Kutty Padmini is a South India

South India

South India is the area encompassing India's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area...

n movie actress who predominantly works in Kollywood

Tamil cinema

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. She was a child star

Child star

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 in her debut movie Ambala Anjulam (1959). She has also acted in Telugu

Telugu language

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 and Malayalam movies.

Personal life and background

Kutty Padmini was born on 5 June 1956 in Madras in a Tamil family.

Career

Kutty Padmini entered filmdom at the age of 3. She went on to act in many movies as child artist. However, her notable film role was in the 1965 Tamil film Kuzhanthaiyum Dheivamum along Jaishankar

Jaishankar

Jaishankar is a yester-year actor of the Tamil Film Industry. He is fondly referred to as Thennagathu James Bond . His penchant for dashing roles earned him the sobriquet of James Bond of South India, thanks to his roles in films like Vallavan Oruvan, CID Shankar and so on...

 and Jamuna where she played dual roles. She appeared for a dance sequence in the film Maanavan

Maanavan

Maanavan is a Tamil language film starring Jaishankar, Muthuraman and lakshmi in the lead roles. Kamal Haasan apppears only for a dance sequence along with Kutty Padmini. This was Kamal Haasan's first adult role after a 7-year hiatus....

(1970) along with Kamal Haasan, which was also the first adult role for him. She went on to act in other films as a child star and later on as a heroine and in supporting roles. Later she played supporting roles in films like Avargal

Avargal

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, Aval Appadithan

Aval Appadithan

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, both co-starring Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan

Kamal Haasan

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, Penmani Aval Kanmani and Kan Simittum Neram, the debut film of Sarath Kumar

Sarath Kumar

Sarathkumar Ramanathan is an Indian journalist, film actor, politician, body builder and the current president of the South Indian Film Artistes' Association. He started his career in Tamil cinema playing negative roles, and later played minor roles in other movies. He was first chosen for the...

.

Television career

She made a foray into TV megaserials and has churned out quite a few successful TV programmes like Krishnadasi and others.

Child artiste

• Nenjam Marappathillai (1962)
• Dil Ek Mandir
  Dil Ek Mandir
  Dil Ek Mandir is a 1963 Hindi movie directed by C. V. Sridhar. The film stars Rajendra Kumar, Meena Kumari, Raaj Kumar and Mehmood. The film's music is by Shankar Jaikishan. Almost all the songs of the film were big hits and so was the film too. The film was a remake of Tamil film, Nenjil Ore...
  
  (1963) - Hindi film as Uma
• Kuzhanthaiyum Dheivamum (1965)
• Navarathri (1966)
• Letha Manasulu (1966) - Telugu film
• Thiruvarutselvar (1967)
• Nam Naadu (1969)

Supporting roles

• Avalum Penn Thaane (1974)
• Avargal
  Avargal
  Avargal is a 1977 Tamil film made by K. Balachander starring Sujatha, Kamal Hassan and Rajinikanth. The film had a reputation of being one of most sensitive movies on women’s lib. The same director later remade it into the Telugu film Idi Katha Kaadu with Kamal Hassan repeating his role...
  
  (1977)
• Aval Appadithan
  Aval Appadithan
  Aval Appadithan is a Tamil film is directed by C. Rudhraiya. It starred Sripriya, Kamal Hassan and Rajnikanth, with Ilayaraja as music director. The film was noted for its very stylized film making and cutting-edge dialogues, a large portion of it in English.-Plot:The film revolves around the...
  
  (1978)
• Penmani Aval Kanmani
• Cinema Cinema (1986)
• En Kanavar (1989)
• Kan Simittum Neram (1989)

Awards and honours

• National Film Award for Best Child Artist
  National Film Award for Best Child Artist
  The National Film Award for Best Child Artist winners:-References:*...
  
   for the movie Kuzhanthaiyum Dheivamum.
• Kerala State Film Award
  Kerala State Film Award
  The Kerala State Film Awards are the most prestigious film awards for a motion picture made in Kerala. The awards have been bestowed by Kerala State Chalachitra Academy since 1998 on behalf of the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala, India....
  
   for the movie Odeyil Ninnu
  Odeyil Ninnu
  Odayil Ninnu or Odeyil Ninnu is a 1965 Malayalam film directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan based on the novel of the same name written by P. Kesavadev. The film deals with the life and struggles of a rickshaw puller. It stars Sathyan, Prem Nazir, K. R...
  
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