Karthika (actress)

Karthika
Karthika
Born	Sunantha; Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Occupation	Film actress
Years active	1985–89

Karthika is a former Indian actress in Malayalam cinema who was active between 1985 and 1989. She made her debut with Manicheppu Thurannappol.

Career

Karthika was introduced into movies by the Malayalam director Balachandra Menon. She came to the Malayalam movie industry as a junior artist, She was one of the group dancers of the movie Oru painkilikadha. Then she was noted by that movie director Balachandra Menon and he cast her as the heroine in his film " Manicheppu Thurannappol". She was most frequently paired with Mohanlal. She also appeared in the Tamil movie Nayagan as the daughter of Velu Naykar, played by Kamal Haasan. She left filmdom for marriage while at peak of her career.^{[citation needed]} She is well known for the Portrayal of Savithri in Thalavattam, Nirmala in Deshadanakili Karayarilla, Shyama in Neeyethra Dhanya.

Filmography

Malayalam films

No:	Year	Film	Character	Co-Stars	Director
1	1984	Oru Painkilikatha	Dancer	Balachandra Menon, Madhu, Gopi	Balachandra Menon
2	1985	Manichepu Thurannappol		Balachandra Menon, Thilakan, Sukumari, Jalaja	Balachandra Menon
3	1986	Adiverukal	Sridevi	Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi, Thilakan, Mukesh, Priya, Rohini, Sukumari	Anil
4	1986	Thalavattam	Savithri	Mohanlal, Lizy, Nedumudi Venu, Mukesh, Sukumari	Priyadarshan
5	1986	Sanmanassullavarkku Samadhanam	Meera	Mohanlal, Sreenivasan, M.G. Soman, KPAC Lalitha, Thilakan, Sukumari	Sathyan Anthikkad
6	1986	Neela Kurinji Poothappol	Sandhya	Girish Karnad	Bharathan
7	1986	Ente Entethu Mathram	Sheela	Mohanlal, Shobhana, Lalu Alex, Sukumari, Sukumari	Sasikumar
8	1986	Desatanakkili Karayarilla	Nirmala	Mohanlal, Shari, Urvashi	Padmarajan
9	1986	Kariyilakkattu Pole	Shilpa	Mohanlal, Mammootty, Rahman, Vijayalaitha/Prema, Unnimary	Padmarajan
10	1986	Adukkan Entheluppam	Vimala	Mammootty, Shankar, Sukumari	Jeassy
11	1987	Idanazhiyil Oru Kaalocha	Abhirami (Aamy)	Vineeth, Jayabharathy	Bhadran
12	1987	Gandhinagar 2nd Street	Maya	Mohanlal, Sreenivasan, Mammootty, Seema, Ashokan, Priya; Sukumari, KPAC Lalitha, Thilakan	Sathyan Anthikkad
13	1987	Unnikale Oru Kadha Parayam	Animol	Mohanlal, Thilakan, M.G. Soman, Sukumari	Kamal
14	1987	Neeyethra Dhanya	Shyamala Panicker	Murali, Mukesh	Jeassy
15	1987	January Oru Orma	Nimmy	Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi, Rohini, M.G. Soman	Joshi
16	1987	Ivide Ellavarkkum Sukham	Jiji	Mohanlal, Lizy, Suresh Gopi, Lalu Alex, Sukumari	Jeassy
17	1988	David David Mr. David	Annie	Balachandra Menon, Sumalatha	Viji Thampi
18	1989	Avanikunnile Kinnari Pookkal	Indu	Nizhalgal Ravi, K. R. Vijaya	Paul Babu