Babu Namboothiri

Acting

Babu Namboothiri

Place of birth

Kottayam, Kerala, India

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Babu Namboothiri is a retired Professor and an Indian film and TV actor who has starred in more than 100 Malayalam films and various serials.

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 11 titles

Indian Rupee poster
7.4

Jayaprakash, a real estate agent aspiring for success in his field, experiences a paradigm shift in his outlook on life and work upon meeting Achutha Menon.

Indian Rupee

2011

Shikkar poster
5.6

Balaraman, a lorry driver, hopes for a peaceful life when he settles down with his daughter in Chittazha. However, his violent past soon catches up with him and forces him to take drastic measures.

Shikkar

2010

Kutteem Kolum poster
NR

Vinayakan is well-respected and loved by the villagers. Along with his adopted brother Shakthi , he takes care of the village. However, their lives change after Indhu enters the scene.

Kutteem Kolum

2013

Mylanchi Monchulla Veedu poster
4.7

Kasim's daughter, Waahida, elopes with her boyfriend, Madhavan Kutty, on the day of her wedding. Years later, Madhavan Kutty, in the disguise of a Muslim man, goes to treat the now paralysed Kasim.

Mylanchi Monchulla Veedu

2014

King of Kings poster
4.6

Shekarankutty, a normal man with a wife and daughter, has trouble when his past as a mafia don is revealed.

King of Kings

2014

Avatharam poster
4.4

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).

Avatharam

2014

Makeup Man poster
5.2

Balachandran, a struggling man who is forced to pose as the makeup artist of his newly married wife when she unexpectedly becomes a film star. As he juggles jealousy, deception and fame, their secret marriage spirals into a series of comic and emotional twists.

Makeup Man

2011

Aagathan poster
5.2

Aagathan is the love story of Gautham and Shreya that turns sour because of Shreya's father, Major General Hareendra Natha Varma's one deed that comes back to haunt his family.

Aagathan

2010

Maharaja Talkies poster
3.5

Vimala and her three sisters run a theatre called Maharaja Talkies. They get in trouble when Pappachan, a rich man, forces Vimala to shut down the theatre.

Maharaja Talkies

2011

Trivandrum Lodge poster
7.0

A small residential lodge at Kochi becomes the witness for many stories, of many people, their search for love, money, sex, and the true meaning of life.

Trivandrum Lodge

2012

Salt Mango Tree poster
6.2

Aravindan and Priya, a married couple, are struggling to find a place for their four-year-old son, Ashwin, in a reputed school. They encounter challenges as they fight the education system.

Salt Mango Tree

2015

2000s · 15 titles

Kerala Cafe poster
6.7

Ten interconnected short stories unfolding around a roadside railway café in Kerala, where travelers from diverse backgrounds pass through, their lives briefly intersecting amid themes of migration, relationships and modern struggles.

Kerala Cafe

2009

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

Vinodayathra poster
7.4

Vinod, a quarrelsome young man, moves to his sister's house in a village to get his life in order. There, he happens to meet Anupama and falls in love with her.

Vinodayathra

2007

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

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

Ee Parakkum Thalika poster
7.2

Unnikrishnan owns an old bus, received as a compensation for his father's road accident and he is facing lots of consequences due to the pathetic condition of the bus. The plot took a turn when a girl named Basanthi entered the bus as a nomad

Ee Parakkum Thalika

2001

Nasrani poster
4.2

Nasrani takes us to the Kottayam belt, where rich rubber planters and estate owners live. One such rich planter is David John Kottarathil, popularly known as DK. DK spends most of his time at the Cosmo Club, where he is the secretary too. He has his say over all spheres of human activity. He is respected and feared too.

Nasrani

2007

Innathe Chintha Vishayam poster
4.9

Garment exporter Gopakumar, with the help of his fashion designer Kamala and broker Immanuel, brings together three couples who are on the verge of separation.

Innathe Chintha Vishayam

2008

Bus Conductor poster
5.3

Kunjakka, a bus conductor, struggles as his rival Anil, who runs another bus in the same city, always creates trouble for him.

Bus Conductor

2005

Praja poster
4.4

Zakkir Ali, a gangster, leaves the world of crime and decides to lead an ordinary life. However, his old enemies do not let him live in peace because they want to settle old scores.

Praja

2001

Pauran poster
6.0

Diwakaran, an honest politician, raises his voice against the atrocities of his party. His life is no more a pleasant journey as he earns the wrath of other members of the party.

Pauran

2005

No artwork available
10.0

Anandabhairavi depicts the life of Vasudeva Panikker, a Kathakali artist and his son.

Anandabhairavi

2007

Mayookham poster
5.8

Indira who comes back to her village after many years is shocked to see her childhood friend Unni rebellious. However, she tries to give him support and bring a change in his life.

Mayookham

2005

Kanmashi poster
7.0

Kanmashi is a 2002 Indian Malayalam film, directed by VM Vinu and produced by Kabeer Palakkad. The film stars Sukumari, Jagathy Sreekumar, Nedumudi Venu and Kalabhavan Mani in lead roles. The film had musical score by M Jayachandran.

Kanmashi

2002

College Kumaran poster
2.4

Kumaran is running a canteen in a well-reputed college and is on good terms with the students. But problems arise when he is falsely accused of causing an accident which took the lives of many.

College Kumaran

2008

1990s · 19 titles

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

Mathilukal poster
7.6

Mathilukal ('Walls') is a free adaptation of the novelette of the same name, written by the celebrated Malayalam writer, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer. Autobiographical in character, it is set against the background of India’s freedom struggle in the ’40s when he was serving a term of imprisonment in the Trivandrum Central Jail. When the film opens, we see Basheer in a police lock-up, quite at home in the company of a few petty criminals. He has been languishing there for more than a year now without a trial.

Mathilukal

1990

Dhruvam poster
6.9

Veerasimha Mannadiar gets killed by Hyder Marakkar, a notorious criminal. Thereafter, Veerasimha's brother, Narasimha Mannadiar, decides to avenge Veerasimha's death.

Dhruvam

1993

Dhanam poster
6.2

A young debtor's idea of turning in a group of smugglers for a lump sum amount as a reward goes awry as they set the dogs on him.

Dhanam

1991

Dhanam poster
6.2

A young debtor's idea of turning in a group of smugglers for a lump sum amount as a reward goes awry as they set the dogs on him.

Dhanam

1991

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

Ammayane Sathyam poster
6.1

Fifteen-year-old Parvathi (Annie) witnesses her family getting murdered and runs away from them to save her life. To prevent getting caught, she disguises herself as a boy named Thomas and starts living as a servant in a house of bachelors. One of the bachelors, Omanakuttan (Mukesh) discovers that Thomas is actually a girl. After hearing her story, Omanakkuttan and his friends try to help her. Before Jaganatha Varma could kill her, Policeman S. Narayanan (Balachandra Menon) discovers his plan and saves Parvathi.

Ammayane Sathyam

1993

Kuttettan poster
4.7

Although married, Vishnu is a habitual flirt and always looks out for an affair. When he is almost caught with a young girl in his house, he lies to his family that she is his illegitimate daughter.

Kuttettan

1990

The Truth poster
6.4

The Truth deals with an investigation by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) involving the murder of the Chief Minister of Kerala in bomb blast.

The Truth

1998

No artwork available
10.0

Sivadas is a dedicated communist party member who gains the good will of poor and faces a strong opposition from other political parties.

Stalin Sivadas

1999

Perumthachan poster
7.1

It is based on Perumthachan of the Parayi Petta Panthirukulam, a legend in the Kerala folklore. The problems caused by the generation gap are explored through the relationship between a skilled carpenter and his tradition-breaking son.

Perumthachan

1991

Kattukuthira poster
10.0

In an era when caste still plays a major role in society; an upper caste girl seduces a lowly toddy collector Kunjiraman. They get caught in the act and this ends up in the lynching of Kunjiraman by the family of the girl. Kunjiraman's young son Kochuvava witnesses the horrific scene of his father's body lying in a pool of blood. Fast forward to the present time and Kochuvava has grown into a rich and ruthless tycoon who's determined to take slow poisonous revenge on the kin of his father's killers.

Kattukuthira

1990

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

Vidheyan poster
7.6

Thommy is the loyal servant of Bhaskara Pattelar, a ruthless tyrant. He struggles between obedience and morality.

Vidheyan

1994

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

Man of the Story poster
6.5

This intimately-constructed drama traces the consequences of the tumultuous political and social changes that swept through India in the years since pre-Independence 1937.

Man of the Story

1995

Georgekutty C/O Georgekutty poster
7.1

George Kutty is a hard working student, who graduated with top rank in college as an engineer. His family which was once rich is burdened in debt. His father meets with Chandi a marriage broker who proposes a match for Georgekutty with a rich family, but they would have to lie a little about their economic status. George Kutty resists first, but pressure from his dad who sees the marriage as a way to get money to payback the family debts, he agrees. Unfortunately the Itichen finds out the truth about the family and confronts them. He makes Georgekutty and his family agrees to certain terms for the wedding to take place including that Georgekutty and his wife have to stay in their house with them. After the wedding Georgekutty sees that he and visiting family and friends are disrespected and that he is controlled and held like a prisoner at Itechan's house. Georgekutty comes up with a plan to get back at his father in law which forms rest of the movie.

Georgekutty C/O Georgekutty

1991

Ootty Pattanam poster
5.8

Prince Rajasekharan is without an heir and decides to adopt a brave man from a royal family to inherit his property. He faces many challenges when several people turn up wanting to be adopted.

Ootty Pattanam

1992

Cheppadividya poster
9.0

Josekutty (Sudheesh), an orphan, slips into the world of crime after teaming up with petty thief Mayyanad Madhavan (Sreenivasan), but is arrested & jailed. After his release, in a heist gone wrong, he kills a security guard, for which Madhavan accepts the blame & goes to jail. Josekutty, who was trying in vain to get himself jailed, helps an old lady in distress, Rachael Mathew (Srividya), thereby becoming a member of her household & gets close to Rachael's adopted daughter Elsa (Monisha).

Cheppadividya

1993

1980s · 13 titles

Jagratha poster
6.4

A renowned actress, Aswathi, is murdered. When a CBI officer, Sethurama Iyer, investigates the case, he unravels a dark secret about Aswathi which brings forth several complexities.

Jagratha

1989

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

Thoovanathumbikal poster
7.3

Jayakrishnan falls in love with two girls, Radha (a villager) and Clara (a sex-worker), and fights his confusion about whom he should marry and spend his life with.

Thoovanathumbikal

1987

Puravrutham poster
8.0

An evil landlord sleeps with the brides of the village on the day of their marriage. When a couple tries to protest his sinful act, he decides to take revenge on them.

Puravrutham

1988

Amrutham Gamaya poster
7.4

An incident that happened years ago comes back to haunt Dr Haridas after he meets a poor villager. To atone for his sins, he decides to help the family.

Amrutham Gamaya

1987

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Vilichu Vilikettu

1985

Dhinarathrangal poster
NR

Aravindan is shot at by the police for murdering Madhavan, a landlord. Ironically, he is supposed to be treated by Madhavan's daughter, Dr Savithri, who feels compassionate towards Aravindan.

Dhinarathrangal

1988

Nirakkoottu poster
7.2

Nirakkoottu movie tells Sasikala Varghese (Urvashi) who wants to find out about Ravi Varma (Mammootty) who is sentenced to death for the murder of his wife Mercy (Sumalatha) who is also Sasikala's sister. Journalist Sasikala covers and receives acclaim for the story of the once-wealthy but now death-sentenced convict Ravi Varma, for the cruel murder of his ex-wife Mercy, a beautiful model. A day before his scheduled execution, Ravi Varma escapes prison, and a deeper story that ties him, Sasikala and other characters unfolds in the events that follow.

Nirakkoottu

1985

Adikkurippu poster
6.4

Basheer (Jagathy) is rescued by a cargo ship while lost at sea. Basheer has had a partial memory loss and he struggles to find out what has happened to him. The captain of the ship (Lalu Alex) tries to get him back to land, but he runs into several legal troubles due to the lack of documents with Basheer to prove his identity. Bhaskara Pillai (Mamootty), a lawyer decides to help out Basheer seeing his plight. The plot thickens when there's an attempted murder on Basheer.

Adikkurippu

1989

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Oru Swakaryam

1983

Adiverukal poster
6.3

Balakrishnan owns an elephant and is very fond of it. His mother sells it in order to find money to secure the job of a lecturer for Balakrishnan which devastates him.

Adiverukal

1986

Moonnam Mura poster
6.9

A group of high-ranking political officials are on a trip when their bus is hijacked by a group of terrorists headed by Charles (Lalu Alex). They demand the release of their old colleagues languishing in prison in exchange for safe release of the politicians. An ex-cop is hired to free the officials from the group of terrorists.

Moonnam Mura

1988

Swathi Thirunal poster
9.0

Swathi Thirunal takes over the throne of Travancore from his aunt Gowri Parvati Bayi at the age of sixteen. He goes on to becomes the legendary composer of Carnatic and Hindustani music.

Swathi Thirunal

1987