Nilambur Ayisha

Nilambur Ayisha is an Indian actress who works in the Malayalam film industry. She started her career as a theater artist. Later she became a supporting actress in the Malayalam movies in late 1960s and 1970s. She has acted in more than 50 movies. She was the first woman to act in Malayalam movies and dramas from the Muslim community.

Nilambur Ayisha
Born
Nilambur, Madras Presidency, British India
(present day Malappuram, Kerala, India)
NationalityIndian
OccupationActor[1]
Years active1961–present
Children1

Early life

Ayisha was born in Nilambur in the erstwhile Madras Presidency. Born into a rich family, she was interested in arts. At the age of 13, she was made to marry a 47-year-old man. But her marriage was called off in the fifth day. She was a single mother since then.

Acting career

Ayisha began acting in dramas 1950s. She made her debut in 1953 at the age of 16 with playwright E. K. Ayamu’s Ijju Nalloru Mansanakan Nokku (1953). The show was performed at over 2,500 stages in various parts of the country. Later she went on to work in theatre with popular artists such as K. T. Muhammed, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, Khan Kavil and P. J. Antony. She played the lead in plays such as Ithu Bhoomiyanu, Theekkanal, Srishti and Kafir written and directed by K. T. Muhammed.

She has made her big screen entry with 1961 Hindi film Elephant Queen, directed by Rajendra. Other cast included Helen and Azad. She played the role of a woman in a hunting family. She got an entry to the film as it was shot at her hometown. Later in the year she also did her debut film in Malayalam, Kandam Becha Kottu. It was followed by films like Subaida, Kuttikkuppayam, Olavum Theeravum and Kuppivala.

Awards and honours

In 2002, Ayisha received the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award for Drama.[2] She has received are the S.L. Puram State Prize for her overall contribution to theatre. She won the Kerala State Film Award for the Second Best Actress for her role in Oomakkuyil Padumbol in 2011. She was also awarded Premji Award in the year 2011.

Partial filmography
  • Perumkaliyaattam
  • Naattilellam Pattayi
  • Ennu Swantham Sreedharan
  • Nilambooritne Viplava Nakshathram
  • Wonder Women (2022) as Mini's grandmother
  • Rorschach (2022) as Shafi's mother
  • Vishnuvinte Umma (2022) as Vishnu's umma
  • Sparsham (2022) as Ammamma
  • Olappurakkendhinoru Irumbuvaathil (2022) as
  • Swami Saranam (2022)
  • Khubboos (2022)
  • Gift of Ummachi (2021) as Khadeesumma
  • Niyathi (2021)
  • Mazhayathoru Veedu (2020) as Muthassi
  • Tharapori (2020) as Valyumma
  • Baton Award (2020)
  • Halal Love Story (2020) as actress in telefilm
  • Udalazham (2019) as Housemaid
  • Mamangam (2019) as old woman in Chandroth family
  • OP Kakshi Amminipilla (2019) as Quarrelling lady at court
  • Virus (2019) as Staff of OP Counter, Hospital
  • Panthu (2019) as Amina's grandmother
  • Poochedi Poovinte Mottu (2019)
  • Koode (2018) as Grandmother
  • Khalifa (2018)
  • Mattanchery (2018)
  • Hello Dubaikkaran (2017) as Prakashan's grandmother
  • Ayishakkalam (2017)
  • Ka Bodyscapes (2016) as Kadeesumma
  • Pravasalokam (2016) as Najeeb's Ammayi
  • Pakal Mayum Mumoe (2016)
  • Nikkah (2015) as Aasiyumma
  • Compartment (2015) as Devi
  • Alif (2015) as Ummakunju/Fathima's grandmother
  • Pedithondan (2014) as Umma
  • Koothara (2014) as Thufail's mother
  • Balyakalasakhi (2014) as Jinnumma
  • Ms. Lekha Tharoor Kanunnathu (2013) as Deceased patient in hospital
  • Bioscope (2013)
  • Kuthanthra Siromani
  • Oomakkuyil Padumbol (2012) as Mansoor's umma
  • Nilavinte Muthu
  • Njangalude Veedu
  • Oru Manjukalam as Lakshmikuttiyamma
  • Khilafath
  • Entumma (2009) as Umma
  • Keralolsavam 2009 (2009) as Basheer's umma
  • Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha (2009)
  • Passenger (2009) as Nabisa Umma
  • Vilapangalkkappuram (2008) as Valyumma
  • Shalabham (2008) as Villager
  • Shakespeare M.A. Malayalam (2008) as Mentally challenged man's mother
  • Kaiyoppu (2007) as Beeyathu
  • Paradesi (2007) as Sainu
  • Daivanamathil (2005) as Ammayi
  • Makalkku (2005) as Mental patient
  • Chandrolsavam (2005) as Indu's mother
  • Nizhalattam (2005)
  • Ammakkilkoodu (2003) as Inmate of old age home
  • Vaalkkannadi (1992)
  • Mylanji (1982) (Ayishumma)
  • Thraasam (1981)
  • Anyarude Bhoomi (1979)
  • Nalumanipookkal (1979)
  • Thenthulli (1979)
  • Chuvanna Vithukal (1978)[1]
  • Kaathirunna Nimisham (1978) as Ramu's mother
  • Pathiraavum Pakalvelichavum (1974)
  • Olavum Theeravum (1970) as Ayisha
  • Chemmeen (1966)
  • Thankakkudam (1965) as Payasakkaran's wife
  • Kavyamela (1965) as Bhavaniyamma
  • Thommante Makkal (1965)
  • Kattupookkal (1965)
  • Kaathirunna Nikkah (1965) as Amina
  • Kuppivala (1965) as Pathiri Aminumma
  • Subaidha (1965) as Subaidha's mother
  • Kutti Kuppayam (1964)
  • Laila Majnu (1962)
  • Kandam Becha Kottu (1961) as Bethatha
  • Elephant (1961) as Woman in hunting family (Hindi film)

Television Serials

Dramas
  • Karinkurangu
  • Ithu Bhoomiyanu
  • Ullathu Paranjal
  • Ee Dhuniyavil Njan Ottakkanu
  • Ijju Nalloru Mansanakan Nokku
  • Kafir
  • Theekkanal
  • Srishti

References
  1. "Nilambur Ayesha". BFI. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  2. "Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award: Drama". Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
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