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Sathyakala | |
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| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1972–present |
Sathyakala is an Indian actress in South Indian movies. She was a prominent lead actress during the late 1970s and 1980s in Malayalam films.[ citation needed ] She had acted in few Tamil films as well.
Sathyakala hails from Tamil Nadu. She made her Malayalam debut in 1980 with Shalini Ente Koottukari , which was a great success at the box office. She had managed to get a handful of Malayalam movies after that. She had acted as heroine to actors like Mammootty in Saravarsham (1982) and Amritageetham (1982), with Mohanlal in Kaliyamardhanam (1982) and Uyarangalil (1984), with Prem Nazir in Akrosham (1982) and Kari Puranda Jeevithangal (1980). She left the film field in the year 1984 and is settled in Chennai.
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