# Namitha Pramod (നമിത പ്രമോദ്)
**Namitha Pramod** (നമിത പ്രമോദ്; born 1996) is an Indian actress who works mainly in [Malayalam cinema](https://www.edgepedia.org/malayalam-cinema), after beginning her career as a child performer on Malayalam television.[1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fqcw0rzEQI) She entered films with a supporting role in Rajesh Pillai's *Traffic* (2011) and made her first lead appearance in Sathyan Anthikad's *Puthiya Theerangal* (2012), opposite [Nivin Pauly](https://www.edgepedia.org/nivin-pauly).[2](https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/south-indian/namitha-pramod-makes-tamil-debut-with-nimir-1.2161854) • [3](https://www.ottplay.com/news/would-love-to-reprise-my-role-in-adi-kapyare-kootamani-amar-akbar-anthonys-sequels-says-namitha-pramod/81d00ebf96230)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1996[1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fqcw0rzEQI) |
| Film debut | Supporting role as Riya in *Traffic* (2011), directed by Rajesh Pillai[2](https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/south-indian/namitha-pramod-makes-tamil-debut-with-nimir-1.2161854) • [4](https://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-interview-with-namitha-pramod/20120726.htm) |
| First lead role | Thamara, a fisherwoman, in *Puthiya Theerangal* (2012), opposite Nivin Pauly[3](https://www.ottplay.com/news/would-love-to-reprise-my-role-in-adi-kapyare-kootamani-amar-akbar-anthonys-sequels-says-namitha-pramod/81d00ebf96230) |
| Award | Amrita Film Award for New Face of the Year[2](https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/south-indian/namitha-pramod-makes-tamil-debut-with-nimir-1.2161854) |
| Language debuts | Malayalam (*Traffic*, 2011); Telugu (*Chuttalabbai*, 2016); Tamil (*Nimir*, 2018)[2](https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/south-indian/namitha-pramod-makes-tamil-debut-with-nimir-1.2161854) |
| Output | Over 22 films across Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu[3](https://www.ottplay.com/news/would-love-to-reprise-my-role-in-adi-kapyare-kootamani-amar-akbar-anthonys-sequels-says-namitha-pramod/81d00ebf96230) |
## Television beginnings
Namitha grew up in [Kumarakom](https://www.edgepedia.org/kumarakom), her father's hometown, and acted in school skits before anyone outside her family noticed; she has said her teachers spotted the ability and that her parents then polished it.[5](https://malayalam.filmibeat.com/interviews/this-is-my-good-time-says-namitha-pramod-023932.html) Her entry into television came while she was in school, when a friend of her father sent her photograph to a production executive. She appeared in the serials *Amme Devi*, *Vellankanni Mathavu*, and *Ente Manasaputhri*, and in a 2023 interview recalled starting to act at the age of fourteen and shouldering responsibilities from a young age.[5](https://malayalam.filmibeat.com/interviews/this-is-my-good-time-says-namitha-pramod-023932.html) • [6](https://www.doolnews.com/actress-namitha-pramod-opens-up-about-starting-her-acting-career-at-the-age-of-fourteen-and-having-to-shoulder-responsibilities-from-a-young-age-64-175.html) An OTTPlay profile places her film debut at age 16, after these serial roles; the two accounts differ on the exact age at which she moved from television to cinema.[3](https://www.ottplay.com/news/would-love-to-reprise-my-role-in-adi-kapyare-kootamani-amar-akbar-anthonys-sequels-says-namitha-pramod/81d00ebf96230) • [6](https://www.doolnews.com/actress-namitha-pramod-opens-up-about-starting-her-acting-career-at-the-age-of-fourteen-and-having-to-shoulder-responsibilities-from-a-young-age-64-175.html)
## Film career
**Debut and lead roles.** Namitha's first film role was a small one: in *Traffic* (2011) she played Riya, a character with few scenes whose story gives a twist to the plot.[4](https://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-interview-with-namitha-pramod/20120726.htm) Her first lead role came in *Puthiya Theerangal* (2012), directed by Sathyan Anthikad, in which she played Thamara, a fisherwoman, opposite Nivin Pauly; the role earned her the Amrita Film Award for New Face of the Year.[3](https://www.ottplay.com/news/would-love-to-reprise-my-role-in-adi-kapyare-kootamani-amar-akbar-anthonys-sequels-says-namitha-pramod/81d00ebf96230) • [2](https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/south-indian/namitha-pramod-makes-tamil-debut-with-nimir-1.2161854) For the part she learned to swim in the lake at Kumarakom and tanned deliberately to change her look.[5](https://malayalam.filmibeat.com/interviews/this-is-my-good-time-says-namitha-pramod-023932.html) In a 2012 interview she called being cast as the female lead in a Sathyan Anthikad film a dream come true, saying she had earlier named such a film as her ambition.[4](https://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-interview-with-namitha-pramod/20120726.htm)
**Established Malayalam run.** Through the mid-2010s she appeared steadily opposite senior and leading actors, including Dileep in *Sound Thoma*, *Villali Veeran*, and *Chandrettan Evideya*, and [Kunchacko Boban](https://www.edgepedia.org/kunchacko-boban) in *Pullipulikalum Aattinkuttiyum*.[2](https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/south-indian/namitha-pramod-makes-tamil-debut-with-nimir-1.2161854) Her other films from this period include [Lal Jose](https://www.edgepedia.org/lal-jose)'s *Vikramadithyan*, the campus comedy *[Adi Kapyare Kootamani](https://www.edgepedia.org/adi-kapyare-kootamani)*, *Ormayundo Ee Mukham*, and Nadirshah's multi-starrer *Amar Akbar Antony*, in which she played Jenny, a cinematic dancer in a Kochi-set mass entertainer.[7](https://www.ibtimes.co.in/interview-i-want-be-teacher-says-namitha-pramod-602989) • [2](https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/south-indian/namitha-pramod-makes-tamil-debut-with-nimir-1.2161854) • [8](https://www.manoramaonline.com/movies/interview/interview-with-namitha-pramod.html) For *Pullipulikalum Aattinkuttiyum* she learned classical dance, having not known how to dance before the film.[5](https://malayalam.filmibeat.com/interviews/this-is-my-good-time-says-namitha-pramod-023932.html) In a 2015 interview she described the period as her good time, saying the success exceeded anything she had expected even in dreams.[5](https://malayalam.filmibeat.com/interviews/this-is-my-good-time-says-namitha-pramod-023932.html)
**Work in Tamil and Telugu cinema.** She moved into [Telugu cinema](https://www.edgepedia.org/telugu-cinema) with *Chuttalabbai* (2016) and *Kathalo Rajakumari*.[2](https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/south-indian/namitha-pramod-makes-tamil-debut-with-nimir-1.2161854) Her Tamil debut came with *[Nimir](https://www.edgepedia.org/nimir)* (2018), Priyadarshan's remake of the Malayalam film *Maheshinte Prathikaaram*, in which she played Malar, the role Aparna Balamurali had played in the original.[9](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/interviews/2018/Jan/22/priyadarshan-said-i-was-like-his-daughter-namitha-pramod-4154.html) She described Malar as a bold young woman whose boldness had to show in her gait and speech, and said [Priyadarshan](https://www.edgepedia.org/priyadarshan) recreated the film to suit Tamil sensibilities so that audiences would not compare it with the original.[9](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/interviews/2018/Jan/22/priyadarshan-said-i-was-like-his-daughter-namitha-pramod-4154.html) • [2](https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/south-indian/namitha-pramod-makes-tamil-debut-with-nimir-1.2161854)
**Later projects.** In 2018 she was shooting *Professor Dinkan*, a 3D film with Dileep, and was also attached to *Kammara Sambhavam*, a period story written by Murali Gopi.[2](https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/south-indian/namitha-pramod-makes-tamil-debut-with-nimir-1.2161854) • [10](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/namitha-pramod-i-was-always-intrigued-by-3d-films-and-being-part-of-one-now-feels-surreal/articleshow/65741339.cms) A Filmibeat filmography lists a cluster of 2023 Malayalam releases, including *DNA*, *Irav*, *Professor Dinkan*, *Njanara Mon*, *Nirbhaya*, *Gandhi Square*, and Ranjith's *Madhavi*.[11](https://malayalam.filmibeat.com/celebs/namitha-pramod/filmography.html) In a 2020 review of *Al Mallu*, in which she played the central character Nayana, critics gave her performance credit while finding the screenplay weak.[12](https://malayalam.indianexpress.com/entertainment/review/al-mallu-movie-review-and-rating-namitha-pramod-335722/)
## Approach to roles
Namitha has said she looks for difference in a script and avoids characters that would stereotype her, and that she turned down female-centric Tamil offers after her first film because she did not want to repeat the same thing.[7](https://www.ibtimes.co.in/interview-i-want-be-teacher-says-namitha-pramod-602989) She treats box office results as a bonus rather than a criterion, and has named director Lal Jose as a mentor she consults when making decisions.[7](https://www.ibtimes.co.in/interview-i-want-be-teacher-says-namitha-pramod-602989) In a 2018 interview she said family mattered more to her than cinema and that she would step away from films once settled.[13](https://malayalam.webdunia.com/article/film-gossip-in-malayalam/talks-with-namitha-pramod-118060600037_1.html)
## References
1. [Exclusive Interview with Namitha Pramod | Tharapakittu EP 283 | Kaumudy TV (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fqcw0rzEQI)
2. [Namitha Pramod makes Tamil debut with 'Nimir', Gulf News](https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/south-indian/namitha-pramod-makes-tamil-debut-with-nimir-1.2161854)
3. [Would love to reprise my role in Adi Kapyare Kootamani and Amar Akbar Anthony's sequels, says Namitha Pramod, OTTPlay](https://www.ottplay.com/news/would-love-to-reprise-my-role-in-adi-kapyare-kootamani-amar-akbar-anthonys-sequels-says-namitha-pramod/81d00ebf96230)
4. [Meet the new heroine of Sathyan Anthikad, Rediff.com Movies](https://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-interview-with-namitha-pramod/20120726.htm)
5. [ഇത് എന്റെ നല്ല കാലം, സ്വപ്നത്തില് പോലും പ്രതീക്ഷിക്കാത്ത വിജയം; നമിത പ്രമോദ്, Filmibeat Malayalam](https://malayalam.filmibeat.com/interviews/this-is-my-good-time-says-namitha-pramod-023932.html)
6. ['14-ാം വയസ്സിൽ അഭിനയിക്കാൻ തുടങ്ങി': നമിത പ്രമോദ്, DoolNews](https://www.doolnews.com/actress-namitha-pramod-opens-up-about-starting-her-acting-career-at-the-age-of-fourteen-and-having-to-shoulder-responsibilities-from-a-young-age-64-175.html)
7. [Interview: 'I Want to Be a Teacher', says Namitha Pramod, IBTimes India](https://www.ibtimes.co.in/interview-i-want-be-teacher-says-namitha-pramod-602989)
8. [നമിതയോട് മലയാളത്തിന് മമത, Manorama Online](https://www.manoramaonline.com/movies/interview/interview-with-namitha-pramod.html)
9. [Priyadarshan said I was like his daughter: Namitha Pramod, Cinema Express](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/interviews/2018/Jan/22/priyadarshan-said-i-was-like-his-daughter-namitha-pramod-4154.html)
10. [Namitha Pramod: I was always intrigued by 3D films, Times of India](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/namitha-pramod-i-was-always-intrigued-by-3d-films-and-being-part-of-one-now-feels-surreal/articleshow/65741339.cms)
11. [നമിത പ്രമോദ് അഭിനയിച്ച സിനിമകള് | Namitha Filmography, Filmibeat Malayalam](https://malayalam.filmibeat.com/celebs/namitha-pramod/filmography.html)
12. [Al Mallu Movie Review, Indian Express Malayalam](https://malayalam.indianexpress.com/entertainment/review/al-mallu-movie-review-and-rating-namitha-pramod-335722/)
13. [Talks with Namitha Pramod- Interview, Webdunia Malayalam](https://malayalam.webdunia.com/article/film-gossip-in-malayalam/talks-with-namitha-pramod-118060600037_1.html)
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