Thiruvananthapuram: Veteran actress Aranmula Ponnamma died at a private hospital here today at 6.00pm,she was 96. Ponnamma, who earned the epithet 'mother of Malayalam cinema' in a career spanning six decades, is survived by two daughters.The actress began her career acting opposite veterans like Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair and went on to play mother to yesteryear actors like Sathyan, Prem Nazir and also to the current superstars like Mohanlal and Suresh Gopi.Ponnamma has won several awards including the state's prestigious J C Daniel lifetime achievement award in 2006 and the national and state awards for the film 'Kathapurushan' directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan in 1995. She started her career as a stage artiste in 1943 and her debut film was 'Sasidharan' (1950) in which she played the mother of late actress Miss Kumari
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