Nilambur Ayisha
Known For: Acting
Biography
Nilambur Ayisha is an Indian actress in Malayalam movies. She was one a supporting actress in late 1960s and 1970s in Malayalam movies. She has acted in more than 50 movies. She was born at Nilambur and was a theatre artist before becoming a cine artist. She made her film debut with Kandam Becha Kottu, the first colour film in Malayalam, in 1961. She suffered many hardships in her early years of drama acting. It was Nilambur Aysha's move against the opposition of Muslim orthodoxy that paved the way for several other Muslim women to take up acting and singing. Zeenath was one of the actresses she inspired
Filmography
2022
- Wonder Women as Mini's Grandmother
2016
- Ka Bodyscapes as Kadisumma
2015
- Alif as Ummakunju
2014
- Koothara as Thufail's mother
- Balyakalasakhi as Jinnumma
2009
- Passenger as Nabisa Umma
2008
- Shakespeare M.A. Malayalam as Mentally challenged man's mother
2005
- Chandrolsavam as Devakiamma
- Daivanamathil
2003
- Ammakilikkoodu as Old-age home resident
1970
- Olavum Theeravum as Ayisha
1961
- Kandam Becha Kottu as Bethatha