Vinodini Sasi Mohan

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Vinodini Sasimohan (born 21 October 1957) is the Chief Administrative Officer of Viswa Kala Kendra Trivandrum India. She was a child artist in Malayalam movies. Her role as goddess Kanyakumari in the film Devi Kanyakumari was noteworthy.

She is the last child of Guru Gopinath, the famous Indian classical dancer. She is married to T Sasimohan a senior journalist in Kerala and presently the editor of www.weblokam.com. Viswakala Kendra is an art institution founded by Guru Gopinath to impart training in Kerala Natanam, Kathakali and Ottamthullal.

Vinodini, then popular as Baby Vinodini, acted in 17 Malayalam films in the 1960s with leading actors like Sathyan, Prem Nazir, Thikkurissi, Ambika, T K Balachandran, Miss Kumari, Ragini, Jose Prakash,Aranmula Ponnamma,K R Vijaya and others.

Kannum Karalum, Ammaye Kanan, Chilampoli, Bhasktha Kuchela, Bharthav, Snehadeepam, Karuthakai, Kaliyodam, Kadaththukaran, and Manavatti were some of her best films.

In Kannum Karalumm she acted in double role with Kamal Hasan who later became one among India's greatest actors.