Nilambur Ayisha
Known for: Acting
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
Film
Alif
Ummakunju
2015
Film
Koothara
Thufail's mother
2014
Film
Kandam Becha Kottu
Bethatha
1961
Film
Chemmeen
1965
Film
Virus
Enquiry Women in Medical College
2019
Film
Ka Bodyscapes
Kadisumma
2016
Film
Shakespeare M.A. Malayalam
Mentally challenged man's mother
2008
Film
Paradesi
Sainu
2007
Film
Subaidha
Subaidha's mother
1965
Film
Chandrolsavam
Devakiamma
2005
Film
Mamangam
Family Member
2019
Film
Koode
Velyammachi
2018
Film
Balyakalasakhi
Jinnumma
2014
Film
Passenger
Nabisa Umma
2009
Film
Chuvanna Vithukal
1978
Film
Olavum Theeravum
Ayisha
1970
Film
Kaiyoppu
Beeyathu
2007
Film
Wonder Women
Mini's Grandmother
2022
Film
Ammakilikkoodu
Old-age home resident
2003
Film
Ms. Lekha Tharoor Kaanunnathu
2013
Film
Kavyamela
Bhavaniyamma
1965
Film
Daivanamathil
2005
Film
Kaathirunna Nimisham
1978
Film
Body Deep
2018