Remya Nabeeshan
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Remya Nambeesan is an Indian film actress. She made her career debut in 2000 with Sayahnam
Sayahnam
Sayahnam is a 2000 Malayalam feature film that marks the directorial debut of R. Sarath with screenplay by M. P. Sukumaran Nair. The film is a drama centred around the environmental and anti-nuclear issue in India. It stars O. Madhavan, Gomathi Mahadevan, Ebrahim Kutty, Alex Kadavil, Jomol and...

. Following performances as a child artiste
Child actor
The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting in motion pictures or television, but also to an adult who began his or her acting career as a child; to avoid confusion, the latter is also called a former child actor...

 in several Malayalam films during the early 2000s, she went on to play minor supporting roles, before essaying starring roles since 2006. In 2008, she appeared in her first non-Malayalam project, while receiving critical acclaim for her performances in the films Traffic (2011) and Chaappa Kurish
Chaappa Kurish
Chaappa Kurish is a 2011 Malayalam thriller film co-written and directed by Sameer Thahir and starring Fahad Fazil, Vineeth Sreenivasan, Roma, Remya Nambeesan and Nivetha in the lead roles...

(2011). Besides acting, Remya has occasionally worked as a television presenter and singer as well.

Early life and family

Remya Nambeeshan was born on March 24, to Subrahmaniam Unni and Jayasree. Her father is a former theatre artiste, who was an active member of troupes such as "Jubilee" and "Harishree". She has a brother, Rahul. She studied Communicative English at the St. Teresa's College
St. Teresa's College
St.Teresa's College is an arts and science college located at Kochi, India.St.Teresa's College is situated in the heart of the city of Cochin. This Kalakshetra has a proud history of 80 years to look back upon. Since its establishment in 1925, the College has progressed by leaps and bound...

, Ernakulam
Ernakulam
Ernakulam refers to the downtown area or the western part of the mainland of Kochi city in Kerala, India. The city is the most urban part of Kochi and has lent its name to the Ernakulam district. Ernakulam is called the commercial capital of the state of Kerala and is a main nerve of business in...

. She went to MGP school in Ambadimala.

Career

Remya first appeared as a child artiste
Child actor
The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting in motion pictures or television, but also to an adult who began his or her acting career as a child; to avoid confusion, the latter is also called a former child actor...

 in the critically acclaimed drama film Sayahnam
Sayahnam
Sayahnam is a 2000 Malayalam feature film that marks the directorial debut of R. Sarath with screenplay by M. P. Sukumaran Nair. The film is a drama centred around the environmental and anti-nuclear issue in India. It stars O. Madhavan, Gomathi Mahadevan, Ebrahim Kutty, Alex Kadavil, Jomol and...

in 2000, directed by R. Sarath
R. Sarath
R. Sarath is an Indian film director and screenwriter working primarily in the Malayalam film industry based in Kerala. He made his directorial debut with the feature film Sayahnam in 2000 that won him the National Film Award for the best debutant director and followed it up with the critically...

. She further essayed minor supporting roles in the following years in films including Sathyan Anthikad's satire film Narendran Makan Jayakanthan Vaka (2001), the art film
Art film
An art film is the result of filmmaking which is typically a serious, independent film aimed at a niche market rather than a mass market audience...

 Sthithi
Sthithi
Sthithi is a 2002 Malayalam feature film written and directed by R. Sarath. The film tells the tale of a couple employed in the Secretariat. It stars Unni Menon, Nandini Goswal, Master Achuth, Master Anand and Mallika Sukumaran. It is playback singer Unni Menon's debut film as an actor. He also...

(2002), under R. Sarath's direction again, and Gramaphone
Gramaphone (film)
Gramaphone is a 2003 Malayalam film by Kamal starring Dileep, Meera Jasmine and Navya Nair.-Plot:Sachidanandan runs an antique shop in the Jewish street at Kochi. He is famous for old Gramaphone records. Jeniffer , Luyi uncle , ‘Saigal’ Yousuf and Bhaskarettan are Sachi's close friends...

(2003) and Perumazhakkalam
Perumazhakkalam
Perumazhakkalam is a 2004 Malayalam film directed by Kamal. The film stars Meera Jasmine, Kavya Madhavan, Dileep and Vineeth. The film was adapted to Hindi by Nagesh Kukunoor as Dor....

(2004), both directed by Kamal. She collaborated a third time with Sarath for the short film Bhoomikkoru Charamageetham (2006), a cinematic version based on a poem by O. N. V. Kurup
O. N. V. Kurup
Ottaplakkal Nambiyadikkal Velu Kurup , popularly known as O. N. V. Kurup or simply O. N. V., is a Malayalam poet and lyricist from Kerala, India, who won Jnanpith Award,the highest literary award in India for the year 2007. He is considered one of the finest living lyrical poets in India. O. N....

.

She played her first leading role, as a bold dance teacher, in the 2006 film Aanachandam
Aanachandam
Aanachandam is a Malayalam language film. It was released in 2006.Aanachandam movie is all baout Krishna Prasad who is crazy about elephants. When he was a ten-year old child his father had taken him to the village temple to attend the festival...

, a highly unsuccessful venture, which went unnoticed soon after its release. Regarding to her performance in the film, a critic from Rediff noted that she was "refreshing in bits", while another reviewer cited that she was "refreshing enough for a village based flick". Her subsequent projects, Changathipoocha
Changathipoocha
The musis of Changathipoocha is given by Ouseppachan. The lyrics are by Gireesh Puthenchery.The film has two songs. The singers are Jayachandran, M. G. Sreekumar, Vineeth Sreenivasan and Manjari.-External links:* * *...

and Panthaya Kozhi
Panthaya Kozhi
Panthaya Kozhi is a Malayalam movie produced by Lal under the banner of Lal Creations, the biggest banner of present Malluwood cinema.It's directed by M.A.Venu, who last did that off-beat Chakoram. Narain pairs up with Pooja for the first time. Through this movie he's launched as a full fledged...

released to mixed reviews and offered hardly any scope for her, failing to propel her career. The next release, Chocolate
Chocolate (2007 film)
Chocolate is a Malayalam movie released in 2007, directed by Shafi. This is a campus story entertainer. Main actors are Prithviraj, Jayasurya, Roma, Samvrutha Sunil, and Remya Nabeeshan. Music by Alex Paul and lyrics by Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma and Singers are M.G...

, which featured Remya as one of three leading females, eventually gained her considerable attention, after the film went on to become a high commercial success. In 2008, she accepted her first non-Malayalam project, Andamaina Mansulo in Telugu, which was followed by her first Tamil film, the romantic drama Raman Thediya Seethai
Raman Thediya Seethai
Raman Thediya Seethai is a Tamil drama film written and directed by K. P. Jegannath, starring Cheran, Pasupathy, Nithin Sathya in the lead male roles whilst Vimala Raman, Remya Nambeeshan, Navya Nair, Gajala and Karthika play parallel female roles.-Plot:The first few scenes themselves set the...

.

In 2011, Remya underwent an image makeover, choosing more serious roles and striving for versatility. Her first release of that year was Traffic, starring an ensemble cast
Ensemble cast
An ensemble cast is made up of cast members in which the principal actors and performers are assigned roughly equal amounts of importance and screen time in a dramatic production. This kind of casting became more popular in television series because it allows flexibility for writers to focus on...

. Remya portrayed Shwetha, a "stylish seductress", a character with negative shades. Although her role in the film was short, her performance came in for appreciation. She next appeared in the thriller film Chaappa Kurish
Chaappa Kurish
Chaappa Kurish is a 2011 Malayalam thriller film co-written and directed by Sameer Thahir and starring Fahad Fazil, Vineeth Sreenivasan, Roma, Remya Nambeesan and Nivetha in the lead roles...

as Sonia, a secretary who has an affair with her colleague. She shot a long kissing scene with her co-star Fahad Fazil
Fahad fazil
Fahad Fazil is a Malayalam film actor who entered Malayalam Cinema with his debut in Kaiyethum Doorath. This film was directed by Fazil, his father -Biography:...

 in the film — supposedly the first ever in Malayalam cinema
Malayalam cinema
The Cinema of Kerala or Malayalam cinema refers to the film industry in the Indian state of Kerala, which makes films in the Malayalam language. Malayalam movies typically portray social or family issues and are considered more realistic than films from other parts of India. Malayalam cinema has...

 — which upon release was termed as controversial, causing a great stir in the industry. Remya later stated: "An actress should always be ready to take risks if her character demands so. Even when I was aware that the two- minute intense scene could create waves, I was sure that it was inevitable as it suited the plot. A sense of necessity made me accept that scene. I think director Sameer Tahir brought out the best in me. In fact, I enjoyed doing the scene". She was part of two Tamil productions, Ilaignan
Ilaignan
Ilaignan is a 2011 Tamil-language film directed by Suresh Krishna, who directs his 50th film, and written by DMK Chief M. Karunanidhi based on the Russian novel, The Mother, by Maxim Gorky.- Plot :...

, scripted by former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. Karunanidhi
M. Karunanidhi
Muthuvel Karunanidhi is an Indian politician and a former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. He is the head of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam , a Dravidian political party in the state of Tamil Nadu. He has been the leader of the DMK since the death of its founder, C. N...

, and the romantic comedy Kullanari Koottam
Kullanari Koottam
Kullanari Koottam is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Sribalaji and produced by V. Ashish Jain. It stars Vishnu Vishal and Remya Nambeesan in the lead roles, while the crew of Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu reunited for this film, with V. Selvaganesh composing the...

. She performed a comical role as Priya, a zoology student, in the latter, and received positive feedback. Pavithra Srinivasan from Rediff noted that she was "pretty, expressive, and does well with what she's been given". She next appeared in a low-budget Telugu flick by Ravi Babu
Ravi Babu
Ravi Babu is a Telugu language film actor. He is the son of Chalapathi Rao, also a Telugu film actor.-Ravi Babu movies as actor:#Manasara# Prathiroju # Amaravathi # Padhamoodu # Yavarum Nalam # Nachav Alludu...

, Nuvvila, featuring a cast of almost all newcomers, in which she played a "girl with a fetish for cooking".

She is currently filming for one Telugu project, Salamath and two Malayalam films Pigman
Pigman (film)
Pigman is an upcoming Malayalam film directed by Avira Rebecca and starring Jayasurya, Jagathy Sreekumar, Salim Kumar, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Thalaivasal Vijay and K. P. A. C. Lalitha. It is the second directorial venture of Avira Rebecca whose previous film Thakarachenda was critically well...

and Ivan Megharoopan
Ivan Megharoopan
Ivan Megharoopan is an upcoming Malayalam biopic film written and directed by P. Balachandran. The film is based on the life of Malayalam poet P. Kunhiraman Nair and is particularly based on his autobiography, Kaviyude Kalpadukal. Prakash Bare, who is the producer of the film, also plays the...

, which features her in a cameo appearance
Cameo appearance
A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television...

. Her Tamil film, Kavithalayaa Productions
Kavithalayaa Productions
Kavithalayaa Productions is a Tamil cinema film production company and film distribution company founded by film director, screenwriter and producer K. Balachander. Located in Kodambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, it has released several acclaimed Tamil language features of the Chennai film Industry,...

' Muriyadi
Muriyadi
Muriyadi is an upcoming Tamil thriller film directed by Selva featuring Sathyaraj, Ganesh Venkatraman and Remya Nambeeshan in the lead roles. The film, produced by K...

, a remake of the Malayalam sleeper hit Passenger
Passenger (2009 film)
Passenger is a 2009 Malayalam–language thriller film written and directed by debutant Ranjith Sankar and starring Sreenivasan, Dileep, Mamta Mohandas, Jagathy Sreekumar and Nedumudi Venu in major roles. It was well appreciated for its novelty and was declared as a hit...

(2009), has been long delayed.

Other work

Before her entry into the film industry, she was hosting a phone-in music show Hello, Good Evening on the Malayalam channel Kairali TV
Kairali TV
Kairali TV is an Indian television channel broadcasting in the Malayalam language catering to the Malayalam speaking population in Kerala as well as abroad . The channel, headquartered in Trivandrum, has studio facilities in Trivandrum as well as Kochi. Malayalam Communications Limited is the...

. Having learned carnatic music
Carnatic music
Carnatic music is a system of music commonly associated with the southern part of the Indian subcontinent, with its area roughly confined to four modern states of India: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu...

 from her childhood, she has sung several numbers for devotional albums on Chottanikarai Bhagavathi Amman. In 2011, she also ventured into playback singing, lending her voice for a song from the upcoming Malayalam biopic on P. Kunhiraman Nair
P. Kunhiraman Nair
P. Kunhiraman Nair , also known as Mahakavi P, was a renowned Malayalam poet whose works romanticised the natural beauty of his home state of Kerala in southern India and juxtaposed it with the hard realities of his life and times.Born in Bellikoth near Kanhangad of North Malabar, P., as he is...

, Ivan Megharoopan
Ivan Megharoopan
Ivan Megharoopan is an upcoming Malayalam biopic film written and directed by P. Balachandran. The film is based on the life of Malayalam poet P. Kunhiraman Nair and is particularly based on his autobiography, Kaviyude Kalpadukal. Prakash Bare, who is the producer of the film, also plays the...

, composed by Sharreth
Sharreth
Sujith Vasudevan I, better known by his stage name Sharreth , is a music director and singer.He began by composing film scores mainly for Malayalam films, but has gone on to compose for Tamil and Telugu films too. Most recently, he scored the music for the Tamil-Telugu bilingual 180.He won the...

.

Filmography

Year Film Role Language Notes
2000 Sayahnam
Sayahnam
Sayahnam is a 2000 Malayalam feature film that marks the directorial debut of R. Sarath with screenplay by M. P. Sukumaran Nair. The film is a drama centred around the environmental and anti-nuclear issue in India. It stars O. Madhavan, Gomathi Mahadevan, Ebrahim Kutty, Alex Kadavil, Jomol and...

Malayalam
2001 Narendran Makan Jayakanthan Vaka Sethulakshmi Malayalam
2002 Sthithi
Sthithi
Sthithi is a 2002 Malayalam feature film written and directed by R. Sarath. The film tells the tale of a couple employed in the Secretariat. It stars Unni Menon, Nandini Goswal, Master Achuth, Master Anand and Mallika Sukumaran. It is playback singer Unni Menon's debut film as an actor. He also...

Malayalam Art film
Art film
An art film is the result of filmmaking which is typically a serious, independent film aimed at a niche market rather than a mass market audience...

2003 Gramaphone
Gramaphone (film)
Gramaphone is a 2003 Malayalam film by Kamal starring Dileep, Meera Jasmine and Navya Nair.-Plot:Sachidanandan runs an antique shop in the Jewish street at Kochi. He is famous for old Gramaphone records. Jeniffer , Luyi uncle , ‘Saigal’ Yousuf and Bhaskarettan are Sachi's close friends...

Malayalam
Meerayude Dukhavum Muthuvinte Swapnavum
Meerayude Dukhavum Muthuvinte Swapnavum
Meerayude Dukhavum Muthuvinte Swapnavum is a 2003 Malayalam film by Vinayan, starring Prithviraj Sukumaran and Ambili Devi. This movie is about a brother protecting his disabled sister. The title of the film translates to "Meera's sadness and Muthu's dream" in English.-Plot:Muthu and his younger...

Ashwathy's sister Malayalam
2004 Perumazhakkalam
Perumazhakkalam
Perumazhakkalam is a 2004 Malayalam film directed by Kamal. The film stars Meera Jasmine, Kavya Madhavan, Dileep and Vineeth. The film was adapted to Hindi by Nagesh Kukunoor as Dor....

Neelima Malayalam
2006 Bhoomikkoru Charamageetham Malayalam
Malayalam language
Malayalam , is one of the four major Dravidian languages of southern India. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India with official language status in the state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry. It is spoken by 35.9 million people...

 
Short film
Aanachandam
Aanachandam
Aanachandam is a Malayalam language film. It was released in 2006.Aanachandam movie is all baout Krishna Prasad who is crazy about elephants. When he was a ten-year old child his father had taken him to the village temple to attend the festival...

Gowri Malayalam
2007 Changathipoocha
Changathipoocha
The musis of Changathipoocha is given by Ouseppachan. The lyrics are by Gireesh Puthenchery.The film has two songs. The singers are Jayachandran, M. G. Sreekumar, Vineeth Sreenivasan and Manjari.-External links:* * *...

Indhu Sreedharan Nair Malayalam
Panthaya Kozhi
Panthaya Kozhi
Panthaya Kozhi is a Malayalam movie produced by Lal under the banner of Lal Creations, the biggest banner of present Malluwood cinema.It's directed by M.A.Venu, who last did that off-beat Chakoram. Narain pairs up with Pooja for the first time. Through this movie he's launched as a full fledged...

Maya Malayalam
Soorya Kireedam Pooja Vishwanathan Nair Malayalam
Chocolate
Chocolate (2007 film)
Chocolate is a Malayalam movie released in 2007, directed by Shafi. This is a campus story entertainer. Main actors are Prithviraj, Jayasurya, Roma, Samvrutha Sunil, and Remya Nabeeshan. Music by Alex Paul and lyrics by Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma and Singers are M.G...

Susanna Malayalam
College Kumaran
College Kumaran
College Kumaran is a 2008 Malayalam film directed by Thulasidas, starring Mohanlal and Vimala Raman. Mohanlal took a remuneration of 1.25 crores for this movie, which was the first time an actor from the Malayalam movie industry received a fee of 8 figures....

Malayalam
Atheetham Amritha Malayalam
Naalu Pennungal
Naalu Pennungal
Naalu Pennungal is a 2007 Malayalam film produced and directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan based on four short stories written by Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai. The film stars Padmapriya, Geethu Mohandas, Manju Pillai, and Nandita Das in the major roles, and KPAC Lalitha, Mukesh, Manoj K...

Malayalam
2008 Shalabam
Shalabam
Shalabam is a 2008 Malayalam film by Suresh Palanshery starring Sudheesh, Ramya Nambeeshan, Kaithapram, etc.- Plot :Hari is the only son of Kumaran who runs a local tea stall in a village. Meera is Hari's childhood friend who still loves to be with children...

Meera Malayalam
Andamaina Mansulo Sandhya Telugu
Telugu language
Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...

 
Raman Thediya Seethai
Raman Thediya Seethai
Raman Thediya Seethai is a Tamil drama film written and directed by K. P. Jegannath, starring Cheran, Pasupathy, Nithin Sathya in the lead male roles whilst Vimala Raman, Remya Nambeeshan, Navya Nair, Gajala and Karthika play parallel female roles.-Plot:The first few scenes themselves set the...

Vidhya Manikkavel Tamil
Tamil language
Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

 
Anthiponvettam Vanitha Malayalam
2009 Saarai Veerraju
Saarai Veerraju
Saarai Veeraju starring Ajay, Remya Nambeeshan, Madhulika and 50 new artists, is a Telugu movie released on December 4th 2009. Directed by debutant Director D S Kannan and produced by P R K Rao under the banner of Visalakshi Creations.-The Plot:...

Dhanalakshmi Telugu Simultaneously made in Tamil as Vettattam
Nammal Thammil
Nammal Thammil
Nammal Thammil is a 2009 Malayalam film directed by Viji Thampi starring Prithviraj, Indrajith and Geethu Mohandas. the film was completed in 2004 but got released in 2009 only.- Plot :...

Vicky's sister Malayalam
2010 Aattanayagann
Aattanayagann
Aattanayagann is a Indian Tamil action-comedy film written and directed by debutante Krishnaram, starring Sakthi, Adithya and Remya Nambeeshan in lead and Ravi Kale, Santhanam, Meera Vasudevan and R. Sundarrajan in supporting roles. It released on December 17, 2010 to negative reviews.-Plot:Lingam...

Radhika Tamil
2011 Traffic Shwetha Malayalam
Ilaignan
Ilaignan
Ilaignan is a 2011 Tamil-language film directed by Suresh Krishna, who directs his 50th film, and written by DMK Chief M. Karunanidhi based on the Russian novel, The Mother, by Maxim Gorky.- Plot :...

Ramya Tamil
Kullanari Koottam
Kullanari Koottam
Kullanari Koottam is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Sribalaji and produced by V. Ashish Jain. It stars Vishnu Vishal and Remya Nambeesan in the lead roles, while the crew of Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu reunited for this film, with V. Selvaganesh composing the...

Priya Tamil
Chaappa Kurish
Chaappa Kurish
Chaappa Kurish is a 2011 Malayalam thriller film co-written and directed by Sameer Thahir and starring Fahad Fazil, Vineeth Sreenivasan, Roma, Remya Nambeesan and Nivetha in the lead roles...

Sonia Malayalam
Nuvvila Rani Telugu
Salamath Telugu Filming
Muriyadi
Muriyadi
Muriyadi is an upcoming Tamil thriller film directed by Selva featuring Sathyaraj, Ganesh Venkatraman and Remya Nambeeshan in the lead roles. The film, produced by K...

Radhika Tamil Delayed
Pigman
Pigman (film)
Pigman is an upcoming Malayalam film directed by Avira Rebecca and starring Jayasurya, Jagathy Sreekumar, Salim Kumar, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Thalaivasal Vijay and K. P. A. C. Lalitha. It is the second directorial venture of Avira Rebecca whose previous film Thakarachenda was critically well...

Malayalam Filming
Ivan Megharoopan
Ivan Megharoopan
Ivan Megharoopan is an upcoming Malayalam biopic film written and directed by P. Balachandran. The film is based on the life of Malayalam poet P. Kunhiraman Nair and is particularly based on his autobiography, Kaviyude Kalpadukal. Prakash Bare, who is the producer of the film, also plays the...

Malayalam Cameo appearance
Filming
Untitled film with Ajay Rao
Ajay Rao
-Career:Ajay began his career as one of the heroes in director Prem's debut film Excuse Me. He was cast along side Ramya and Sunil Rao. He played the role of a musician who is in love with the girl, but typically is unable to tell her. The film was a success and Ajay's work was appreciated...

 
Kannada Announced

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