Kamalam was born in 1923[1] at Kottayam as the third daughter of Kumarakam Mangat Kochupanicker, a music teacher, and his wife Karthyayini.

Due to her contract with the stage company, she could not take any offers from movies until much when she filmed a movie called Bhootharaayar which was never released due to the death of the producer Thrissur Appan Thampuran.

Plays in which she appeared include Sree Narayana Guru, Anarkali, Magdalana Mariyam, Kochu Seetha, and Marakkanavatha Manushyan.

Her final stage appearance was in Jeevitham Avasanikkunnilla, written by Thrissur Nadaka Kalasamithi.

She was under treatment at Kottayam Medical College where she fell out of her hospital bed and broke her leg.