
Acting
Paravoor Bharathan
Born — Died
1929-01-16 — 2015-08-19
Place of birth
Vavakkad, Cochin, Kerala, India
Known for
Acting
Credits
60 titles
Paravoor Bharathan was an Indian actor of Malayalam films. He started his career in movies during the 1950s. Bharathan is known as a versatile actor and has played a variety of roles including negative roles, character roles and comedy roles. Bharathan was born to Vadakkekarayil Kochannan Koran and Kurumbakutty in 1928 at Vavakkad, Moothakunnam in North Paravoor, Cochin. He went to S.N.M. High School, Moothakunnam but, had to discontinue his studies when his father died. His father was a coconut plucker and mother was a coir maker. His father died when he was very young and his mother took care of him. He used to act during his school days as well. On one occasion, he caught the eye of Ked…
Known for
8.0Sivasubrahmania, a 32-year-old unhappy bachelor, shifts to another city in order to escape from his religious father. Desperate for affection, he falls in love with a girl 14 years younger than him.
Kurukkante Kalyanam
1982
6.3Building contractor Nambiar learns that his spate of bad luck is due to a statue kept at home. He succeeds in transferring his misfortune to his rival, but the statue finds its way back into his life.
Junior Mandrake
1997
8.0Moosa, a private detective, faces many challenges while solving various cases. His only rival is his own brother-in-law, Peethambaran, who is a police officer.
C.I.D. Moosa
2003
7.5A 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
A womanizer leads a carefree life until he marries his servant's daughter, who is an innocent woman. She tries to make him realise the importance of true love.
Rajaneegandhi
1980
6.2When 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
Film credits
1990s · 21 titles
6.3Building contractor Nambiar learns that his spate of bad luck is due to a statue kept at home. He succeeds in transferring his misfortune to his rival, but the statue finds its way back into his life.
Junior Mandrake
1997
7.5A 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
6.2When 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
7.3Chacko Master, a school headmaster, is never happy with his son, Thomas, and always degrades him. Having had enough of his ill treatment, Thomas runs away from home only to return as a gangster after long.
Spadikam
1995
7.24 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
8.0Raghu ran away from home as a child and was presumed dead by his family. He however is alive and has made it big in the gulf. On his way to finally rejoin his family, he meets a stranger with whom he shares his secret. Things take a turn post their conversation.
Saamoohyapadom
1996
6.3Three out of four brothers of a Malayali household are happily married while the fourth brother is engaged. When the beautiful Yamuna Rani becomes their new neighbour, she poses a threat to the wives.
Sreekrishnapurathu Nakshathrathilakkam
1998
7.2Raman and Gopi are brothers who have a musical heritage. Raman's addiction towards alcohol becomes a threat to his career and Gopi is forced to take up his role.
Bharatham
1991
7.5The story follows Abdullah (Mohanlal) who is hired by the members of a wealthy royal family to assassinate the family head Maharaja Udayavarma (Nedumudi Venu). Abdullah comes into the royal palace under the disguise Ananthan Namboothiri, a classical singer, and tries to use this mask to softly kill the Maharaja.
His Highness Abdullah
1990
6.1Fifteen-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
4.7Pavam 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
7.5Nandagopan, a villager, wishes to marry a traditional girl. But complications arise when his uncle wants him to marry his daughter, Radhika, who leads a modern life.
Nandagopaalante Kusruthikal
1996
6.2A romantic film packed with fun and adventure Gandharavam tells the story of an auto mechanic who falls in love with the daughter of a crime mob family.
Gandharvam
1993
6.7Captain Vijay forms a bond with Kumaran, a severely injured man. However, when he dies, Vijay decides to investigate and ends up finding answers related to his life.
Pingami
1994
9.0Bachelor 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
6.5Aniyathipravu movie is a wonderful love story. Mini (Shalini) who is the apple of her mother's (KPAC Lalitha) and three brothers (Janardhan,Cochin Haneefa and Shajin)eye. She falls in love with Suddhi (Kunchacko Boban). But when her brothers know about it,hell beaks loose in both the houses.The lovers elope with the help of some friends.But when they are going to get married,they have a small talk and realise that the best thing they can do to prove their love is to go back to their parents.
Aniyathipraavu
1997
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
7.1Benny, 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
4.9Satyaraj 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
7.3The film is about a parallel college teacher who owns a bizarre and timid personality which forces his friends to fool him by posting him letters in the name of a girl. He gradually develops an intimate relationship with her but all his efforts to meet her are in vain. What happens when he actually meets her, and comes to know that she even had no idea about his existence, forms the crux of the story.
Paavam Paavam Rajakumaran
1990
Sethu (Suresh Gopi) and Chandru (Vijayaraghavan) are friends and neighbours. Unknown to each other; they end up working as point men for 2 rival gangs.
Athirathan
1991
1980s · 24 titles
8.0Sivasubrahmania, a 32-year-old unhappy bachelor, shifts to another city in order to escape from his religious father. Desperate for affection, he falls in love with a girl 14 years younger than him.
Kurukkante Kalyanam
1982
A womanizer leads a carefree life until he marries his servant's daughter, who is an innocent woman. She tries to make him realise the importance of true love.
Rajaneegandhi
1980
4.5Annie, a typist, unknowingly attracts the affections of Daniel, her employer. However, things go terribly wrong when she marries a wealthy businessman named Tony.
Changatham
1983
9.0A group of naive drama artists from a village in Kerala get lost in London after their host does not arrive to pick them up at the airport.
Mandanmar Londonil
1983
6.4A 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
7.4Brokers, Freddy and Nicholas, try various ways to make money to repossess their boat from a businessman. However, they get into trouble when they resort to illegal ways to earn money.
Orkkapurathu
1988
7.0CID 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
Meera, a rich girl, and Baby, her brother's driver, fall in love with each other. However, problems arise when Meera's brother learns about their relationship.
Onningu Vannengil
1985
7.3Kunju 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
8.0Popular music director Sivaprasad takes Ravi under his wing and gives him his big break. But letting Ravi into his family circle has a devastating impact on Sivaprasad's life.
Sayam Sandhya
1986
6.8After Karunan comes out of jail, he discovers that his girlfriend has married Kumaran, the man who sent him to prison. Karunan decides to work hard and take revenge against Kumaran.
Adiyozhukkukal
1984
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Mudra
1989
No synopsis available yet.
Veliyattam
1981
6.9Varunni, a hunter, is summoned to help some villagers capture a man-eating leopard. When he accidentally kills a man, he decides to support the deceased's grieving family.
Mrigaya
1989
7.0Ravindran a customs officer who had to face many problems for being honest in his job. The rackets involved in smuggling and the traitors tries to make him a part by bribing but was in-vain. The story-line is based on how he tries to stick on to his honesty and what he had to pay in lieu for it.
Iniyum Kadha Thudarum
1985
6.4Basheer (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
6.4Basheer (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 synopsis available yet.
Oru Sandesam Koodi
1985
The film is a socio-centric story of education system that existed in the period 80's - 90's in Kerala. Divakaran, in search of a good job acquires fake certificates from Mysore TTC and becomes a teacher in a government aided lower primary school run by a corrupt manager.
Doore Doore Oru Koodu Koottam
1986
10.0Muthan gets job as the labour of a sayippu.problems starts when he crashes with sayippu's wife
Karimpana
1980
NRA naive and young goldsmith tries to escape his abusive father for a better life and the fulfillment of his wishes.
Ponnu
1987
NRFour bachelor friends in a village who fight against the injustice in the village. However, they end up in trouble when they fight against the landlord Panicker.
Janmandharam
1988
6.9A 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
Syam goes to a village in search of his uncle to get a job. He falls in love with a girl, but problems start when a womanizer tries to disturb her.
Kuyiline Thedi
1983
1970s · 10 titles
9.0Chandrasekharan suspects his wife Parvati of cheating and kills her. After several years, she reincarnates as Amini and tells him the truth.
Ormakal Marikkumo?
1977
7.0Hello Darling is a 1975 Indian Malayalam film, directed by A. B. Raj and produced by R. S. Sreenivasan. The film stars Prem Nazir, Jayabharathi, Sudheer, Bahadoor, Adoor Bhasi and Sankaradi in the lead roles. The film has musical score by M. K. Arjunan.
Hello Darling
1975
No synopsis available yet.
Makkal
1975
No synopsis available yet.
Madhuram Thirumadhuram
1976
The labourers working at a factory decide to go on a strike when the owner buys machines to increase productivity and replace the staff with technology.
Panimudakku
1972
NRSantha is a cheerful girl who is working in a lodge as a sweeper. She is well-liked by everyone in the lodge. Dinesh is in love with her. But one day Santha is found dead in the nearby well, and an investigation ensues.
Chemparathy
1972
10.0The tribes of Attappady, Kerala, practise a system of slash-and-burn cultivation. When the government proclaims that this system needs to stop, they are forced to find new means for livelihood.
Ponni
1976
8.0A young man rescues a woman from drowning. However, he soon discovers to his surprise that the woman has astounding supernatural powers that she never revealed before.
Kalliyankattu Neeli
1979
7.0A 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
4.6Ashamed 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
1960s · 2 titles
1950s · 2 titles
8.5The plot revolves around Neeli, a Dalit peasant girl, who falls in love with Sreedharan Nair, a high caste teacher.
Neelakuyil
1954
8.0Ravi, Appu and Valsala are members of ‘Thamarasserry’, an ancient family in Kerala. On Valsala’s wedding day, the bridegroom Vijayan is arrested by the police, who charge a murder case against him.
Rakthabandham
1951


