Philomina

Acting

Philomina

Born — Died

1926-01-01 — 2006-01-02

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Philomina was a veteran Malayalam film actress. She had acted in more than 750 films in her career. She played mostly character and comedy roles, besides that of grandmother and mother. Like most actors Philomina had cut her acting teeth on the stage. This experience stood her in good stead when she was offered her first film role. The character of Anappara Achamma in Godfather is acknowledged to be one of the powerful roles ever in Malayalam cinema. Philomina's histrionic skills won her many hearts and fans. Philomina had that uncanny ability to slip into the skin of any character. She could be a scheming shrew, make you roar in laughter or bring a lump in your throat. Philomina was one of…

Known for

Film credits

1990s · 32 titles

Godfather poster
7.5

A retelling of William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet", the film revolves around the rivalry between two families, the Anjooran and Anappara houses, and the consequences faced when two members of the families fall in love.

Godfather

1991

Ee Thanutha Veluppan Kalathu poster
6.2

When a series of murders of prominent people remain a mystery, Hariharan is assigned to capture the culprit. His investigations lead to a spiritual guru who is highly revered in society.

Ee Thanutha Veluppan Kalathu

1990

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

In Harihar Nagar poster
7.2

4 unemployed men who are in Harihar Nagar tries to impress a newly came girl next door.The story goes to the next level when a mysterious man comes and asks for a missing box.

In Harihar Nagar

1990

Souhrudam poster
6.0

Sridevi and Shiny, two college friends, lead a peaceful married life. However, things take a turn when their husbands suspect them of infidelity.

Souhrudam

1991

Kireedamillatha Rajakkanmar poster
8.0

Six con artists join forces together

Kireedamillatha Rajakkanmar

1996

Excuse Me Ethu Collegila? poster
8.0

Anathan and Appukuttan are two young friends who come to the city to chase their dreams. They go through a lot of difficulties and venture into the real estate field while also meeting a girl, both of which change their lives.

Excuse Me Ethu Collegila?

1996

Kunukkitta Kozhi poster
7.0

Jagadish is a poor man who gets by any way possible in life. At a job interview place he get a tip that the manager is a big cricket fan. So , Jagadish pretends to be one , but it backfires when the appointed manager does not come in and his father who hates cricket does the interview and he does not get the job. A woman pretends to be Jagadish's wife for her interview, to get sympathy for having a cricket crazed husband and gets the job. Jagadish finds out and demands 1/3 the payment every week from her for getting the job , by saying he was her husband. The rest of the story forms how they fight over the job/payment and the hilarious situations that happens when their lives intersect.

Kunukkitta Kozhi

1992

Uncle Bun poster
4.5

Charlie Chacko, an overweight man who is struggling with the death of his first love, is forced to take care of his brother's three children and then falls in love with Geetha Krishnan.

Uncle Bun

1991

Thalayana Manthram poster
7.7

A struggling husband falls prey to his wife's insatiable desire for luxury, leading them down a path of deception, debt, and betrayal.

Thalayana Manthram

1990

Kusruthi Kuruppu poster
9.0

Bachelor businessman Narendranatha Kurup (Jayaram) gets tired of his tight schedules & gilded lifestyle & takes a break to the country where he befriends Velu Kurup's (Oduvil Unnikrishnan) family & falls in love with Velu's daughter Meera (Meena). Later they marry & Narendran makes the mistake of inviting his in-laws over to stay with him.

Kusruthi Kuruppu

1998

Koushalam poster
7.0

Koushalam is a 1993 Indian Malayalam film, directed by TS Mohan and starring Siddique and Urvashi in lead roles.

Koushalam

1993

Kalari poster
10.0

Rakesh (Riza Bawa) and Ramesh (Siddique) are delighted when their rich uncle Kunchu Kurup (Thikkurishi) invites them to look after his assets and business. However the two servants of Kurup, Koshi (Innocent) and Kunjahammad (Pappu) will not let that happen easily and have plans of their own.

Kalari

1991

Mookkilla Rajyathu poster
7.1

Benny, Venu, Keshu and Krishnankutty are four patients in a mental asylum. However, when they learn about Amitabh Bachchan's visit to Ernakulam, they plan an escape driven by their desires to see him.

Mookkilla Rajyathu

1991

No artwork available
9.0

Purappadu deals with social issues between Muslims and Hindus in a village who are forced to relocate when a flood destroys their village.

Purappadu

1990

Amma Ammayiamma poster
5.4

Directed by Sandhya Mohan, and written by Siby K. Thomas and Udaykrishnan, Amma Ammayiamma is a 1998 Comedy/Drama film . Mukesh and Sukanya are starring, alongside Kaviyoor Ponnamma, Sukumari, Harisree Asokan and Innocent.

Amma Ammayiamma

1998

Vrudhanmare Sookshikkuka poster
4.9

Satyaraj and Dharmaraj, two thieves, disguise themselves as old men to escape from their problems. They join a group of old men at a resort, who have come to enjoy life for a month.

Vrudhanmare Sookshikkuka

1995

No artwork available
NR

Bapooty strives to take revenge against Hajiyar, a businessman who ruined his family, by disguising himself as his new henchman and striking him when his guard is down.

Kadal

1994

Mimics Parade poster
6.0

A group of Mimicry artists gets hold of a stuffed animal filled with diamonds from an accident scene which leads to all sorts of trouble.

Mimics Parade

1991

Neelakurukkan poster
9.0

Neelakurukkan is a 1992 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Shaji Kailas, starring Ashokan and Baiju in the lead roles. The movie tells the story of college students Binoy, Sudheer, Ranjeev and Nazzar.

Neelakurukkan

1992

Kasarkode Khaderbhai poster
5.2

Kasargode Khadarbhai and his son, Kasimbhai, try to take revenge on a group of mimicry artists for sending Khadarbhai to prison.

Kasarkode Khaderbhai

1992

Ulladakkam poster
7.3

Reshma is a patient of psychiatrist Dr Sunny. She gets romantically obsessed with him even though this is not reciprocated by the doctor. The arrival of the doctor's fiancee Annie causes a lot of conflict in the mind of Reshma.

Ulladakkam

1991

Njan Gandharvan poster
7.0

The film is an esoteric fantasy about a girl and her passion for a celestial lover, who keeps appearing from a wooden statue that she found on a beach but is invisible to others.

Njan Gandharvan

1991

Mayoora Nritham poster
8.0

Rakhi's wedding is ruined when her fiance's family learns about her mother, who is a prostitute. She blames her mother for her plight, unaware of the truth.

Mayoora Nritham

1996

No artwork available
8.0

Bharya Veettil Paramasukham is a 1999 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Rajan Sithara and produced by . The film stars Jagathy Sreekumar, Rajan P Dev, Chithra and Devi Chandana in lead roles.

Bharya Veettil Paramasukham

1999

Snehasagaram poster
10.0

Snehasagaram is a 1992 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Sathyan Anthikkad, starring Murali, Manoj K. Jayan and Sunitha in the lead roles.

Snehasagaram

1992

Uppukandam Brothers poster
7.0

Two prominent families & business rivals, the Uppukandam brothers, Kariachan (Captain Raju), Paulachan (Keerikkadan Jose), Xavichan (Babu Antony), Josekutty (Jagadish) & Thankachan (Baiju), & the Ettuveettil Pillais, headed by Ananthan Pillai (Rajan P. Dev) & his sons & nephews, have been feuding for years, aggravated by the fact that Xavichan had gone to jail for killing Vasu Pillai (Johny) of the Ettuveettil family, who in turn had killed Roy Mathews (Siddique), Xavichan's brother-in-law.

Uppukandam Brothers

1993

O' Faby poster
8.5

O'Faby was the first live action animated movie in Malayalam. It tells the story about the friendship between a boy and an animated character Faby and their adventures.

O' Faby

1993

Congratulations Miss Anitha Menon poster
10.0

Prakash, a successful businessman, grows suspicious of his wife Anita after he receives an anonymous letter that indicates that she has an illicit relationship with another man.

Congratulations Miss Anitha Menon

1992

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

No artwork available
7.0

To take revenge against Indira, a college lecturer, few of her students decide to play a prank. Her life takes a turn when the students disturb her married life with Nandagopal.

Kusruthikaatu

1995

Parallel College poster
8.0

Ananthan joins as a teacher in a college to get over his troubled past. However, his life changes for the better when he meets Sridevi.

Parallel College

1990

1980s · 17 titles

Kireedam poster
7.9

Sethu aspires to become a police officer to fulfil his father's dream. However, his life turns upside down when he intervenes in a scuffle with a criminal to save his father's life.

Kireedam

1989

Artham poster
6.1

Narendran agrees to help Janardhan live a free life by going to prison in his place. However, when he comes to know that Janardhan has mysteriously died, he sets out to get revenge.

Artham

1989

Arappatta Kettiya Graamathil poster
5.8

Three friends, Sakharia, Gopi and Bilal go to a brothel for enjoyment. They find a girl who was forced into prostitution and decide to save her.

Arappatta Kettiya Graamathil

1986

Thaniyavarthanam poster
7.8

Balan, a teacher, has a mentally unstable uncle. There is a belief that the family is cursed to have a lunatic at all times. When the uncle passes away, people believe that Balan will be the next.

Thaniyavarthanam

1987

Pattanapravesham poster
7.0

CID officers Ramdas and Vijayan go to Kerala to find the murderer of a police officer. While doing so, they face a dangerous crime syndicate that deals in drug trafficking.

Pattanapravesham

1988

Peruvannapurathe Visheshangal poster
7.3

Kunju Lakshmi is the youngest daughter of the aristocratic Kavumpattu family in Peruvannapuram. She is pampered by her brothers and is a little arrogant. The family owns the local college. Sivasankaran comes to the college as a peon to replace the Padmanabhan who fails to give the promised donation to the Kavumpattu family in return for the job. In the meantime a love note that was written for Kunju by a classmate ends up in her book and she accuses Sivasankar of writing her the letter. Kunju gets into a fight with Sivasankaran. Her brothers join the fight and Sivasankaran declares that he will marry Kunju in 15 days.

Peruvannapurathe Visheshangal

1989

Ulsavapittennu poster
6.5

The story revolves around Aniyan Thampuran (Mohanlal), a naive and innocent prince of an erstwhile royal family, and his household in a village of Kerala. His family is heavily indebted by the wayward lifestyle of his elder brother Chettan Thampuran (Sukumaran). Chettan Thampuran's untimely death forces Aniyan to take responsibility for the family. He loses his house and all properties to pay his brother's debts and is led to financial ruin. He realizes that his wife (Parvathy) had an affair with his friend Balan and married him only because of the poverty in her family. This realization devastates him further and culminates in his suicide in a heart-breaking scene.

Ulsavapittennu

1989

Kathodu Kathoram poster
8.0

Marykutty, a single mother, lives alone with her child. However, her life changes when she crosses paths with Louis, a man with mild autism.

Kathodu Kathoram

1985

Chatta poster
9.0

The story revolves around a bullock seller and his family. It tells how his grief and lust leads him to destroy his family.

Chatta

1981

Mahayanam poster
6.8

Chandru, a truck driver, is rude to people and all are scared of him. After the death of his mate, he decides to fulfil his last wish to build a home.

Mahayanam

1989

Naseema poster
7.5

Naseema, a village girl, and Ravi, a music teacher, fall in love. But Mammad, a ruffian, too has eyes on Naseema.

Naseema

1983

Abhinayam poster
7.0

Radha struggles to make ends meet and take care of her mother. Her life takes an unexpected turn when she agrees to pretend as the fiancee of Raghu, who wants to get his son back from his in-laws.

Abhinayam

1981

Kakkothikkavile Appooppan Thadikal poster
8.5

The lives of two sisters separated in childhood look set to intersect dramatically again. Two sisters (Raasi and Kaveri) are separated when a beggar kidnaps the younger of them one day. Murali doesn’t want to study and runs away with some gypsies, making friends with a gypsy girl, Kakkothi (Revathi). Unlike Murali, Kakkothi wants to study. Where will this ambition take her?

Kakkothikkavile Appooppan Thadikal

1988

Ponmuttayidunna Tharavu poster
7.9

Bhaskaran, a goldsmith, is madly in love with Snehalatha, the daughter of astrologer, Panicker. When Bhaskaran asks for Sneha's hand in marriage, to his shock, she denies their love affair.

Ponmuttayidunna Tharavu

1988

Manasariyathe poster
9.0

To protect her dignity, Nazima kills Mohan, who intended to assault her. Out of anxiety and fear, she conceals the matter from others. But she realizes that it is not easy.

Manasariyathe

1984

NH 47 poster
9.0

Sudhakaran hatches a sinister plan in order to receive the compensation from his company which he is entitled to receive after his death.

NH 47

1984

Kudumbapuranam poster
8.0

The film revolves around a middle class Malayalee family. Problems arise when the eldest son alienates his father and gets thrown out of home. The film portrays the other members struggling between the two.

Kudumbapuranam

1988

1970s · 7 titles

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Makane Ninakku Vendi

1971

No artwork available
10.0

A criminal plans his biggest heist and subsequent escape with his lover, a club dancer. However, things change when he stumbles upon a beautiful but ailing widow, while breaking into a house.

Puthiya Velicham

1979

No artwork available
9.0

Maattoly is a 1978 Indian Malayalam film directed by A. Bhimsingh and starring M. G. Soman, Sharada, Sukumari, Jayabharathi, and Jagannatha Varma.The film is a remake of Hindi film Dushman.

Mattoli

1978

Theerthayathra poster
7.0

Savithri's family is homeless. They meet Rajagopalan who is kind enough to help by lending them his vacant house, however, unpleasant events keep happening to the family in the village. They migrate to a newer town seeking new job as factory workers.

Theerthayathra

1972

Thiruvonam poster
9.0

Thiruvonam is a 1975 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Sreekumaran Thampi and produced by K. P. Mohanan. The film stars Prem Nazir, Sharada, Kamal Haasan and Jayasudha in the lead roles. The film has musical score by R. K. Shekhar and songs composed by M. K. Arjunan.

Thiruvonam

1975

Kaapalika poster
7.0

A conservative village girl Rosamma (Sheela) is exploited by various men including her husband. She goes to Bombay where she starts an escort service and ends up being a person of influence and power.

Kaapalika

1973

Anubhavangal Palichakal poster
4.6

Ashamed of his bad behaviour towards his family, Chellappan decides to set things straight. However, he gets the shock of his life after learning that his wife is in a relationship with another man.

Anubhavangal Palichakal

1971