Madhan Bob

Acting

Madhan Bob

Born

1950-10-09 (76)

Place of birth

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Known for

Acting

Credits

62 titles

S. Krishnamoorthy, better known by his screen name Madhan Bob, is a Tamil comedian and actor. He started his film career as a musician and then became an actor. Apart from appearing in supporting roles in Tamil films, he also appeared in the Sun TV comedy show Asathapovathu Yaaru as one of the judges. His debut film was Vaaname Ellai. He also taught music to M. M. Keeravani. Bob was the eighth child in his family, so he was named Krishnamurthy, which also happened to be his uncle’s name. There was a lot of confusion in the house, so they changed his name to Madan. His's brother’s name is Padmanabhan aka Babu. Both started a music group called ‘Madan and Babu’. Soon, Babu became Bob, and tha…

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 12 titles

Lingaa poster
5.0

After being turned down by the ruling Britons, the rightful heir to a famous dynasty inspires local villagers to build a dam themselves. A small-time thief reforms after learning about the role played by his grandfather in building a dam.

Lingaa

2014

Mappillai poster
4.5

Rajeshwari agrees to get her daughter Gayathri married to her beau Saravanan, thinking him to be subservient. But her plans are foiled when she realises that he has a violent past.

Mappillai

2011

Market Raja MBBS poster
1.5

An arrogant don is possessed by the ghost of a medical college student and turns meek. Now, his accomplices have hide this fact from the outside world and ensure the return of the actual don.

Market Raja MBBS

2019

Traffic Ramasamy poster
3.0

Social activist Traffic Ramasamy takes on the corrupt and powerful in his quest for justice. Can he succeed to bring them down, especially when they are keen to finish him off for good?

Traffic Ramasamy

2018

Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva poster
4.1

A corrupt cop who has a heartbreaking childhood realises his mistakes and turns into a sincere officer to take on a dreaded criminal and his son.

Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva

2017

Kaavalan poster
5.8

Bhoominathan aka Bhoomi is introduced to us as a person who gets into many local fights. Worried about his future, his family sends him to Muthuramalingam , a much respected personality in his place Semmanur, to put Bhoomi's life on the right track. But things don't go as planned. Muthuramalingam's adversary threatens to kill his daughter Meera as a revenge against his own daughter's fate. So Bhoomi is given the job of Meera's bodyguard at college. Meera goes to college with her friend Madhu but is irritated by Bhoomi's presence everywhere. So she devises a plan.

Kaavalan

2011

Sura poster
2.6

When a corrupt politician tries to seize the land of his villagers, a brave and powerful fisherman sets out to fight against him.

Sura

2010

Ethir Neechal poster
6.3

Kunchithapatham's unique name becomes the butt of joke and ridicule for others. He relates his failures to his name and wants to change it. He meets an astrologer who is popular in giving fancy names that could bring luck to people. His named his changed to Harish and soon after his luck changes.

Ethir Neechal

2013

No artwork available
3.7

An NRI comes to Chennai and starts a real estate business. Even as his venture picks up, he learns that he is being cheated by a person he trusts the most and is jailed for fraud. How does he get out the web of deceit?

Adhibar

2015

Machan poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Machan

2016

Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen poster
2.7

A lackadaisical youngster falls in love with a girl from whom he’d gotten separated at a younger age. He goes through a slew of unexpected hurdles to win her love.

Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen

2017

Ramanujan poster
6.5

A prodigious Indian mathematician has to overcome poverty and prejudices and make a mark with the help of his British mentor.

Ramanujan

2014

2000s · 27 titles

Chandramukhi poster
6.8

Creepy happenings in an abandoned mansion are attributed to the ghost of an ancient courtesan, back for revenge.

Chandramukhi

2005

Vasool Raja MBBS poster
6.8

A goon, Rajaraman, enrols himself in a medical college to fulfil his father's dream. He defies the college rules and creates problems for Dr Vishwanathan.

Vasool Raja MBBS

2004

No artwork available
NR

While investigating three murders, Inspector Rubesh sets out to investigate Thulasi who was the last one to meet them all. As the case progresses, horrifying truths unfold that changes everything.

Velvi

2008

Aathi poster
5.0

Against the wishes of his foster parents, Aathi goes to college in Chennai. He is actually looking to avenge the murder of his biological parents. He meets and falls for Anjali, who has an agenda as well.

Aathi

2006

No artwork available
NR

A college student is against the unruly behaviour of his co-students. He meets a girl on the city bus and falls in love with her but a misunderstanding between the two causes a rift.

Ilaiyavan

2000

Padikathavan poster
4.0

Rocky is looked down upon by his father and spends all his time in a mechanic shop. Problems arise in his life after he falls in love with Gayathri.

Padikathavan

2009

Varalaru poster
6.3

Shiva, the ageing business tycoon, bound to his wheelchair, sharing a strong bonding with his son Vishnu. Indulgent, while Vishnu whiles away his time with his cronies taking life easy. But then suddenly Vishnu starts behaving out of character, his drunken bouts and acts causing the father much shame and embarrassment. And when Vishnu professes to remember nothing of what he had done, the father takes him to a psychiatrist.

Varalaru

2006

Friends poster
6.9

A man values his best friend more than anything else in the world. One day he confesses a dark secret from their childhood to his wife, which is overheard by another. Once the secret gets out, the friendship is destroyed.

Friends

2001

Looty poster
NR

A childless couple adopts a child, but the wife becomes convinced her husband sired the child with another woman. The son decides to seek out his birth mother to find out the truth.

Looty

2001

No artwork available
NR

Kuberan, director Rama Narayanan's return to family drama, that has any richness. The movie itself is marked by poorness in almost all departments - story, screenplay, direction and songs. To make the link between the title and the movie even more tenuous, the Kuberan in this movie isn't even rich. He is the sole money-earner for his family and his story is one of sacrifices for his near and dear. Karnan would probably have been a better name but Rama.Narayanan probably opted for Kuberan since Karnan was already taken!Kuberan(Karthik), who works as a tourist guide in Kodaikanal,...

Kuberan

2000

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

Youth poster
6.0

On his wedding day, Shiva (Vijay) discovers that his cousin and bride, Aruna, has run away because she does not want to marry a cook. But he takes it lightly and moves to Chennai with the girl's brother (Shyam Ganesh) to look for a job. One night, he saves Sandya from some goons. In gratitude, she kisses him. Shiva starts to fall in love with Sandya. After several occasions where they bumped into each other, Shiva harbours hope that she too reciprocates his affections.

Youth

2002

Nala Damayanthi poster
6.8

A village cook Ramji goes to Australia to become a chef at a multi-millionaire Indian's home. Unfortunately, the millionaire dies of indigestion the day Ramji arrives, leaving him jobless with an expired visa. Desperate to stay and earn, he starts working illegally as a cook, but to stay on, he needs to get legal. A solution comes up when Damayanthi, a free-spirited biker, agrees to marry the docile cook for a price.

Nala Damayanthi

2003

Varushamellam Vasantham poster
NR

An unemployed young man sacrifices his love for a girl who is engaged to marry his brother, but ends up earning the affection of his grandfather.

Varushamellam Vasantham

2002

Pallavan poster
NR

Pallavan, a happy go lucky college student cum ruffian falls in love with Meena during one of his bus journeys to college. But she is in love with Pallavan's younger brother, who does not have the guts to express his love. Pallavan does not realize that his dream lover is his brother's secret object of love! Another twist is that Meena is a minister's daughter and has a twin sister. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.

Pallavan

2003

Thottal Poo Malarum poster
4.8

A happy-go-lucky youngster falls in love with his wealthy classmate. However, the girl's mother is opposed to their relationship and arranges her wedding with a gangster's son.

Thottal Poo Malarum

2007

Paarthale Paravasam poster
5.0

A doctor becomes an instant heartthrob after making an appearance in a movie and soon marries a woman. But just after their marriage, the truth about his past is revealed, which leads to complications, taking the couple a step closer to divorce.

Paarthale Paravasam

2001

Vel poster
6.2

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

Vel

2007

Sandhitha Velai poster
NR

On a trip, Aadalarasu meets his lookalike and promises to fulfil the latter's request. His look-alike dies and he takes his place in his family while his own family thinks he is dead.

Sandhitha Velai

2000

Parijatham poster
NR

A woman arranges a marriage for her son but dies before she can reveal who the bride is. Her son vows to find the identity of the bride.

Parijatham

2006

Red poster
5.0

Red is a local don who possesses a heart of gold. Seeni, another don in the area, is his biggest enemy. Red falls for Gayathri and she too likes him but wants him to give up his life of violence. Meanwhile Rajesh, a reporter, begins to serialize Red's story for Ananda Vikatan and it becomes quite the rage among readers.

Red

2002

Kuselan poster
5.2

Balakrishnan and Ashok are two childhood friends who lose touch with each other. One of them goes on to become a national figure and the other, a village barber.

Kuselan

2008

Ainthaam Padai poster
4.0

Devasena decides to marry Prabhakaran after she gets a marriage proposal from his family. When she learns that she is chosen to marry his elder brother, she vows to take revenge on him.

Ainthaam Padai

2009

Thithikudhe poster
7.5

Chinnu and Anuradha, two childhood friends who are in love with each other, are seperated at an early age. Years later, fate brings them together in an unexpected way.

Thithikudhe

2003

Ayya poster
5.8

A honest and peace loving village man turns into a politician but his past haunts him till he seeks redemption by surrendering himself to law.

Ayya

2005

Anbudan poster
NR

Arun, a painter who sells his art on the streets, is in love with a girl he's never met. He also declines the love of a model. Finally he gets a call from the girl who has some shocking news for him.

Anbudan

2000

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 · 18 titles

Magalir Mattum poster
7.1

In a male-dominated world, three women from different walks of life unite against their predatory manager, challenging his atrocities and pushing back with a bold feminist agenda.

Magalir Mattum

1994

No artwork available
NR

A man loves his cousin but circumstances force him to leave home. Years later, when he learns that she loves someone else, he tries to help her reunite with her lover.

Sundara Purushan

1996

Chachi 420 poster
7.0

In order to see his little girl more often, a divorcee disguises himself as an old lady and gets a job as his own daughter's caretaker. A Hindi remake of the 1996 Tamil film "Avvai Shanmugi," which is itself a remake of the Hollywood film "Mrs. Doubtfire."

Chachi 420

1997

No artwork available
NR

Ammu, a young girl, falls in love with Veeraiyan, a pickpocket and marries him. Later, their past troubles with an evil politician catch up to them.

Pullakuttikaran

1995

Ratchagan poster
7.7

A girl falls for a violent man, who keeps taking law in his hands and beats people up. She wants to marry to him and eventually even he says yes, but her father has a condition that he should control his anger and work with him in his factory.

Ratchagan

1997

Mr. Romeo poster
5.3

Romeo lives a wealthy lifestyle in Bangalore, India, along with his widowed mother. He had received considerable assistance and encouragement from Raj Mohan to dance and sing, and as a result gets very popular with young women. He meets and is attracted to Madhu, who is also his fan. His mother meets with Madhu's grandfather and both arrange their wedding. Then Romeo finds out that Raj Mohan has been stealing body parts, especially kidneys, from patients in the Satya Moorthy Hospital, and then getting them killed via bus accidents. He meets with Raj and warns him that he is going to expose him publicly. Before he could that Romeo is shot, taken by ambulance, and thrown off of a cliff.

Mr. Romeo

1996

Sathi Leelavathi poster
7.5

Arun, a married man, has an affair with Priya as he dislikes his wife Leelavathi, who is plain-looking and overweight. When she discovers Arun's affair, she plots with Dr. Sakthivel to win Arun back.

Sathi Leelavathi

1995

Poove Unakkaga poster
7.6

Raja learns that the girl he loves is in love with another man. When he comes to know about the long-standing dispute between both their families, he goes to their village to unite them.

Poove Unakkaga

1996

Thevar Magan poster
7.0

London-educated Saktivelu returns to India and wants to open a chain of restaurants in Chennai. His father, however, wishes that he would stay back and help the villagers.

Thevar Magan

1992

Thulli Thirintha Kaalam poster
NR

Kausalya faces several difficulties when she tries to discipline a group of youngsters who are idlers and always cause huge embarrassment to their families.

Thulli Thirintha Kaalam

1998

Poovellam Kettuppar poster
6.6

A young couple needs to get the rivalry between their families sorted out so that they can get married with full consent of their parents.

Poovellam Kettuppar

1999

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Gopura Deepam

1997

Thiruda Thiruda poster
7.3

An Inspector is assigned to track down a large sum of stolen money. His investigations lead him to a couple of small time crooks, a village belle, a murder, an absconding suspect, and an international drug dealer.

Thiruda Thiruda

1993

No artwork available
6.7

Suyamvaram is directed by a host of directors.Kuselan (Vijayakumar) and Suseela (Manjula) have 9 children: 3 boys (Satyaraj, Prabhu and Abbas) and 6 girls (Rambha, Roja, Kasturi, Maheswari, Preitha and Suvalakshmi). Parthiban is the family's loyal servant but he is treated as one of their own and Napolean is the family doctor.The movie opens with Kuselan's 60th birthday celebrations and Kuselan gets a heart attack. At the hospital, the family is informed that Kuselan will not live long and to keep him comfortable in his last days. From the devastated family, Kuselan asks for one...

Suyamvaram

1999

Udan Pirappu poster
7.0

Best friends Sathya and Viji are against selling their colony to a land grabber. Their friendship is put to the test after Viji falls in love with Sumathi and marries her.

Udan Pirappu

1993

Nerrukku Ner poster
6.3

Raghu and Shanti are divorced couple which sparks problems between both respective younger brothers.

Nerrukku Ner

1997

Sangamam poster
7.5

After initial disagreements, a classical dancer and a rural folk artist charm each other and fall in love. However, they face issues when the girl's father disapproves of their relationship.

Sangamam

1999

Kadhala Kadhala poster
6.9

Two friends, both with the name of Lingam, create a comedy of errors and consequent chaos with their girlfriends and their families.

Kadhala Kadhala

1998

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