Veena Nandakumar

Veena Nandakumar is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam movies. She started her cinematic career in 2017 in a Malayalam film Kadamkatha and then a Tamil film, but her notable debut was with the Malayalam movie Kettyolaanu Ente Malakha.

In this Indian name, the name Nandakumar is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Veena.

Veena Nandakumar
Born
Dombivli, India
OccupationFilm Actress
Years active2017–present

Career

Veena Nandakumar made her movie debut through 2017 Malayalam film Kadamkatha directed by Senthil Raj. But she didn't get much attention as the film was a box office failure.[1] She debuted in Tamil language films through Thodraa, in which she played Divya, a girl from a rich family who fell in love and eloped with a low-caste man. Anupama Subramanian of Deccan Chronicle rated her performanceas "decent".[2]

She got her breakthrough role in 2019 Malayalam-language romantic drama film Kettyolaanu Ente Malakha were she played Rincy, "a very restrained" character according to Veena.[3] Anna Mathews of Times of India wrote that the character was "played with just the right amount of restraint" by her.[4]

In 2020, she played supporting roles as Annie in Family Drama film Kozhipporu[5] and Haritha in black comedy psychological thriller film Love.[6] Reviewing Kozhipporu for Times of India, Deepa Soman wrote that she "performed well within the limited scope of the tale".[7]

Filmography
YearFilmRoleNotesRef.
2017KadamkathaJeena
2018ThodraaDivyaTamil-language film[8]
2019Kettyolaanu Ente MalakhaRincy Sleevachan[9]
2020KozhipporuAnnie[10]
LoveHaritha[11]
2021Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian SeaAarcha’s Friend[12]
2022Bheeshma ParvamJessy
TBAVoice of Sathyanathan Films that have not yet been releasedVeenaFilming[13]

References
  1. Harikumar, M.R. (21 December 2019). "ഇതാണ് സ്ലീവാച്ചന്റെ 'മാലാഖ'; വീണ നന്ദകുമാർ അഭിമുഖം..." manoramaonline (in Malayalam). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  2. Subramanian, Anupama (10 September 2018). "Thodraa movie review: Familiar storyline marred by poor execution". Deccan Chronicle.
  3. Sidhardhan, Sanjith (30 December 2019). "Veena Nandakumar: Many told me that they didn't know I could act this well". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  4. Kettyolaanu Ente Malakha review - Times of India
  5. "സ്ലീവാച്ചന്റെ റിൻസി വീണ്ടും; ആദ്യത്തെ നോക്കിൽ തരംഗമാവുന്നു". malayalam.news18 (in Malayalam). 15 February 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  6. "Malayalam film 'Love' to release on Netflix". The News Minute. 17 February 2021.
  7. Soman, Deepa (6 March 2020), "Kozhipporu Movie Review: A passable tale that's a few decades too late", The Times of India, retrieved 24 April 2020
  8. "Thodraa Review: A horrible affront to the victims of honour killing". Cinema Express.
  9. Kettiyolaanu Ente Malakha Movie Review: രസകരമായൊരു കുടുംബചിത്രം, ഒപ്പം അൽപ്പം കാര്യവും; ‘കെട്ട്യോളാണ് എന്റെ മാലാഖ’ റിവ്യൂ - Indian Express
  10. Kozhipporu review: This hen story gives audience a goose egg - On Manorama
  11. News Service, Express (23 July 2020). "After 'Unda', Khalid Rahman begins filming his next". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  12. Marakkar: 'മരക്കാരു'ടെ യുദ്ധം ജയിച്ചോ? പ്രേക്ഷക പ്രതികരണങ്ങൾ ഇങ്ങനെ - Asianet News
  13. ദിലീപിന്റെ നായികയായി വീണ നന്ദകുമാര്‍; 'വോയിസ് ഓഫ് സത്യനാഥന്' ആരംഭം


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