Mallika Sukumaran

She was born as Mohamallika to Kainikkara Madhavan Pillai and Shobha as youngest among four children.[1] Her father was a Gandhian and political activist, and was the younger brother of Kainikkara Padmanabha Pillai and Kainikkara Kumara Pillai. She has an elder brother, Velayudhan Pilla and two elder sisters, Premachandrika and Ragalathika. She had her primary education from Government Higher Secondary School for Girls, Cotton Hill, Thiruvananthapuram. She pursued a bachelors in Arts in History from Govt. College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram.[2]

She married Jagathy in 1974, but the marriage ended in divorce. Later, on 17 October 1978, she married Malayalam actor Sukumaran.[3] After marrying Sukumaran, she retired from the limelight. After the demise of her husband, she returned to the film industry. Her sons Prithviraj and Indrajith are leading actors in Malayalam cinema.[4] Actress and television anchor Poornima Indrajith is her daughter in law.

Mallika with son Prithviraj at an event in 2009

The 1974 film Utharayanam by G. Aravindan was Mallika's first film.[5] In 1975, she acted in the film Boy Friend and later in Pichathikutappan (1979), directed by P. Venu. When she married the Malayalam actor Sukumaran, she left her acting career.

After the demise of her husband, she came back to acting. Her first acting initiative was a tele-serial by K.K. Rajeev called Peythozhiyathe. Valayam, Snehadooram, Sthree Oru Santhwanam, Harichandhanam, American Dreams, Indhumukhi Chandhramathi and Porutham are some of her popular tele-serials. She also got a film-TV critics award for her role in the serial American Dreams.[6]

Her first movie in her comeback is the Rajasenan movie Meghasandesham. Suresh Gopi was the hero of this movie. Her role in Ranjith's Ammakkilikkoodu was widely appreciated. Recently she has judged the popular reality show Amma Ammmayiyamma, telecasting on Kairali TV. She has acted in some advertisements also. She sang the song Ormayundo in PP Govindan's 1977 film Saritha, along with P Jayachandran.

Her first movie in Tamil cinema was Vaazhthugal, by Sebastian Seeman.[7]

In January 2013, she launched Spice Boat, a Multi Cuisine Restaurant at West Bay, Doha, Qatar. She is the CEO and the Executive Chairperson of the restaurant. She holds a resident permit for Doha.[8][9]

• All the programs are television serials , unless otherwise mentioned.

• Eeco Car
• Hairomax
• Grihalakshmi
• Medilife TV

Kerala State Film Awards

• 1974: Second Best Actress – Swapnadanam

Kaveri Film Critics Television Awards

• 2004: Second Best Actress – American Dreams

Asianet Television Awards

• 2011: Best Character Actress – Harichandanam

Kerala Film Critics Association Awards

• 2016: Lifetime Achievement Award

2006 - Minnalai Television Award - Best Supporting Actress for Indumukhi Chandramath

2006 - Pappanamkode Lakshmanan award

2019 - Sthreesakthi Puraskaram

• Mallika Sukumaran on IMDb