2019Nominee
Best Performance
Virus
Nilambur Ayisha
Actor
Nilambur, Kerala,India
Biography
Nilambur Ayisha is an Indian actress in Malayalam movies. She was one a supporting actress in late 1960s and 1970s in Malayalam movies. She has acted in more than 50 movies. She was born at Nilambur and was a theatre artist before becoming a cine artist. She made her film debut with Kandam Becha Kottu, the first colour film in Malayalam, in 1961. She suffered many hardships in her early years of drama acting. It was Nilambur Aysha's move against the opposition of Muslim orthodoxy that paved the way for several other Muslim women to take up acting and singing. Zeenath was one of the actresses she inspired
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2016Nominee
Best Performance
Ka Bodyscapes
2014Nominee
Best Performance
Koothara
Career Highlights
1961Highlight
Best Performance
Kandam Becha Kottu
2015Highlight
Best Performance
Alif