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Seema

Seema

Actress/Director
Biography:  Seema is a famous actress of South Indian films. She has done about two hundred and fifty films in Malayalam, nine in Tamil, seven in Telugu, three in Kannada and one in Hindi and is still active in the movie industry. She began her career in Tamil films at the age of fourteen as a dancer. About five years later, she continued as a dancer. At the age of 19, as heroine, her first movie released in Malayalam titled "Avalude Raavukal" ("Her Nights"), directed by I.V. Sasi. She took a break in her career life in 1988 after the Malayalam movie "Mahayaanam" and again became active in 1998 through "Olympion Antony Adam". Seema won the best actress award of the Kerala State Govt in 1984 and in 1985, she is also a four-time winner of the Filmfare awards. Three times she was the nominee for the national film awards. She at her time was considered the "Queen" and "Dream Girl" of Malayalam film industry, and she is well known for her versatility. She married I.V. Sasi, the veteran South Indian director and is blessed with a daughter and son. The family is settled in Chennai, India. Early Life & Career Seema was born in Eranakulam, Kerala, on 1957, as a single child of her parents. At the age of twelve, she joined to learn dance and learned many dancing steps from Kamal Hassan, who was the assistant of her dance master, Thankappan. She entered into the film field as a normal group dancer, under dance master Chopra, when she was fourteen. Later, she worked in the film industry as a composer and dancer for around five years. Meanwhile, at the age of 17, she was asked to act in a Kannada movie as a second heroine with Kannada actor Ambareesh. I. V. Sasi spotted her and gave her the chance to act in his film "Avalude Raavukal" (literal translation: Her Nights) as a heroine. The shooting of this movie started in 1977 and it released on March 3rd, 1978. The classic movie with Sherif's script and I.V. Sasi's direction created waves in Malayalm audience because of its soft porn nature and the challenging subject. The name Shanthi changed to Seema through this movie. The very daring and challenging role that any other actress who'd be reluctant to do was portrayed by Seema, which helped her to get noticed by other directors. She became the heartthrob of Malayalam film industry and got noticed by other directors. During that time, Malayalam film industry was ruled by yesteryear's actresses Sheela, Sharada, Jayabharathi, K.R. Vijaya and Sreevidya. Seema received roles from many directors, but most of them were glamorous, or as a second heroine always behind the shadows of others. She accepted all kind of roles and gave confidence to the directors that any kind of a role is safe in her hand. Angaadi, Kaanthavalayam, Sakthi, Manushyamrugam, Bens Vasu, Meen, Karimpana, Thadavara, Anupallavi, etc., are some of Jayan-Seema Hit movies. Though she became the first and super heroine, still she couldn't come out of the glamorous role. Mini skirts and swim suits were a part of her costumes always! The hit pair couldn't stay for a long time, the unexpected demise of Jayan was a great loss for the industry and the most loved and accepted pair thus got an end. Directors wanted to find another star to fill the gap given by Jayan, many movies were planned for Jayan, one such movie was "Sphodanam" directed by P.G. Viswambharan. He gave the chance to Mammootty to take the role of Jayan. Later, Ratheesh was paired opposite Seema.. Versatility Seema portrayed many characters of the veteran writer MT. Vasudevan Nair. This itself is a great award for her. Her versatility thus helped her in getting all kinds of roles, if she acted as a bold heroine who drove a car in a stunt scene of the movie "Naanayam", the same year she acted as a mother in "Rugma". She portrayed a comic role in "Ayalvasi oru Daridravasi" and did a negative role in "Oru Sumangaliyude Kadha".  She always made it a point to showcase her talent to the fullest and she showed how versatile she is as an actress. Heroes And Co-actresses Her heroes include most or all heroes of Malayalam filmdom from 1978 to 1988. She was paired mostly with Mammootty, Jayan and Ratheesh. Also she did a brilliant job with Prem Nazir, Madhu, Kamal Hassan, Raghavan, Ravi Menon, Sukumaran, Soman, Mohanlal, Nedumudi Venu, Capt. Raju, Devan, Jose, Venu Nagavalli, Balachandra Menon, T.G. Ravi, etc. Of all the actresses, Sreevidya shared a special affection with her. Seema used to call her Vidya Chechi. Sreevidya helped Seema discover the nuances in make-up and hairstyles. Seema had mentioned that Sreevidya would personally sit up and plait Seema's long hair whenever they acted or travelled together for a shooting. Directors She worked with many directors like I.V. Sasi, Sasikumar, P.G. Viswambharan, Priyadarsan, Sathyan Anthikkadu, Joshi, Sibi Malayil, etc. With I.V Sasi, she has done 59 films as a heroine, and with Sasikumar, she has done 29 movies as a heroine. Voice Behind Seema Seema has a very beautiful, lovely and sexy voice in her movies. This credit goes to her favourite dubbing artist, the late Mrs. Kottayam Shantha who has given voice to Seema's characters. Till 1988, except two movies, Avalude Raavukal and Adavukal Pathinettu, all Seema's characters were dubbed by Kottayam Shantha. Seema, while signing the call sheet itself would request the directors to use Kottayam Shantha's voice.
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Seema Movies

Movies Director Release Date
Telugu
as Actress
TS Suresh Babu 25 Oct 2024
Tamil
as Actress
RJ Balaji 17 Jun 2022
Vignesh Shivan 28 Apr 2022
Malayalam
as Actress
Shaji Kailas 07 Jul 2022

Seema: Age, Net Worth, Movies, Family, and Personal Details

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Date Of Birth 22 May 1957
Age 67
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About Seema

  • The age of Seema in the 2024 was 67.

  • The DOB for Seema was 22 May 1957.

  • The most recent movies for Seema is Veetla Vishesham.

  • Gali Brothers were Seema's upcoming films.

  • Seema's next feature film with TS Suresh Babu.

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