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{{short description|Indian actress}}
{{BLP sources|date=August 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jalaja
| image = Jalaja.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|13 December 1961}}<ref name="mathrubhumi.com">{{Cite web |url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/mb4eves/online/malayalam/kerala/women/articles/infocus_interview-article-218255# |title=Archived copy |access-date=11 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003024427/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/mb4eves/online/malayalam/kerala/women/articles/infocus_interview-article-218255# |archive-date=3 October 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Malaysia]]
| occupation = [[Actress]]
| parents =
| children = 1
| spouse = {{marriage|Prakash Nair|1993}}
| yearsactive = 1979 - 1989 <br /> 2021 - present
| nationality = [[India]]n
}}

'''Jalaja''' is an Indian actress in [[Malayalam]] films who was active during the 1970s and 1980s. She had won [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?contentId=14561635&programId=7940855&channelId=-1073750705&BV_ID=@@@&tabId=3|title=Manorama Online Latest Malayalam News|website=Manoramaonline.com|access-date=13 August 2018}}</ref> and [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Malayalam)|Filmfare Award for Best Actress]] in 1981 for the movie [[Venal (film)|Venal]] directed by [[Lenin Rajendran]].

==Personal life==
She was born on 13 December 1961<ref name="mathrubhumi.com"/> to a Professor Thakazhiyil Vasudevan Pillai and Saraswathiyamma in [[Malaysia]]. She studied there till her fourth grade and then migrated to India, due to Civil war in [[Malaysia]]. She had her primary education from [[Asan Memorial Senior Secondary School]], Madras, Ambalappuzha English Medium School and her Pre-degree from [[St. Joseph's College for Women, Alappuzha|St. Joseph College, Alappuzha]]. She did her bachelor's degree and Masters in English Literature from Women's college [[Thiruvananthapuram]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mangalam.com/mangalam-varika/163185# |title=Archived copy |access-date=25 March 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140325050257/http://www.mangalam.com/mangalam-varika/163185# |archive-date=25 March 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=On record With T.N Gopakumar: Jalaja|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfjYSZlOpHY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/nfjYSZlOpHY |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|website=Youtube.com|access-date=27 November 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> She is married to Prakash Nair since 3 September 1993 & has settled in Bahrain after her marriage. They have a daughter Devi.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68XgGaSGQPY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/68XgGaSGQPY |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=''Interview with Jalaja'' |publisher=Kairali TV|date=9 September 2010|access-date=12 April 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref> She was the jury member for Kerala state film awards 2014.

==Awards==
[[Kerala State Film Awards]]:

* 1981 [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] - Venal
* 1981 [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Malayalam)|Filmfare Award for Best Actress]] - Venal

==Filmography==
===Malayalam===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
!scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Title
!scope="col"| Role
!Director
|-
| 1977 ||''[[Ivanente Priyaputhran]]'' || || [[Hariharan (director)|Hariharan]]
|-
| rowspan=4|1978 || ''[[Thampu]]'' ||- || [[G. Aravindan]]
|-
| ''[[Ee Ganam Marakkumo]]'' || Theater Artist|| [[N. Sankaran Nair]]
|-
| ''[[Mattoly]]'' || Thankam|| [[A. Bhimsingh]]
|-
| ''[[Randu Penkuttikal]]'' || || [[Mohan (director)|Mohan]]
|-
| rowspan=5|1979|| ''[[Sayoojyam]]'' || Radha|| G Premkumar
|-
| ''[[Ulkadal]]'' || Susanna|| [[K. G. George]]
|-
| ''[[Kannukal]]'' || Malathi|| P Gopikumar
|-
| ''[[Radha Enna Pennkutti]]'' || -|| [[Balachandra Menon]]
|-
| ''Prathishta'' || || Adoor Gopalakrishnan
|-
| rowspan=12|1980 || ''[[Shalini Ente Koottukari]]'' || Ammu || [[Mohan (director)|Mohan]]
|-
| ''[[Vilkkanundu Swapnangal]]'' || Sreedevi || M Azad
|-
| ''[[Sooryante Maranum]]'' || Mallika || Rajeevnath
|-
| ''[[Chaakara (film)|Chaakara]] '' || Jiji || PG Vishwambharan
|-
| ''[[Aarohanam (1980 film)|Aarohanam]]''|| Photographer's wife||A Sheriff
|-
| ''[[Raagam Thaanam Pallavi]]''|| Jaanu||AT Abu
|-
| ''[[Vedikkettu]]'' || Suja || K A Shivadas
|-
| ''[[Chora Chuvanna Chora]]'' ||Sundari || G Gopalakrishnan
|-
| ''[[Adhikaram]]'' || Rema|| P Chandrakumar
|-
| ''Abhimanyu'' ||- ||
|-
| ''Veera Simham'' ||||
|-
| ''[[Hridayam Paadunnu]]'' ||Sarasu || G Premkumar
|-
| rowspan=18|1981 || ''[[Munnettam]]'' ||Jaanu || Sreekumaran Thampi
|-
| ''[[Arayannam]]'' || Devi||P Gopikumar
|-
| ''[[Thakilu Kottampuram]]'' || Padmaja|| Balu Kiriyath
|-
| ''Greeshmam''|| Rathi|| VR Gopinath
|-
| ''[[Elippathayam]]'' || Sridevi || Adoor Gopalakrishnan
|-
| ''[[Venal (film)|Venal]]'' ||Ramani || [[Lenin Rajendran]]
|-
| ''Ithihasam '' ||Rani || Joshi
|-
| ''[[Vayal]]'' || Nandinikutty|| [[Antony Eastman]]
|-
| ''[[Aambalpoovu]] '' ||Prema || Harikumar
|-
| ''[[Swarnapakshikal]] '' ||Lakshmi || PR Nair
|-
| ''[[Aakkramanam]] '' ||Saleena|| [[Sreekumaran Thampi]]
|-
| ''Pinneyum Pookkunna Kaadu'' ||Lakshmi || PR Nair
|-
| ''[[Thaalam Manasinte Thaalam]]'' || - || AT Abu
|-
| ''[[Vazhikal Yaathrakkar]]'' || || AB Raj
|-
| ''Yakshikkavu'' || || Chandrasekharan Thambi
|-
| ''Jalarekha'' || || Prof Sivaprasad
|-
| ''[[Prema Geethangal]]'' || || [[Balachandra Menon]]
|-
| ''Inganeyum Oru Penkutty'' || ||
|-
| rowspan=14|1982 || ''[[Yavanika]]'' || Rohini ||[[K. G. George]]
|-
| ''[[Marmaram]]'' || Nirmala || Bharathan
|-
| ''Balloon'' ||Kausu || Ravi Gupthan
|-
| ''[[Koritharicha Naal]]'' || Revathi|| [[J. Sasikumar|Sasikumar]]
|-
| ''[[Padayottam]]'' || Aisha || [[Jijo Punnoose]]
|-
| ''[[Sooryan (1982 film)|Sooryan]]'' || Leela || [[J. Sasikumar|Sasikumar]]
|-
| ''[[Post Mortem (1982 film)|Post Mortem]]'' || Aswathy || [[J. Sasikumar|Sasikumar]]
|-
| ''Ithiri Neram Othiri Karyam'' ||Reetha || [[Balachandra Menon]]
|-
| ''[[Chillu]]'' ||Ananthu's lover || [[Lenin Rajendran]]
|-
| ''Kanmanikkorumma'' ||- ||
|-
| ''[[Sheshakriya]]''|| -|| Ravi Alummoodu
|-
| ''[[Uvvu]]''||- ||
|-
| ''[[Yagam (1982 film)|Yagam]]'' || || Sivan
|-
| ''[[Komaram]]''|| -|| JC George
|-
| rowspan=15|1983 || ''[[Karyam Nissaram]]'' || Sarala || [[Balachandra Menon]]
|-
| ''[[Mandanmmar Londanil]]'' || Ammini || [[Sathyan Anthikad]]
|-
| ''[[Kodumkattu]]'' ||Sindhu || Joshi
|-
| ''[[Passport (1983 film)|Passport]]''||Nabeesa ||Thampi Kannanthanam
|-
| ''[[Kattaruvi]]''||Radha ||[[J. Sasikumar|Sasikumar]]
|-
| ''[[Oru Swakaryam]]''|| Uma|| Harikumar
|-
| ''[[Prathigna]]'' || Sainaba || [[P. N. Sundaram]]
|-
| ''[[Visa (film)|Visa]]''|| Sabira|| Balu Kiriyath
|-
| ''[[Onnu Chirikku]]'' || Urmila Menon || PG Vishwambharan
|-
| ''[[Eettillam]]''|| Kusumam ||Fazil
|-
| ''[[Kathi (film)|Kathi]]''||- || P Bhaskaran
|-
| ''[[Kinginikombu]]''|| || Jayan Adiyattu
|-
| ''[[Vaashi]]'' || || MR Joseph
|-
| ''Pankayam''|| ||
|-
| ''Arunayude Prabhatham''|| ||
|-
| rowspan=12|1984 || ''[[Kooduthedunna Parava]]''|| Salma|| PK Joseph
|-
| ''[[Athirathram (film)|Athirathram]]'' || Seetha ||I V Sasi
|-
| ''[[Kudumbam Oru Swargam Bharya Oru Devatha]]''||Radha ||[[N. Sankaran Nair]]
|-
| ''Aashamsakalode''|| Chakki|| Vijayan Karote
|-
| ''[[NH 47 (film)|NH 47]]'' ||Nazeera || Baby
|-
| ''[[Kodathi]]''|| Sindhu|| Joshi
|-
| ''[[Onnum Mindatha Bharya]]''|| Adv. Vinodini ||Balu Kiriyath
|-
| ''[[Aalkkoottathil Thaniye]]'' || Sindhu || I. V. Sasi
|-
| ''[[Ethirppukal]] '' || Geetha|| Unni Aranmula
|-
| ''[[Ente Nandinikuttikku]]''||- || Valsan
|-
| ''[[Anthichuvappu]]''||- || Kurian Varnasala
|-
| ''[[Kurishuyudham]]''|| || Baby
|-
| rowspan=10|1985|| ''[[Madhuvidhu Theerum Mumbe]]''||Shobha||[[K. Ramachandran]]
|-
| ''[[Upaharam (1985 film)|Upaharam]]'' || Dr. Roopa ||[[Sajan (director)|Sajan]]
|-
| ''[[Sammelanam]]''|| Selma||CP Vijayakumar
|-
| ''[[Ozhivukalam]]''|| Nandhini||Bharathan
|-
| ''[[Naayakan]]'' || Haseena || Balu Kiriyath
|-
| ''[[Kandu Kandarinju]]'' || Padmam || Sajan
|-
| ''[[Mouna Nombaram]]'' || Sathi|| Sasikumar
|-
| ''[[Chillukottaram]]''|| -|| KG Rajasekharan
|-
| ''[[Manicheppu Thurannappol]]'' ||- || [[Balachandra Menon]]
|-
| ''[[Oduvil Kittiya Vaartha]]''|| -|| Yatheendra Das
|-
| rowspan=9|1986 || ''[[Ithramathram (1986 film)|Ithramathram]]''|| Chithra|| P Chandrakumar
|-
| ''[[Naale Njangalude Vivaham]]''||Vimala || Sajan
|-
| ''[[Kochu Themmadi]]''||Madhavikutty || A.Vincent
|-
| ''[[Kariyilakkattu Pole]] '' || Ragini || P Padmarajan
|-
| ''[[Desatanakkili Karayarilla]]'' || Sara teacher || P Padmarajan
|-
| ''[[Ennennum Kannettante]]'' ||Vijayalakshmi(Viji) || Fazil
|-
| ''[[Prathyekam Sradhikuka]]'' ||Shobha || PG Vishwambharan
|-
| ''[[Neram Pularumbol]]'' || Asha|| [[K. P. Kumaran]]
|-
| ''[[Nidhiyude Katha]]''||- || [[Vijayakrishnan]]
|-
| rowspan=4|1987 || ''[[Vilambaram]]'' || Razeena || [[Balachandra Menon]]
|-
| ''[[Sarvakalashala]]''|| Sister Alphonsa || Venu Nagavally
|-
| ''Sairandhri ''||Latha||
|-
| ''Kaanan Kothichu'' || ||
|-
| rowspan=7|1988 || ''[[Athirthikal]]''|| Devi|| JD Thottan
|-
| ''[[Abkari]]''|| Ammini || IV Sasi
|-
| ''[[Aparan (film)|Aparan]]'' ||Sumangala teacher || P Padmarajan
|-
| ''[[Oru Muthassi Katha]]'' || Parvathi|| Priyadarshan
|-
| ''[[Manu Uncle]]'' ||Manu's elder sister|| [[Dennis Joseph]]
|-
| ''[[Mukunthetta Sumitra Vilikkunnu]]'' || Gopi's wife || [[Priyadarsan]]
|-
| ''Kayyettam/Production No.1'' || ||
|-
| rowspan=3|1989
| ''[[Alicinte Anveshanam]]'' || Alice ||TV Chandran
|-
| ''[[Charithram]]''|| Gracy|| [[G. S. Vijayan]]
|-
| ''[[Mahaayaanam]]'' || Ramani|| [[Joshiy]]
|-
| rowspan=4|1991
| ''[[Perumthachan (film)|Perumthachan]]'' ||Devaki || [[Ajayan (director)|Ajayan]]
|-
| ''[[Kalamorukkam]]'' || Chandrika||VS Indran
|-
| ''[[Kuttapathram]]'' || Geetha || R Chandru
|-
| ''[[Aparahnam]]'' || Lathika || M.P. Sukumaran Nair
|-
| rowspan=1|1992
| ''[[Snehasagaram]]'' || Marykkunju || [[Sathyan Anthikad]]
|-
| rowspan=2|2021
| ''[[8½ Intercuts: Life and Films of K.G. George]]'' ||Herself|| Lijin Jose
|-
|''[[Malik (film)|Malik]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/jalaja-comeback-malik-mahesh-narayanan-fahadh-faasil/article35381427.ece/amp/|title=Jalaja makes a comeback in Mahesh Narayanan’s ‘Malik’|work=The Hindu}}</ref> ||Jameela||[[Mahesh Narayanan]]
|-
|||''Thalanarizha''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/jalaja-is-back-with-thalanarizha-news-malayalam-tdlkECbejeiff.html|title=Jalaja is back with Thalanarizha|work=Sify}}</ref> ||{{TBA}}||Sajith Muhammed
|-
|}

===Tamil===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
!scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Title
!scope="col"| Role
!Director
!scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1980
| ''Antharangam Oomaiyanathu''
| Sarasu
| G. Premkumar
|
|-
| 1983
| ''Maarupatta Konangal''
| Jaya
| [[T. S. Durairaj]]
|
|-
| 1984
| ''Thiruttu Rajakkal''
|
| [[Rama Narayanan]]
|
|-
|}

==Television serials==
*Indraneelam ([[Surya TV]])
*[[Verukal]] ([[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]]) as Amlu - based on [[Malayattoor Ramakrishnan]]'s Novel Directed by [[T.N. Gopakumar]]
*Ammuvukku Kalyanam as Gayathri ([[DD Podhigai|DD Tamil]]) - Tamil Serial

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0416075}}

{{FilmfareMalayalamBestActress}}
{{KeralaStateAwardForBestActress}}

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[[Category:1961 births]]
[[Category:Actresses in Tamil cinema]]
[[Category:Indian television actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses in Malayalam television]]
[[Category:Actresses in Tamil television]]

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