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Also known as Sree Vidhya, Sreevidya

Srividya (24 July 1953 – 19 October 2006), was an Indian actress best known for her work predominantly in Malayalam and Tamil films, along with a few Telugu, Kannada and Hindi films. In a career spanning for 40 years, she had acted in more than 800 films. In the latter part of her career, she concentrated on Malayalam films. In addition to acting, Srividya occasionally worked as a playback singer as well as carnatic singer. She was also a well-trained Bharathanatyam dancer. She was best known for restraint and subtlety in portrayal of varied emotions. She used her own voice for dubbing in almo

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  • Ambedkar
  • The undoing dance
  • Taking Charge of Our Bodies
  • A gardener in the wasteland
  • No onions nor garlic

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Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
India
Active from
1953-07-24
Active to
2006-10-19

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15
Total plays
21

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Key facts

Person.name
Srividya
Person.image
srividya.jpg
Person.birth_place
Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India
Person.death_place
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Person.othername
Sreevidya
Person.years_active
1966–2006
Person.works
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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • Early life
  • Acting career
  • Playback singing
  • Personal life
  • Death
  • Awards
  • Filmography
  • TV serials
  • References
  • External links

Srividya (24 July 1953 – 19 October 2006), was an Indian actress best known for her work predominantly in Malayalam and Tamil films, along with a few Telugu, Kannada and Hindi films. In a career spanning for 40 years, she had acted in more than 800 films. In the latter part of her career, she concentrated on Malayalam films. In addition to acting, Srividya occasionally worked as a playback singer as well as carnatic singer. She was also a well-trained Bharathanatyam dancer. She was best known for restraint and subtlety in portrayal of varied emotions. She used her own voice for dubbing in almost all movies in all languages. She died in 2006 after battling metastatic breast cancer.

== Early life == Srividya was born on 24 July 1953 in Madras, Tamil Nadu into a Tamil family. Tamil film comedian Krishnamurthy and Carnatic classical singer M. L. Vasanthakumari were her parents. She had a brother, Sankararaman. Her father had to stop acting in the year she was born because of a disease which affected his facial muscles. Her family fell into financial crisis. Her mother worked long hours to meet the family's financial needs. Srividya debuted in films at a very early age.

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