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K. P. A. C. Lalitha
Born
Maheshwari Amma

(1948-02-25)25 February 1948[1]
Kayamkulam,
Alappuzha, Kerala, India
DiedTemplate:22.[2]
Thrippunithura, Ernakulam, India
Other namesLalithamma, Lals, Lallu
OccupationActress
Years active1968–2022
TitleChairperson of Kerala Sangeetha Nadaka Academy
Spouse
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​
(m. 1978; death 1998)​
Children2, including Sidharth
AwardsNational Film Awards (1990, 2000)
Websitekpaclalitha.in

Maheshwari Amma[3] (25 February 1948 – 22 February 2022), better known by her stage name K. P. A. C. Lalitha, was an Indian film and stage actress who works primarily in Malayalam theatre and Malayalam cinema. She started her acting career with K. P. A. C. (the Kerala People's Arts Club); a theatre collective in Kayamkulam, Kerala. In a career spanning five decades, she has starred in over 550 films. She is the current chairperson of Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi. She was married to the late Malayalam filmmaker Bharathan.

She has won two National Film Awards for Best Supporting Actress along with four Kerala State Film Awards. In 2009, she was honoured with the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2009 Filmfare Awards South.

Early life

K. P. A. C. Lalitha was born as eldest among five children as Maheshwari Amma in 1948 in Kayamkulam, Alappuzha, Kerala to Kadaykatharayil Veettil K. Ananthan Nair and Bhargavi Amma. She has four siblings: Indira, Babu, Rajan and Shyamala. Her father was a photographer who was from Kayamkulam and mother was a housewife who was from Aranmula. She spent most of her childhood at Ramapuram near Kayamkulam, Alappuzha. Her family migrated to Changanassery, Kottayam for her to join dance class.[4] She learned to dance when she was a child under the guidance of Chellappan Pillai and then under Kalamandalam Gangadharan. She started acting in plays when she was 10 years old.[5] Her first appearance on stage was in the play Geethayude Bali. She later joined K.P.A.C. (Kerala People's Arts Club), which was a prominent leftist drama troupe in Kerala. She was given the screen-name Lalitha and later, when she started acting in movies, the tag K.P.A.C. was added to her screen-name to differentiate it from another actress known as Lalitha.[6]

Acting career

Her first movie was the film adaptation of Koottukudumbam directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan. In 1978 she married Bharathan, a noted Malayalam film director.[7] She took a break from film acting for sometime, doing only a few films.

The second era of her career started with Kattathe Kilikkoodu (1983) directed by her husband. Her pairing with Innocent (actor) was hugely popular with the audience between 1986 and 2006 with successful films like Gajakesariyogam, Apporvam Chillar, Makkal Mahatmiyam, Shubha Yatra, My Dear Muthachan, Kannanum Polisum, Arjunan Pillaiyum Anju Makkalum, Injankaddai Mathan and Sons, Pavam Pavam Rajakumaram. During this time, she did many critically acclaimed roles including those in Sanmanassullavarkku Samadhanam (1986), Ponn Muttyidunna Tharavu (1988), Mukunthetta Sumitra Vilikkunnu (1988), Vadakku Nooki Yanthram (1989), Dasharatham (1989), Venkalam (1993), Godfather (1991), Amaram (1991), Vietnam Colony (1993), Pavithram (1993), Manichitrathazhu (1994), Sphadikam (1995), and Aniyathi Pravu (1997). She won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Amaram (1991), a film directed by her husband Bharathan.[8][9]

In 1998, when her husband Bharathan died, she took a break for a few months, only to come back with an acclaimed performance in Sathyan Anthikkad directed Veendum Chila Veetukaryangal (1999). K.P.A.C. Lalitha's notable roles in recent years were in Shantham (2000), Life Is Beautiful (2000) and Valkannadi (2002). She won her second National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Shantham (2000), directed by Jayaraj. She still appears in films.[10]

K.P.A.C. Lalitha acted in over 500 films in Malayalam cinema. Apart from Malayalam, she acted in some Tamil films including Kadhalukku Mariyadhai (1997), Maniratnam's Alaipayuthey (2000) and Kaatru Veliyidai (2017). Particularly, her performance in Tamil film Kadhalukku Mariyadhai as Shalini's mother won her critical acclaim.

Personal life and death

Lalitha has a daughter Sreekutty and a son Sidharth who debuted as an actor in the movie Nammal, which was directed by Kamal. After a short career in acting, he chose a career in film direction. In 2012, he made his directorial debut with Nidra, which is the remake of 1984 film with the same title written and directed by his father Bharathan.[citation needed]. Now Sidharth Bharathan is scaling to heights with movies; Chandrettan Evideya and Varnyathil Aashanka running well.

She published an autobiography, titled Katha Thudarum (Story To Be Continued), which won the Cherukad Award in 2013.[11]

Lalitha died in Thrippunithura on 22 February 2022, at the age of 74.[12]

Filmography

Main article: K. P. A. C. Lalitha filmography

Awards

National Film Awards
Kerala State Film Awards
Asianet Film Awards
Filmfare Awards South
Other awards
  • 2007: Premji Award[14]
  • 2009: Thoppil Bhasi Prathibha Award
  • 2009: Annual Malayalam Movie Award (Dubai) for Best Outstanding Performances[15]
  • 2010: Bharat Murali Award[16]
  • 2011: Bahadoor Award[17][18]
  • 2011: Kambisseri Karunakaran Award[19]
  • 2012: Thoppil Bhasi Prathibha Award
  • 2013: MT Chandrasenan Award
  • 2013: Cherukad Award for Literature for Autobiography "Katha Thudarum" (Writer)
  • 2014: Kalaratna Fellowship by Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi
  • 2014: Sangam Lifetime Achievement Award
  • 2014:Vanithalokam Award
  • 2015: Part-Ono Films- Samaadharanam-'Prashasthipathram'
  • 2015: SIIMA Lifetime Achievement Award
  • 2015: Vanitha Film Award – Lifetime Achievement
  • 2015:TCR Bharath P.J.Antony Smaraka Abhinaya Prathibha Award
  • 2015:IIFA Awards IIFA Utsavam - Performance in a Supporting Role (Female) - Nominated
  • 2016: Parabrahma Chaithanya Award
  • PK Rosy Award
  • Devarajan Master Award
  • Good Knight Film and Business Awards 2017

See also

References

  1. ^ "LALITHA. (K.P.A.C.)". www.malayalamcinema.com. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  2. ^ "LALITHA. (K.P.A.C.) Passed Away". www.mathrubhumi.com. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Did you know KPAC Lalitha's real name is Maheshwari Amma?". 12 May 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  4. ^ asianetnews (31 May 2012). ""KPAC Lalitha"-On Record 31,May 2012 Part 1". Archived from the original on 12 December 2021 – via YouTube.
  5. ^ [1] Archived 7 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Staff Reporter (22 March 2016). "KPAC Lalitha opts out" – via The Hindu.
  7. ^ "KPAC Lalitha – Malayalam celebrities the stories and the gossips". Movies.deepthi.com. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  8. ^ "KPAC Lalitha draws flak". Deccan Chronicle. 16 October 2018.
  9. ^ "K P A C Lalitha – International Theatre Festival of Kerala, ITFoK".
  10. ^ [2][dead link]
  11. ^ "Cherukad Award for KPSC Lalitha". Dcbooks.com. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  12. ^ "കെ.പി.എ.സി ലളിത അന്തരിച്ചു". Mathrubhumi. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  13. ^ "Directorate of Film Festival" (PDF). Iffi.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  14. ^ "KPAC Lalitha won the Premji Award". Mallufilmworld.blogspot.com. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  15. ^ "Annual Malayalam Movie Awards(AMMA) Announced". Archived from the original on 15 December 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  16. ^ "KPAC Lalitha gets Bharat Murali Award – Filmibeat". Entertainment.oneindia.in. 9 August 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  17. ^ "Latest Malayalam Movies". Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  18. ^ "കെ.പി.എ.സി ലളിതയ്ക്ക് ബഹദൂര്‍ പുരസ്‌കാരം". Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  19. ^ "KPAC Lalitha Bags Kambiserry Karunakaran Award". Moovyshoovy.com. Archived from the original on 16 September 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
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