Trivia

She received critical acclaim and appreciation, for all the movies she acted, from the critics and audience as well.

She also tried her hand in writing novels and radio plays.

Her father was a municipal councillor, and after his death her mother was also elected as municipal councillor.

She studied at Mohammedan Memorial School.

She was the first woman from Kerala to graduate from the Film and Television Institute of India.

Jameela Malik, a trailblazer, was the first woman from Kerala to enter the famous Pune's Film and Television Institute as an acting student. She later worked with film maestros and matinee idols yet settled for the low-profile life of a hostel matron.

She acted in Malayalam and Tamil films in the 1970s and 1980s.

She had also acted in more than twenty television serials during the 1990s.

She was married for a year and had a son.

She was born as the eldest of four children to Malik Mohammed and Thankamma Malik at Jonakapuram, Kollam. Both her parents were into Congress politics.

She worked as teacher in schools.