Acting
Nilambur Ayisha
Malayalam cinema · 24 credits
Birthplace
Nilambur, Kerala,India
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
Known for
Filmography
Wonder Women
as Mini's Grandmother
Virus
as Enquiry Women in Medical College
Mamangam
as Family Member
Koode
as Velyammachi
Ka Bodyscapes
as Kadisumma
Alif
as Ummakunju
Balyakalasakhi
as Jinnumma
Koothara
as Thufail's mother
Passenger
as Nabisa Umma
Shakespeare M.A. Malayalam
as Mentally challenged man's mother
Kaiyoppu
as Beeyathu
Paradesi
as Sainu
Chandrolsavam
as Devakiamma
Ammakilikkoodu
as Old-age home resident
Olavum Theeravum
as Ayisha
Subaidha
as Subaidha's mother
Kavyamela
as Bhavaniyamma
Kandam Becha Kottu
as Bethatha