Kalabhavan Mani

Acting

Kalabhavan Mani

Born — Died

1971-01-01 — 2016-03-06

Place of birth

Chalakudy, Kerala, India

Known for

Acting

Credits

61 titles

Kunnisseri Veettil Raman Mani (1 January 1971 – 6 March 2016), better known by his stage name Kalabhavan Mani, was an Indian film actor and singer. Mani started his career as a mimicry artist with the Kalabhavan troupe. He has starred in over 200 films, including Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu films, and is renowned for his comedy, character, and villain roles. He received the National Film Award – Special Jury Award and Kerala State Film Award for his performance as Ramu in Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum (1999).

Known for

Enthiran poster
6.6

Dr. Vaseegaran creates Chitti, a powerful robot in his own image, but it is rejected by the scientific body AIRD due to its lack of human behaviour and emotions. After a lightning strike triggers emotions in Chitti, he begins to develop human-like feelings. However, Chitti falls in love with Dr. Vaseegaran's fiancée, Sana, and turns against his creator, leading to dangerous consequences.

Enthiran

2010

Annarakkannanum Thannalayathu poster
2.0

A kind-hearted Pavithran dreams of meeting a beautiful lady someday. In his desperation to find true love, he is shocked when an astrologer he approaches predicts that he is going to marry a widow.

Annarakkannanum Thannalayathu

2010

Bachelor Party poster
5.6

Tony, a former outlaw, decides to lead a quiet life with his wife and newborn child. However, their peaceful household is disrupted after the return of a dangerous gangster, Prakash.

Bachelor Party

2012

British Market poster
9.0

British Market is a 1998 Malayalam film directed by Nizar and starring Vijayaraghavan, Jagathy Sreekumar, Sudheesh and Anju Aravind in major roles.

British Market

1998

Anniyan poster
7.4

Unable to tolerate society's injustices and devastated by rejection from the woman he loves, a meek lawyer develops a split personality: one side a vengeful vigilante killer punishing evildoers, the other a dashing playboy capable of winning her heart. Complications arise when the three sides begin to collide.

Anniyan

2005

Black Stallion poster
1.5

In order to escape Black Stallion, a criminal Police who wants to marry her, Laura, a Bar Dancer moves to a new city. However, she is in trouble when Black hunts her down.

Black Stallion

2010

Film credits

2010s · 13 titles

Enthiran poster
6.6

Dr. Vaseegaran creates Chitti, a powerful robot in his own image, but it is rejected by the scientific body AIRD due to its lack of human behaviour and emotions. After a lightning strike triggers emotions in Chitti, he begins to develop human-like feelings. However, Chitti falls in love with Dr. Vaseegaran's fiancée, Sana, and turns against his creator, leading to dangerous consequences.

Enthiran

2010

Annarakkannanum Thannalayathu poster
2.0

A kind-hearted Pavithran dreams of meeting a beautiful lady someday. In his desperation to find true love, he is shocked when an astrologer he approaches predicts that he is going to marry a widow.

Annarakkannanum Thannalayathu

2010

Bachelor Party poster
5.6

Tony, a former outlaw, decides to lead a quiet life with his wife and newborn child. However, their peaceful household is disrupted after the return of a dangerous gangster, Prakash.

Bachelor Party

2012

Black Stallion poster
1.5

In order to escape Black Stallion, a criminal Police who wants to marry her, Laura, a Bar Dancer moves to a new city. However, she is in trouble when Black hunts her down.

Black Stallion

2010

Oru Small Family poster
2.0

Viswanathan takes to drinking when his daughter falls in love with Kishore, who comes from a family selling illicit liquor. Tired of Viswanathan's alcoholism, his wife decides to set things right.

Oru Small Family

2010

Vaada poster
5.0

Vaada film Sundar C and Sheryl Brindo in lead. Sundar C is essaying the role of a person who avenges the person who has spoilt his life. Sheryl Pinto acts as an ardent fan of MGR and she feels her husband Sundar C should also be like him. Both of them dance for the song Enakku Needhan MGR Unakku Naan Dhan Saroja Devi.

Vaada

2010

3 Char Sau Bees poster
1.0

Three college friends get involved in robberies to make money. However, their lives turn upside down when they find the dead body of a man in the house they were going to rob.

3 Char Sau Bees

2010

Canvas poster
1.0

Manaf Hussain, a painter and dramatist, decides to direct a play based on the love life of Yayathi, the celebrated king of the lunar dynasty.

Canvas

2010

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

Papanasam poster
7.8

A cinephile tries to protect his family by hiding a heat-of-the-moment murder committed by his daughter by taking cues from the films he has watched. With the victim the son of a cop, can he get away with it?

Papanasam

2015

Amen poster
7.5

Solomon, who belongs to a band, is in love with Soshanna, who hails from an upper class family. The story spells how Solomon manages to win over all the obstacles to marry Soshanna.

Amen

2013

Pramani poster
4.8

Viswanatha Panicker, the village head, and his cousin Soma cheat innocent villagers out of their land. They threaten Janaki when she tries to expose them, but when Panicker has a change of heart, no one believes him.

Pramani

2010

Face 2 Face poster
3.2

Face to Face is a 2012 Malayalam mystery thriller film directed by V. M. Vinu and starring Mammootty, Roma Asrani and Ragini Dwivedi. The film is written by Manoj Payyanur and produced by M. K. Nazar under the banner of Good Line Productions. It was released on 30 November 2012.

Face 2 Face

2012

2000s · 36 titles

Anniyan poster
7.4

Unable to tolerate society's injustices and devastated by rejection from the woman he loves, a meek lawyer develops a split personality: one side a vengeful vigilante killer punishing evildoers, the other a dashing playboy capable of winning her heart. Complications arise when the three sides begin to collide.

Anniyan

2005

Vettam poster
7.1

Petty thief Gopi steals a chain, and in order to escape a police inspector, drops it in Veena's bag. Later, he tries to take it from her, but the chain is no longer there. He becomes a part of her plan to stop her boyfriend from marrying a rich tycoon’s daughter

Vettam

2004

No artwork available
NR

Padmanabhan Embranthiri (Nedumudi Venu) is running an institution viz. 'Kalanikethan' . He is invited to perform the Kerala art forms on the stage of a cultural festival named Keralotsavam 2009. His daughter Ganga (Vishnu Priya) was doing research in Mohiniyattam. So she was entrusted in doing all the arrangements of the programme. Sandeep Subramanyam (Vinu Mohan) arrives there to perform Kalaripayattu. There he meets Ganga and falls in love. But he is a terrorist named Javed Ibrahim in disguise and his mission is to blast a bomb during the Keralotsavam event. The terrorist group aims to destroy the communal harmony and evoke a riot. Whether or not Sandeep aka Javed succeeds in the mission forms the climax of the movie.

Keralotsavam Mission 2009

2009

Durgi poster
NR

Durgi was living happily with her family in a small village. But 2 businessmen entered the village to make a sugar mill. They used to be drunk always. One day, they raped her sister and she died in hospital. When Durgi and her family were in agony, they killed Durgi's father. After this, she promises to kill everyone.

Durgi

2004

Akashathile Paravakal poster
7.0

Vaasu, who came to kill all the mad dogs of the Chandanakkunnu Village, finally becomes the hero of the Village.

Akashathile Paravakal

2001

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kerala Police

2008

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

Nandanam poster
6.8

Balamani, a housemaid and a devotee of Lord Guruvayurappan, falls in love with the householder's grandson, Manu. When the whole family is against their union, Balamani seeks the Lord's help to make her forget Manu.

Nandanam

2002

Valliettan poster
5.8

Madhavankutty is the Valliettan (Big Brother) of the Arackal family. The long lasting rivalry between Arackal Madhavanunni and Patteri Sivaraman forms the main thread of the story. Madhavanunni, along with his four brothers he rules the village. But Sivaraman, with the help of Bava, develops their plan to trap Madhavanunni.

Valliettan

2000

No artwork available
NR

Bhaskaran and Snehalatha are in love with each other. However, in order to marry her, he must complete a challenge set by her father.

Ponmudipuzhayorathu

2005

Anandabhadram poster
7.5

To honour his mother's final wish, Ananthan returns to his ancestral village from America and attempts to light a lamp at the family temple. However, his quest is thwarted by an evil magician named Digambaran who seeks to harness the temple's hidden powers.

Anandabhadram

2005

Sema Ragalai poster
NR

In order to find his dream job, Satya agrees to kidnap his friend's lover. However, he abducts the wrong woman and is stuck with her.

Sema Ragalai

2004

Kanninum Kannadikkum poster
9.0

Harikrishnan, a writer, who has come to a village, finds Praav as an interesting character for his story. When he delves deeper into Praav's secret past, a lot of things start to get clearer.

Kanninum Kannadikkum

2004

Aaru poster
6.1

A thug, with his partners, is chosen to work for a criminal gang and he becomes the left-hand man of the leader. The leader declares a war against another criminal and the thug has to protect him despite losing his friends.

Aaru

2005

Udayon poster
5.8

Kunju is a farmer with five children. He strongly and firmly believes that farming is the best profession and forbids his sons to pursue their own interest. Matters become worse when he wants his daughter to marry an ugly looking farmer.

Udayon

2005

Vellithira poster
4.6

Raghuram, a struggling film exhibitor sets up a small cinema in a remote village, hoping to revive his failing career. As the theater becomes a local sensation, his mysterious past and hidden motives gradually come to light, revealing a deeper truth behind his venture.

Vellithira

2003

Pasakiligal poster
NR

Sethupathy (Prabhu) and his young brother Sevathayya (Murali) are fond of their only sister, Maragadham (Navya Nair), who lives in Melur village. Vairaghya Bhoopathy (Nassar) is the chief of the neighboring village Aalur, and the two families have been rivals for generations. But Maragadham falls for Nallarasu (Vineeth), Bhoopathy's brother. Then comes Alakalan (Kalabhavan Mani), a schemer who wants to marry Maragadham. Both the brothers humiliate him and send him back. He ends up marrying Bhoopathy's sister Angayarkanni (Roja) but manages to create an enmity between the two families. Meanwhile, a dancer (Malavika) falls in love with Sethupathy. Alakalan has an eye on her as well. A turn of events results in Bhoopathy's suicide. Now, Nallarasu takes revenge on Sethupathy, who was responsible for his brother's death, so he marries Maragadham only to torture her.

Pasakiligal

2006

No artwork available
NR

Sinkari Bolona is an Drama Malayalam movie directed by Sathish Mannarkad . The movie's star cast includes Nishant Sagar , Jagathy Sreekumar in the main lead roles.

Singaari Bolona

2003

Maanikyan poster
NR

Maanikyan is a 2005 Malayalam film directed by K K Haridas. The film stars Kalabhavan Mani, Kausalya, Jagathy Sreekumar and Undapakru in lead roles.

Maanikyan

2005

Vel poster
6.2

Two sons that are separated as children grow up in drastically different environments.

Vel

2007

Pattalam poster
5.8

An Army unit comes to a local village in Kerala because of a terror threat. The plot revolves around the lives of the people and the army and their relationships.

Pattalam

2003

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

Kuthu poster
5.0

A man falls in love with a girl only to incur the wrath of her evil father, who tries several ways to keep the young couple apart.

Kuthu

2004

Chinthamani Kolacase poster
6.2

The story is centred on Lal Krishna Viradiar, the enigmatic criminal lawyer with an even more enigmatic mission. Lal Krishna helps out hardened criminals to get away from the courts. But later, he pursues and takes them out in a bizarre show of vigilante justice.

Chinthamani Kolacase

2006

Mazhai poster
5.6

Arjun, an unemployed youngster and Deva a powerful don both fall in love with Sailaja, a middle-class beauty, at the same time on a rainy day at a railway station. Arjun keeps bumping into Sailaja coincidentally every time it rains. This makes them both feel that it is perhaps the rain that keeps bringing them together, and they start to fall in love. Deva, on the other hand, takes the back-door route to get the girl, with the help of her good-for-nothing father.

Mazhai

2005

Narasimham poster
7.3

Poovalli Induchoodan (Mohanlal) is sentenced for six years prison life for murdering his classmate. Induchoodan, the only son of Justice Maranchery Karunakara Menon (Thilakan) was framed in the case by Manapally Madhavan Nambiar (Narayanan Nair) and his crony DYSP Sankaranarayanan (Bheeman Raghu) to take revenge on idealist judge Menon who had earlier given jail sentence to Manapally in a corruption case. The story begins with Induchoodan released and his father & mother coming to stay with him.

Narasimham

2000

One Way Ticket poster
4.2

Kunjappu, a jeep driver and an ardent admirer of superstar Mammootty, finds himself troubled when his relationship with his girlfriend is in disarray. But he is rapt when Mammootty himself intervenes to solve his issues.

One Way Ticket

2008

Mister Butler poster
5.8

Gopalakrishnan, a chef, escapes from his village to a city when his marriage gets ruined. He falls in love with Radhika, but his happiness is short-lived as his past returns to haunt him.

Mister Butler

2000

Nagaram poster
NR

Right runs a gang and also works as a sidekick and right-hand man to big don Kaasim Bhai, Kaasim uses Right and his gang as professional killers whenever required.

Nagaram

2008

Arjun poster
5.8

A young man risks his life to guarantee his twin sister's happiness and protect her from murderous in-laws.

Arjun

2004

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

Sethurama Iyer CBI poster
7.5

Alex, who is awaiting execution, confesses to having committed six out of the seven murders he is acquitted for. Officer Sethurama Iyer decides to trace the original murderer of the seventh one.

Sethurama Iyer CBI

2004

Something Something… Unakkum Enakkum poster
6.4

The story starts in a jail, where prisoner Muthupandi (Prabhu) is being interrogated by a police officer (Vijayakumar) about his past. Without hesitation, Muthupandi tells. Muthupandi is a son of the soil, a very hard working self-made man who dotes on his only sister Kavitha (Trisha Krishnan). Their mother died very early and it was Muthupandi who brought up Kavitha with a lot of love and affection. Kavitha’s best friend Lalitha (Richa Pallod), who is getting married, takes Kavitha to her house for the nuptial ceremony. As an emotional scene prior to this notes, this is the first time Kavitha has been away from her brother.

Something Something… Unakkum Enakkum

2006

No artwork available
2.0

Magic Lamp is a 2008 Indian Malayalam film, directed by K. K. Haridas and produced by Cherupuzha Jose. The film stars Jayaram, Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Kottayam Nazeer and Meena in lead roles. The film had musical score by Ouseppachan.

Magic Lamp

2008

Chotta Mumbai poster
7.2

Vasco and his family witness a murder carried out by a local goon. Problems start brewing in their lives when this criminal starts plotting against him.

Chotta Mumbai

2007

Gemini poster
5.9

Gemini, a gangster, falls for Manisha who reciprocates his love without knowing his truth. After getting arrested and completing his term, he tries to convince his lover that he is a changed man.

Gemini

2002

1990s · 10 titles

British Market poster
9.0

British Market is a 1998 Malayalam film directed by Nizar and starring Vijayaraghavan, Jagathy Sreekumar, Sudheesh and Anju Aravind in major roles.

British Market

1998

Aaram Thamburan poster
6.5

Jagannadhan moves to Kanimangalam and wins over the locals, but falls into trouble with Appan Thamburan, a feudal lord. It starts after he organises a festival that has been banned by Appan himself.

Aaram Thamburan

1997

Aaram Thamburan poster
6.5

Jagannadhan moves to Kanimangalam and wins over the locals, but falls into trouble with Appan Thamburan, a feudal lord. It starts after he organises a festival that has been banned by Appan himself.

Aaram Thamburan

1997

No artwork available
6.2

Kudumba Vaarthakal is a 1998 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Ali Akbar and produced by Milan Jaleel. The film stars Jagathy Sreekumar, Innocent, Kalabhavan Mani and Kalpana in lead roles. The film had musical score by Berny-Ignatius.

Kudumba Vaarthakal

1998

Siamese Irattakal poster
10.0

Siamese Irattakal is a movie in Malayalam language released in the year 1997.

Siamese Irattakal

1997

Bhoothakkannadi poster
6.3

Vidyadharan, a clocksmith, is a widower and lives for his only daughter. However, his life takes a turn for the worse when he kills a thug suspecting him for murdering a village girl.

Bhoothakkannadi

1997

Kireedamillatha Rajakkanmar poster
8.0

Six con artists join forces together

Kireedamillatha Rajakkanmar

1996

Excuse Me Ethu Collegila? poster
8.0

Anathan and Appukuttan are two young friends who come to the city to chase their dreams. They go through a lot of difficulties and venture into the real estate field while also meeting a girl, both of which change their lives.

Excuse Me Ethu Collegila?

1996

Malabaril Ninnoru Manimaaran poster
NR

Meenu gets stuck in a tussle between the families of her divorced parents, both of whom want her to marry a man of their choice. Amidst all her troubles, Balan arrives and promises to help her out.

Malabaril Ninnoru Manimaaran

1998

Alibabayum Arara Kallanmarum poster
10.0

Diwakaran (Jagadish), a medical sales rep, is also a thief, unbeknown to everyone but his pal Chaandy (Kalabhavan Mani). Mistaking retired school teacher Aravindakshan (Premachandran) for a politician, Diwakaran steals jewelry from him, which Aravindakshan had intended for his daughter's marriage. The cop investigating the case, Jayashankar (Vijayaraghavan), becomes Diwakaran's brother-in-law, to the latter's shock. Jayashankar then brings a proposal for Diwakaran - Aravindakshan's daughter!

Alibabayum Arara Kallanmarum

1998

Behind the camera