhanathan	Colony resident
	Thappana	Annamma
	Trivandrum Lodge	School principal
	Naughty Professor	Karthika's mother
	Run Baby Run	Benny's mother
	Chettayees	Flat resident
	Ajantha
	101 Weddings	Bride
2013	Honey Bee	Ferno's mother
	Romans	Mathukutty's mother
	Immanuel	Chandy's wife
	Pullipulikalum Aattinkuttiyum	Soshamma
	Sringara Velan	Aiswarya Rani
	Hotel California	Susy's mother
	Perunnal Nilavu	Roulath
	Good Idea
	Zachariayude Garbhinikal	Settu's wife
	Pigman	Sister Maria
	Kutteem Kolum	Kaimal's wife
	Nadodimannan	Minister's wife
	Malayala Nadu	Bharathi
	Punyalan Agarbattis	Usha
2014	Bad Boys
	On the Way	Manju's mother
	Nakshathrangal	Saraswathi
	Kuruthamkettavan	Veroinca
	Njannanu Party	Krishnakumar's mother
	Salaam Kashmier	Lakshmi Kurup
	Polytechnic	Health officer
	Avatharam	Manimegha's aunt
	Cousins	Poly's mother
2015	3 Wikkattinu 365 Runs	Chandy's wife
	Wonderful Jounrney
	Uthara Chemmeen	Kochukkali
	Aana Mayil Ottakam
	Six	Nurse Mrinalini
	Just Married	Shakeela's umma
	Ivan Maryadaraman	Jayabharathi
	Amar Akbar Anthony	Gouri's mother
2016	Puthiya Niyamam	Anuradha
	Anyarku Praveshanamilla	Mariya
	Jalam	Secretary
	Pa Va	Theyyamma
	Popcorn	Janaki
	Thodari	Srisha's mother	Tamil Movie
2017	Honey Bee 2: Celebrations	Ferno's mother
	Achayans	Tony's mother
	Punyalan Private Limited	Usha Thenginchodu
	Basheerinte Premalekhanam	Teacher
	Honey bee 2.5	Herself
	Masterpiece	Sister Jacinta
2018	Vikadakumaran
	Naam	Molly John
	Oru Pazhaya Bomb Kadha	Joseph's wife
	Ennaalum Sarath..?	Sarath's mother
	Laughing Apartment Near Girinagar	Thankam
	Oru Kuttanadan Blog	Sharada
	Chalakkudykkaran Changathy	Sharada
2019	Poovalliyum Kunjadum	Achamma
	Fancy Dress	Cicily
	Mask	Mary
	Old is Gold	Thaatha
	Oru Yamandan Premakadha	College principal
	Children's Park	Korah's wife
	Brother's Day	Susanna George
	Mr. Pavanayi 99.99	Eli
	Edakkad Battalion 06	Shankaran's mother
	Jack & Daniel	Padma Shenoy

2020s

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2020	Dhamaka	Valyammachi
2021	Black Coffee	Sumi
2021	Alice in Panchalinadu
2023	Cheena Trophy	Lalitha	^[7]
2024	Oru Anweshanathinte Thudakkam	Alex's mother	^[8]
2024	Rifle Club	Shoshanna Punnoose

Television

Year	Title	Channel	Notes
2023-2024	Ammakkilikkoodu	Surya TV	as Bhanumati
2023	Mangalyam	Zee Keralam	as Padmavati (Guest appearance)
2023	Wife is Beautiful	Zee Keralam	as Padmavati (Guest appearance)
2021-2023	Mrs. Hitler	Zee Keralam	as Padmavathiyamma
2018-2019	Arayannangalude Veedu	FLOWERS TV	as Anna Ammachi
2016	Prekshakare Avashyamunde	Mazhavil Manorama	as Athidi
2014	Kochappy Tower Kottayam 18	Kaumudy TV	as Kochamma
2013	Nandhanam	Surya TV
2011	Vallarpadathamma	Shalom (TV channel)
2010	Veruthe Oru Bharthavu	ASIANET
2009	Cinemala	ASIANET
2008	Chilluvilakku	Surya TV
2008	Priyamanasi	SURYA TV
2007-2008	Sanmanassullavarkku Samadhanam	ASIANET	as Elikutty
2007	Manassariyathe	Surya TV
2006	Ettu Sundarikalum Njanum	Surya TV	as Devaki
2005	Calling Bell	Surya TV
2005	Santhanagopalam	Asianet
2004	Kayamkulam Kochunni	Surya TV	as Keshu's wife
2004	Swantham	Asianet
2004	Ladies Corner	Asianet	as Warden
2001	Valayam	DD Malayalam
2000	Sreeraman Sreedevi	Asianet
2000	Sthree	ASIANET
1999	Samayam	Asianet
1998	Iniyonnu Visramikkatte	DD Malayalam

References

^ "മിസ് കുമാരിക്കുശേഷം മിസിസ് പൊന്നമ്മ". Archived from the original on 22 June 2013.
^ "Actor Ponnamma Babu comes to aid of actor Sethulakshmi". The New Indian Express. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
^ "I love working on movies than serials: Ponnamma Babu". The Times of India. 20 June 2014. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
^ "ഇപ്പോൾ കറുത്ത ആളുകൾക്കാണ് ഡിമാൻഡ്: ഞാൻ വെളുത്തത് എന്റെ തെറ്റാണോ; വീട്ടിൽ കരി ഓയിൽ വാങ്ങി സൂക്ഷിക്കുന്നുണ്ടെന്ന് പൊന്നമ്മ ബാബു". Samayam Malayalam (in Malayalam). Retrieved 30 November 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 31 January 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "ചാച്ചൻ കുടിയനായിരുന്നു, കെട്ടിയോന്റെ ട്രൂപ്പ് പൊളിഞ്ഞപ്പോൾ ഞാൻ സിനിമാക്കാരിയായി; നാടക..." www.marunadanmalayalee.com. 15 October 2014.
^ "Trailer of Dhyan Sreenivasan's Cheena Trophy is out". Cinema Express. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
^ "Oru Anweshanathinte Thudakkam: ത്രില്ലടിപ്പിച്ച അന്വേഷണം, മികവ് പുലർത്തി अभिनേതാക്കളും; ഗംഭീര പ്രതികരണം നേടി 'ഒരു അന്വേഷണത്തിന്റെ തുടക്കം'". Zee News Malayalam. 9 November 2024.

External links

[1] "മിസ് കുമാരിക്കുശേഷം മിസിസ് പൊന്നമ്മ". Archived from the original on 22 June 2013.

[2] "Actor Ponnamma Babu comes to aid of actor Sethulakshmi". The New Indian Express. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2023.

[3] "I love working on movies than serials: Ponnamma Babu". The Times of India. 20 June 2014. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 30 November 2023.

[4] "ഇപ്പോൾ കറുത്ത ആളുകൾക്കാണ് ഡിമാൻഡ്: ഞാൻ വെളുത്തത് എന്റെ തെറ്റാണോ; വീട്ടിൽ കരി ഓയിൽ വാങ്ങി സൂക്ഷിക്കുന്നുണ്ടെന്ന് പൊന്നമ്മ ബാബു". Samayam Malayalam (in Malayalam). Retrieved 30 November 2023.

[auto-5] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 31 January 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[6] "ചാച്ചൻ കുടിയനായിരുന്നു, കെട്ടിയോന്റെ ട്രൂപ്പ് പൊളിഞ്ഞപ്പോൾ ഞാൻ സിനിമാക്കാരിയായി; നാടക..." www.marunadanmalayalee.com. 15 October 2014.

[7] "Trailer of Dhyan Sreenivasan's Cheena Trophy is out". Cinema Express. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.

[8] "Oru Anweshanathinte Thudakkam: ത്രില്ലടിപ്പിച്ച അന്വേഷണം, മികവ് പുലർത്തി अभिनേതാക്കളും; ഗംഭീര പ്രതികരണം നേടി 'ഒരു അന്വേഷണത്തിന്റെ തുടക്കം'". Zee News Malayalam. 9 November 2024.

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