Aranmula Ponnamma

Aranmula Ponnamma

Birth : 1914-04-08, Aranmula, Pathanamthitta, Travancore

Death : 2011-02-21

History

Aranmula Ponnamma was a National Award winning Malayalam film actress known for her roles as mother of the protagonist in numerous films. She was widely described as a mother figure in Malayalam cinema.

Profile

Aranmula Ponnamma

Movies

Indriyam
Muthassi
A group of students camping in a forest accidentally set free a spirit who is seething with revenge to kill her murderer. When the spirit begins to kill the students one by one, they call a sorcerer.
Janathipathyam
Thirumulpadu's Mother
Janathipathyam movie is all about the communist party wins the assembly election but their proposed chief minister candidate loses the election. The party chief Bhattathirippadu suggests the name of R D Nayanar (Suresh Gopi) for the top post in Kerala. Nayanar, who was the former asst city police commissioner of Trivandrum has his own reasons to come back to the city. He has to take the revenge.
Man of the Story
Muthassi
This intimately-constructed drama traces the consequences of the tumultuous political and social changes that swept through India in the years since pre-Independence 1937.
Sagaram Sakshi
Sagaram Sakshi is a 1994 Malayalam film directed by Sibi Malayil. It starred Mammootty in the lead role and Sukanya, Thilakan in other supporting roles.A. K. Lohithadas carried the screenplay for this movie .
Njan Kodiswaran
Muthassi
Gopinathan (Jagadish) works as a textile shop salesman who struggles to make ends meet. Returning from work one day, he accidentally comes in possession of a suitcase from a criminal being chased by the police. The suitcase contains gold and Gopi thinks that it will end his troubles; however things are not easy as it seems.
Adwaytham
Advaitham is a 1991 Malayalam film directed by Priyadarshan. The film stars Mohanlal, Jayaram, Revathi Menon and Srividhya in lead roles.
Vishnulokam
Vishnu is part of a local circus group. On one of their tours, Vishnu meets a girl and his life changes forever.
Oru Sayahnathinte Swapnam
Saraswathi Amma
The film talks about the dreams of people in an old age home and a care taker who happened to join them
Rareeram
Azhiyatha Bandhangal
Meenakshi
Azhiyatha Bandhangal is a 1985 Malayalam film directed by Sasikumar. The film stars Mohanlal, Shobhana, Srividhya and Prathapa Chandran in lead roles.
Pathamudayam
B. G. Menon's Sister
B. G. Menon recruits Vikrman, a criminal and the lookalike of Jayamohan, an honest cop who was killed by Lion C. Menon's men, to nab him.
Vikatakavi
Sankunni's mother
Ee Nadu
Parvathiamma
Spurious liquor supplied by governmental arrack outlets kills several poor people in Kerala. People hit the streets to demand justice. They want the culprits to be brought to book.
Vazhvey Maayam
Raja and Devi fall in love with each other and get engaged. However, when Raja learns that he is suffering from cancer, he hides it from Devi and calls off the engagement.
Archana Teacher
An over-qualified Archana decides to become a village school teacher while escaping her past. After meeting Sukumaran she decides to marry him but faces certain issues after marriage.
Thirayum Theeravum
Muthassi
The movie is , directed by K. G. Rajasekharan. The film stars Prem Nazir, Jayabharathi, Aranmula Ponnamma and Jayaprabha in lead roles. The film had musical score by G. Devarajan.
Yagam
Sayoojyam
Saraswathy
Sayoojyam is a 1979 Indian Malayalam film, directed by G. Premkumar and produced by Sukuprasad. The film stars Jayabharathi, M. G. Soman, Jayan and Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair in the lead roles. The film has musical score by K. J. Joy.
Rappadikalude Gatha
Rappadikalude Gatha is woven around Gatha, a young girl who finds happiness in drugs and music. She marries a doctor of humble indisposition. Their marriage runs into difficulty but, after several traumatic experiences, the couple are reconciled. The film is a sharp indictment of society, its awry priorities, on the frustrations of the youth, their disappointments, and how youngsters get hooked to drugs.
Kodiyettam
Sankarankutty, a village simpleton, lives a carefree life, indulges in childish pursuits, lives off the money given to him by his sister (working elsewhere as a servant), and eats quite voraciously. Then one day he gets married, but the wife is frustrated by his aimless lifestyle & irresponsible attitude (even after she gets pregnant). So she goes back to her parents. Meanwhile, his sister who is now living with her lover, can no longer provide for him, and a kind widow who used to care for him passes away. He has nowhere & nobody to fall back on, and from this point on, as he starts a job as assistant to a lorry driver, he starts looking at life in a whole new way and begins to mature as well.
Rowdy Ramu
Lakshmykuttyamma
Ramu, a farmer, fights against an evil landlord when he uses illegal ways to make money. He faces many challenges when the landlord tries to plot against him.
Satyavan Savithri
Savithri, whose devotion to her husband was compared to that of Draupadi from the Mahabharata, is determined to bring her husband Satyavan from the dead.
Ponnapuram Kotta
Ponnapuram Kotta is a 1973 Malayalam language film starring Prem Nazir, K. P. Ummer, Vijayasree and Vijayanirmala in the lead roles.
Sree Guruvayoorappan
Sree Guruvayoorappan is a 1972 Indian Malayalam film, directed and produced by P Subramaniam . The film stars Sharada, Kaviyoor Ponnamma, Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair and Jose Prakash in lead roles. The film had musical score by V Dakshinamoorthy.
Thara
Kamalamma
Vasanthi's parents get her engaged to a police officer, Gopi. However, her life takes a turn when Gopi leaves her after making her pregnant.
Lottery Ticket
Malathi's mother
Lottery Menon (Bhasi) sells a lottery ticket to a local photographer Venugopal (Nazir). When his number wins the first prize, the ticket mysteriously disappears. There are many suspects while Menon and Venugopal hatches a plan to find the culprit.
Engirundho Vandhaal
At the request of a wealthy man, a courtesan agrees to help heal his mentally disturbed son by pretending to be his wife. Her efforts only earn her abuse and wrath at the hands of most family members.
Kumara Sambhavam
Kumara Sambhavam is based on the epic poem of the poet Kalidasa of the same name.
Hotel High Range
Ramesh's mother
Hotel High Range is a 1968 Indian Malayalam film, directed and produced by P. Subramaniam. The film stars Sharada, Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair, Kallayam Krishnadas and Aranmula Ponnamma in lead roles.
Agniputhri
Saraswathi
The respectable college teacher Rajan (Nazir) marries Sindhu (Sheela), the orphaned inmate of a home for destitutes. The feudal conservative hypocrisies of the hero’s family are graphically criticised: Rajan’s cousin Chandran admits he once had sex with Sindhu, and Rajan’s snooty brother, the doctor Jayadev, fathered Sindhu’s daughter Bindu. Sindhu further confesses on her wedding night that she suffers from venereal disease.
Muthalali
Saraswathi Amma
Venu is the owner of a glass factory and he goes to the USA for higher studies. But when he comes back he gets to know that the manager has been cheating the company and he makes up his mind to sort out everything.
Bhakta Kuchela
Yashoda
The film told, apart from the main story of the friendship between Krishna and Kuchela, a few sequences from the Bhagavatha
Kandam Becha Kottu
Amina
The film focused mainly on the evil of dowry system which was rampant in the Muslim community of Kerala
Umminithanka
Umminithanka is a 1961 Indian Malayalam film, directed by G Viswanath and produced by PK Sathyapal. The film had musical score by V. Dakshinamoorthy
Ponkathir
Madhu’s mother
A rich industrialist, Prabhu runs a factory along with his son Ravi. However, Vikraman, Prabhu's crooked nephew tries to manipulate Prabhu's wealth and defames his family.
Sasidharan
Kalyaniyamma
Sashidharan, the graduate son of the landlord Panikker falls in love with Vilasini, the daughter of a poor widow Kalyani Amma . A crooked local newspaper editor and the lecherous city wastrel Rajasekharan form a tricky plot turning Panikker against his sons wish to marry Vilasini.
Chechi
Kanakam
Radhika is a popular stage actress. The society is suspicious of her morality and rumours are spread about her personal life.