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Meena Ganesh

Meena Ganesh (15 July 1942 – 19 December 2024) was an Indian theatre artist and actress who acted mostly in Malayalam film.[1][2] As a theatre artist, she has won many awards, including the Guru Pooja Award from the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy.

Meena Ganesh
Born(1942-07-15)15 July 1942
Palakkad, Madras Province, British India
Died19 December 2024(2024-12-19) (aged 82)
Shoranur, Palakkad district, Kerala, India
OccupationActress

Biography

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Born in Kallekulangara, Palakkad, in 1942, Meena is the second of three daughters of Pallath Lakshmi Amma and Pullanikattu Kesavan Nair, who was a Tamil actor.[3][4] Later she moved to Chuduvalathur, Shoranur, Maithrinagar.[3]

Meena died from a stroke in Shoranur, Palakkad district, Kerala, on 19 December 2024, at the age of 82.[5]

Personal life

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Her husband was the late A.N. Ganesh, a playwright, actor and director.[6][3] Her acquaintance with the theater industry led to her marriage to Ganesh.[7] They had two children, including television serial director Manoj.[3]

Career

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Meena Ganesh entered the acting field at the age of nineteen through theatre.[7] In the theatre field, she had worked in plays of various theatre companies in Kerala including SL Puram Surya Soma, Kayamkulam Kerala Theatres, and Thrissur Chinmayi.[7] Meena had appeared on stage in over three hundred different roles in different professional and amateur plays and had also acted in around two hundred films and 25 television serials.[3][8] She also given voice for many radio dramas broadcast by All India Radio's Kozhikode and Thrissur stations.[3]

Meena Ganesh made her film debut with a small role in the 1976 film Manimuzhakam.[9] She became active in the Malayalam film industry after she played the role of Pathumma in the 1991 film Mukhachitram.[9]

Meena Ganesh, who moved to Shoranur after her marriage, had started a drama society in Shoranur called Pournami Kalamandir.[10]

Filmography

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Malayalam

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YearFilmRole
1976Manimuzhakkam
1983Mandanmmar Londanil
Prasnam GurutharamAstrologer
1986Bhagavan
Nakhakshathangal
1991Mukha ChithramSeller
1992Thalayanamanthram
Utsavamelam
ValayamRavi's mother
Ponnaramthoottathe RaajaavuMaluvamma
SnehasagaramKunjammuma
Mukha ChithramPathumma
1993GolantharavarthaSharadha
BhoomigeethamStudent's mother
Saakshaal Sreemaan Chaathunni
Venkalam
Manichithrathazhu
Pidakkozhi Koovunna Noottandu
1994PingamiKuttyhasan's mother
SanthanagopalamAdiyodi's wife
1995Achan Kombathu Amma VarampathuMaya's mother
Avittam Thirunaal Aarogya Sriman
Kakkakum Poochakkum Kalyanam
Sindoora Rekha
1996HarbourKaalithalla
KudumbakodathiGuntur Parvathy's mother
Kazhakam
Ee Puzhayum KadannuDevaki
Udhyanapalakan
Kanakkinavu
Kalyana SougandhikamMurukeshan's wife
1997KaliyoonjalVellachi
Asuravamsam
Manasam
Siamese IrattakalPreman - Dasan's mother
Ikkareyanente Manasam
Rishyasringan
Kudamttam
ShobhanamSiddique's umma
1998Panchaloham
Sreekrishnapurathe NakshathrathilakkamKausalya's mother
Meenathil ThalikettuJanu
Rakthasakshikal SindabadKuttathi's mother
Daya
ThirakalkkappuramPottiyamma
Manjukalavum Kazhinju
1999Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne NjaanumRamu's mother
My Dear KaradiManikuttan's mother
SparshamBhargaviyamma
2000ValliettanChathunni's wife
Shayanam
Dada Sahib
Aanamuttathe Aangalamar
KannadikadavathuKatha
Punaradhivasam
2001BhadraJayadevan's grandmother
Mazhamegha PravukalBhairavi
Chithrathoonukal
Aaram Jaalakam
Vezhambal
House Owner
Ee Nadu Innale VareNabeesumma
KarumadikuttanMaathu Ettathi
2002Meesa MadhavanVillage lady/Umma
NandanamKarthyayani Amma
Uthara
ValkannadiPadmini
2003Mizhi Randilum
War and LoveBasheer's mother
Sadanandante SamayamNaniyamma
Kaliyodam
CI Mahadevan 5 Adi 4 InchuMahadevan's mother
AmmakkilikooduInmate
2004FreedomUmma
2005OK Chacko Cochin MumbaiKarthayani
Hai
NaranUmma
Nomparam
ManikyanManikyan's mother
ChandrolsavamMadhavi
2006Jayam
2007Sooryakireedam
2008MullaPilgrim
ThavalamNabeesumma
Mohitham
2009Samastha Keralam PONarayani
Black DhaliyaServant
Swantham Bharya Zindabadh
Ividam SwargamanuTea Shopper
Sanmanassullavan AppukuttanGopalan's mother
2010NandhuniNaniyamma
2011ManushyamrugamVasu's mother
2012OrangeSaritha's step mother
Doctor Innocent Aanu
Ezham Suryan
Nuzrat
2013CelluloidActress
2014Onnum MindatheJose's mother
2015IthinumappuramThanka
Mariyam MukkuMariyamma
The ReporterTea Stall owner
Saigal Padukayanu
Nee-NaThresiakutty
Kotharan Oru Malayala Cinema
2016Pathirakkattu

TV serials

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  • Geethanjali
  • Devaragam
  • Snehatheeram
  • Velankani Mathavu
  • Ramayanam
  • Calcutta Hospital
  • Ettu Sundarikalum Njanum
  • Mangalyam
  • AL THWALAQ
  • Kalyanaveeran
  • Karunyam
  • Vayalkilikal
  • Sthree
  • Minnukettu
  • Aa Amma

Television shows

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  • Sreekandan Nair Show

Awards and honors

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She has won many awards, including the Guru Pooja Award from the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy.[3]

References

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  1. ↑ "大象香煮伊在人线国产75（中国）有限公司".
  2. ↑ "Malayalam actor Meena Ganesh dies at 81 in Kerala". India Today.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "നടി മീന ഗണേഷ് അന്തരിച്ചു". Mathrubhumi (in Malayalam). 19 December 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  4. ↑ "Veteran Malayalam actor Meena Ganesh dies". The Hindu. 19 December 2024. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  5. ↑ "Renowned Malayalam actress Meena Ganesh passes away". Madhyamam Online. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  6. ↑ "Malayalam actress Meena Ganesh passes away at 82". The Times of India. 19 December 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  7. 1 2 3 vipinvk. "സിനിമ,സീരിയൽതാരം മീനഗണേഷ് അന്തരിച്ചു". Asianet News Malayalam (in Malayalam). Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  8. ↑ "Veteran Malayalam film actress Meena Ganesh no more". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  9. 1 2 "ആദ്യം ശ്രദ്ധിക്കപ്പെട്ടതു പാത്തുമ്മ, പിന്നെ നിഷ്കളങ്കരായ അമ്മമാർ; മീനാ ഗണേഷ് അനശ്വരമാക്കിയ അമ്മവേഷങ്ങൾ ഒട്ടേറെ". Manorama online (in Malayalam). Malayala Manorama. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  10. ↑ "ചിരിപ്പിക്കുകയും കരയിപ്പിക്കുകയും ചെയ്ത പ്രിയതാരം; മീന ഗണേഷ് അന്തരിച്ചു". Samayam Malayalam (in Malayalam). The Times of India. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
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