Full Name Khadeeja C. P Role Actress Years active 1967-1994 Name Khadeeja Khadeeja | Name Khadeeja C P Occupation Film actor Nationality Indian | |
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Movies Viruthan Shanku, Vazhve Mayam, Ladies Hostel, Pareeksha, Thenmavin Kombath Similar People Thoppil Bhasi, Baburaj, M S Viswanathan, Hariharan, J Sasikumar | ||
Kalamandalam khadeeja nammal 3 oct 2016
Khadeeja was an Indian actress in Malayalam movies. She was one of the prominent lead actress during the late 1960s and 1970s in Malayalam. In 1968, she acted in Viruthan Shanku, the first full-length comedy in Malayalam cinema directed by P. Venu. She was born in Odakaali in Perumbavoor, Kerala, a Muslim girl who had suffered a lot for learning dance in Kalamandalam. She acted in more than 50 movies.
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Personal life
She was born as the second among six children to Moideen and Pathayi at chittethupadi, Perumbavoor. Her siblings were Sainaba, Nabeesa, Khasim, Ibrahim and Salimraj. She had her primary education from Vaduthala Government high school, Ernakulam. She was married to K.V. Mathew. They had six children, Vinni, Leena, Sony, Teddy, Stency and Sophie. Khadeeja died on 26 July 2017 due to lung cancer at her residence Vaduthala, Ernakulam.