Fathima Babu

Fathima Babu (née Fathima) is an Indian actress, former newsreader and socialite based in Chennai who hails from Puducherry. She began her public career as a newsreader with DD Podhigai, the Tamil version of Doordarshan news, and later worked for Jaya TV. She subsequently moved on to work in television serials, films and theatre performances, operating in the Tamil and Malayalam languages.

Personal life Fathima was born in a Malayali family based in Puducherry. The couple, married since 1989, has two sons.

Career Fathima became a newsreader with DD Podhigai, the Tamil version of Doordarshan, in the late 1980s. In 1989, she briefly went missing causing much speculation as to her disappearance. Several years later, Fathima clarified that during the period she was missing, she was filming for a television serial known as Chithirapaavai and did not want to breach Doordarshan's rule of news anchors not being able to work in serials.

Fathima made her film debut through K. Balachander's feminist film Kalki (1996), Fathima moved on to play supporting roles in films, often portraying the mother of the lead characters.

Fathima started her own drama production group, Fab's Theatre, which performs shows in Chennai. She was initially introduced to theatre by K. Balachander, who often helped her work on and develop scripts. The group has made shows such as Sethu Vandirikkaen and Thaarama Tallyaa directed by Fathima, which opened in February 2016. She was also briefly involved in politics, and campaigned for the AIADMK on behalf of Jayalalithaa, and eventually took up a role as a spokesperson of the party. After Jayalalithaa's death, Fathima joined O. Paneerselvam's team, before ultimately distancing herself from politics. In 2019, she appeared in the reality television show Bigg Boss Tamil 3 on Star Vijay, and was the first contestant to be evicted.

Films Tamil

Malayalam Year Film Role Notes 2001 Raavanaprabhu Mundakkal Sekharan's wife 2002 Onnaman Deepa 2007 Ali Bhai Ambu Bhai's wife Hallo Shivaraman's mother 2008 Madampi Shyamala's mother 2009 My Big Father Alby's mother Bhramaram Sivankutty's sister 2010 Oru Naal Varum School Principal Alexander the Great Sumithra Shikkar Manu's mother 2011 Kottarathil Kutty Bhootham Traffic Raihan's mother 2012 The King & the Commissioner Justice Eliyamma Pettikaran Josettante Hero Sajan's mother Grandmaster Alice Gramam Karthyayani Simultaneously shot in Tamil as Namma Gramam Matinee Fathima 2014 @Andheri Appu's mother 1 by Two Ammukkuty Amma Asha Black Rohit's mother Simultaneously shot in Tamil as Nee Naan Nizhal

Telugu

Dramas