Acting

Maniyanpilla Raju

Born April 20, 1955 · Thycaud, Kerala, India (age 71)

Sudheer Kumar, better known by his stage name Maniyanpilla Raju, is an Indian film actor and producer who appears in Malayalam films. His stage name is derived from the name of the character he played in the film Maniyanpilla Adhava Maniyanpilla (1981), his break-through role. His debut film was Mohiniyattam (1976) directed by Sreekumaran Thampi. He has played a variety of roles as a character act…

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Prathichaya

Prathichaya · 2026

MovieThrillerDrama

After Kerala’s Chief Minister dies in a scandal engineered by a ruthless media tycoon, his son a brilliant tech entrepreneur enters the blood-soaked arena of politics to expose the conspiracy, vindicate his father, and turn technology against those who weaponized it

Idukki Gold

Idukki Gold · 2013

The film narrates the story of a few high-school friends getting back together after a long time.

No. 20 Madras Mail

No. 20 Madras Mail · 1990

No. 20 Madras Mail

MovieActionComedy

Enroute Madras via train, when three friends get falsely accused of a mysterious homicide, they escape and desperately search for the real killer.

Spadikam

Spadikam · 1995

MovieActionDrama

Chacko Master, a school headmaster, is never happy with his son, Thomas, and always degrades him. Having had enough of his ill treatment, Thomas runs away from home only to return as a gangster after long.

Koottinilamkili

Koottinilamkili · 1984

Koottinilamkili

Jamnapyari

Jamnapyari · 2015

MovieComedyAdventure

Vasoottan an auto driver by profession, who is very good at heart and meanwhile he is an impetuous person. Once a MBA student happens to travel his auto with some hidden purposes.

Sopanam

Sopanam · 1993

MovieMusicRomance

This film tells the story of a singer who loves his teacher's daughter.

Aayiram Naavulla Ananthan

Aayiram Naavulla Ananthan · 1996

Aayiram Naavulla Ananthan

Dr. Nandakumar and Anantha Padmanabhan are doctors who lived with Ananthan's mother after the death of their father and Nandu's mother. Nandu married Sirdevi with whom they had a daughter while Ananthan marries Radhika. Once Nadhu was too drunk and he made a mistake with one of his patients. Later Ananthan performs surgery on the old man and saves him. Soon the brothers become enemies.

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Prathichaya

Prathichaya · 2026

MovieThrillerDrama

After Kerala’s Chief Minister dies in a scandal engineered by a ruthless media tycoon, his son a brilliant tech entrepreneur enters the blood-soaked arena of politics to expose the conspiracy, vindicate his father, and turn technology against those who weaponized it

Ramakrishnan

Idukki Gold

Idukki Gold · 2013

The film narrates the story of a few high-school friends getting back together after a long time.

Madan

No. 20 Madras Mail

No. 20 Madras Mail · 1990

No. 20 Madras Mail

MovieActionComedy

Enroute Madras via train, when three friends get falsely accused of a mysterious homicide, they escape and desperately search for the real killer.

Hitchcock Kanjikkuzhi

Spadikam

Spadikam · 1995

MovieActionDrama

Chacko Master, a school headmaster, is never happy with his son, Thomas, and always degrades him. Having had enough of his ill treatment, Thomas runs away from home only to return as a gangster after long.

Kunju Mohammad

Koottinilamkili

Koottinilamkili · 1984

Koottinilamkili

Gopan

Jamnapyari

Jamnapyari · 2015

MovieComedyAdventure

Vasoottan an auto driver by profession, who is very good at heart and meanwhile he is an impetuous person. Once a MBA student happens to travel his auto with some hidden purposes.

Ramachandran

Sopanam

Sopanam · 1993

MovieMusicRomance

This film tells the story of a singer who loves his teacher's daughter.

Manoharan Varma

Aayiram Naavulla Ananthan

Aayiram Naavulla Ananthan · 1996

Aayiram Naavulla Ananthan

Dr. Nandakumar and Anantha Padmanabhan are doctors who lived with Ananthan's mother after the death of their father and Nandu's mother. Nandu married Sirdevi with whom they had a daughter while Ananthan marries Radhika. Once Nadhu was too drunk and he made a mistake with one of his patients. Later Ananthan performs surgery on the old man and saves him. Soon the brothers become enemies.

Madhavan

January Oru Orma

January Oru Orma · 1987

January Oru Orma

January Oru Orma is a 1987 Malayalam film directed by Joshi. The film stars Mohanlal, Karthika, Suresh Gopi and M. G. Soman in lead roles.

Narayana Swamy

Kouthuka Varthakal

Kouthuka Varthakal · 1990

Kouthuka Varthakal

MovieDramaComedy

Murthy

Prem Nazirine Kanmanilla

Prem Nazirine Kanmanilla · 1983

Prem Nazirine Kanmanilla

A group of frustrated youngsters kidnap the famous Malayalam actor Prem Nazir from his film shooting set. Shockwaves are felt across Kerala and it soon becomes the one thing that everyone's talking about. The film is a satire that discusses how the society deals with this news and the events that follow.

Kidnapper

Sesham Kazhchayil

Sesham Kazhchayil · 1983

Sesham Kazhchayil

Sankar Mohan (Master Sujith) is a spoilt child of a wealthy widower Mr. Varma (Ummer). Fed up about having to change schools multiple times due to his behaviour, Mr. Varma appoints a teacher Lathika (Menaka) to homeschool Sankar. The duo get along well; but eventually the child starts getting possessive about Lathika. Meanwhile Lathika starts falling for Sankar's swimming coach (Mammootty) who is a playboy much to the chagrin of Shankar.

Bhaskaran

Enkilum Chandrike

Enkilum Chandrike · 2023

Enkilum Chandrike

MovieDramaComedy

Pavithran, Abhilash, and Kiran who take desperate measures to prevent a wedding from happening. The story takes you through their ideas and plans to stop the marriage and the problems they get into when these plans collide and intervene.

Naaduvazhikal

Naaduvazhikal · 1989

The story of Arjun (Mohanlal) who takes up the business empire of his father Ananthan (Madhu) who has been sent to jail and his clashes with his father's rivals.

Ravi

Pinnilavu

Pinnilavu · 1983

Kesava Panickar is an honest government engineer. His only son Govindanunni is getting admission in a medical college. However, he gets into bad company and he indulges in vices. Will his love, Parvathi be able to bring him back on the right path?

Sreedharan

His Highness Abdullah

His Highness Abdullah · 1990

His Highness Abdullah

MovieDramaMusic

The story follows Abdullah (Mohanlal) who is hired by the members of a wealthy royal family to assassinate the family head Maharaja Udayavarma (Nedumudi Venu). Abdullah comes into the royal palace under the disguise Ananthan Namboothiri, a classical singer, and tries to use this mask to softly kill the Maharaja.

Rajaraja Varma

Nokkethadhoorathu Kannum Nattu

Nokkethadhoorathu Kannum Nattu · 1984

Nokkethadhoorathu Kannum Nattu

Kunjoonjamma Thomas is a widow living in the village all by herself. People always make fun of her because she is grumpy and depressed due to the deaths of her husband and her only child. Children irritate her by ringing her door bell and running away. One day, her granddaughter Girly, who she had never met, visits her. Initially, Kunjoonjamma does not like Girly, but they soon become close to each other.

Abdu

Football

Football · 1982

Sunny, a star college football player, gets a two-week suspension after he morphs a picture of Celine, his classmate, and puts it up on the notice board.

Paavam Paavam Rajakumaran

Paavam Paavam Rajakumaran · 1990

Paavam Paavam Rajakumaran

MovieRomanceComedy

The film is about a parallel college teacher who owns a bizarre and timid personality which forces his friends to fool him by posting him letters in the name of a girl. He gradually develops an intimate relationship with her but all his efforts to meet her are in vain. What happens when he actually meets her, and comes to know that she even had no idea about his existence, forms the crux of the story.

Gangan Mash

Poovan

MovieDramaComedy

The day to day life of Hari, who suffers from sleeplessness, takes a turnaround with the arrival of a rooster next door.

Premam

MovieComedyRomance

Three stages in George's life, and three girls he encounters in each stage.

College Principal

Ganagandharvan

Ganagandharvan · 2019

MovieComedyFamily

An aspiring singer leading a normal life has his life changed when he unexpectedly gets dragged into a police case involving three women.

Kuttan

Lelam

Rivalry between two liquor business groups led by Anakkattil family and Kadayadi family in Kerala. Chackochi must fight to retain Anakkattil family's control in the business.

Oommachan

Koodevide?

Koodevide? · 1983

Alice is a teacher at a boarding school in Ooty. A prodigal and unruly son of a Member of Parliament Xavier Puthooran, Ravi Puthooran joins the school in Alice's class. Alice manages to mentor him into a good student.

Shankar

Jai Mahendran

Jai Mahendran · 2024

SeriesComedyDrama

When Mahendran, a corrupt and manipulative deputy Thasildar, believes in getting things done through powerplay and influence within the system, becomes the victim of his own plans to sabotage an entire system in an attempt to safeguard his job and restore his reputation.

Revenue Minister