K P A C Lalitha

K.P.A.C. Lalitha is a national award winning Malayalam film and stage  actress and the wife of famous Malayalam film director Bharathan(late).  She is a versatile actor known for her naturality in handling a wide  range of characters and her comical timing.

Persnal Life :
K.P.A.C. Lalitha was born as Maheshwari Amma in Ramapuram near  Kayamkulam, Kollam, Kerala on 25 February 1948. Her parents were  Kadaykatharayil Veettil K. Ananthan Nair and Bhargavi Amma. She has  brother and sister Krishnakumar and Shyamala. She learned dance when she  was a child from Kalamandalam Gangadharan.
Her son Sidharth debuted as an actor in Nammal, directed by Kamal. After  a short career in acting he chose to go to his father's stream of work.  He is currently the Assistant Director to Priyadarshan.

Career :
She started acting in plays when she was 10 years old. Her debut play  was Geethayude Bali. She later joined the K.P.A.C.(Kerala People's Arts  Club), which was a prominent leftist drama troupe in Kerala. 
She was given the screenname Lalitha and later when she joined movies,  the tag K.P.A.C. was also added to her screenname to differentiate from  another actress also named Lalitha, and she became K.P.A.C. Lalitha. She  debuted cinema in the film version of her K.P.A.C. play Koottukudumbam  directed by Thoppil Bhasi. 
She then went on to act in critically acclaimed films like Swayamvaram  and Anubhavangal Plaichakal. She acted as the heroine opposite superstar  Prem Nazir in Chakravalam. She was also the female star in  Kodiyettam(1977) opposite Bharath Gopi. In 1978 she married Bharathan, a  noted Malayalam film director. She took a break from film acting for  some years doing only a few films. The second phase of her career  started with Kattathe Kilikkoodu(1983) directed by her husband  Bharathan. In this phase she did many critically acclaimed roles  including those in Sanmanassullavarkku Samadhanam (1986), Ponn  Muttyidunna Tharavu (1988), Mukunthetta Sumitra Vilikkunnu (1988),  Vadakkunokkiyantram (1989), Dasharatham (1989), Venkalam (1993),  Godfather (1991), Amaram (1991), Vietnam Colony (1993), Sphadikam  (1995), and Aniyathi Pravu (1997). She won the National Film Award for  Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Amaram(1991), a film  directed by her husband Bharathan. On 29 July 1998, she faced personal  targedy when Bharathan passed away. She went into hibernation for a few  months only to come back with a brilliant performace in Sathyan  Anthikkad directed Veendum Chila Veetukaryangal(1999). 

Her noted performances off late were in films Shantham (2000), Life Is  Beautiful (2000), Alaipayuthey (2000) and Valkannadi (2002). She won her  second National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her  performance in Shantham(2000), directed by Jayaraj. She has acted in  over 500 Malayalam films and 3 Tamil films. She is still active in films  and one of the most respected personalities in the Malayalam film  industry.