Acting

Thilakan

Born July 15, 1935 · Ayroor, Kerala, India

Died September 24, 2012 · aged 77

Surendranatha Thilakan known mononymously as Thilakan, was an Indian film and stage actor who had starred in over 200 Malayalam films in a career spanning over four decades (1972-2012). Thilakan is regarded as one of the finest actors in Indian cinema, and popularly mentioned as the Perumthachan (master craftsman) of Malayalam Cinema. He is known for his excellence in character, antagonist, and pr…

Known For

Koodum Thedi

Koodum Thedi · 1985

Koodum Thedi is a 1985 Malayalam film directed by Paul Babu. The film stars Mohanlal, Radhika Sarathkumar, Rahman and Nadhiya in lead roles.

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.

New Year

New Year · 1989

MovieCrimeMystery

A businessman (Prathapachandran) gets murdered by his driver. His daughter Rekha (Urvashi) is married to Vinod (Suresh Gopi) who is more interested in taking over the business than taking care of his wife. Rekha's erstwhile boyfriend Ajith (Jayaram) who's now in the army is more sympathetic to her, but Vinod gets suspicious about their relationship.

Koottinilamkili

Koottinilamkili · 1984

Koottinilamkili

Sopanam

Sopanam · 1993

MovieMusicRomance

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

British Market

British Market · 1998

British Market is a 1998 Malayalam film directed by Nizar and starring Vijayaraghavan, Jagathy Sreekumar, Sudheesh and Anju Aravind in major roles.

Adimakal Udamakal

Adimakal Udamakal · 1987

Adimakal Udamakal

It is a political film on trade union and its functioning in factories. The story revolves a trade union and company owner. She brings new manager Mohan Cheriyan (Mohanlal) to solve the company issues with trade union leaders. When the company was about to lay off due to union problems, Raghavan (Mammootty)suggest a new formula for solving the company issues and this leads to save the company.

Panchagni

Panchagni · 1986

The movie revolves around Indira, who is serving life sentence in the jail. She has been charged for the murder of Avarachan, a landlord who killed a young tribal woman after raping her.

Filmography

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Koodum Thedi

Koodum Thedi · 1985

Koodum Thedi is a 1985 Malayalam film directed by Paul Babu. The film stars Mohanlal, Radhika Sarathkumar, Rahman and Nadhiya in lead roles.

Priest

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.

Chacko Master

New Year

New Year · 1989

MovieCrimeMystery

A businessman (Prathapachandran) gets murdered by his driver. His daughter Rekha (Urvashi) is married to Vinod (Suresh Gopi) who is more interested in taking over the business than taking care of his wife. Rekha's erstwhile boyfriend Ajith (Jayaram) who's now in the army is more sympathetic to her, but Vinod gets suspicious about their relationship.

Adv Mathew Philip

Koottinilamkili

Koottinilamkili · 1984

Koottinilamkili

Devasya

Sopanam

Sopanam · 1993

MovieMusicRomance

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

British Market

British Market · 1998

British Market is a 1998 Malayalam film directed by Nizar and starring Vijayaraghavan, Jagathy Sreekumar, Sudheesh and Anju Aravind in major roles.

Father Kochuthazham

Adimakal Udamakal

Adimakal Udamakal · 1987

Adimakal Udamakal

It is a political film on trade union and its functioning in factories. The story revolves a trade union and company owner. She brings new manager Mohan Cheriyan (Mohanlal) to solve the company issues with trade union leaders. When the company was about to lay off due to union problems, Raghavan (Mammootty)suggest a new formula for solving the company issues and this leads to save the company.

Gopalan

Panchagni

Panchagni · 1986

The movie revolves around Indira, who is serving life sentence in the jail. She has been charged for the murder of Avarachan, a landlord who killed a young tribal woman after raping her.

Raman

Sangham

Sangham · 1988

MovieDramaAction

A spoilt rich man Kuttapayi befriends a group of four college students. Kuttapayi uses them to do a lot of his dirty work. When things go awry they take refuge in Kuttapayi's remote estate; where his past catches up with him.

Rappayi

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.

Home Minister

Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala

Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala · 1998

Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala

MovieComedyDrama

Vijayan, the village school teacher, believes that his degree in economics is sufficient for him to succeed in the business ventures he undertakes. Taking long leaves of absence from work, he roams around with his schemes, all of which turn out to be downright failures.

Karunan

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.

Lathika's Father

Pakshe

Pakshe movie is all about Balachandran (Mohanlal) who had to sacrifice his childhood love (Shobhana), to marry into a rich family who only wanted his IAS Status, in order to save his poor family, lives a life of regret and despair for his decision.

Vikraman Contractor

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.

Shankaran

Venal Kinavukal

Venal Kinavukal · 1991

Venal Kinavukal

Four youngsters on vacation meet up with an old friend who had moved to Chennai. His accounts of dalliances with the opposite sex and life in the city arouse their repressed desires.

Gopalakrishnan Nair

Chakkikotha Chankaran

Chakkikotha Chankaran · 1989

Chakkikotha Chankaran

MovieFamilyComedy

Raghavan Thampi (Thilakan) and his wife Subhadra (Sukumari) have two sons, Prabhakaran (Nedumudi) and Pradeep (Jayaram). Prabhakaran wants to become a mridungam maestro against the wishes of his parents who want him to get married. When Prabhakaran refuses, Subhadra emotionally blackmails him and gets him married off to Shailaja (Geetha). Meanwhile Pradeep falls in love with Roshni (Urvashi) and they get married secretly without their parents' knowledge.

Raghavan Thampi

Oru Yaatra Mozhi

Oru Yaatra Mozhi · 1997

Oru Yaatra Mozhi

It is a story about a father and a son which is filled with sentiments or sorrow. Govindankutty (Mohanlal) is on a look out for his unknown father seeking to take revenge by killing him for leaving him and his mother. Then enters Anantha Subramaniam (Sivaji Ganeshan) a rich trader, who comes to Govindankutty's home-town and likes him instantly for his loyalty and honesty.

Adhruman

Ishtadanam

Ishtadanam · 1997

Ishtadanam is a 1997 Indian Malayalam film directed by Remesh Kumar and starring Jagathy Sreekumar and Innocent in the lead roles.

Sandhesam

Sandhesam · 1991

MovieComedyDrama

After his retirement, Raghavan Nair (Thilakan) is back at his home. His long cherished dream to spend his retired life along with his family is thwarted after seeing his two sons brawling each other over their political differences.

Raghavan Nair

Bandhukkal Sathrukkal

Bandhukkal Sathrukkal · 1993

Bandhukkal Sathrukkal

MovieFamilyComedy

The animosity between two brothers extends to their wives and their children. The younger generation ends up paying the price.

Damodaran

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.

Alexander

Chanakyan

Chanakyan · 1989

Madhava Menon, a corrupt politician, destroys the family of Johnson as he was in love with his daughter. With the help of a mimicry artist, Johnson takes revenge on Madhava Menon.

Madhava Menon

Alibhabha

Alibhabha · 2008

Velu and his father are seasoned thieves. Their lives take a turn when a cop believes Velu is involved in the ruthless murder of several women in the city.

Police Commissioner's father-in-law

Ee Thanalil Ithiri Neram

Ee Thanalil Ithiri Neram · 1985

Ee Thanalil Ithiri Neram

A woman named Thulsi arrives in the life of a man and makes repeated appearances. It begins to wreck his family life.