
Acting
Aranmula Ponnamma
Born — Died
1914-04-08 — 2011-02-21
Place of birth
Aranmula, Pathanamthitta, Travancore
Known for
Acting
Credits
54 titles
Aranmula Ponnamma was a National Award winning Malayalam film actress known for her roles as mother of the protagonist in numerous films. She was widely described as a mother figure in Malayalam cinema.
Known for
Bhagwan Shri Karthikeya faces challenges when he decides to woo a princess as well as assist his devotees.
Sree Murugan
1977
B. G. Menon recruits Vikrman, a criminal and the lookalike of Jayamohan, an honest cop who was killed by Lion C. Menon's men, to nab him.
Pathamudayam
1985
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Kaveri
1986
Gopi spends his entire life providing for his family. However, he faces many problems and ends up living a miserable life.
Ambalavilakku
1980
No synopsis available yet.
Ashadeepam
1953
7.0Radhika is a popular stage actress. The society is suspicious of her morality and rumours are spread about her personal life.
Chechi
1950
Film credits
2000s · 2 titles
7.0A group of students camping in a forest accidentally set free a spirit who is seething with revenge to kill her murderer. When the spirit begins to kill the students one by one, they call a sorcerer.
Indriyam
2000
7.0Due to unforeseen circumstances, childhood sweethearts Gauri and Sankaran get separated. However, their bond withstands the test of time and reunites them years later.
Gaurisankaram
2003
1990s · 7 titles
6.8Vishnu is part of a local circus group. On one of their tours, Vishnu meets a girl and his life changes forever.
Vishnulokam
1991
7.4Advaitham is a 1991 Malayalam film directed by Priyadarshan. The film stars Mohanlal, Jayaram, Revathi Menon and Srividhya in lead roles.
Adwaytham
1991
The Story revolves around Johnny (Murali) and Annie (Madhavi), a married couple.Johnny is a recurrent alcoholic. After an altercation between Johnny and Keshavan (N F Varghese), who is humiliated in front of his family decides to take revenge and hurts one of their kid.During required blood transfusion it is discovered that Annie's is suffering from a late stage of Leukemia and that she only has a couple of months to live. Annie fearing her kids well being gives then up for better future through adoption.
Akashadoothu
1993
6.0Janathipathyam 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
Sagaram Sakshi is a 1994 Malayalam film directed by Sibi Malayil. It starred Mammootty in the lead role and Sukanya, Thilakan in other supporting roles.A. K. Lohithadas carried the screenplay for this movie .
Sagaram Sakshi
1994
6.5This 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
6.7Gopinathan (Jagadish) works as a textile shop salesman who struggles to make ends meet. Returning from work one day, he accidentally comes in possession of a suitcase from a criminal being chased by the police. The suitcase contains gold and Gopi thinks that it will end his troubles; however things are not easy as it seems.
Njan Kodiswaran
1994
1980s · 13 titles
B. G. Menon recruits Vikrman, a criminal and the lookalike of Jayamohan, an honest cop who was killed by Lion C. Menon's men, to nab him.
Pathamudayam
1985
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Kaveri
1986
Gopi spends his entire life providing for his family. However, he faces many problems and ends up living a miserable life.
Ambalavilakku
1980
Azhiyatha Bandhangal is a 1985 Malayalam film directed by Sasikumar. The film stars Mohanlal, Shobhana, Srividhya and Prathapa Chandran in lead roles.
Azhiyatha Bandhangal
1985
10.0The film talks about the dreams of people in an old age home and a care taker who happened to join them
Oru Sayahnathinte Swapnam
1989
No synopsis available yet.
Rareeram
1986
An over-qualified Archana decides to become a village school teacher while escaping her past. After meeting Sukumaran she decides to marry him but faces certain issues after marriage.
Archana Teacher
1981
8.0Achuvettante Veedu (Malayalam : അച്ചുവേട്ടന്റെ വീട്) is a film released in Malayalam in 1987, directed by Balachandra Menon and starring Nedumudi Venu, Balachandra Menon and Rohini Hattangadi in the leading roles. The lyrics is by S. Ramesan Nair with music by Vidyadharan. The background score is done by Mohan Sithara.
Achuvettante Veedu
1987
8.0Raja and Devi fall in love with each other and get engaged. However, when Raja learns that he is suffering from cancer, he hides it from Devi and calls off the engagement.
Vazhvey Maayam
1982
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Vikatakavi
1984
7.0Spurious liquor supplied by governmental arrack outlets kills several poor people in Kerala. People hit the streets to demand justice. They want the culprits to be brought to book.
Ee Nadu
1982
No synopsis available yet.
Yagam
1980
8.0The movie is , directed by K. G. Rajasekharan. The film stars Prem Nazir, Jayabharathi, Aranmula Ponnamma and Jayaprabha in lead roles. The film had musical score by G. Devarajan.
Thirayum Theeravum
1980
1970s · 15 titles
Bhagwan Shri Karthikeya faces challenges when he decides to woo a princess as well as assist his devotees.
Sree Murugan
1977
No synopsis available yet.
Makkal
1975
Ramu, a farmer, fights against an evil landlord when he uses illegal ways to make money. He faces many challenges when the landlord tries to plot against him.
Rowdy Ramu
1978
10.0Raju is a poor man who struggles to earn a living. His life takes a turn when a rich businessman offers him a job seeing his innocence.
Oru Raagam Pala Thaalam
1979
Gopi inherits a fortune after his father's demise and lives a reckless life. He whiles away his time either drinking or womanizing until, one day, he encounters his lookalike, Madhu.
Madhuvidhu
1970
NRAt the request of a wealthy man, a courtesan agrees to help heal his mentally disturbed son by pretending to be his wife. Her efforts only earn her abuse and wrath at the hands of most family members.
Engirundho Vandhaal
1970
7.2Sankarankutty, a village simpleton, lives a carefree life, indulges in childish pursuits, lives off the money given to him by his sister (working elsewhere as a servant), and eats quite voraciously. Then one day he gets married, but the wife is frustrated by his aimless lifestyle & irresponsible attitude (even after she gets pregnant). So she goes back to her parents. Meanwhile, his sister who is now living with her lover, can no longer provide for him, and a kind widow who used to care for him passes away. He has nowhere & nobody to fall back on, and from this point on, as he starts a job as assistant to a lorry driver, he starts looking at life in a whole new way and begins to mature as well.
Kodiyettam
1978
8.3Ponnapuram Kotta is a 1973 Malayalam language film starring Prem Nazir, K. P. Ummer, Vijayasree and Vijayanirmala in the lead roles.
Ponnapuram Kotta
1973
8.0Savithri, whose devotion to her husband was compared to that of Draupadi from the Mahabharata, is determined to bring her husband Satyavan from the dead.
Satyavan Savithri
1977
8.0Vasanthi's parents get her engaged to a police officer, Gopi. However, her life takes a turn when Gopi leaves her after making her pregnant.
Thara
1970
8.0Rappadikalude Gatha is woven around Gatha, a young girl who finds happiness in drugs and music. She marries a doctor of humble indisposition. Their marriage runs into difficulty but, after several traumatic experiences, the couple are reconciled. The film is a sharp indictment of society, its awry priorities, on the frustrations of the youth, their disappointments, and how youngsters get hooked to drugs.
Rappadikalude Gatha
1978
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
Viswanathan hopes to marry Gowri, but she is waiting for her lover Bindu, a poet; heartbreak ensues when Bindu returns as a greedy businessman who has abandoned his art, leading Gowri to choose Viswanathan instead.
Swapnam
1973
9.0Lottery Menon (Bhasi) sells a lottery ticket to a local photographer Venugopal (Nazir). When his number wins the first prize, the ticket mysteriously disappears. There are many suspects while Menon and Venugopal hatches a plan to find the culprit.
Lottery Ticket
1970
10.0Sree Guruvayoorappan is a 1972 Indian Malayalam film, directed and produced by P Subramaniam . The film stars Sharada, Kaviyoor Ponnamma, Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair and Jose Prakash in lead roles. The film had musical score by V Dakshinamoorthy.
Sree Guruvayoorappan
1972
1960s · 11 titles
7.0The respectable college teacher Rajan (Nazir) marries Sindhu (Sheela), the orphaned inmate of a home for destitutes. The feudal conservative hypocrisies of the hero’s family are graphically criticised: Rajan’s cousin Chandran admits he once had sex with Sindhu, and Rajan’s snooty brother, the doctor Jayadev, fathered Sindhu’s daughter Bindu. Sindhu further confesses on her wedding night that she suffers from venereal disease.
Agniputhri
1967
9.0The film focused mainly on the evil of dowry system which was rampant in the Muslim community of Kerala
Kandam Becha Kottu
1961
7.0The film is adapted from the 1961 Bollywood film Stree.
Shakunthala
1965
10.0Kodungallooramma is a 1968 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed and produced by Kunchacko. The film stars Prem Nazir, K. R. Vijaya, Adoor Bhasi and Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair. It was based on the Tamil poem Chilappathikaram by Ilango Adigal and also tells the story of Kodungallur Bhagavathy Temple, where the leading deity is also considered as Kannaki, the heroine of Chilappathikaram. The film had musical score by K. Raghavan.
Kodungallooramma
1968
10.0When Vikraman returns home after completing his studies, he finds out that his brother has illegally acquired all the property leaving his widowed sister in poverty and decides to set things right.
Viruthan Shanku
1968
8.0Kumara Sambhavam is based on the epic poem of the poet Kalidasa of the same name.
Kumara Sambhavam
1969
10.0In a whirlwind of passion, heartbreak and tragedy, Rajalakshmi and Jayachandran's budding romance faces an unexpected rival when Indumathi's intense feelings disrupt their world, forcing impossible choices and desperate measures that test the boundaries of love, loyalty and family.
Padunna Puzha
1968
7.0Hotel High Range is a 1968 Indian Malayalam film, directed and produced by P. Subramaniam. The film stars Sharada, Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair, Kallayam Krishnadas and Aranmula Ponnamma in lead roles.
Hotel High Range
1968
10.0Umminithanka is a 1961 Indian Malayalam film, directed by G Viswanath and produced by PK Sathyapal. The film had musical score by V. Dakshinamoorthy
Umminithanka
1961
9.0The film told, apart from the main story of the friendship between Krishna and Kuchela, a few sequences from the Bhagavatha
Bhakta Kuchela
1961
7.0Venu is the owner of a glass factory and he goes to the USA for higher studies. But when he comes back he gets to know that the manager has been cheating the company and he makes up his mind to sort out everything.
Muthalali
1965
1950s · 6 titles
No synopsis available yet.
Ashadeepam
1953
7.0Radhika is a popular stage actress. The society is suspicious of her morality and rumours are spread about her personal life.
Chechi
1950
9.0Sashidharan, the graduate son of the landlord Panikker falls in love with Vilasini, the daughter of a poor widow Kalyani Amma . A crooked local newspaper editor and the lecherous city wastrel Rajasekharan form a tricky plot turning Panikker against his sons wish to marry Vilasini.
Sasidharan
1950
NRLuke's daughter is of marriageable age but his neighbour is hellbent on making Luke's life miserable. Thankanchan, a rich man, befriends Chinnamma who's none other than Luke's daughter.
Padatha Painkili
1957
No synopsis available yet.
Yachakan
1951
7.0A rich industrialist, Prabhu runs a factory along with his son Ravi. However, Vikraman, Prabhu's crooked nephew tries to manipulate Prabhu's wealth and defames his family.
Ponkathir
1953
