Nazriya Nazim

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Summary

Nazriya Nazim is a Malayalam and Tamil actor, singer and producer who began as a child performer and became known for roles centered on lively, self-directed young women, including Bangalore Days, Ohm Shanthi Oshaana, Koode and Sookshmadarshini. Ohm Shanthi Oshaana was notable for using a woman’s perspective in a mainstream romantic comedy, while her later work and production involvement have continued to support commercially accessible stories with substantial female characters. In interviews, she has expressed support for the Women in Cinema Collective and described its work addressing sexual harassment and women’s working conditions in Malayalam cinema as timely. In 2026 she was also among Malayalam film figures publicly condemning police action against student protesters and supporting demands for accountability. She has discussed personal mental-health struggles publicly, but is not known primarily as a full-time activist, partisan campaigner or anti-conservative culture-war figure. Her record supports a moderate-to-strong representation and gender-equality pattern, though not an overwhelmingly activist public persona.