Veena Nandakumar
Veena Nandakumar | |
---|---|
Born | Dombivli, India | 17 July 1990
Occupation | Film Actress |
Years active | 2017–present |
Veena Nandakumar is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam movies. She started her cinematic career in 2017, with a Tamil film, but her notable debut was with the Malayalam movie Kettyolaanu Ente Malakha.
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][8]
Filmography[]
Year | Film | Role | Director | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | Kadam Kadha | Jeena | Senthil Raj | Uncredited |
2018 | Thodraa | Divya | Madhuraj | Tamil movie |
2019 | Kettyolaanu Ente Malakha | Rincy | Nissam Basheer | |
2020 | Kozhipporu | Annie | Jinoy Janardhanan & Jibit George | |
Love | Haritha | Khalid Rahman | ||
2021 | Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea | Aarcha’s Maid | Priyadarshan | |
Bheeshma Parvam![]() |
Rommy Timmy | Amal Neerad | Completed | |
12th Man![]() |
TBA | Jeethu Joseph | Completed | |
Voice of Satyanathan![]() |
TBA | Rafi Mecartin | Filming |
References[]
- ^ Harikumar, M.R. (21 December 2019). "ഇതാണ് സ്ലീവാച്ചന്റെ 'മാലാഖ'; വീണ നന്ദകുമാർ അഭിമുഖം..." manoramaonline (in Malayalam). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ Subramanian, Anupama (10 September 2018). "Thodraa movie review: Familiar storyline marred by poor execution". Deccan Chronicle.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Kettyolaanu Ente Malakha review - Times of India
- ^ "സ്ലീവാച്ചന്റെ റിൻസി വീണ്ടും; ആദ്യത്തെ നോക്കിൽ തരംഗമാവുന്നു". malayalam.news18 (in Malayalam). 15 February 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Malayalam film 'Love' to release on Netflix". The News Minute. 17 February 2021.
- ^ 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
- ^ Madhu, Vignesh (24 May 2021). "Here's a star-studded selfie from Bheeshma Parvam sets". onlookersmedia. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
External links[]
- Living people
- Actresses in Malayalam cinema
- 1990 births
- Indian film actor stubs