Nilambur Ayisha
Acting Nilambur, Kerala,India 24 credits
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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Frequent co-stars
Career timeline
Wonder Women
VirusMamangam
KoodeBody Deep
Ka Bodyscapes
Alif
KootharaBalyakalasakhi
Ms. Lekha Tharoor Kaanunnathu
Passenger
Shakespeare M.A. Malayalam
ParadesiKaiyoppu
DaivanamathilChandrolsavam
Ammakilikkoodu
Chuvanna VithukalKaathirunna Nimisham
Olavum Theeravum
ChemmeenSubaidhaKavyamela
Kandam Becha Kottu
Full filmography
- Koothara (2014) as Thufail's mother
- Kandam Becha Kottu (1961) as Bethatha
- Paradesi (2007) as Sainu
- Alif (2015) as Ummakunju
- Shakespeare M.A. Malayalam (2008) as Mentally challenged man's mother
- Chemmeen (1965)
- Ka Bodyscapes (2016) as Kadisumma
- Subaidha (1965) as Subaidha's mother
- Ammakilikkoodu (2003) as Old-age home resident
- Daivanamathil (2005)
- Kaiyoppu (2007) as Beeyathu
- Virus (2019) as Enquiry Women in Medical College
- Chuvanna Vithukal (1978)
- Mamangam (2019) as Family Member
- Chandrolsavam (2005) as Devakiamma
- Koode (2018) as Velyammachi
- Balyakalasakhi (2014) as Jinnumma
- Passenger (2009) as Nabisa Umma
- Ms. Lekha Tharoor Kaanunnathu (2013)
- Wonder Women (2022) as Mini's Grandmother
- Olavum Theeravum (1970) as Ayisha
- Body Deep (2018)
- Kavyamela (1965) as Bhavaniyamma
- Kaathirunna Nimisham (1978)