| Vijayakumari | |
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| ![vijykumaari o maadhv[?]2.jpg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%9C%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF_%E0%B4%92_%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A7%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%BB2.jpg/250px-%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%9C%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF_%E0%B4%92_%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A7%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%BB2.jpg)  Vijayakumari in 2013 | |
| Born | |
| Nationality | Indian | 
| Occupation | Actor | 
| Years active | 1964 – present | 
| Spouse | O. Madhavan | 
| Children | 3; including Mukesh | 
| Parents | 
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| Relatives | Divyadarsan R. Engoor (grandson) | 
Vijayakumari is an Indian stage, television and film actress. She was a stage actress at Kerala People's Arts Club and Kalidasa Kalakendra. [1] She is the winner of the Kerala State award for best stage actress.[ citation needed ] She received the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award in 1976 and the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship in 2005. [2] [3] Currently she is the Secretary of Kalidasa Kalakendra.[ citation needed ]
Vijayakumari was born to Paramu Panicker and Bhargaviyamma at Kollam. Her father was a boat captain and her mother was a cashew nut worker in a cashew factory at Kollam. Her father died when she was very young. She has a younger sister. [4] She had her primary education from Cantonment School, Kollam. [5]
She is married to O. Madhavan. [6] They have three children, Mukesh, Sandhya Rajendran, (both are actors) and Jayasree Syamlal. [7] Sandhya's husband, E. A. Rajendran is also a film actor. [8]
 
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