Parvathy Jayaram

Parvathy
Born	Ashwathy Kurup (1970-04-04) 4 April 1970 Kaviyoor, Thiruvalla, Pathanamthitta, Kerala
Residence	Valasaravakkam, Tamil Nadu
Years active	1986–1993
Spouse(s)	Jayaram (1992–present)
Children	Kalidas Jayaram Malavika Jayaram
Parent(s)	Ramachandra Kurup, Padma Bhai

Ashwathy Kurup, better known by her stage name Parvathy, is an Indian film actress and classical dancer known for her roles in Malayalam films.

Parvathy was a popular actress in Malayalam film industry between 1986 and 1993. Her first film was directed by Lenin Rajendran but was shelved and never released. She was introduced to the industry by actor-director Balachandra Menon through Vivahitharae Ithile Ithile in 1986. Her notable works include Amrutham Gamaya, Oru Minnaminunginte Nurunguvettam, Thoovanathumbikal (1987), Ponmuttayidunna Tharavu (1989), Vadakkunokkiyantram, Peruvannapurathe Visheshangal and Kireedam (1989).

Parvathy married Malayalam film actor Jayaram in 1992, who was her co-star in many films. After marriage, Parvathy effectively quit acting in feature films. She now lives with her family in Chennai. She has two children, National Award winning child actor Kalidas Jayaram and Malavika Jayaram.

Personal life

Ashwathy Kurup was born as second among three children to Ramachandra Kurup and Padma Bhai in Kaviyoor, Thiruvalla. Her father is from Champakulam, Alappuzha and mother is from Kaviyoor, Thiruvalla. She has an elder sister, Jyothi and a younger sister, Deepthi(deceased). She had her primary education at Devaswom Board Higher Secondary School,Thiruvalla. Her mother was a maths teacher at the same school she studied. She pusued Bachelors in science from NSS Hindu College, Changanacherry. This was where she was discovered by director Lenin Rajendran who cast her as the lead role in his film. This film was shelved and was never released. She then acted in her first movie Vivahitare Itihile (1986) directed by Balachandra Menon at the age of 16.

Parvathy met her future husband, Jayaram on the set of Aparan, at Udaya Studio in Thiruvananthapuram, in 1988. After her marriage on 7 September 1992, Parvathy stopped acting and later said that she has no regrets. "One spouse has to sacrifice their career, otherwise, it will be difficult to bring up the children properly. If there is a good salary earned by the husband why should the wife work?"

The couple have two children, Kalidas Jayaram and Malavika. Kalidas Jayaram won the National Film Award for Best Child Artist for his work in the film Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum (2003), in which he acted in along with his father, Jayaram. Currently she resides at Valasaravakkam, Tamil Nadu with family.

Filmography

No:	Year	Title	Director	Role	Cast
1	1986	Vivahitharae Idile Idile	Balachandra Menon	Manju	Balachandra Menon
2	1987	Amrutham Gamaya	T.Hariharan	Sreedevi	Mohanlal, Geetha, Vineeth, Devan
3	1987	Ezhuthappurangal	Sibi Malayil	Seetha	Suhasini, Ambika, Srinath
4	1987	Jalakam	Harikumar	Latha	Ashokan, Soman
5	1987	Oru Minnaminunginte Nurunguvettam	Bharathan	Unnimaya	Nedumudi Venu, Devan, Sarada
6	1987	Thoovanathumbikal	P. Padmarajan	Radha	Mohanlal, Sumalatha, Ashokan, M. G. Soman
7	1987	Thaniyavarthanam	Sibi Malayil	Sreedharan's lover	Mammootty, Mukesh, Saritha, Thilakan
8	1988	Abkari	I. V. Sasi	Sharadha	Mammootty, Ratheesh, Urvashi, Janardanan
9	1988	Aranyakam	T.Hariharan	Shailaja	Devan, Vineeth, Saleema, Balan K. Nair
10	1988	Dinarathrangal	Joshi	Treesa	Mammootty, Sumalatha, Mukesh, Devan
11	1988	Vaishali	Bharathan	Shantha	Sanjay, Suparna, Geetha, Babu Antony, Nedumudi Venu
12	1988	Witness	Viji Thampi	Indu.R.Nair	Jayaram, Suresh Gopi, Jagathi Sreekumar, Thilakan
13	1988	1921	I. V. Sasi	Aasiya	Mammootty, Suresh Gopi, Madhu, M. G. Soman
14	1988	Aparan	P. Padmarajan	Sindhu	Jayaram, Shobhana, M. G. Soman, Madhu
15	1988	Ponmuttayidunna Tharavu	Sathyan Anthikkad	Hajiyar's third wife	Sreenivasan, Jayaram, Urvashi, Innocent
16	1988	Ashokante Aswathikuttikku	Vijayan Karott	Aswathi	Ashokan
17	1988	Mrithunjayam	Paul Babu	Sabeena	Ashokan, Devan
18	1988	Kudumbapuranam	Sathyan Anthikkad	Rama	Balachandra Menon, Ambika, Sreenivasan, Thilakan
19	1988	Sangham	Joshi	Aswathy	Mammootty, Mukesh, Jagadeesh, Saritha, Seema
20	1988	Ulsavapittennu	Bharath Gopi	Karthika	Mohanlal, Jayaram, Sukumaran
21	1989	Douthyam	Anil	Biji	Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi, Lizzy
22	1989	Adharvam	Dennis Joseph	Usha	Mammootty, Thilakan, Jayabharathi, Charuhasan, Silk Smitha
23	1989	Artham	Sathyan Anthikkad	Geetha	Mammootty, Sreenivasan, Jayaram, Murali
24	1989	Jagratha	K. Madhu	Aswathy	Mammootty, Mukesh, Jagathy Sreekumar, Sukumaran
25	1989	Carnival	P. G. Vishwambharan	Gouri	Mammootty, Mala Aravindan, Siddique, Babu Antony
26	1989	Njangalude Kochu Doctor	Balachandra Menon	Ayisha	Balachandra Menon, Sreenivasan, Srividya, Sukumaran, Lizzy
27	1989	Kireedam	Sibi Malayil	Devi	Mohanlal, Thilakan, Srinath, Kaviyoor Ponnamma
28	1989	Mudra	Sibi Malayil	Sarala	Mammootty, Karamana Janardanan Nair, Madhu
29	1989	Peruvannapurathe Visheshangal	Kamal	Kunjulekshmi	Mohanlal, Jayaram, Jagathi Sreekumar, Siddique
30	1989	Puthiya Karukkal	Thampi Kannanthanam	Sridevi	Jayaram, Siddique, M. G. Soman
31	1989	Swagatham	Venu Nagavalli	Ammalu	Jayaram, Urvashi, Nedumudi Venu, Ashokan
32	1989	Utharam	V. K. Pavithran	Shyamala Menon	Mammootty, Suparna, Sukumaran, Sankaradi
33	1989	Vadakku Nooki Yanthram	Sreenivasan	Shobha	Sreenivasan, Nedumudi Venu, Innocent, Paravoor Bharathan, Mamukkoya
34	1989	Vachanam	Lenin Rajendran		Suresh Gopi, Jayaram, Srividya
35	1989	Devadas	Cross Belt Mani	Parvathi	Nedumudi Venu, Venu Nagavally
36	1989	Anagha	PRS Babu	Nalini,Mini(double role)	Nedumudi Venu, Murali
37	1989	Varnam	Ashokan	Revathy	Jayaram, Suresh Gopi, Ranjini, Jagathi Sreekumar, Mamukkoya
38	1989	Pradeshika Varthakal	Kamal	Mallika	Jayaram, Siddique, Janardanan, Jagathi Sreekumar, Innocent
39	1989	Adhipan	K. Madhu	Radhika	Mohanlal, Devan, Maniyan Pillai Raju, Jagadeesh, M. G. Soman, Balan K. Nair
40	1990	Akkare Akkare Akkare	Priyadarshan	Sethulakshmi	Mohanlal, Sreenivasan, M. G. Soman, Nedumudi Venu, Mukesh, Maniyan Pillai Raju
41	1990	Dr. Pasupathy	Shaji Kailas	Ammukkutty	Innocent, Nedumudi Venu, Mamukkoya, Riza Bava, Jagathi Sreekumar
42	1990	Kuruppinte Kanakku Pusthakam	Balachandra Menon	Beena	Balachandra Menon, Geetha, Jayaram, Kaviyoor Ponnamma
43	1990	Maalayogam	Sibi Malayil	Rema	Jayaram, Mukesh, Thilakan, Maniyan Pillai Raju, Innocent, Murali
44	1990	Orukkam	K. Madhu	Kausalya	Suresh Gopi, Murali, Jagathi Sreekumar
45	1990	Pavakkoothu	K. Sreekuttan	Sumithra	Jayaram, Ranjini, Innocent, Nedumudi Venu
46	1990	Purappadu	Jeasey	Mallika	Mammootty, Sumalatha, Balan K. Nair, Mukesh, Siddique
47	1990	Radha Madhavam	Suresh Unnithan	Ammu	Jayaram, Geetha, Thilakan, Innocent
48	1990	Sandram	Ashokan-Thaha	Indulekha	Suresh Gopi, Innocent
49	1990	Subhayathra	Kamal	Arundhati	Jayaram, Innocent, Jagadeesh
50	1990	Thalayanamanthram	Sathyan Anthikkad	Shailaja	Sreenivasan, Jayaram, Urvashi, Innocent, Mamukkoya
51	1990	Vyooham	Sangeeth Sivan	Tessy	Raghuvaran, Sukumaran, Devan, Rajan P. Dev, Urvashi
52	1991	Amina Tailors	Sajan	Amina	Asokan, Riza Bava, Rajan P. Dev, Mamukkoya, Jagadeesh, Philomina
53	1991	Souhridam	Shaji Kailas	Sridevi	Mukesh, Saikumar, Urvashi, Jagathi Sreekumar
54	1991	Abhayam	Sivan	Lakshmi	Tarun
55	1991	Apoorvam Chilar		Annie	Innocent, Jagathi Sreekumar
56	1992	Kunikkitta Kozhi	Thulasidas	Indu	Jagadeesh, Siddique, Rupini
57	1992	Suryagayathri	Anil	Sreelakshmi	Mohanlal, Urvashi, Nedumudi Venu
58	1992	Kamaladalam	Sibi Malayil	Seetha	Mohanlal, Vineeth, Monisha, Nedumudi Venu, Murali
59	1992	Gowri	Sivaprasad
60	1992	Ardram			Murali
61	1992	Kizhakkan Pathrose	T.S. Suresh Babu	Pathrose's wife	Mammootty, Urvashi, Raghuvaran, Rajan P. Dev, Innocent
62	1992	Valayam	Sibi Malayil	Seetha	Murali, Manoj K. Jayan, Oduvil Unnikrishnan
63	1993	Khoshayathra	G.S. Vijayan	Nazeema	Geetha, Saikumar, Devan, Thilakan, Sukumari
64	1993	Oru Neenta Yathra		Parvathi	M.R. Gopakumar

External links

• Parvathi at the Internet Movie Database