
Acting
Jalaja
Born
1961-08-16 (65)
Place of birth
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Known for
Acting
Credits
60 titles
Jalaja is a an actress in Malayalam film mostly active during the late 70s and the 80s. She is well known for her roles in critically acclaimed movies of the master directors of Malayalam cinema including Adoor, Aravindan, KG George, Padmarajan & Lenin Rajendran. She won the Kerala state award for best actress for her performance in the 1981 movie Venal.
Known for
8.3Ayyappan, a tabla player of a touring drama group, goes missing. Later on, Sub-Inspector Jacob Eeraly is assigned to investigate the case and finds out disturbing truths.
Yavanika
1982
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
6.8The arrival of a travelling circus sends ripples through the inhabitants of a remote Keralan village.
The Circus Tent
1978
7.3A 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.
Malik
2021
6.7Mukundan loves Sumithra and starts building his career with a decent job. But when Viswanath, his old college classmate and a conman, comes to meet him, things start going downhill.
Mukunthetta Sumitra Vilikkunnu
1988
7.2Unni is the last male heir of a decaying feudal family in rural Kerala. His inability to accept the socio-economic changes of a new society causes him to gradually withdraw into isolation and paranoia.
Elippathayam
1982
Film credits
1980s · 52 titles
8.3Ayyappan, a tabla player of a touring drama group, goes missing. Later on, Sub-Inspector Jacob Eeraly is assigned to investigate the case and finds out disturbing truths.
Yavanika
1982
6.7Mukundan loves Sumithra and starts building his career with a decent job. But when Viswanath, his old college classmate and a conman, comes to meet him, things start going downhill.
Mukunthetta Sumitra Vilikkunnu
1988
7.2Unni is the last male heir of a decaying feudal family in rural Kerala. His inability to accept the socio-economic changes of a new society causes him to gradually withdraw into isolation and paranoia.
Elippathayam
1982
No synopsis available yet.
Sammelanam
1985
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Neram Pularumbol
1986
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Kandu Kandarinju
1985
6.8It tells the story of a college student Lal played by Mohanlal, who takes on 3 Masters degree in college and continues as a student in the college as he was an orphan. He lives in a home nearby college made from the money of his unknown father. From time of his memory he lives in an orphanage, now he is in college and he do not want to leave the college. The story revolves around the college and various events happening in the college.
Sarvakalashala
1987
7.0Ramani, an introvert, falls in love with her roommate's cousin, Pradeep, who shares her love for literature. However, she struggles to overcome the traumatising memories of her past.
Venal
1981
No synopsis available yet.
Anthichuvappu
1984
7.0When Urmila gets a job, her father persuades her to move to Rajakrishnan's house. However, her past with him creates complications in Rajakrishnan's marital life.
Thakilu Kottampuram
1981
8.0Viswanathan comes to the city for a job interview, only to find himself entangled in a crisis due to his resemblance with a gangster. Frustrated, he decides to find and face his doppelgänger with the help of a police inspector friend, but finding the imposter proves difficult, and the further they dig, the more mysterious and shocking their findings.
Aparan
1988
6.6Prasad and Rajesh are brothers and police officers tasked to take down a smuggling ring. Taradas and his uncle Tarasankar outwit the efforts of the police. Things take a twist when Rajesh realizes that his wife Tulasi was the ex-girlfriend of Taradas.
Athirathram
1984
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Munnettam
1981
10.0A Headmaster falls in love with a Music teacher whose husband was a political activist.
Marmaram
1982
No synopsis available yet.
Athirthikal
1988
Teenagers Kannan (Sangeeth) and Radhika (Sonia Nair) are cousins and childhood playmates. They meet again at their ancestral family house in the village during the holiday season. Kannan develops feelings for Radhika; but she is conflicted on how to act on the approaches by him.
Ennennum Kannettante
1986
7.1A group of children witness the robbery of a sword from a museum. However, they, along with Manu, set out to catch the culprits and also discover a shocking truth.
Manu Uncle
1988
6.8Chandru, 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
Kalpana falls in love with Babu but is left heartbroken when he abandons her. Later on, she gets married to someone else, however, things take a turn when Babu re-enters her life.
Koritharicha Naal
1982
6.4An investigating officer, Inspector Achuthankutty, suspects the involvement of three women while trying to find the culprit behind the murder of a popular director and writer.
Kariyilakkattu Pole
1986
NRKrishnadas is fond of Parvathy but he decides to express his love after getting a good job. What happens when he comes to know that Parvathy is in a relationship with Mohanan?
Naayakan
1985
10.0The comedy film deals with the small family of Unnithan & Ammini Kutty and their two daughters Parvathi and Sarala. Unnithan (Nazir) is a quiet frugal person while Ammini (Lekshmi) is more flamboyant and excessively proud of her family background. This leads to interesting and humorous situations which is the crux of the movie.
Karyam Nissaram
1983
5.5Rajan, though successful in his job, but his family life is not so happy. His wife, Nalini, aspires for a fellowship in Harvard University, US, leaving behind her husband and kid, Babumon. When his father, Madhavan, a retired school teacher, is down with ailment, Rajan along with his family returns to his ancestral home. Rajan's elder sister, Vishalam, younger sister, Seethalakshmi & husband Padmanabhan also arrive to meet their father, as his health condition was serious. Madhavan's daughters and in-laws were busy in their own ways, as they don't wish to spend many days with their dying father. In his sickness, Madhavan expresses his wish to meet his niece, Ammukutty, Ammu arrives and took care of her dying uncle. Madhavan's children except Rajan leaves as Ammu was there to look after their father. Rajan remembers his young days of romance with Ammu.
Aalkkoottathil Thaniye
1984
9.0Daughter coming to home for vacation unaware of some past secrets that could ignite family tension.
Ozhivukalam
1985
No synopsis available yet.
Oru Swakaryam
1983
No synopsis available yet.
Komaram
1982
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Onnu Chirikku
1983
No synopsis available yet.
Kodunkattu
1983
Nimmi falls in love with a married man. When the man and his wife meet an untimely death, Nimmi decides to look after their daughter, Binutty.
Onnum Mindatha Bharya
1984
Abida hails from a poor family and lives with her grandfather. However, she falls in love with a man who she thinks will change their lives for the better, unaware of the secrets he hides.
Eettillam
1983
9.0The lives of peaceful fishermen living on the western coast of Kerala change when a stranger with ulterior motives visits their village for business.
Oru Muthassi Katha
1988
10.0Philip (Mammootty) is the owner of a financing company. Raju (Rahman), Philip's younger brother is a drug addict and is put under rehab. Convinced that he's out of his habit Philip sends him off to Madras to pursue his studies. However on a subsequent visit to the city Philip realises that Raju has gone back to his old habits. Amidst this Raju steals some money and gets away in Philip's car which meets with an accident killing him. Years later Philip gets married to Cicily (Sobhana) and one day mysteriously Raju comes back to their house alive.
Charithram
1989
Vasu and Chacko are working as drivers and low ranking workers for the Abkari contractor Sreekandan. Sreekandan is heavily involved in the smuggling of liquor from the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu in order to increase the already high profits in his business. For some time the jobless youngsters try illegal brewing of hooch.
Abkari
1988
10.0Annie (Shanthi Krishna) is an outgoing, unconventional girl who was brought up liberally by her father. She has two men in her life, Manu (Rony Vincent) and Ananthu (Venu Nagavalli). She is more intellectually attached to Ananthu, but has more of a jovial relationship with Manu. Manu is threatened by her closeness to Ananthu and confronts Annie.
Chillu
1982
9.0Sudhakaran 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
6.5Rajgopal decides to go to Dubai as an illegal immigrant hoping to find a secure job. There, he makes friends with others who are in a similar position.
Vilkkanundu Swapnangal
1980
7.0Post Mortem is a 1982 Indian Malayalam film, directed by J. Sasikumar and produced by Pushparajan. The film stars Prem Nazir, Mammootty, Sukumaran and Balan K Nair in lead roles.
Postmortem
1982
No synopsis available yet.
Oduvil Kittiya Vartha
1985
6.2Two school students plan to runaway while on the school trip. But with the entering of an uninvited man in the situation for their help and one of them falls in love with him, something is revealed which is not so pleasant.
Deshadanakkili Karayarilla
1986
No synopsis available yet.
Kodathi
1984
No synopsis available yet.
Passport
1983
No synopsis available yet.
Prathijnja
1983
8.0Raghu kills Barghavan as revenge for his brother's death. Kochubaby, who comes to know that he is the son of Barghavan, takes up the blame for his father's mistake.
Ethirppukal
1984
8.0Shekaran leads a peaceful life as a teacher in a village school until he falls in love with his colleague.
Kochuthemmadi
1986
No synopsis available yet.
Yagam
1980
Set in northern Kerala, the film narrates the journey of Alice in search of her missing husband, a college lecturer. During her quest, she slowly discovers disturbing aspects of her husband, including his descent from his earlier radicalism into bourgeois degeneracy.
Alicinte Anweshanam
1989
No synopsis available yet.
Vayal
1981
8.0Visa is a 1983 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Balu Kiriyath and produced by NP Abu. The film stars Mohanlal, Mammootty, T. R. Omana and Sathaar in lead roles. The film had musical score by Jithin Shyam.
Visa
1983
8.5A young and beautiful student finds comfort in her studies and in the environment of her college as it keeps her away from the taunts of her stepmother. Her brother's suicide makes her emotionally weak; but she decides to return to college..
Shalini Ente Koottukari
1980
The movie revolves around the plots taken by SI Jayadevan (Lalu Alex) to capture a notorious criminal, Shukkoor (Captain Raju).
Prathyekam Sradhikkuka
1986
No synopsis available yet.
Kingini Kombu
1983
No synopsis available yet.
Kaattaruvi
1983
1970s · 5 titles
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
6.8The arrival of a travelling circus sends ripples through the inhabitants of a remote Keralan village.
The Circus Tent
1978
9.0Randu Penkuttikal is a 1978 Indian Malayalam-language film directed by Mohan from a screenplay by Surasu, which is partially based on the novel of the same name by V. T. Nandakumar. This movie is one of the earliest movies to explore the theme of lesbianism in a normalised way.
Randu Penkuttikal
1978
7.0Rahulan is not able to muster enough courage to approach Reena's father to ask for her hand. Later when Rahulan falls in love with Meera, things get complicated.
Ulkadal
1979
Sayoojyam is a 1979 Indian Malayalam film, directed by G. Premkumar and produced by Sukuprasad. The film stars Jayabharathi, M. G. Soman, Jayan and Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair in the lead roles. The film has musical score by K. J. Joy.
Sayoojyam
1979


