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Jalaja

Born	(1961-12-13) 13 December 1961 (age 62) Kuala Lumpur, Federation of Malaya (present day Malaysia)
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	St. Joseph's College for Women, Alappuzha Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1979–1989 2021–present
Spouse	Prakash Nair (m. 1993)
Children	1
Parent	Thakazhiyil Vasudevan Pillai (father) Saraswathiyamma (mother)

Jalaja (born 13 December 1961) is an Indian actress in Malayalam films, who was active during the 1970s and 1980s. She had won Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress^[1] and Filmfare Award for Best Actress in 1981 for the movie Venal directed by Lenin Rajendran. Her family roots are from Kollam district, Kerala.

Personal life

She was born on 13 December 1961^[2] to Malayali couples Prof. Thakazhiyil Vasudevan Pillai and Saraswathiyamma in Kuala Lumpur. She studied there till her fourth grade and then migrated to India, due to the Civil war in Malaysia.

She had her primary education from Asan Memorial Senior Secondary School, Madras, Ambalappuzha English Medium School and her Pre-degree from St. Joseph's College for Women, Alappuzha. She did her bachelor's degree and Masters in English Literature from Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram.^[3]^[4]

She is married to Prakash Nair since 3 September 1993 and has settled in Bahrain after marriage. They have a daughter Devi.^[5] She was a jury member for the 2014 Kerala State Film Awards.

Awards

Kerala State Film Awards:

1981 Best Actress - Venal
1981 Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Venal

Filmography

Malayalam

Year	Title	Role	Director
1977	Ivanente Priyaputhran		Hariharan
1978	Thampu	-	G. Aravindan
	Ee Ganam Marakkumo	Theater Artist	N. Sankaran Nair
	Mattoly	Thankam	A. Bhimsingh
	Randu Penkuttikal		Mohan
1979	Sayoojyam	Radha	G Premkumar
	Ulkadal	Susanna	K. G. George
	Kannukal	Malathi	P Gopikumar
	Radha Enna Pennkutti	Radha	Balachandra Menon
	Prathishta		Adoor Gopalakrishnan
1980	Shalini Ente Koottukari	Ammu	Mohan
	Vilkkanundu Swapnangal	Sreedevi	M Azad
	Sooryante Maranum	Mallika	Rajeevnath
	Chaakara	Jiji	PG Vishwambharan
	Aarohanam	Photographer's wife	A Sheriff
	Raagam Thaanam Pallavi	Jaanu	AT Abu
	Vedikkettu	Suja	K A Shivadas
	Chora Chuvanna Chora	Sundari	G Gopalakrishnan
	Adhikaram	Rema	P Chandrakumar
	Hridayam Paadunnu	Sarasu	G Premkumar
	Abhimanyu	-
	Veera Simham
1981	Munnettam	Jaanu	Sreekumaran Thampi
	Arayannam	Devi	P Gopikumar
	Thakilu Kottampuram	Padmaja	Balu Kiriyath
	Greeshmam	Rathi	VR Gopinath
	Elippathayam	Sridevi	Adoor Gopalakrishnan
	Venal	Ramani	Lenin Rajendran
	Ithihasam	Rani	Joshi
	Vayal	Nandinikutty	Antony Eastman
	Aambalpoovu	Prema	Harikumar
	Swarnapakshikal	Lakshmi	PR Nair
	Aakkramanam	Saleena	Sreekumaran Thampi
	Pinneyum Pookkunna Kaadu	Lakshmi	PR Nair
	Thaalam Manasinte Thaalam	-	AT Abu
	Vazhikal Yaathrakkar		AB Raj
	Yakshikkavu		Chandrasekharan Thambi
	Jalarekha		Prof Sivaprasad
	Prema Geethangal		Balachandra Menon
	Inganeyum Oru Penkutty
1982	Yavanika	Rohini	K. G. George
	Marmaram	Nirmala	Bharathan
	Balloon	Kausu	Ravi Gupthan
	Koritharicha Naal	Revathi	Sasikumar
	Padayottam	Aisha	Jijo Punnoose
	Sooryan	Leela	Sasikumar
	Post Mortem	Aswathy	Sasikumar
	Ithiri Neram Othiri Karyam	Reetha	Balachandra Menon
	Chillu	Ananthu's lover	Lenin Rajendran
	Kanmanikkorumma/Ushnabhoomi	Radha/ ActressAnitha
	Sheshakriya	-	Ravi Alummoodu
	Uvvu	-
	Komaram	-	JC George
	Yagam		Sivan
1983	Karyam Nissaram	Sarala	Balachandra Menon
	Mandanmmar Londanil	Ammini	Sathyan Anthikad
	Kodumkattu	Sindhu	Joshi
	Passport	Nabeesa	Thampi Kannanthanam
	Kattaruvi	Radha	Sasikumar
	Oru Swakaryam	Uma	Harikumar
	Prathigna	Sainaba	P. N. Sundaram
	Visa	Sabira	Balu Kiriyath
	Onnu Chirikku	Urmila Menon	PG Vishwambharan
	Eettillam	Kusumam	Fazil
	Kathi	-	P Bhaskaran
	Kinginikombu		Jayan Adiyattu
	Vaashi		MR Joseph
	Pankayam
	Arunayude Prabhatham
1984	Kooduthedunna Parava	Salma	PK Joseph
	Athirathram	Seetha	I V Sasi
	Kudumbam Oru Swargam Bharya Oru Devatha	Radha	N. Sankaran Nair
	Aashamsakalode	Chakki	Vijayan Karote
	NH 47	Nazeera	Baby
	Kodathi	Sindhu	Joshi
	Onnum Mindatha Bharya	Adv. Vinodini	Balu Kiriyath
	Aalkkoottathil Thaniye	Sindhu	I. V. Sasi
	Ethirppukal	Geetha	Unni Aranmula
	Ente Nandinikuttikku	-	Valsan
	Anthichuvappu	-	Kurian Varnasala
	Kurishuyudham		Baby
1985	Madhuvidhu Theerum Mumbe	Shobha	K. Ramachandran
	Upaharam	Dr. Roopa	Sajan
	Sammelanam	Selma	CP Vijayakumar
	Ozhivukalam	Nandhini	Bharathan
	Naayakan	Haseena	Balu Kiriyath
	Kandu Kandarinju	Padmam	Sajan
	Mouna Nombaram	Sathi	Sasikumar
	Manicheppu Thurannappol	Sunny's sister	Balachandra Menon
	Chillukottaram	-	KG Rajasekharan
	Oduvil Kittiya Vaartha	-	Yatheendra Das
1986	Ithramathram	Chithra	P Chandrakumar
	Naale Njangalude Vivaham	Vimala	Sajan
	Kochu Themmadi	Madhavikutty	A.Vincent
	Kariyilakkattu Pole	Ragini	P Padmarajan
	Desatanakkili Karayarilla	Sara teacher	P Padmarajan
	Ennennum Kannettante	Vijayalakshmi(Viji)	Fazil
	Prathyekam Sradhikuka	Shobha	PG Vishwambharan
	Neram Pularumbol	Asha	K. P. Kumaran
	Nidhiyude Katha	-	Vijayakrishnan
1987	Vilambaram	Razeena	Balachandra Menon
	Sarvakalashala	Sister Alphonsa	Venu Nagavally
	Sairandhri	Latha
	Kaanan Kothichu
1988	Athirthikal	Devi	JD Thottan
	Abkari	Ammini	IV Sasi
	Aparan	Sumangala teacher	P Padmarajan
	Oru Muthassi Katha	Parvathi	Priyadarshan
	Manu Uncle	Manu's elder sister	Dennis Joseph
	Mukunthetta Sumitra Vilikkunnu	Gopi's wife	Priyadarsan
	Kayyettam/Production No.1
1989	Alicinte Anveshanam	Alice	TV Chandran
	Charithram	Gracy	G. S. Vijayan
	Mahaayaanam	Ramani	Joshiy
1991	Perumthachan	Devaki	Ajayan
	Kalamorukkam	Chandrika	VS Indran
	Kuttapathram	Geetha	R Chandru
	Aparahnam	Lathika	M.P. Sukumaran Nair
1992	Snehasagaram	Marykkunju	Sathyan Anthikad
2014	Kadalkaattiloru Doothu	Herself	Rajesh B. Menon
2021	8½ Intercuts: Life and Films of K.G. George	Herself	Lijin Jose
2021	Malik^[6]	Jameela	Mahesh Narayanan
	Thalanarizha^[7]	TBA	Sajith Muhammed

Tamil

Year	Title	Role	Director
1980	Antharangam Oomaiyanathu	Sarasu	G. Premkumar
1983	Maarupatta Konangal	Jaya	T. S. Durairaj
1984	Thiruttu Rajakkal		Rama Narayanan

Television serials

Indraneelam (Surya TV)
Verukal (Asianet) as Amlu - based on Malayattoor Ramakrishnan's Novel Directed by T.N. Gopakumar
Ammuvukku Kalyanam as Gayathri (DD Tamil) - Tamil Serial

References

External links

Filmfare Award for Best Malayalam Actress

Filmfare Award for Best Malayalam Actress
1972–1989	Roja Ramani (1972) Nanditha Bose (1973) Lakshmi (1974) Lakshmi (1975) Lakshmi (1976) Sheela (1977) Jayabharathi (1978) Srividya (1979) Srividya (1980) Jalaja (1981) Poornima Bhagyaraj (1982) (1983) (1984) (1985) (1986) Sharada (1987) Revathi (1988) Rekha (1989)
1990–2009	Shobana (1990) Amala Akkineni (1991) Geetha (1992) Madhavi (1993) (1994) Annie (1995) Manju Warrier (1996) Manju Warrier (1997) Manju Warrier (1998) Manju Warrier (1999) Samyuktha Varma (2000) Samyuktha Varma (2001) Navya Nair (2002) Meera Jasmine (2003) Geetu Mohandas (2004) Meera Jasmine (2005) Padmapriya Janakiraman (2006) Meera Jasmine (2007) Priyamani (2008) Shwetha Menon (2009)
2010–present	Mamta Mohandas (2010) Kavya Madhavan (2011) Rima Kallingal (2012) Ann Augustine (2013) Manju Warrier (2014) Parvathy Thiruvothu (2015) Nayanthara (2016) Parvathy Thiruvothu (2017) Manju Warrier (2018) Nimisha Sajayan (2020-2021)

Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress

Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress
1969–1970	Sheela (1969) Sharada (1970)
1971–1980	Sheela (1971) Jayabharathi (1972) Jayabharathi (1973) Lakshmi (1974) Rani Chandra (1975) Sheela (1976) Santhakumari (1977) Shoba (1978) Srividya (1979) Poornima Bhagyaraj (1980)
1981–1900	Jalaja (1981) Madhavi (1982) Srividya (1983) Seema (1984) Seema (1985) Shari (1986) Suhasini Maniratnam (1987) Anju (1988) Urvashi (1989) Urvashi (1990)
1991–2000	Urvashi (1991) Srividya (1992) Shobana (1993) Shanthi Krishna (1994) Urvashi (1995) Manju Warrier (1996) Jomol (1997) Sangita (1998) Samyuktha Varma (1999) Samyuktha Varma (2000)
2001–2010	Suhasini Maniratnam (2001) Navya Nair (2002) Meera Jasmine (2003) Kavya Madhavan and Geethu Mohandas (2004) Navya Nair (2005) Urvashi (2006) Meera Jasmine (2007) Priyanka Nair (2008) Shweta Menon (2009) Kavya Madhavan (2010)
2011–2020	Shweta Menon (2011) Rima Kallingal (2012) Ann Augustine (2013) Nazriya Nazim (2014) Parvathy (2015) Rajisha Vijayan (2016) Parvathy (2017) Nimisha Sajayan (2018) Kani Kusruti (2019) Anna Ben (2020)
2021–present	Revathi (2021) Vincy Aloshious (2022)