Poojappura Ravi

Acting

Poojappura Ravi

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Poojappura Ravi is an Indian actor, primarily concentrating in Malayalam films doing comedy roles.He was a stage actor and was a part of Kalanilyam Drama Vision, the famous drama institution. He started doing Malayalam films in mid-1970s. He has done many " black and white " movies produced in Kerala. Ravi is actually a very flexible character actor who can do almost any roles which is evident from his movies. Even though the exact count of his movies list are not updated, he has surpassed 600 films. In the 1990s he also did TV serials. Now he still continues as a busy actor in both Malayalam television and movies.

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 7 titles

Darwinte Parinamam poster
5.2

Anil Anto, a TV operator moves to Kochi with his pregnant wife in order to start a new life. Here, post an unfortunate incident, Anil crosses paths with Darwin, a crime boss.

Darwinte Parinamam

2016

Guppy poster
7.4

The story revolves around a boy named Guppy(Master Chethan) who finds his living out of rearing and selling the small fish Guppy. Guppy has this dream of buying an automatic wheel chair for his ailing mother (Rohini). Things gets into turmoil when Engineer Thejus Varkey (Tovino Thomas) comes to the seaside village for the construction of a railway bridge. Many unexpected things occur when a small rivalry starts between Guppy and Engineer.

Guppy

2016

Pokkiri Simon poster
3.5

Simon and his group of friends highly admire the Tamil superstar Vijay. However, their lives take an unexpected turn when their love for the actor makes them clash with two local criminals.

Pokkiri Simon

2017

August 15 poster
3.9

The film is a sequel to the 1988 film August 1, which was directed by Sibi Malayil, and written by S. N. Swamy. Following from August 1, Mammootty plays the character of the Crime Branch officer Perumal who investigates into an attempt of assassination on the chief minister of Kerala on the 15th of August, the Independence Day of India.

August 15

2011

Isaac Newton S/O Philipose poster
NR

Isaac is given the condition that he can only marry his girlfriend, Annie, if he passes his SSLC exams. However, things take a turn when another man sets his eyes on Annie.

Isaac Newton S/O Philipose

2013

Konthayum Poonoolum poster
6.7

The movie deals with the trials and tribulations of multiple disconnected characters trying to find meaning in the spiritual and super natural experiences they have. The intertwining story threads include a baker (Kunchako) going to meet his pregnant wife (Bhama), a moneylender (Manoj K Jayan) with an imaginary friend (Saiju Kurup), an atheist policeman (Kalabhavan Mani) who is unfaithful to his wife, an old man (Janardhanan) whose daughter (Anju Aravind) gets into a road accident, a photographer (Joy Mathew) and a college girl (Sarayu) trying to prank her room mates.

Konthayum Poonoolum

2014

Nadakame Ulakam poster
3.5

Omanakuttan, is a Bank Manager by profession. But he is very interested stage plays and he himself has directed and acted in many plays. He is approached by a film crew from town headed by Pavan, to produce their debut venture. Omanakuttan who is a cinema aspirant, agrees to finance the film after he was offered the lead role.

Nadakame Ulakam

2011

2000s · 9 titles

Nariman poster
5.8

An astute policeman, Ashok Nariman, is determined to get to the bottom of a murder case, for which a guiltless man has been declared guilty and is facing the likelihood of capital punishment.

Nariman

2001

Manjadikuru poster
7.7

A story of homecoming from late 1970s, when 10 year old Vicky arrives at his grandparents home in rural Kerala to attend his grandfather's funeral. The disjointed family gathers together for the sixteen day long funeral period. During this period, Vicky discovers more about himself, his family and culture than he had expected to. The journey is narrated through the memories of an adult Vicky who returns to the same house to recount the experience.

Manjadikuru

2008

Achaneyanenikkishtam poster
5.0

The story is about a poor lorry driver named Bhaskaran (Kalabhavani Mani), who tries to give his son Kunjunni (Ashwin Thampi), a good education by sending him to a very expensive school. The rest of the story revolves around the events Kunjunni goes through in his life.

Achaneyanenikkishtam

2001

Naranathu Thamburan poster
5.5

Ananthan Unni falls in love with Hemlatha, a poor girl. As per the will written, he has to produce a heir, or else his property will be taken over by the Government.

Naranathu Thamburan

2001

Kilichundan Mambazham poster
6.9

A young man tries to rescue the woman he loves after she is forced into marrying another.

Kilichundan Mambazham

2003

Mahasamudram poster
4.6

Isahak, a fisherman and football player, falls in love with Devi. But their married life is shattered when Devi gets arrested for murder on their wedding night.

Mahasamudram

2006

Pilots poster
6.0

Bobby (Suresh Gopi) comes to high range as a helicopter pilot working for Robinson (Sreenivasan). His job is to spray copper sulphate (thurisu) in the rubber plantations. He is assisted by Venkidi (Manian Pillai Raju), Nandu and Indrans. He faced some resistance from local workers like Chako (Jagathy Sreekumar). He also had to save Robinson from many troubles.

Pilots

2000

Highway Police poster
NR

Two young men Mammad (Babu Antony) and Circle Inspector Jayachandran (Riaz Khan) team up in their war against an underground mafia and smuggling ring while also avenging the deaths of their loved ones.

Highway Police

2006

Karumadikkuttan poster
6.2

Kuttan, is a thirty - year old man, but he has the intelligence of a ten - year old. People call him Karumadikkuttan as he is dark. Everyone has sort of affection for him and he too is always ready to do anything for anybody in the village. The remuneration that he gets for any job somehow is never above five rupees. But he works really hard when he is terribly hungry just for the sake of this meagre amount. And he has no complaint against anybody. People even ridicule him. But he thinks only of the positive aspect of things and has no grudge against anybody.

Karumadikkuttan

2001

1990s · 14 titles

Kilukkam poster
7.5

A tourist guide (Joji) in Ooty shelters a mentally unstable woman (Nandini) in return for the reward offered by her relatives. Later, he comes to know that she is in danger from her relatives.

Kilukkam

1991

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

Sreekrishnapurathu Nakshathrathilakkam poster
6.3

Three 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

Harikrishnans poster
6.5

When Guptan, a college lecturer, gets killed, the police suspect Gabriel to be the murderer. A girl takes help from her brothers, who are famous lawyers, in proving his innocence.

Harikrishnans

1998

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

Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu poster
6.9

Bhadra seeks revenge against Natesan, a landlord, who killed her parents fifteen years ago and tries to seduce his son Uthaman, making Natesan jealous.

Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu

1999

Kaatttile Thadi Thevarude Ana poster
8.0

Venugopal is an honest politician who wants to curb the illegal activities of the mafia dons. However, things take a turn when he gets shot and is replaced by his lookalike as the home minister.

Kaatttile Thadi Thevarude Ana

1995

No artwork available
6.4

Agnidevan is a 1995 Malayalam film directed by Venu Nagavalli. The film stars Mohanlal, Revathi Menon, Devan and Bharath Gopi in lead roles.

Agnidevan

1995

Aayirappara poster
8.0

In a time of rapid social and economic changes, a group of villagers resort to a revolution against the systematic exploitation meted out by moneylenders and politicians.

Aayirappara

1993

Nettippattam poster
6.7

Peethambaran (Sreenivasan) is an unemployed man who is addicted to solving other people's problems. He gives more priority to the people in his village than his family. His well intended actions though leads him to troubling situations.

Nettippattam

1991

No artwork available
6.5

Kesavankutty (Nedumudi Venu) is the head of an aristocratic family in Kerala. Despite financial troubles that he faces, he never lets anyone know about these including his wife Urmila (Shanthi Krishna) and grandmother (KPAC Lalitha). To keep his struggling family business going he ends up taking loans at huge interests and ends up in a trap of debt.

Aalavattam

1993

Pavam I. A. Ivachan poster
4.7

Pavam 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

Kallan Kappalil Thanne poster
7.0

Appukuttan receives a letter, for a job offer for his brother who is a good kalari fighter, to do some rogue work for a swami in another town. Appukuttan goes to the town with the letter and pretends to be his brother, in order to get the job and provide money for his poor family. There he falls in love with the swami's daughter which leads to trouble later.

Kallan Kappalil Thanne

1992

The Car poster
5.5

Mahadevan and his uncle Kumar are still struggling to find money after the deaths of Mahadevan's parents and Kumar's sister. One day, luck comes to them when Mahadevan wins a car as the 1st prize of a promotional contest held by a washing-powder brand. The new car brings him a lot of bad luck.

The Car

1997

1980s · 25 titles

No artwork available
7.5

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

No artwork available
9.0

Gopi spends his entire life providing for his family. However, he faces many problems and ends up living a miserable life.

Ambalavilakku

1980

Mazha Peyyunnu Maddalam Kottunnu poster
7.0

Mazha Peyyunnu Maddalam Kottunnu is a 1986 Malayalam comedy film directed by Priyadarshan. Starring Mohanlal, Mukesh, Lizy, Sreenivasan, Jagathi Sreekumar, Maniyanpilla Raju, and Kuthiravattam Pappu in the main roles. This film was a huge hit in theaters and is considered as one of the best comedy films in Malayalam cinema.

Mazha Peyyunnu Maddalam Kottunnu

1986

Engane Nee Marakkum poster
8.0

Friends Shambu and Premkumar fall in love with the same girl, Shobha, and are unaware about it. Matters become more complex when another person also begins to woo her.

Engane Nee Marakkum

1983

Kilikkonchel poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kilikkonchel

1984

No artwork available
8.0

The story revolves around Vanitha who helps her friend suffering from a mental disability.

Vanitha Police

1984

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sammelanam

1985

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Niramulla Ravukal

1986

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Veliyattam

1981

Nandi Veendum Varika poster
6.2

Nandi Veendum Varika is a 1986 Indian Malayalam film, directed by P. G. Viswambharan and produced by M. Sunil Kumar. The film stars Mammootty, Suresh Gopi, Urvashi, M. G. Soman and Sreenivasan in lead roles.

Nandi Veendum Varika

1986

Love Story poster
8.0

Love Story is a love story following the rich boy meets the poor girl formula

Love Story

1986

No artwork available
7.5

Sridevi, the new teacher of a boarding school, has to deal with Sunil, a difficult student and the only son of Menon, a widower.

Thenum Vayambum

1981

Poochakkoru Mookkuthi poster
6.3

Poochakkoru Mookkuthi movie tells Revathi (Menaka) who comes to the city from a small town in search of job and to have a good life and as it is with everyone her problem starts with finding a house. Shyam (Shankar) loves to become a popular singer. His parents are dead against his will. So he runs away from home and needs a shelter. Revathi accidentally meets Shyam who too is in search of a house through the common Milkboy, Chikku(Baiju). Chikku offers them both a house if they are ready to pose as husband and wife in front of the house owners.Supran (Poojapura Ravi), a lender, a miser who doesn

Poochakkoru Mookkuthi

1984

No artwork available
3.8

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

Kaiyum Thalayum Purathidaruthu poster
8.0

A bus service finally starts in a remote village. The movie deals about the trials and tribulations of the bunch of passengers in the bus and those of the villagers ready to welcome the bus.

Kaiyum Thalayum Purathidaruthu

1985

Mutharamkunnu P.O. poster
7.2

A post-master named Dilip Kumar re-locates to work in Mutharamkunnu. Once there, he sets about to meet the local residents and finds out that they are obsessed with wrestling. He meets with a proud and retired wrestler, Kuttan Pillai, and subsequently gets smitten by his daughter, Amminikutty. When he finds out that she an ardent fan of Mammooty, he lets it known that he is the latter's close friend. He intercepts her fan-mail, and even corresponds with her.

Mutharamkunnu P.O.

1985

Odaruthammava Aalariyam poster
5.9

Gopan, Kora, and Bhakthavalsan are three college students who share same house along with Prem, another classmate. While the trio is more interested in loafing their time by flirting with girls, Prem is more serious in his attitude towards life. On a usual encounter, the trio meets Major Nair, a retired man in his fifties, who but loves romancing young girls. After a series of ego clashes, Nair learns that the trio is trying to woo his daughter Minu. Nair, enraged, challenges them to make his daughter fall for them.

Odaruthammava Aalariyam

1984

Charithram poster
10.0

Philip (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

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Swapname Ninakku Nandi

1983

Itha Innu Muthal poster
9.0

Widowed Nair, who owns a firm, lived with his only daughter, Sindhu. Nair's nephew, Gopi eyes to marry Sindhu. After knowing Gopi's intentions, Sindhu elopes with her lover Shankar.

Itha Innu Muthal

1984

Njangalude Kochu Doctor poster
NR

The movie opens with Revathi coming with his son to visit Balachandra Menon’s house where only his grandmother Sukumari lives now. Menon’s son, during the stay at his house, asks Sukumari who is his father and the movie cuts to the flashback.

Njangalude Kochu Doctor

1989

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Pidikittapulli

1986

Enikkum oru Divasam poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Enikkum oru Divasam

1982

No artwork available
8.0

Ambily gets pregnant from movie director Raghunath, who drives her out claiming that she was an enchantress. Ambili gives birth to a son and when he grows up she takes him to Raghunath.

Sandyakkenthinu Sindhooram

1984

No artwork available
9.0

Appu works as an assistant in a theatre troupe. However, due to some unexpected turn of events, the theatre director makes him his lead actor, which changes his life for the better.

Pooram

1989