Anandavally | |
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Born |
Quilon, Kerala, India |
14 January 1952
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation | Dubbing artist, actress, radio announcer |
Years active | 1969–present |
Anandavally C. R. (born 14 January 1952) is a Malayalam film actress and dubbing artist. She is an active dubbing artist in the Malayalam film industry.
Anandavally born into an Agricultural family at Veliyam, Quilon District, Kerala, India. She attended Schooling in "Kaiyela School" - Veliyam, where she began acting in school plays and later started story telling performance (Kadhaprasangam).
Anandavally used to sing for dramas even while a teenager. But unexpectedly, her acting skills were put to test in front of a large audience during for the drama "Chithalu Kayariya Bhoomi" in 1969. Then she started performing in several dramas of "KPAC", "Kalidasa Kalakendram", Deshabhimani Theaters-Attingal, Kerala Theaters-Kottayam and Kayamkulam Peoples Theaters.
She also worked as announcer in All India Radio.
Anandavally entered the film industry through the film "Kadu" and went on to act in below given films. She became interested in pursuing a career in the entertainment industry following a minor role in various Malayalam films, where she remained a regular until she decided to pursue a dubbing artist career.
In 1973, she debuted as a dubbing artist and gave sound for actress Rajasri in the film Devi Kanyakumari. Manjil Virinja Pookkal Malayalam film dubbed for Poornima Jayaram was the break through. Thereafter, Anandavally have not looked back. As of now she has dubbed for numerous Malayalam films and is still active. She gave her voice for several leading heroines, the list as Geetha, Silksmitha, Sumalatha, Madhavi, Menaka, Ambika, Urvasi, Jayapradha, Karthika, Parvathy, Gauthami, Suhasini, Sobhana, Sukanya, Sarada, Saritha, Suchitra, Bangalore Bharathi, Bhanupriya, Rekha, Revathi, Renjini, Mohini, Nanditha Bose, Vinayaprasad, Kanaka, Khushboo, Urmila Unni, Unni Mary, Santhikrishna and so on. She won a Kerala State Award for the Malayalam film Aadharam dubbed for actress Geetha. Anandavally is still active in dubbing through films and serials.