T. P. Madhavan

Acting

T. P. Madhavan

Born — Died

1935-11-07 — 2024-10-09

Place of birth

Thiruvananthapuram, Kingdom of Travancore

Known for

Acting

Credits

61 titles

T. P. Madhavan was an Indian actor who worked in Malayalam films. He began acting at age 40 and appeared in over 600 films. Initially known for playing antagonistic roles, he transitioned to comedic roles and to character roles in his later career.

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 6 titles

2000s · 26 titles

Pandippada poster
6.7

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.

Pandippada

2005

Ravanaprabhu poster
7.2

Karthikeyan, a liquor baron, sets out to take back his ancestral house which was usurped by Shekharan. To seek revenge, Karthikeyan abducts Shekharan's daughter and ends up falling in love with her.

Ravanaprabhu

2001

Prajapathi poster
4.1

Narayanan, who gets convicted for killing his father, returns from prison to his village and works selflessly for its people. However, his vengeful relatives create obstacles for him.

Prajapathi

2006

Twenty 20 poster
6.1

Advocate Ramesh saves Devan from a murder case. Later, he realize Devan was the actual culprit. Ramesh tries for a payback, unaware of Devan's real intentions and the reason for the murder.

Twenty 20

2008

Evidam Swargamanu poster
6.6

Mathews has a farm which is the envy of everyone in the village. It catches the attention of a dirty land dealer who traps him in a vicious bureaucratic web to take it from him.

Evidam Swargamanu

2009

Anandabhadram poster
7.5

To honour his mother's final wish, Ananthan returns to his ancestral village from America and attempts to light a lamp at the family temple. However, his quest is thwarted by an evil magician named Digambaran who seeks to harness the temple's hidden powers.

Anandabhadram

2005

Thandavam poster
4.8

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

Thandavam

2002

The Tiger poster
6.3

Varma, a senior government official, who is about to expose an anti-corruption racket, is found dead under mysterious circumstances. Officer Chandrashekhar investigates the case to find the culprit.

The Tiger

2005

Nala Damayanthi poster
6.8

A village cook Ramji goes to Australia to become a chef at a multi-millionaire Indian's home. Unfortunately, the millionaire dies of indigestion the day Ramji arrives, leaving him jobless with an expired visa. Desperate to stay and earn, he starts working illegally as a cook, but to stay on, he needs to get legal. A solution comes up when Damayanthi, a free-spirited biker, agrees to marry the docile cook for a price.

Nala Damayanthi

2003

Ayur Rekha poster
4.0

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

Ayur Rekha

2007

Arayannangalude Veedu poster
6.8

The movie begins in Bhilai where Ravi tells his daughters that he will show them swans, once they are back at his native place, a place where people know only to love.Ravi who returns to his tharavaadu after a long time, where he was labelled as a Mudiyanaaya Puthran.But his dream and real facts stood very much apart.His elder brother and almost all his siblings tries to gang up against him, making the place which he called home, nothing short of hell.But he is determined to bring back the olden days.He could do justice to that to an extent. But in the end he decided to return to Bhilai , but this time taking his mother along. The movie ends he could show the arayannagal to his kids at his home itself.

Arayannangalude Veedu

2000

Nariman poster
5.8

An astute policeman, Ashok Nariman, is determined to get to the bottom of a murder case, for which a guiltless man has been declared guilty and is facing the likelihood of capital punishment.

Nariman

2001

Vaasthavam poster
6.8

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

Vaasthavam

2006

Chinthamani Kolacase poster
6.2

The story is centred on Lal Krishna Viradiar, the enigmatic criminal lawyer with an even more enigmatic mission. Lal Krishna helps out hardened criminals to get away from the courts. But later, he pursues and takes them out in a bizarre show of vigilante justice.

Chinthamani Kolacase

2006

Narasimham poster
7.3

Poovalli Induchoodan (Mohanlal) is sentenced for six years prison life for murdering his classmate. Induchoodan, the only son of Justice Maranchery Karunakara Menon (Thilakan) was framed in the case by Manapally Madhavan Nambiar (Narayanan Nair) and his crony DYSP Sankaranarayanan (Bheeman Raghu) to take revenge on idealist judge Menon who had earlier given jail sentence to Manapally in a corruption case. The story begins with Induchoodan released and his father & mother coming to stay with him.

Narasimham

2000

Rashtram poster
3.2

Maliakkal Ouseppachan is a politician. The chief minister of Kerala Janardhanan Kurup is his friend along with Saghav Gopalan. One day Janardhanan Kurup dies in hospital after having a heart attack at a meeting. he says to Ouseppachan that he wants him to be minister. Janardhanan Kurup dies after saying this. Ouseppachan thinks a lot about this and calls other people of the Party. In the end he says he is unfit for the job and makes his son Malaikkal Thommi (Suresh Gopi) chief minister.

Rashtram

2006

Chathikkatha Chanthu poster
7.1

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

Chathikkatha Chanthu

2004

Rajamanikyam poster
7.4

Bellary Raja is disowned by his stepfather in his childhood. Years later, his stepfather calls him to resolve the disputes between his children and makes him the caretaker of his properties.

Rajamanikyam

2005

Thaskara Veeran poster
3.9

After witnessing the murder of his father by Eappachan, Kochu flees his village to escape him. Years later, Kochu, now a don, returns to the village to avenge his father.

Thaskara Veeran

2005

Black poster
7.1

Devin Carlos Padaveedan and Shanmugham, who run a crime syndicate, turn foes when the latter wants to turn a new leaf and live a normal life.

Black

2004

Vismayathumbathu poster
4.8

Sreekumar comes across a girl while visiting his childhood friend, Govindan Kutty. However, he later realises that she is the spirit of a student who disappeared a while ago.

Vismayathumbathu

2004

Robin Hood poster
5.4

A physics professor robs the ATMs of a particular bank at night. Unimpressed with the way the police are investigating the case, the bank CEO decides to hire a private detective to nab the criminal.

Robin Hood

2009

Nadan Pennum Natupramaniyum poster
5.3

Govindan, a rich businessman, goes to any extent to make money. However, his life takes a turn when Gayathri enters his life to take revenge against him for ruining her father's life.

Nadan Pennum Natupramaniyum

2000

Malabar Wedding poster
4.5

Maanukkuttan and Smitha lead a happy life after getting married to each other. But their marital life is put at stake due to their friends playing pranks on them.

Malabar Wedding

2008

Udayananu Tharam poster
7.5

Udayabhanu is an assistant director and scriptwriter, who dreams of making it big in the film industry. His attempt is thwarted by his roommate, a junior artiste, Rajappan Thengamoodu who steals his script to become superstar Saroj Kumar

Udayananu Tharam

2005

Swa Le poster
5.5

Unni, a journalist is in love with Vimla. The two get married against the wishes of their family. His life turns upside down when has to cover a celebrated writer who is about to die.

Swa Le

2009

1990s · 17 titles

Mukham poster
7.3

A police officer tries to uncover and stop an unknown serial killer who sniped three victims and plans for a fourth one.

Mukham

1990

Kilukkam poster
7.5

A tourist guide (Joji) in Ooty shelters a mentally unstable woman (Nandini) in return for the reward offered by her relatives. Later, he comes to know that she is in danger from her relatives.

Kilukkam

1991

Ayal Kadha Ezhuthukayanu poster
6.3

Sagar Kottapuram is a pulp fiction writer who comes to visit his friend Ramakrishnan but find themselves dragged into a lawsuit by a vengeful Tahsildar Priyadarshini.

Ayal Kadha Ezhuthukayanu

1998

Aaram Thamburan poster
6.5

Jagannadhan moves to Kanimangalam and wins over the locals, but falls into trouble with Appan Thamburan, a feudal lord. It starts after he organises a festival that has been banned by Appan himself.

Aaram Thamburan

1997

Kaatttile Thadi Thevarude Ana poster
8.0

Venugopal is an honest politician who wants to curb the illegal activities of the mafia dons. However, things take a turn when he gets shot and is replaced by his lookalike as the home minister.

Kaatttile Thadi Thevarude Ana

1995

Chandralekha poster
7.5

An unemployed man saves a rich woman and takes her to the hospital where her relatives mistake him as her husband. He plays along as he needs money to repay a loan.

Chandralekha

1997

Pavam I. A. Ivachan poster
4.7

Pavam I. A. Ivachan is a 1994 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Roy P Thomas, starring Innocent and Srividya in the lead roles.

Pavam I. A. Ivachan

1994

Vietnam Colony poster
7.4

Krishnamurthy is appointed by a real estate company to vacate Vietnam Colony, a place buzzing with illegal and antisocial elements.

Vietnam Colony

1992

Pappayude Swantham Appoos poster
7.2

Balachandran had resorted to his work after he is unable to cope up with the death of his wife, Bhama. During the process, he neglects his only son, Appu. When Appu returns home for his school vacation, Balachandran promises to take him on a lot of trips, but is unable to do any as he is caught up with work. Pappayude Swantham Appoos movie is all about the bonds between the father and his son.

Pappayude Swantham Appoos

1992

Nettippattam poster
6.7

Peethambaran (Sreenivasan) is an unemployed man who is addicted to solving other people's problems. He gives more priority to the people in his village than his family. His well intended actions though leads him to troubling situations.

Nettippattam

1991

Sundara Killadi poster
6.2

Swapnabhoomi is a village where strange customs and rituals exist. When a water shortage occurs the leader sends a person to inform Premachandran of the situation and request him to come to Swapnabhoomi and dig a well. Because of his poverty, he accepts the advance and agrees.Then he discovers that other workers who had tried to dig a well there died because of earthquake after digging 45 metre of land.

Sundara Killadi

1998

Oru Abhibhashakante Case Diary poster
6.0

Unni Thampuran gets falsely accused of raping and murdering a young girl. However, things take a turn when his lawyer, Aniyan Kuruvilla, works hard to defend him.

Oru Abhibhashakante Case Diary

1995

Kalikkalam poster
7.4

Mammootty plays the role of a burglar who is known by different names in different places.He is a kind person and uses the money burgled to help poor and orphans. During one of his burglaries, he happens to witness a murder for which a police officer named Shekharan is falsely accused. He helps Shekharan to prove his innocence.

Kalikkalam

1990

Mayilpeelikkavu poster
5.8

60 years after a lass of the Aalathoor Thekkemadam manor, Kuttimani, was putatively killed by her jealous lover Krishnanunni, & after which he was hanged, the current patriarch, Valiyathan, looks to restart a defunct religious rite. However, things get edgy after it started to seem like the old lovers have reincarnated as Gayathri, a young girl of the current generation & Manu, the caretaker's son, & they fall in love.

Mayilpeelikkavu

1998

Janathipathyam poster
6.0

Janathipathyam movie is all about the communist party wins the assembly election but their proposed chief minister candidate loses the election. The party chief Bhattathirippadu suggests the name of R D Nayanar (Suresh Gopi) for the top post in Kerala. Nayanar, who was the former asst city police commissioner of Trivandrum has his own reasons to come back to the city. He has to take the revenge.

Janathipathyam

1997

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6.5

Unnikrishnan and his family is chased from his home after his father's death. He accidentally meets a genie who helps Unni get back everything he lost.

Sakshal Sreeman Chathunni

1993

Sooryaputhran poster
4.5

When Jeevan is not allowed to adopt a boy from an orphanage for being a bachelor, he convinces a woman to pose as his wife.

Sooryaputhran

1998

1980s · 6 titles

Series credits