Jyothika turns 48 today. Born on October 18, 1978, she has worked mostly in Tamil cinema since her first Tamil film, Vaalee (1999), but Malayalam audiences know her from three films, the most recent in 2023.
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Three Malayalam films
Jyothika has acted in three Malayalam films. The first was Raakilipattu (2007), where she played Josephine. Two years later came TK Rajeev Kumar's family drama Seetha Kalyanam (2009), in which she played Nimisha opposite Jayaram.
The film had sat unreleased for nearly five years before it reached theatres in November 2009.
Omana in Kaathal - The Core
Her third Malayalam film came 14 years later. In Jeo Baby's Kaathal - The Core (2023), she played Omana, the wife of Mathew, played by Mammootty. The role won her the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress in Malayalam.
Jeo Baby has since moved on to his next film, Human, with Roshan Mathew, as covered in our Human title poster story.
Ganga in Chandramukhi
For many Malayali viewers, her best-known Tamil role has a Malayalam root. In P Vasu's Chandramukhi (2005), with Rajinikanth, she played Ganga, the role Shobana made famous in Fazil's Manichitrathazhu (1993).
Chandramukhi was a remake of P Vasu's Kannada film Apthamitra, which was itself based on Manichitrathazhu. Jyothika won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress for the role.
