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Joy Mathew

Born September 20, 1961 · Chalissery, Kerala, India (age 65)

Joy Mathew is an Indian film director, film and theatre actor, playwright, and political activist. He is best known for playing the lead role in John Abraham's 1986 film Amma Ariyan which was voted one of the Top 10 Indian films by British Film Institute. In 2012, he made his directorial debut with the film Shutter which portrays unexpected incidents happening in two days and a night in the city …

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Khalifa: The Ruler

Khalifa: The Ruler · 2026

Khalifa: The Ruler

MovieCrimeAction

Aamir Ali, a notorious gold smuggling kingpin who inherited his multi-million dollar criminal enterprise from a lineage of gangsters, is drawn into a web of vengeance, legacy and power.

2018

MovieThrillerAction

A disaster film set during the 2018 Kerala Floods where people from all walks of life faced catastrophic consequences and put in collective efforts to survive the calamity.

Drishyam 2

Drishyam 2 · 2021

MovieThrillerCrime

Seven years after the events of the first film, the family lives with the trauma from that fateful night. A gripping tale of an investigation and a family threatened by it. Will Georgekutty be able to protect his family this time?

Aasha

Follows a stubborn, short-tempered widow named Aasha who gets into a tense altercation with a volatile man named Jeemon following a minor road accident.

Aroopi

MovieHorrorThriller

A vengeful Yakshini, once sealed inside a doll at the Aryanattu estate, is accidentally unleashed by two thieves. When a brutal murder draws Niranjan, the last surviving heir of the lineage, back to his ancestral home, he must confront an ancient curse and the dark secrets surrounding his family's past.

Haal

MovieRomanceDrama

Two young lovers from opposing social classes navigate prejudice and family expectations in modern-day society, as their forbidden romance challenges deep-rooted traditions.

Heaven

MovieThrillerCrime

Circle Inspector of Police, Peter Kurishinkal is a stoic and taciturn officer, who prefers brain over brawn to solve his cases. His world is brought upside down when he is assigned a sensational case of a homicide.

L&O - Law and Order

L&O - Law and Order · 2026

L&O - Law and Order

MovieCrimeThriller

After losing his son to a drug empire, DYSP Balagopal joins four fearless recruits to take down the ruthless Pacha and his cartel. The return of legendary gangster Karikkamuri Shanmughan sets the stage for an explosive final showdown

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Khalifa: The Ruler

Khalifa: The Ruler · 2026

Khalifa: The Ruler

MovieCrimeAction

Aamir Ali, a notorious gold smuggling kingpin who inherited his multi-million dollar criminal enterprise from a lineage of gangsters, is drawn into a web of vengeance, legacy and power.

2018

MovieThrillerAction

A disaster film set during the 2018 Kerala Floods where people from all walks of life faced catastrophic consequences and put in collective efforts to survive the calamity.

Chandy

Drishyam 2

Drishyam 2 · 2021

MovieThrillerCrime

Seven years after the events of the first film, the family lives with the trauma from that fateful night. A gripping tale of an investigation and a family threatened by it. Will Georgekutty be able to protect his family this time?

Public Prosecutor

Aasha

Follows a stubborn, short-tempered widow named Aasha who gets into a tense altercation with a volatile man named Jeemon following a minor road accident.

Varkey

Aroopi

MovieHorrorThriller

A vengeful Yakshini, once sealed inside a doll at the Aryanattu estate, is accidentally unleashed by two thieves. When a brutal murder draws Niranjan, the last surviving heir of the lineage, back to his ancestral home, he must confront an ancient curse and the dark secrets surrounding his family's past.

Alex George

Haal

MovieRomanceDrama

Two young lovers from opposing social classes navigate prejudice and family expectations in modern-day society, as their forbidden romance challenges deep-rooted traditions.

Bishop

Heaven

MovieThrillerCrime

Circle Inspector of Police, Peter Kurishinkal is a stoic and taciturn officer, who prefers brain over brawn to solve his cases. His world is brought upside down when he is assigned a sensational case of a homicide.

Surgeon

L&O - Law and Order

L&O - Law and Order · 2026

L&O - Law and Order

MovieCrimeThriller

After losing his son to a drug empire, DYSP Balagopal joins four fearless recruits to take down the ruthless Pacha and his cartel. The return of legendary gangster Karikkamuri Shanmughan sets the stage for an explosive final showdown

IG Dhananjayan

Mr. & Ms. Rowdy

Mr. & Ms. Rowdy · 2019

Mr. & Ms. Rowdy

MovieComedyAction

Five wannabe goons desperately looking for contract gigs end up being challenged by a lady gangster.

Honey Bee 2: Celebrations

Honey Bee 2: Celebrations · 2017

Honey Bee 2: Celebrations

MovieAdventureComedy

Sebastian and Angela are all set to get married until their difference of opinions and cultural conflicts between the families threaten their union.

Cleetus

Besty

MovieActionComedy

Revolves around a couple who are divorced due to misunderstandings and a friend who comes to assist them

Ustad

Paathi: The Half

Paathi: The Half · 2017

Paathi: The Half

Kammaran, an artist who volunteers at the local health centre, is haunted by his past deeds of helping with foeticides. To escape reality, he immerses himself in Theyyam, a ritual form of dance.

Othenan

Kanakam Kaamini Kalaham

Kanakam Kaamini Kalaham · 2021

Kanakam Kaamini Kalaham

As Pavithran and Haripriya's marriage withers away, he plans a trip to bring things back on track. But his marital bliss is threatened by a bunch of nutjobs.

Balachandran

Manamantha

Manamantha · 2016

MovieDramaFamily

Sairam, an assistant manager in a supermarket treads on an unethical path for a promotion, leading to dire consequences. Gayatri a thrifty housewife manages her middle class household. Mahitha's friend, a street child goes missing and she goes out of her way to find him. Abhiram, the bright student falls in love with Aira and pursues her. Four stories seemingly unrelated are all bound by one string called family.

Gayathri's Professor (Malayalam Version)

Buried in 1994

Buried in 1994 · 2024

MovieCrimeThriller

Buried in 1994 is a Malayalam crime thriller short film centred around a police investigation into a 22-year old murder mystery. As detectives reopen a cold case investigation, hidden secrets and shocking twists emerge, leading to a gripping investigation thriller filled with suspense, mystery, and emotional drama.

Alex

Report to Mother

Report to Mother · 1986

Report to Mother

Purushan, a student on his way to Delhi, becomes obsessed with the tragic suicide of a young drummer. He collects many people to go with him to tell the boy’s mother.

Purushan

Kenjira

Kenjira · 2019

Kenjira, a Paniya tribal girl in Wayanad, Kerala, lives amid poverty and caste discrimination. Her community endures bonded labor under landlords, lacking basic needs like education and healthcare.

Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi

Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi · 2013

Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi

MovieAdventureThriller

Kasi and Suni are close friends who studied together in an engineering college. Assi, who comes to Kerala to study engineering under the North East quota falls in love with Kasi. Certain incidents that follow set Kasi and Suni on a road trip to Nagaland on two motorcycles. The incidents that happen during this road adventure forms the film.

Abdul Haji

Charlie

Charlie · 2015

MovieDramaRomance

A young, nonconforming woman named Tessa gets entangled in a cat-and-mouse chase in the by-lanes of Kerala, hunting for a mysterious artist who previously lived in her apartment.

Umer

Puthan Panam

Puthan Panam · 2017

MovieActionCrime

The sudden implementation of demonetisation rattles the country, and a few black money hoarders in Kerala are trying their best to save their void currencies by hook or crook. Kasaragod-based financier Nithyananda Shenoy also gets embroiled in it, and drawn into the scene are also a few underprivileged folk in Kochi. Dramatic situations surrounding the hotchpotch ensue, as each one tries to set their lives straight.

Hajiyar

Christy

Christy · 2023

MovieRomanceDrama

Roy, a village boy who's a failure at studies, joins Christy's tuition. They become good friends, but later when Christy gets a job abroad, Roy's life changes

Joseph

Namukkore Aakasham

Namukkore Aakasham · 2015

Namukkore Aakasham

The story travels through the mindscape of a ten-year-old boy, examining the adult world and life from a different perspective. It primarily follows a couple in an inter-caste marriage and conveys a message of universal love and goodness, symbolised by the idea that everyone lives under the same sky.

John Samuel

Avatharam

Avatharam · 2014

MovieRomanceAction

Madhavan Mahadevan, who comes into the city from a village to see off his sister-in-law and her daughter after the death of his elder brother, an upright Customs Officer (KB Ganesh Kumar). While running around to claim the insurance money, he comes to know that his brother was actually murdered by the underworld don Irumbanakkal John (Joy Mathew).

Karimban John

Vikramadithyan

Vikramadithyan · 2014

MovieComedyDrama

The lives of two boys - one the son of a cop and the other the son of a thief.

Dr.Ramanath Pai

1000 Babies

1000 Babies · 2024

SeriesCrimeDrama

Enter a cradle of mysteries where a man with a dark past manipulates multiple lives through a series of cryptic letters and deadly games.

Samuel K Sam

Manorathangal

Manorathangal · 2024

SeriesComedyDrama

Eight legendary filmmakers collaborate with 9 superstars, breathing life into the timeless stories of author M.T. Vasudevan Nair. Based in Kerala, these stories explore the nuances of human nature.

Raghavan Mama