Ambika

She has acted in many advertisements. She is a designer too. She has judged many reality shows also. In a film called Medulla Oblangatta (2014) she has done lyrics work too.

Ambika started her career as a child artist and later as main heroine and acted in more than 200 South Indian films. Her career as a heroine started with the Malayalam movie Seetha, which only released very late in her career. But with films such as Neelathaamara (which was made again in 2009) and Lejjavathi, she became a busy actress within a few years not only in Malayalam, but also in Tamil and Kannada.

After she got divorced, she returned to India from U.S later in 1997 and started acting again in films such as Periyamanushan, with Sathyaraj in a glamorous role, Maa Naanaki Pelli in Telugu and with Krishnam Raju and Simmadamari in Kannada. She acted as heroine in Vikaraman's project Mariyathai, in which Vijayakanth acted in father and son roles along with Meena and Meera Jasmin. She acted in Malayalam films such as Angel John with Mohanlal, Thanthonni and Sadgamaya and is currently more active doing TV serials.

She had a very successful career in Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam movies throughout the 1980s. In Tamil and Malayalam, she took on a few bold roles that showcased her versatility and talent. In Kannada, however, she appeared in many roles and songs that were characteristic by being erotic yet understated. Her hot rain songs with Vishnuvardhan are shown frequently on the TV program Midnight Masala and are considered groundbreaking in terms of being bold, stunning and revealing in an otherwise conservative industry.

Ambika is an Indian film and television actress known for her works predominantly in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada films and serials. She also did a few Telugu and English films. She was one of the top south Indian heroines for a decade from 1978 to 1989. Her younger sister Radha was also an actress. They acted together in a number of south Indian films and during the peak of their careers.

Ambika was born in 1962 to Kunjan Nair and Sarasamma at Kallara village, located in Thiruvananthapuram district. Her mother Kallara Sarasamma was Mahila Congress leader during 2014. She has two younger sisters, Radha and Mallika, and two younger brothers, Arjun and Suresh. Ambika married NRI Premkumar Menon in 1988. They have two sons and settled in America. After they divorced in 1997 she then married actor Ravikanth in 2000, but they divorced in 2002. She is currently settled in Chennai along with her sons.