Acting

Salim Kumar

Born October 10, 1969 · Chittatukara, Kerala, India

Died June 6, 2026 · aged 56

Salim Kumar was a National Award winning Indian film actor and mimic predominantly acting in Malayalam cinema. He was one of the prominent comic actors of the current generation in Malayalam cinema, but has shown his versatility in the drama genre of films, such as Achanurangatha Veedu, Gramophone, Perumazhakkalam and Adaminte Makan Abu. Salim Kumar's role as Abu in Adaminte Makan Abu won him bot…

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Munthiri Monchan

Munthiri Monchan · 2019

Munthiri Monchan

MovieComedyRomance

Munthiri Monchan is a feel good urban romantic comedy revolves around Vivek Viswanath, a young marketing guy working in an cinema advertising firm and his accidental meeting with Ima Rajiv, who runs an online lending library startup. Deepika enters their life as the third person on a train trip to Mumbai.

Pandippada

Pandippada · 2005

Bhuvana wishes to sell his land to clear his debts. However, his life takes a turn for the worse when he finds himself caught in the power battle between two landlords.

Driving Licence

Driving Licence · 2019

Driving Licence

MovieDramaThriller

A famous superstar needs to renew his driver's licence, and the motor vehicle inspector is a die-hard fan of his, but a series of misunderstandings causes a great deal of friction.

Chathikkatha Chanthu

Chathikkatha Chanthu · 2004

Chathikkatha Chanthu

Chanthu posts fake love letters to an imaginary girl Vasumathi, so that his landlord's daughter Indira who is in love with him won't pursue him. Things go awry when a real Vasumathi receives the letters and start looking for Chanthu

Krithyam

Krithyam · 2005

MovieActionThriller

Trouble ensues when Sandra Punnoose, the daughter of a multi-millionaire, discovers that she only has six months to live and hires a professional assassin to end her life.

Kattappanayile Rithwik Roshan

Kattappanayile Rithwik Roshan · 2016

Kattappanayile Rithwik Roshan

MovieRomanceComedy

The story of a young man who dreams to become a movie star.

Kerala Cafe

Kerala Cafe · 2009

Ten interconnected short stories unfolding around a roadside railway café in Kerala, where travelers from diverse backgrounds pass through, their lives briefly intersecting amid themes of migration, relationships and modern struggles.

Manikyakallu

Manikyakallu · 2011

Vinayachandran, a young teacher arrives at a failing village school determined to transform it. Through patience and empathy, he inspires his disheartened students and colleagues, turning the neglected institution into a place of hope, learning and second chances.

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Munthiri Monchan

Munthiri Monchan · 2019

Munthiri Monchan

MovieComedyRomance

Munthiri Monchan is a feel good urban romantic comedy revolves around Vivek Viswanath, a young marketing guy working in an cinema advertising firm and his accidental meeting with Ima Rajiv, who runs an online lending library startup. Deepika enters their life as the third person on a train trip to Mumbai.

Thavala (Frog)

Pandippada

Pandippada · 2005

Bhuvana wishes to sell his land to clear his debts. However, his life takes a turn for the worse when he finds himself caught in the power battle between two landlords.

Umakanthan

Driving Licence

Driving Licence · 2019

Driving Licence

MovieDramaThriller

A famous superstar needs to renew his driver's licence, and the motor vehicle inspector is a die-hard fan of his, but a series of misunderstandings causes a great deal of friction.

Agusti

Chathikkatha Chanthu

Chathikkatha Chanthu · 2004

Chathikkatha Chanthu

Chanthu posts fake love letters to an imaginary girl Vasumathi, so that his landlord's daughter Indira who is in love with him won't pursue him. Things go awry when a real Vasumathi receives the letters and start looking for Chanthu

Vikram

Krithyam

Krithyam · 2005

MovieActionThriller

Trouble ensues when Sandra Punnoose, the daughter of a multi-millionaire, discovers that she only has six months to live and hires a professional assassin to end her life.

Badsha

Kattappanayile Rithwik Roshan

Kattappanayile Rithwik Roshan · 2016

Kattappanayile Rithwik Roshan

MovieRomanceComedy

The story of a young man who dreams to become a movie star.

'Naxalite' Chandran

Kerala Cafe

Kerala Cafe · 2009

Ten interconnected short stories unfolding around a roadside railway café in Kerala, where travelers from diverse backgrounds pass through, their lives briefly intersecting amid themes of migration, relationships and modern struggles.

Manikandan

Manikyakallu

Manikyakallu · 2011

Vinayachandran, a young teacher arrives at a failing village school determined to transform it. Through patience and empathy, he inspires his disheartened students and colleagues, turning the neglected institution into a place of hope, learning and second chances.

Kunjraaman / Thampuraan

Bha. Bha. Ba.

Bha. Bha. Ba. · 2025

MovieComedyAction

After the Chief Minister of Kerala is kidnapped, a determined investigator is brought in to track down the mysterious abductor, uncovering hidden motives and secrets behind the crime.

Adv. Mukundan Unni

Thaskara Lahala

Thaskara Lahala · 2010

Thaskara Lahala

In order to help a girl get married, three close friends stage a play to collect money. However, in an unexpected twist of fate, a thief steals the profits from the play.

Ayyappan

Oru Kadath Naadan Katha

Oru Kadath Naadan Katha · 2019

Oru Kadath Naadan Katha

MovieActionCrime

Movie portrays a single day in the life of Shanu, an engineering dropout in dire need of money for his mother's surgery - who is also on the run from a fearsome gang.

Mammali

Vaasthavam

Vaasthavam · 2006

MovieCrimeDrama

Driven by the responsibility of supporting his poor family, Balachandran makes a decision to marry a wealthy woman instead of his true love. His choice puts him in a position of influence and power

Thrippan Namboodiri

Shibu

MovieRomanceComedy

An extraordinary journey of a small town boy, Shibu who aspires to be a film-maker. While working on his career path, he meets a girl, Kalyani, who supports his dreams. What follows is how their aspirations bring them together.

Dr. Thomas

Hallo

MovieComedyThriller

A brilliant lawyer turns alcoholic due to failure in love and ends up losing his job. His life changes for the better when a young woman approaches him to save her life and wealth.

Chidambaram

Mission 90 Days

Mission 90 Days · 2007

Mission 90 Days

MovieActionCrime

The prime minister of the nation gets killed and an efficient police officer, Sivaraman, gets appointed by the government to solve the murder mystery. He gets ninety days to accomplish the mission.

Aravindan

Doctor Love

Doctor Love · 2011

MovieRomanceComedy

Dr. Love is the story of Vinayachandran, a person who is a consistent helper of those who are in love and who wants to be in love. He comes to a college to settle a love matter and becomes the hero of the college. He is then given the title Doctor Love - Romance Consultant by all in the campus.

Novelist

Ayur Rekha

Ayur Rekha · 2007

MovieComedyCrime

Doctor Aparna is the Managing Director of a hospital, whose divorce with her husband is in progress. However, when she is found dead, a police officer sets out to find the culprit

Ismail

A for Apple

A for Apple · 2019

MovieDramaRomance

Achu, a runaway orphan, comes back looking for his childhood sweetheart, Vishnupriya. But time has changed her and he will have to win her over. Meanwhile Vishnupriya, now a rebel activist, is looking for answers from her past, has her own demons to deals with and has no time for love. So, Achu joins her in her quest to find answers from her past.

Janapriyan

Janapriyan · 2011

Jayasurya plays Priyadarshan, a village simpleton, who is overjoyed on being temporarily appointed at the Taluk Office on a leave vacancy. The officer who has gone on leave is Vaishakhan (Manoj K Jayan), who is busy pursuing his dreams of turning a film director some day. Priyan merges into the city landscape in no time, and its busy inhabitants find his ways amusing. And for the first time in his life, he falls in love.

Kannappan

My Dear Kuttichathan

My Dear Kuttichathan · 1984

My Dear Kuttichathan

MovieAdventureFantasy

The story revolves around a mystical indigenous goblin called "Kuttichathan" who is under the spell of an evil sorcerer; however, it gets released by three children and then befriends them.

Musician

Abraham And Lincoln

Abraham And Lincoln · 2007

Abraham And Lincoln

MovieActionDrama

Abraham returns home to find his brother's killer. He joins forces with Lincoln, a police officer, who is on a similar mission to take down the criminals.

Thandavam

Thandavam · 2002

Brothers Kasinathan and Swaminathan strive for the good of their village. But after Swaminathan dies mysteriously, Kasi investigates and eventually becomes the new patriarch.

Basheer

Angel John

Angel John · 2009

MovieDramaFantasy

Maradonna, an irresponsible young man, joins a group of drug dealers and suffers a financial loss. When he is about to commit suicide, a divine force intervenes.

Moneylender

Malik

MovieThrillerDrama

A past ridden with crime, death and pain is recounted to Freddy, a juvenile criminal, who has been assigned to eliminate his estranged uncle Sulaiman, an aging patriarch, while behind bars.

Moosakka