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Sep 20, 2024 · 'Thommante Makka' released in 1965 is a comedy-drama written and directed by J Sasikumar, with dialogues by PJ Antony. Sathyan, Madhu, Sheela, and Kaviyoor Ponnamma played the lead roles. The film was a success at the box office and it was later remade in 1984 as 'Swanthamevide Bandhamevide'.
Sep 21, 2024 · Though she began receiving acting opportunities fairly quickly, it was director J Sasikumar’s Thommante Makkal (1965) that marked a turning point in her career; whether for better or worse is open to debate, as this role typecast her as the quintessential mother figure.
Sep 21, 2024 · Ponnamma’s remarkable journey doing roles of mother began in 1965 with Thommante Makkal, directed by J Sasikumar. At just 20, she took on the role of a mother to Sathyan and Madhu, who were her...
Sep 20, 2024 · Interestingly, she began portraying elderly roles at just 22 years old. In the 1965 film 'Thommante Makkal', she played the mother of Sathyan and Madhu, who were actually older than her in real life.
Sep 20, 2024 · Within three years, she had one of her first mother roles in Thommante Makkal, in which Sathyan and Madhu were her sons. She won the Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actor four times.
Sep 21, 2024 · Kaviyoor Ponnamma was mother to Sathyan and Madhu in the 1965 flick Thommante Makkal and her on-screen sons were far elder to her. Yet her debut in filmdom was with Malayalam film Srirama ...
Sep 21, 2024 · Kaviyoor Ponnamma had that privilege. She was so good at being the quintessential Malayali mother that she will forever be the face of motherhood for a generation of Malayalam film enthusiasts. It all started when she played the mother of actors Sathyan and Madhu in Thommante Makkal at the age of 20. From thereon, for over four decades ...
