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Anumol

Indian actress

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Anumol is an Indian actress, predominantly acting in Malayalam and Tamil films. She appeared in Malayalam films such as Chayilyam (2014), Ivan Megharoopan (2012), Akam (2011), Vedivazhipadu (2013) and Jamna Pyari (2015). Her performance as Kuruvammal in 2023 Tamil web-series Ayali applauded by Critics and Audience.

01Film career

Starting her film career with the Tamil films Kannukkulle, Ramar and Sooran, Anumol forayed into Malayalam cinema with P. Balachandran's Ivan Megharoopan, a biopic based on the poet P. Kunhiraman Nair. She portrayed Thankamony.

She was also in the film Akam, an adaptation of Malayattoor Ramakrishnan's novel Yakshi.

Debutant director Manoj Kana's Chayilyam was about the plight of a hapless widow who is denied the freedom to lead a normal life by society. In the film, Anumol player the character Gauri, who had eloped with her lover and then returned with her son into her in-laws' home, after the death of her husband. Her father-in-law had brought them back, but orthodox society was against this. The resistance ends when the people around start visualizing her as the incarnation of a Goddess. The story is narrated with the traditional folk art form Theyyam as the backdrop. Gauri wants to lead the rest of her life as a mother and as a woman, but the image of a Goddess is thrust upon her. The whole film is focused on the character played by Anumol and the actor has delivered a matured performance. The dedication of the actor is there to be seen in most frames.

Anumol has filmed Njan, a film by Ranjith.

In Rockstar, directed by V. K. Prakash, the motorcycle enthusiast and rider, Anumol played a tomboy character riding a 500 cc Royal Enfield bullet motorcycle at 130 km/h for the role of Sanjana Kurien, a fashion photographer.

In the film Nilaavariyaathe, a film about caste discrimination and barriers that existed in Kerala a century ago, set in the backdrop of Kasaragod District in North Malabar region of Kerala, Anumol was portrayed as Paatta, the heroine, who is an advocate against casteism and untouchability.

In the film Premasuthram, directed by Jiju Ashokan, Anumol plays a character called Manju Rani, a tailor in the film. It is the first time Anumol is handling an out-and-out peppy character. Again marked by a brilliant portrayal, Anumol's character runs a local tailoring shop in a rural pocket in the film.

In the biopic film Padmini, which portrays the life of a genius female painter T. K. Padmini from Kerala, Anumol takes the lead to portray Padmini. The biopic goes through the struggle she faced throughout her life to achieve her path. The film portrays the struggles Padmini had to face as art was prohibited for women from good families at that time. It discusses the obstacles she had to overcome in order to get an education and to indulge in art. T. K. Padmini was one of the rarest from her category, as there are only a few women painters from Kerala. Anumol's exceptionally brilliant and ingenious portrayal by living the character herself is the mark of this film.

02Performing arts career

Anumol is a well known Kathakali and Bharathnatyam dancer. Speaking on how she developed a passion for acting, Anumol says that it was ballet that attracted her to the world of glitz and glam.

03Filmography

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
2010KannukulleBharathiTamilDebut film
RaamarMagalakshmi
MagizhchiSasi
2012Ivan MegharoopanThankamonyMalayalam
2013David & GoliathDeepa
AkamRagini
God for SaleAnupama
VedivazhipaduSumithra
2014ChayilyamGauri
Parayan Baaki VechathuAlice
SooranYamunaTamilcredited as Anu
NjaanJanuMalayalam
Maram PeyyumbolMaya Shanker
2015ThilagarMynaTamil
Jamna PyariVeenaMalayalam
Oru Naal IravilThangamTamil
Birds With Large WingsEnvironment ActivistMalayalam
RockstarSanjana Kurien
2016AmoebaManeesha
Kuttikalundu SookshikkukaMerin Mathew
2017NilavariyathePaatta
2018PremasoothramManjurani
2019 PattabhiramanFida Fathima
SulluShobha
UdalaazhamDance Teacher
2020Paapam Cheyyathavar KalleriyatteLissy
PadminiPadmini
2022Two MenAnitha
The TeacherGeetha
Viral SebiVijayalakshmi
2023FarhanaNithyaTamil
PendulumAngelMalayalam
2024AaroMalathi
CID Ramachandran Retd. SIUrmila
HaraaNilaTamil
Oru Anweshanathinte ThudakkamAani AlexMalayalam
2025KaayalYamunaTamil
2026 Lurk TBAMalayalam

04Television

  • 8pm (Kairali we TV)
  • Vanitha Ratnam (Amrita TV)
  • Red Carpet (Amrita TV)
  • Bzinga (Zee Keralam)

05Web-series

Web-series
Year series Role Notes Language Platform
2023 Ayali Kuruvamma Tamil ZEE5
2024 Manorathangal Venugopal's mother Anthology Series Segment: Kadugannawa Oru Yatra Kurippu Malayalam ZEE5
2024-present Heart Beat Dr.Radhi Thiagarajan Tamil Hotstar Originals

06Online

  • Anuyathra: Anuyathra is a popular vlog by Anumol.
Watch videos about AnumolExplainers and documentaries on YouTube (opens in a new tab)

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