Srividya
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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
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Ambedkar
- The undoing dance
- Taking Charge of Our Bodies
- A gardener in the wasteland
- No onions nor garlic
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- India
- Active from
- 1953-07-24
- Active to
- 2006-10-19
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 15
- Total plays
- 21
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- KBase: The United States Department of Energy Systems Biology Knowledgebase
· 2018 · cited 1,574x
- Targeting MYC dependence in cancer by inhibiting BET bromodomains
· 2011 · cited 996x
- Nations within a nation: variations in epidemiological transition across the states of India, 1990–2016 in the Global Burden of Disease Study
· 2017 · cited 799x
- Major Impacts of Widespread Structural Variation on Gene Expression and Crop Improvement in Tomato
· 2020 · cited 793x
- NAD(P)H Oxidase 4 Mediates Transforming Growth Factor-β1–Induced Differentiation of Cardiac Fibroblasts Into Myofibroblasts
· 2005 · cited 682x
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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
- Full list
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- 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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