Kaviyoor Ponnamma

Kaviyoor Ponnamma (10 September 1945 – 20 September 2024) was an Indian actress who appeared in Malayalam films and television. She began her career performing in theatre dramas before foraying into cinema. She also acted in TV serials and commercials and had playback singing credits in few films Ponnamma was a four-time Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress winner. Often called as the "mother to all actors", she acted as mother of almost all actors in her career spanning over decades. At the age of 20, she played the mother of older actors Sathyan and Madhu in Thommente Makkal (1965). She particularly gained critical acclaim for acting as the mother of Mohanlal. As a five-year-old, she learned music and sang in stage shows. In 1958, she was spotted by Kerala People's Arts Club (KPAC) who was looking for a girl who can sing in their stage play. They also gave her the role of heroine in Mooladhanam, her debut stage drama at age 13. It was directed by Thoppil Bhasi. After five years came her first movie Kudumbini, in which she did the title role of the mother of two children. Ponnamma died from cancer at Lissie Hospital in Kochi, Kerala, on 20 September 2024, at the age of 79.

Cast

Muthukkudayum Choodi

Ammachi Koottile Pranayakalam

Mansoru Maha Samudram

Unnikrishnan's mother

Ithu Manjukaalam

Ennu Nathante Nimmi

Nirmala's grandmother

Santhanagopalam

Ividam Swargamanu

Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty

Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal

No: 1 Snehatheeram Banglore North

Vijayabhaskar's mother

Nathi Muthal Nathi Vare

Zulfikar's mother

Kottaram Veettile Apputtan

Appottan's mother

The Evil Deeds of Cheriyachan

Devi Kanyakumari

Makan Ente Makan

Ariyaatha Veethikal

Mother Superior

Sesham Kazhchayil

Kshamichu Ennoru Vakku

Ee Thanalil Ithiri Neram

Thinkalazhcha Nalla Divasam

Rajagopal's Mother

Arayannangalude Veedu

Ezhupunna Tharakan

Amarnath's Mother

Pallavur Devanarayanan

Mannar Mathai Speaking

Vismayathumbathu

Sreekumar's Mother

Charlie's Mother

Hariharan Pilla Happy Aanu

Padmavathiyamma

Mr. Brahmachari

Sethu Lakshmi Bhai / Thampuratty

Sarojam's mother

Sivasankarans mother

Kizhakkunarum Pakshi

Ananthu' Mother

Ponnurukkum Pakshi

Peruvannapurathe Visheshangal

Shyam Prakash's mother

Iniyum Kurukshetrum

Manasilloru Manimuthu

Adhyayam Onnu Muthal

Swanthamevide Bandhamevide

Itha Oru Snehagatha

Avalude Ravukal

Thaniyavarthanam

Velichapad's Wife

In Harihar Nagar

Andrews's mother

Ee Thanutha Veluppan Kalathu

Nurse Leeladevi

Itha Ivide Vare

His Highness Abdullah

Bhagirathi Valiya Thampurati

Thenmavin Kombath

Pattanathil Sundaran

Manushya Mrugam

Njaan Salperu Raman Kutty

Amma Ammayiamma

Velayudhankutty's Mother

Apoorvam Chilar

Rugmavathi Amma

Pookkalam Varavayi

Nandan's Mother

Minnaminuginum Minnukettu

Irupatham Noottandu

Kudumba Visesham

Aby Mathew's Mother

Kuruppinte Kanakku Pustakom

Vinayachandran's Mother

Anweshichu Kandethiyilla

2 Harihar Nagar

Andrew's mother

Christian Brothers

Joseph Vadakkan's mother

Agnes / Sister amma

Ponnapuram Kotta

Jayaraman's valiyammayi

Oru Maymasa Pulariyil

Savithri Varassyar

Maniyanpilla Adhava Maniyanpilla

Njan Kodiswaran

Poyi Maranju Parayathe...

Vivekanandan's mother

Madhavan's Mother

Othenante makan

Arakkallan Mukkalkkallan

Kudumbam Namukku Sreekovil

Sree Guruvayoorappan

Oru Kadankatha Pole

Kappalu Muthalali

Chandradas's mother

Snehadeepame Mizhi Thurakku

Gandharavakshetram

Kalamezhuthu Singer

Thirayum Theeravum

Jagadguru Aadisankaran

Kaippilly Aryadevi Antarjanam, Mother of Sankaracharyar

Acharam Ammini osaram Omana

Malayali shop-owner

Marykutty Teacher

Sethulakshmi Varma

Jayaraj's Mother

Nakhakshathangal

Kaaliya Mardhanam

Marakkillorikkalum

Angadikkappurathu

Tourist Bungalow

Puthumana Thampuratti

Oru Sayahnathinte Swapnam

Vendor Daniel State Licency

Love in Singapore

Siva Thaandavam

Satyavan Savithri

Poothiruvathira Raavil

Achuvettante Veedu

Unnikrishnante Adyathe Christmas

Pappayude Swantham Appoos

Voice (Uncredited)

Njangal Santhushtaranu

Mother of the orphanage

Anchil Oral Arjunan

Sudheendran's mother

Ente Ammu Ninte Thulasi Avarude Chakki

Madhavan's Mother