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Year of First Movie		1971
Year of Last Movie		2018
Movies Acted In		191
Released Movies		186
Unreleased Movies		5
Dubbed Movies		0
Movies in Production		0
Favorite Director		IV Sasi
Favorite Producer		Raju Mathew
Number of Years in the Field		48

Seema is a famous actress of South Indian films. She has performed in approximately 250 films in Malayalam, nine in Tamil, seven in Telugu, three in Kannada and one in Hindi. Seema is still active in the movie industry.

She began her career in Tamil film at the age of fourteen as a dancer. About five years she continued as a dancer. At the age of 19 her first movie, as heroine, is released in Malayalam titled Avalude Raavukal (Her Nights), directed by I. V. Sasi. She continued acting till 1988 and took a break in her career life after the Malayalam movie Mahayaanam. Again became active in 1998 through Olympion Antony Adam. Seema won the Kerala State Film Award for best actress in 1984 and in 1985, and is well known for her versatility. She married I.V. Sasi, the veteran South Indian director and is blessed with a daughter and son.

Seema born in Eranakulam, Kerala in 1957 as the only child of her parents. At the age of twelve she joined to learn dance and learned many dancing steps from Kamal Hassan, who was the assistant of her dance master, Thankappan.

She entered in to film work as a normal group dancer, under dance master Chopra when she was at fourteen. Later she became up to the level of dance master and worked in film industry as composer also as dancer around five years of time. Meanwhile at the age of 17 she was asked to act in a Kannada movie as a second heroine with Kannada actor Amresh. I. V. Sasi spotted her and given the chance to act in his film "Avalude Raavukal" (literal translation: Her Nights)as heroine. The shooting of this movie started on 1977 and released on 3 March 1978. The classic movie with Sherif's script and I. V. Sasi's direction, created waves in the Malayalm audience because of its soft porn nature and the challenging subject. The name Shanthi changed to Seema through this movie. The very daring and challenging role that any other actresses were reluctant to do has been done by Seema, helped her to get noticed by other directors. But the movie gave sexy and glamorous image to the actress, and audiences were always expecting such kind of roles from her. She became the heartthrob of the Malayalam film industry and got noticed by other directors.

During that time the Malayalm film industry was ruled by yesteryear's actresses Sheela, Sharada, Jayabharathi, K. R. Vijaya, and Srividya. Seema received roles from many directors, but most of them were the glamorous with exposing type, or as a second heroine always behind the shadows of others. She accepted all kind of roles and gave confidence to directors that any kind of role was safe in her hands. But the situation changed when her movies with Super Star Jayan became mega hits. The Jayan and Seema pair attracted people to theatres. This made her an independent heroine of the movies. Angaadi, Kaanthavalayam, Sakthi, Manushyamrugam, Bens Vasu, Meen, Karimpana, Thadavara, and Anupallavi are some of Jayan-Seema Hit movies. Though she became a lead heroine still she could lose her glamorous image. Mini skirts and swimsuits were always part of her costumes. The hit pair could not endure for a long time, the unexpected demise of Jayan was a great loss for the industry and the most loved and accepted pair ended.

Directors wanted to find another star to fill the gap left by Jayan. Many movies were planned for Jayan, one such a movie was "Sphodanam" directed by P. G. Viswambaran. He gave the chance to Mammooty to take the role of Jayan, in the same movie in which Seema also acted. Later Ratheesh came, also paired with Seema. Seema continued her acting paired with them.

A novel from popular magazine "Vanitha" was decided to take as a movie by the director P. G. Viswambharan, who chosen Seema as Dr. Bala, though the readers selected Lakshmi for the same. Director was very confident about Seema and movie is released with name "Sandhyakku Virinja Poovu" with Mammootty as a negative hero and Mohanlal as the villain. The movie was a super hit and it changed Seema's image. Seema was noticed as a heroine to handle character type roles and she received many serious, female oriented and good characters of Malayalam Cinema. The Mammooty-Seema pair become very popular through this movie. Sandhyakku Virinja Poovu, Naanayam, Sandhyakkenthinu Sindhooram, Rugma, Onnanu Nammal, Maniyara, Manithaali, Aa neram Alpadooram, Akshrangal, Aalkoottathil thaniye, Athiraathram, Anubandham, Adiyozhukkukal, Idanilangal, Kaanamarayathu, Gandhinagar Second Street, Karimbin Poovinakkare, and Mahaayaanam are some of the hit movies. Seema proved her versatility through all these movies.

Seema done many characters of veteran writer M. T. Vasudevan Nair. This itself is a great award for her. Her versatality given all sort of roles, if she acted as a bold heroine who driven car in a stunt scene of movie "Naanayam", the same year she had acted as a pathetic mother in "Rugma". She has done comedy in "Ayalvasi oru Daridravasi" and she has done villain role in "Oru Sumangaliyude Kadha". She performed as a jobless widow with a kid in Anubandham, the same time portraying a revenging widow as in "Athiraathram". The Malayalam movie industry never had seen such a verstaile heroine. She is well known for her emotional scenes. Her dialogue presentation and different face expressions are noticeable.

Her heroes include most or all heroes of Malayalm movie from 1978 to 1988. She paired more movies with Mammootty, Jayan and Ratheesh. Also well done with Prem Nazir, Madhu, Kamal Hassan, Raghavan, Ravi Menon, Sukumaran, M. G. Soman, Mohanlal, Nedumudi Venu, Captain Raju, Devan, Jose, Venu Nagavalli, Balachandra Menon, and T. G. Ravi.

It is difficult to include all her co-actresses but she has worked with Sharada, Sheela, Jayabharathi, Sreevidya, Sukumari, KR Vijaya, Vidhubala, Kanaka Durga, Mallika Sukumaran, Meena, Kaviyoor Ponnamma of 1970s Suhasini, Rajalekshmi, Swapna, Oorvasi, Geetha,Nalini, Sabitha, Jalalja, Unnimeri, Subha, Sumithra, Shobhana, Nanditha Bose, Surekha, Parvathy, Ambika, Radha, Kalaranjini,Chithra, Sithara, Lakshmi, Lizi, Karthika, Poornima Jayaram, Menaka, Ahalya,Rani Padmini,Saritha, Farah, Shobhana, Rohini of the 1980s; in the 1990s and the 2000s she acted with Abhirami, Meena, Manisha Koirala, and Soundarya.

Of all of these, Sreevidya shared a special affection with her. Seema used to call her Vidya Chechi. Sreevidya helped Seema discover the nuances in make-up and hair styles. Seema had mentioned that Sreevidya would personally sit up and plait Seema's long hair whenever they acted or travelled together for a shooting.

She worked with many directors like I.V. Sasi, Sasikumar, P. G. Viswambaran, Priyadarsan, Sathyan Anthikkad, Joshi, Sibi Malayil etc. With I.V. Sasi she has done 59 films as heroine, and with Sasikumar she done 29 movies as heroine. It is unusual and maybe a record that an actress worked as heroine of 59 movies of a single director.

Seema has a very beautiful, lovely and sexy voice in her movies. This credit goes to her favourite dubbing artist, the late Mrs. Kottayam Shantha who has given voice to Seema's characters. Until 1988, with the exception of two movies, Avalude Raavukal and Adavukal Pathinettu, all Seema's characters were dubbed by Kottayam Shantha. Seema, while signing a call sheet herself requested that the directors use Kottayam Shantha's voice. That voice is really suitable to her, especially with her lip movements. That sound is nurtured for Seema, though Kottayam Shantha dubbed for other actresses like Lakshmi, Swapna, and Sumalatha.

Available Movies : 194

Movie	Year	Producer	Director
Achante Bhaarya	1971	KS Sabarinathan	Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair
Nrithasaala	1972	Sobhana Parameswaran Nair	AB Raj
Dheerasameere Yamunaatheere	1977	M Mani	Madhu
Nizhale Nee Sakshi	1977 U	BP Moideen	P Gopikumar
Vilakkum Velichavum	1978	S Pavamani	P Bhaskaran
Adavukal Pathinettu	1978	CV Hariharan,RS Prabhu	Vijayanand
Urakkam Varaatha Raathrikal	1978	M Mani	M Krishnan Nair
Njaan Njaan Maathram	1978	MO Joseph	IV Sasi
Soothrakkaari	1978	Augustine Prakash	Alex
Avalude Raavukal	1978	MP Ramachandran	IV Sasi
Anumodanam	1978	Thayyil Kunjikandan	IV Sasi
Kanalkattakal	1978	Thomas Abraham	AB Raj
Anubhoothikalude Nimisham	1978	RS Prabhu	P Chandrakumar
Padakkuthira	1978	Sebastian Joseph,MO Devasya	PG Vasudevan
Manoradham	1978	KH Khan Saheb	P Gopikumar
Puthariyankam	1978	Purushan Alappuzha	PG Vishwambharan
Snehathinte Mukhangal	1978	KC Joy	T Hariharan
Lisa	1978	Murali Kumar,Raghu Kumar,Shamsudheen,Vappootty	Baby
Seemanthini	1978	N Sarathkumar	PG Vishwambharan
Ee Manoharatheeram	1978	AJ Kuriakose	IV Sasi
Aval Kanda Lokam	1978	KP Kottarakkara	M Krishnan Nair
Eetta	1978	Josekutty Cherupushpam	IV Sasi
Ankakkuri	1979	CV Hariharan	Vijayanand
Prabhu	1979	BVK Nair	Baby
Prabhaathasandhya	1979	Madhu	P Chandrakumar
Maanavadharmam	1979	Prathapachandran,IM Basheer	Sasi Kumar
Jimmy	1979	TE Vasudevan	Melattoor Ravi Varma
Anubhavangale Nandi	1979	Poornasree Arts	IV Sasi
Manasaa Vaacha Karmanaa	1979	PV Gangadharan	IV Sasi
Anupallavi	1979	Murali Kumar,Raghu Kumar,Shamsudheen,Vappootty	Baby
Ival Oru Naadodi	1979	Noorlin Shajahan	P Gopikumar
Pathivritha	1979	Meghalaya Films	MS Chakravarty
Vijayanum Veeranum	1979	CN Paramasivam	CN Venkita Swamy
Aarattu	1979	MP Ramachandran	IV Sasi
Sudhikalasam	1979	Madhu	P Chandrakumar
Amrithachumbanam	1979	A Raghunath	Venugopala Menon (P Venu)
Lajjaavathi	1979	Chandrika Movies	G Premkumar
Ezham Kadalinakkare	1979	NG John	IV Sasi
Sarppam	1979	Murali Kumar,Raghu Kumar,Shamsudheen,Vappootty	Baby
Pavizhamuthu	1980	Hari Pothan	Jeasy
Shakthi	1980	Murali Kumar,Raghu Kumar,Shamsudheen,Vappootty	Vijayanand
Pappu	1980	Murali Kumar,Raghu Kumar,Shamsudheen,Vappootty	Baby
Angaadi	1980	PV Gangadharan	IV Sasi
Moorkhan	1980	Arifa Hassan	Joshi
Ivar	1980	MO Joseph	IV Sasi
Theeram Thedunnavar	1980	N Chakrapani,Sankar Bhatt	P Chandrakumar
Chaakara	1980	TG Ravi,Sivan Kunnampilly	PG Vishwambharan
Karimbana	1980	Ebby Movies	IV Sasi
Adhikaaram	1980	RS Prabhu	P Chandrakumar
Chandrahaasam	1980	Padmasree Production	Baby
Swargadevatha	1980	RC combines	Charles Ayyampally
Anthappuram	1980	BVK Nair	KG Rajasekharan
Digvijayam	1980	PK Kaimal	M Krishnan Nair
Theenaalangal	1980	Pappanamkodu Lakshmanan	Sasi Kumar
Ammayum Makalum	1980	V&V Production	Stanley Jose
Deepam	1980	Renji Mathew	P Chandrakumar
Prakadanam	1980	Prathapachandran	Sasi Kumar
Mr Michael	1980	Arifa Hassan,J Williams	J Williams
Kaanthavalayam	1980	KP Thomas,MK Venugopal	IV Sasi
Manushyamrigam	1980	Thiruppathi Chettiyar	Baby
Meen	1980	NG John	IV Sasi
Benz Vasu	1980	Arifa Hassan	Hassan
Arangum Aniyarayum	1980	RS Prabhu	P Chandrakumar
Avathaaram	1981	RS Prabhu	P Chandrakumar
Hamsageetham	1981	Sreemookambika Creations	IV Sasi
Enne Snehikkoo Enne Maathram	1981	OM John	PG Vishwambharan
Sangharsham	1981	Renji Mathew	PG Vishwambharan
Sphodanam	1981	PG Vishwambharan,Babu Xavier,KJ Thomas,K Appu	PG Vishwambharan
Dantha Gopuram	1981	Renjith Films	P Chandrakumar
Aarathi	1981	Soorya Narayanan Potti	P Chandrakumar
Kaattukallan	1981	TK Balachandran	P Chandrakumar
Thadavara	1981	Augustine Prakash	P Chandrakumar
Kaahalam	1981	Arifa Hassan	Joshi
Thushaaram	1981	NG John	IV Sasi
Karimpoocha	1981	Kundani Satheerthyan,PK Ramanathan,DM Parameswaran,KV Vipinachandran	Baby
Sambhavam	1981	Majeendran,Babu Thomas	P Chandrakumar
Archana Teacher	1981	Madhu	PN Menon
Greeshmajwaala	1981	Supreme Production	PG Vishwambharan
Veshangal	1981		KA Sivadas
Rakthasaakshi	1982	TK Balachandran	P Chandrakumar
Enikkum Oru Divasam	1982	Sreekumaran Thampi	Sreekumaran Thampi
Komaram	1982	Prabhakaran Thathiriyattu	JC George
Ahimsa	1982	PV Gangadharan	IV Sasi
Maattuvin Chattangale	1982	Girija Raghuram	KG Rajasekharan
Beedikkunjamma	1982	Ashok Hari Pothan,Azad Hari Pothan	KG Rajasekharan
Chiriyo Chiri	1982	PV Gangadharan	Balachandra Menon
Sindoorasandhyaykku Mounam	1982	VBK Menon	IV Sasi
Innallengil Naale	1982	NG John	IV Sasi
Thadaakam	1982	Arifa Hassan	IV Sasi
Shaari Alla Shaarada (Jwalamukhi)	1982	Swamanthaka Arts	KG Rajasekharan
Aaroodham	1983	Rosamma George	IV Sasi
Deepaaradhana	1983	TK Balachandran	Vijayanand
Oru Maadapraavinte Kadha	1983	Alleppey Ashraf	Alleppey Ashraf
Iniyenkilum	1983	NG John	IV Sasi
Naanayam	1983	CS Production	IV Sasi
Sandhyaykku Virinja Poovu	1983	Raju Mathew	PG Vishwambharan
Kathi	1983	Salam Karassery,VP Mohammed	VP Muhammad
Aashrayam	1983	Minar Movies	K Ramachandran
Oru Mukham Pala Mukham	1983	Raja Cherian,Sasi Menon	PK Joseph
America America	1983	Vijayathara Movies	IV Sasi
Ankam	1983	Thiruppathi Chettiyar	Joshi
Manassoru Mahaasamudram	1983	R Kandaswamy	PK Joseph
Rugma	1983	Royal Achankunju,Cherupushpam Jose Kutty	PG Vishwambharan
Asuran	1983	Arifa Hassan	Hassan
Maniyara	1983	TE Vasudevan	M Krishnan Nair
Nishedhi	1984	KS Gopalakrishnan	KS Gopalakrishnan
Rakshassu	1984	Arifa Hassan	Hassan
Kaanamarayathu	1984	Josekutty Cherupushpam	IV Sasi
Thirakal	1984	Bhanuprakash,Nirmalaram	K Vijayan
Thirakkil Alpa Samayam	1984	Vijaya & Vijaya	PG Vishwambharan
Oru Kochu Swapnam	1984	Sherif Kottarakkara	Vipin Das
Vanitha Police	1984	Amminikkutty	Alleppey Ashraf
Sandarbham	1984	Joy Thomas	Joshi
Ivide Ingane	1984	Prathapachandran	Joshi
Onnanu Nammal	1984	S Abdul Salam,YS,G Kaladharan Nair	PG Vishwambharan
Lakshmanarekha	1984	MP Ramachandran	IV Sasi
Athiraathram	1984	Raju Mathew	IV Sasi
Aalkoottathil Thaniye	1984	Raju Mathew	IV Sasi
Inakkili	1984	NX George	Joshi
Oru Sumangaliyude Kadha	1984	Subramaniam Kumar	Baby
Manithaali	1984	TE Vasudevan	M Krishnan Nair
Aksharangal	1984	Rosamma George,MD George	IV Sasi
Raadhayude Kamukan	1984	C Krishnan	Hassan
Karimbu	1984	Combined Movies	K Vijayan
Kodathi	1984	Prathapachandran	Joshi
Sandhyaykkenthinu Sindooram	1984	Soja Abraham	PG Vishwambharan
Adiyozhukkukal	1984	Raju Mathew	IV Sasi
Maanyamahaajanangale	1985	OCS Menon,KM Moitheenkutty,Alwin	AT Abu
Vellarikkaappattanam	1985	Thomas Berly,Abraham Tharakan	Thomas Berly
Janakeeya Kodathi	1985	Arifa Hassan	Hassan
Snehicha Kuttathinu	1985	TK Balachandran	PK Joseph
Karimbinpoovinakkare	1985	Raju Mathew	IV Sasi
Gaayathridevi Ente Amma	1985	S Pavamani,A Raghunath	Sathyan Anthikkad
Anubandham	1985	Raju Mathew	IV Sasi
Guruji Oru Vaakku	1985	Gajaraja Films	Rajan Sankaradi
Shaantham Bheekaram	1985	Manjeri Chandran	Rajasenan
Vasanthasena	1985	K Basanth	K Vijayan
Idanilangal	1985	K Balachandran	IV Sasi
Aa Neram Alpa Dooram	1985	EK Thyagarajan	Thampi Kannanthanam
Ente Ammu,Ninte Thulasi,Avarude Chakki	1985	Varada Balachandra Menon	Balachandra Menon
Ayalvaasi Oru Daridravaasi	1986	G Suresh Kumar,Sanalkumar	Priyadarshan
Ente Shabdam	1986	Ratheesh	VK Unnikrishnan
Ashtabandham	1986	Arifa Hassan	Askar
Surabheeyaamangal	1986	EPR Enterprises	P Ashok Kumar
Gandhinagar 2nd Street	1986	Raju Mathew	Sathyan Anthikkad
Aavanaazhi	1986	Saj Production	IV Sasi
Vaartha	1986	PV Gangadharan	IV Sasi
Ee Kaikalil	1986	Prem Prakash,NJ Siriac,Thomas Kora	K Madhu
Njaan Kaathorthirikkum	1986	Victory & Victory	Rasheed Karapuzha
Chekkeranoru Chilla	1986	Sajan	Sibi Malayil
Akalangalil	1986	Josekutty Cherupushpam	Sasi Kumar
Koodanayum Kaattu	1986	Joseph Abraham	IV Sasi
Nilaavinte Naattil	1986	Poornakumbha Films	Vijay Menon
Oraayiram Ormakal	1986 U	Mayura Film Makers	Uncategorized
Adimakal Udamakal	1987	Raju Mathew	IV Sasi
Naalkkavala	1987	Babu Thomas	IV Sasi
Naadodikkaattu	1987	Raju Mathew	Sathyan Anthikkad
Sarvakalashaala	1987	Anand	Venu Nagavally
Ithrayum Kaalam	1987	NG John	IV Sasi
Mizhiyorangalil	1987		Sasi Mohan
1921	1988	Muhammed Mannil	IV Sasi
Abkaari	1988	George Mathew	IV Sasi
Sangham	1988	K Rajagopal	Joshi
Paadamudra	1988	Augustine Elanjippalli	R Sukumaran
Vichaarana	1988	Ranjini	Sibi Malayil
Ayitham	1988	S Ambika,S Radha	Venu Nagavally
Mukthi	1988	Raju Mathew	IV Sasi
Rahasyam Paramarahasyam	1988	EK Thyagarajan	PK Joseph
Mattoraal	1988	S Sankaran Kutty,V Punnoos	KG George
Ormayil Ennum	1988	TC Basheer Ahmed	TV Mohan
Evidence [Puthumazhatthullikal]	1988		Raghavan
Mahaayaanam	1989	CT Rajan	Joshi
Aazhikkoru Muthu	1989	K Karunakaran	Sophy
Ashokante Ashwathykuttikku	1989	Changanassery Basheer	Vijayan Karote
Arthana	1993	LV Prasad	IV Sasi
Olympian Antony Adam	1999	Mohanlal	Bhadran
Sradha	2000	Anand Kumar	IV Sasi
Kilichundan Mambazham	2003	Antony Perumbavoor	Priyadarshan
Udayam	2004	Nazeer,Babu (New),Balakrishnan	Vinu Joemon
Prajaapathy	2006	Siraj Valiyaveettil	Ranjith
Pranayakaalam	2007	AV Anoop	Uday Anandan
Nagaram	2007	Manju Thomas	MA Nishad
Aayudham	2008	Channel Enterprises	MA Nishad
Perumaal	2009	Thirunakkara Films	Prasad Velachery
Vellathooval	2009	CM Raju	IV Sasi
Four Friends	2010	Tomichan Mulakuppadam	Saji Surendran
Nadakame Ulakam	2011	MK Raveendran,MK Suresh	Viji Thampy
Uppukandam Brothers Back in Action	2011	Thankachan Vismaya	TS Suresh Babu
Manushyamrugam	2011	Vani Viswanath	Baburaj Jacob
Geethaanjali	2013	GP Vijayakumar	Priyadarshan
Sir CP (Sir Chethimattathil Philip)	2015	MK Nazar,P Stanley	Shajoon Karyal
Oru Vaathil Kotta	2018 U		Moni Sreenivasan
Thaandavar	2018 U		Babu Rajendran
Iniyethra Dooram	NA U	S Clement	TS Mohan

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