Nilambur Ayisha
Actor
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
Koode
as Velyammachi 2018
Mamangam
as Family Member 2019
Passenger
as Nabisa Umma 2009
Chemmeen
1965
Chandrolsavam
as Devakiamma 2005
Kaiyoppu
as Beeyathu 2007
Koothara
as Thufail's mother 2014
Ka Bodyscapes
as Kadisumma 2016
Shakespeare M.A. Malayalam
as Mentally challenged man's mother 2008
Balyakalasakhi
as Jinnumma 2014
Daivanamathil
2005
Alif
as Ummakunju 2015
Ammakilikkoodu
as Old-age home resident 2003
Paradesi
as Sainu 2007
Wonder Women
as Mini's Grandmother 2022
Ms. Lekha Tharoor Kaanunnathu
2013