Veena Nandakumar
Born
Dombivli, India
OccupationFilm Actress
Years active2017–present

Veena Nandakumar is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam films. Her notable work include Kettyolaanu Ente Malakha (2019).

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]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleNotesRef.
2017KadamkadhaJeena[1]
2018ThodraaDivyaTamil film[8]
2019Kettyolaanu Ente MalakhaRincy[9]
2020KozhipporuAnnie[10]
LoveHaritha[11]
2021Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian SeaPrincess Aarcha’s MaidUncredited role[12]
2022Bheeshma ParvamJessy[13]
2023Voice of SathyanathanSusan[14][15]
2024 Nadikar Thilakam †TBAFilming[16]

References

  1. 1 2 Harikumar, M.R. (21 December 2019). "ഇതാണ് സ്ലീവാച്ചന്റെ 'മാലാഖ'; വീണ നന്ദകുമാർ അഭിമുഖം..." manoramaonline (in Malayalam). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  2. ↑ Subramanian, Anupama (10 September 2018). "Thodraa movie review: Familiar storyline marred by poor execution". Deccan Chronicle.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "Kettiyolaanu Ente Malakha Movie Review : A pleasant love-after-marriage story" – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
  5. ↑ "സ്ലീവാച്ചന്റെ റിൻസി വീണ്ടും; ആദ്യത്തെ നോക്കിൽ തരംഗമാവുന്നു". malayalam.news18 (in Malayalam). 15 February 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  6. ↑ "Malayalam film 'Love' to release on Netflix". The News Minute. 17 February 2021.
  7. ↑ 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
  8. ↑ "Thodraa Review: A horrible affront to the victims of honour killing". Cinema Express.
  9. ↑ "Kettiyolaanu Ente Malakha Movie Review: രസകരമായൊരു കുടുംബചിത്രം, ഒപ്പം അൽപ്പം കാര്യവും; 'കെട്ട്യോളാണ് എന്റെ മാലാഖ' റിവ്യൂ". 23 November 2019.
  10. ↑ "Kozhipporu review: This hen story gives audience a goose egg". OnManorama.
  11. ↑ News Service, Express (23 July 2020). "After 'Unda', Khalid Rahman begins filming his next". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  12. ↑ "Marakkar: 'മരക്കാരു'ടെ യുദ്ധം ജയിച്ചോ? പ്രേക്ഷക പ്രതികരണങ്ങൾ ഇങ്ങനെ". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd.
  13. ↑ "'Bheeshma Parvam' film review: Amal Neerad's grand, classy tribute to Mammootty and 'The Godfather'". The New Indian Express. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  14. ↑ "ദിലീപിന്റെ നായികയായി വീണ നന്ദകുമാര്‍; 'വോയിസ് ഓഫ് സത്യനാഥന്' ആരംഭം". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd.
  15. ↑ "Dileep's Voice of Sathyanathan censored". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  16. ↑ "Tovino Thomas starrer 'Nadikar Thilakam' starts rolling; see pics". 11 July 2023 – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.


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