M. Krishnan Nair

Directing

M. Krishnan Nair

Born — Died

1926-11-02 — 2001-05-10

Place of birth

Thiruvanthapuram, Kerala, India

Known for

Directing

Credits

38 titles

M. Krishnan Nair (2 November 1926 – 10 May 2001) was an Indian film director of Malayalam films. He directed over 100 films. He also directed 18 Tamil movie including four films starring M. G. Ramachandran and two Telugu movies, one each with superstars N. T. Rama Rao and Krishna Eminent filmmakers including Hariharan, K. Madhu, S. P. Muthuraman, Bharathiraja and Joshiy apprenticed under him as assistant directors.

Known for

Behind the camera

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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

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After being forced into prostitution, Geetha meets Prabhakar, her childhood friend. After Prabhakar persuades her to marry him, they face severe rejections from society.

Muthu Chippi

1968

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Kattuthulasi

1965

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Oorukku Uzhaippavan

1976

Maniyara poster
10.0

Noorjahan and Sabna get married into the same family. While Sabna brings good dowry with her, poor Noorjahan is treated like a servant by her mother-in-law.

Maniyara

1983

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Aalukkoru Veedu

1960

Kalam Mari Katha Mari poster
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Kalam Mari Katha Mari

1987

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A man, desperate to earn money, lies to his wealthy employer that he is not married. His boss' daughter, who was unwell, gets better and eventually falls in love with him. Trouble begins when the wife and kids arrive at the village.

Naan Yen Pirandhen

1972

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A man, desperate to earn money, lies to his wealthy employer that he is not married. His boss' daughter, who was unwell, gets better and eventually falls in love with him. Trouble begins when the wife and kids arrive at the village.

Naan Yen Pirandhen

1972

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Gummadi leaves his young son, Raja, and daughter, Shanti, to fend for themselves after the death of his wife. Raja takes care of his little sister while vowing to find his father.

Chitti Chellelu

1970

Kalliyankattu Neeli poster
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A 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

Bheekara Nimishangal poster
7.0

Bheekara Nimishangal is a 1970 Indian Malayalam film, directed by M. Krishnan Nair and produced by P Arunachalam. The film stars Sathyan, Madhu, Sheela and Adoor Bhasi in lead roles. The film had musical score by MS Baburaj

Bheekara Nimishangal

1970

Oru Raagam Pala Thaalam poster
10.0

Raju 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

Agniputhri poster
7.0

The 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

Puzhayozhukum Vazhi poster
9.0

Puzhayozhukum Vazhi is a 1985 Indian Malayalam film, directed by M. Krishnan Nair and produced by Joly Paulson. The film stars Mammootty, Jagathy Sreekumar, Venu Nagavally and Prameela in lead roles. The film had a musical score by Raveendran.

Puzhayozhukum Vazhi

1985

Rickshawkaran poster
6.2

A rickshaw puller, who also enjoys racing with other rickshaw pullers, finds a child whose father has been killed. All his attempts to seek justice for the man are thwarted by a corrupt lawyer.

Rickshawkaran

1971

Manthrakodi poster
7.0

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Manthrakodi

1972

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7.0

Agni Pareeksha. Released in 1968. Directed by M. Krishnan Nair. Starring Adoor Bhasi, T.S. Muthaiah, Prem Nazir.

Agni Pareeksha

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Urakkam Varaatha Raathrikal

1978

Kadal poster
9.0

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Kadal

1968

Thara poster
8.0

Vasanthi'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

Vivahitha poster
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Meena marries her brother-in-law after her sister dies, even though she is in love with Rajendran. Years later, she meets Rajendran and is forced to confront her past.

Vivahitha

1970

Madhura Swapanam poster
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Madhura Swapanam

1977

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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

Cochin Express poster
7.3

Rajan, a police officer, is in charge of the investigation regarding a murder that took place on a train. He tries by hook or by crook to find the culprit as he has only one witness.

Cochin Express

1967

Padunna Puzha poster
10.0

In 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

Bhadradeepam poster
7.0

Rajasekharan, a wealthy businessman, is married to Usha, and is leading a happy family life. One day Usha dies and Rajasekharan suspects she was poisoned by her close friend Rajani. In order to take revenge, he marries Rajani and forces upon her a bleak life devoid of all pleasure. Eventually Rajasekharan discovers that Rajani had nothing to do with his Usha's death, but it is too late by then.

Bhadradeepam

1973

Bhadradeepam poster
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Rajasekharan, a wealthy businessman, is married to Usha, and is leading a happy family life. One day Usha dies and Rajasekharan suspects she was poisoned by her close friend Rajani. In order to take revenge, he marries Rajani and forces upon her a bleak life devoid of all pleasure. Eventually Rajasekharan discovers that Rajani had nothing to do with his Usha's death, but it is too late by then.

Bhadradeepam

1973

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Judgal Abu, a greedy man, covets his neighbour, Kunjumuhammed's wealth and plots to get his daughter remarried to Kunjumuhammed. For this he tries to separate his daughter from her husband.

Manithali

1984

Kutti Kuppayam poster
7.0

Jabbar and Zubaida marry against the wishes of Jabbar's mother. Subsequently, his mother plots to separate the couple by ridiculing Zubaida for being incapable of bearing a child.

Kutti Kuppayam

1964

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Annamitta Kai

1972

Sabarimala Shri Dharmasastha poster
8.0

Sabarimala Sree Dharmashastha is a 1970 Indian Malayalam film, directed by M. Krishnan Nair

Sabarimala Shri Dharmasastha

1970

Thapaswini poster
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Thapaswini

1971

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Film starring Sathyan, Adoor Bhasi and Vinodini

Kadathukaran

1965

Agnimrigam poster
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Agnimrigam

1971

Kavyamela poster
8.0

Jayadevan is a blind poet who lives with his sister, her husband and their child. He leaves because he no longer wishes to be a burden to them. He decides to go to Trivandrum to seek treatment, but on his way he meets the crooked Vikraman, but later leaves him. Lost, he stands and sings to the goddess Sridevi, just as Sridevi and her friends have come to a park for a picnic. Not realizing he is blind, Sridevi slaps him. Several men who saw the incident take him to a local doctor, who happens to be the father of Sridevi. The doctor was also friends with Jayadevan's father, so he takes him in and operates on him. When Jayadevan is able to return to working, he creates a collection of poems, but Vikraman gets hold of it and publishes it under his own name. The poems become a sensation, Vikraman is to be honoured for the work, but Jayadevan manages to reveal the truth.

Kavyamela

1965

Karutha Kai poster
7.0

Karutha Kai is a 1964 Indian Malayalam film, directed by M. Krishnan Nair and produced by P Subramaniam. The film stars Prem Nazir, Sheela, Adoor Bhasi and Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair in lead roles. The film had musical score and songs composed by MS Baburaj. The film was remade in Telugu as Loguttu Perumallakeruka.

Karutha Kai

1964

Kalyaana Rathriyil? poster
8.0

Rajan gets suspicious about his in laws and their connection with a ghost, so he decides to investigate them on his wedding night.

Kalyaana Rathriyil?

1966