Captain Raju

Acting

Captain Raju

Born — Died

1950-06-27 — 2018-09-17

Place of birth

Omallur, Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India

Known for

Acting

Credits

61 titles

Raju Daniel known by his stage name Captain Raju was an Indian actor and former military officer. He had acted in more than 500 films in the languages of Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and English. He was best noted for his performance in character roles, and as a villain. Raju also appeared in television serials and advertisements.

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 7 titles

2000s · 10 titles

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

Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja poster
6.9

Set in the backdrop of the seventeenth century, the royal family of Kottayam is ruled by Pazhassi. The British government begins to impose heavy taxes on the locals in the Thalassery region of Kerala.

Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja

2009

C.I.D. Moosa poster
8.0

Moosa, 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

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

Thandavam poster
4.8

Brothers Kasinathan and Swaminathan strive for the good of their village. But after Swaminathan dies mysteriously, Kasi investigates and eventually becomes the new patriarch.

Thandavam

2002

Chathikkatha Chanthu poster
7.1

Chanthu posts fake love letters to an imaginary girl Vasumathi, so that his landlord's daughter Indira who is in love with him won't pursue him. Things go awry when a real Vasumathi receives the letters and start looking for Chanthu

Chathikkatha Chanthu

2004

Sharjah to Sharjah poster
5.4

Unni is wrongly accused for murder of Kannan in Dubai. Sheikh Al Mubharak Rasim Khalid tells Unni's elder brother Nandagopalan Vishwanathan that he can release Unni if he gets he can get a letter from Kannan's family that they have pardoned Unni and all the members of Unni's family should sign the letter. Nandagopalan goes to Unni's house disguised as a Sheikh from Sharjah and trying to fool everyone in signing the letter without telling the truth of the contents of the letter.

Sharjah to Sharjah

2001

Puthooramputhri Unniyarcha poster
7.0

Puthooramputhri Unniyarcha movie is an adaptation of a story taken from the annals of the Vadakkanpaattu. Unniyarcha (Vani Viswanath) who is the bold and beautiful daughter of Kannappa Chekavar (Captain Raju) of Puthooram Veedu is a great fighter too. She is betrothed to her cousin Chandu (Devan) during childhood. But as she grows up, she begins to develop an aversion towards him.

Puthooramputhri Unniyarcha

2002

Snehapoorvam Anna poster
10.0

Snehapoorvam Anna is a 2000 Malayalam romantic film starring Vaibhavi Merchant and Innocent. It was written by Hari Kumar and directed by Sangeeth Sivan. The film concerns the relationship between a father and his daughter. Anna (Vaibhavi Merchant) is her father's (Innocent) only daughter. He has the dream of marrying her to someone according to his wish. However, she falls in love with a boy and this shakes the relationship between the daughter and father.

Snehapoorvam Anna

2000

War & Love poster
3.7

Captain Gopinath, along with Serina, the daughter of a Pakistani army general, must thwart Pakistan's plans of using a nuclear bomb against India.

War & Love

2003

1990s · 21 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

Sevagan poster
4.0

Story about a honest police man and his fight against politicians.

Sevagan

1992

No artwork available
NR

A man is falsely convicted and imprisoned for crimes he did not commit. He decides to set out on a mission to track down the real culprits.

Pratap

1993

Ee Thanutha Veluppan Kalathu poster
6.2

When 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

No artwork available
NR

Jaganadan's daughter takes up her father's business after his sudden death. She faces many challenges as her father's enemies try to plot against her.

Gentle Man Security

1994

Rajashilpi poster
7.5

Shambu is a renowned sculptor who lives with the memories of his deceased wife, Uma. However, his life takes a turn when he meets a woman who falls in love with him.

Rajashilpi

1992

Tholi Muddu poster
8.0

Prashanth and Divya get married without informing anyone. Divya's father tries to make their life hell.

Tholi Muddu

1993

Gandeevam poster
8.0

Gandeevam is a 1994 Telugu film directed by Priyadarshan. The film stars Balakrishna, Roja Selvamani, Nageshwara Rao Akkineni and Brahmanandam in lead roles.

Gandeevam

1994

Red Indians poster
NR

A forest smuggle, lives in the jungle and smuggles sandalwood. He is also involved with other anti-social behaviour and forest controlling activities like robberies, dacoity, murders and drug pedalling. He consequently kidnaps an electrician Rahul and takes him to the jungle, forcing him to teach him how to make explosives. Rahul refuses to help create bombs and is subsequently falsely accused of murder. The rest of the story is about how Rahul proves his innocence to police investigators

Red Indians

1999

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Amma Koduku

1993

Cotton Mary poster
5.0

A British family is trapped between culture, tradition, and the colonial sins of the past.

Cotton Mary

1999

Daya poster
6.3

The film is set in the Middle-East in the pre-Islam period. It is about the adventures and exploits of a lively and intelligent slave girl named Daya (Manju Warrier). Mansoor (Krishna), the son of an aging and wealthy nobleman, is used to an extravagant way of life.

Daya

1998

No artwork available
10.0

Sivadas is a dedicated communist party member who gains the good will of poor and faces a strong opposition from other political parties.

Stalin Sivadas

1999

Adwaytham poster
7.4

Advaitham is a 1991 Malayalam film directed by Priyadarshan. The film stars Mohanlal, Jayaram, Revathi Menon and Srividhya in lead roles.

Adwaytham

1991

Guru poster
7.2

A few political goons, disguised as Muslims, cause trouble at the temple and kill Raghuraman's family. Later, Raghuraman joins an extremist group and decides to avenge his family's death.

Guru

1997

Uppukandam Brothers poster
7.0

Two prominent families & business rivals, the Uppukandam brothers, Kariachan (Captain Raju), Paulachan (Keerikkadan Jose), Xavichan (Babu Antony), Josekutty (Jagadish) & Thankachan (Baiju), & the Ettuveettil Pillais, headed by Ananthan Pillai (Rajan P. Dev) & his sons & nephews, have been feuding for years, aggravated by the fact that Xavichan had gone to jail for killing Vasu Pillai (Johny) of the Ettuveettil family, who in turn had killed Roy Mathews (Siddique), Xavichan's brother-in-law.

Uppukandam Brothers

1993

No. 20 Madras Mail poster
6.3

Enroute Madras via train, when three friends get falsely accused of a mysterious homicide, they escape and desperately search for the real killer.

No. 20 Madras Mail

1990

No artwork available
NR

A film crew has been taken as hostage in the dense forest of Suryavanam. The State Government sends commando force for their rescue.

Sooryavanam

1998

Independence poster
5.7

Independence is a 1999 Malayalam fantasy film directed by Vinayan and starring Vani Viswanath, Kushboo Sundar, Kalabhavan Mani and Indraja in the lead roles.

Independence

1999

Prem Poojari poster
5.8

Prem comes to Madras to become a singer. However, in the beginning, he pretends to be a priest of the Namboothiri caste to find a place to live

Prem Poojari

1999

Ezhupunna Tharakan poster
5.8

Ezhupunna Tharakan is a 1999 Malayalam movie directed by P. G. Viswambharan. The movie features Mammootty and Namrata Shirodkar in the lead roles.

Ezhupunna Tharakan

1999

1980s · 22 titles

Miss Pamela poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Miss Pamela

1989

Hello My Dear Wrong Number poster
5.8

When Venugopal, a medical representative gives a girl who runs into his cab a ride; he unknowingly gets involved in a murder.

Hello My Dear Wrong Number

1986

Soora Samhaaram poster
7.5

Pandian, a police officer, sets out to take revenge on a drug lord for the murder of his best friend, Arun. However, Pandian gets abducted by the criminal and is forced into drug addiction.

Soora Samhaaram

1988

Nadodikkattu poster
8.0

After losing their jobs, Dasan and Vijayan have no hope of finding work in Kerala. They plan to escape to Dubai, but end up in Chennai. Can they find luck there?

Nadodikkattu

1987

Aavanazhi poster
6.2

Balram, an honest police inspector, turns to drinking and womanizing after facing several hardships in life. However, when a criminal he nabs gets acquitted by the court, he decides to fight again.

Aavanazhi

1986

No artwork available
NR

A landlord's daughter, Gayathri, falls in love with her cousin, Venu. However, they must overcome many problems before they can be together.

Agnipravesham

1989

No artwork available
NR

Geetha is a fun-loving girl who loves to play pranks on everyone. Her parents decide to get her married and Pandiyarajan is mistaken by the villagers to be Geetha's groom.

Ullam Kavarntha Kalvan

1987

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sammelanam

1985

Changatham poster
4.5

Annie, 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

Changatham poster
4.5

Annie, 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

Nimishangal poster
8.0

A mentally ill rich girl escapes from an asylum and falls in love with a young widower.

Nimishangal

1986

Karimpin Poovinakkare poster
8.3

The film revolves around the life and revenge of a few villagers against each other.

Karimpin Poovinakkare

1985

Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha poster
7.0

Chanthu, a poor orphan and Aromal are cousins and belong to the Chekavar clan, a warrior clan who hire themselves out as duellers to settle disputes among the rich and powerful. Aromal, jealous of the much more talented Chanthu, makes life miserable for him and Chanthu decides to leave and live with Aringodar, a rival chekavan, as his pupil. When the two sons of a local landlord have a property dispute and decide to hire Aromal and Aringodar to duel it out, Chanthu has to decide where his loyalty lies - with the family of the uncle who brought him up or with Aringodar who provided him with sanctuary.

Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha

1989

Iniyum Kadha Thudarum poster
7.0

Ravindran 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

Daisy poster
8.0

Daisy is a teenage love story set in a boarding school in Ooty. The movie follows the plot of Pradeep, a trouble maker who plays a prank on Daisy, a new comer to the school. Eventually they fall in love and Daisy tries to help Pradeep to come out of his over aggressive behaviour.

Daisy

1988

August 1 poster
6.9

After a keenly fought election, MKR becomes the new chief minister. When the opponents hire a psychotic killer to assassinate him, Perumal, a crime branch officer, is assigned to stop him.

August 1

1988

Dharmathin Thalaivan poster
6.9

When Raju loses his soft-spoken, loving elder brother Balu in a fight, he gives up his violent ways. However, his life changes for the better when he meets his brother's lookalike, who is a criminal.

Dharmathin Thalaivan

1988

Ee Sabdam Innathe Sabdam poster
6.0

A group of unruly youth harasses Dr. Ramachandran (Mammotty) and his family. His wife (Sobhana) ends up being raped and murdered by this group. His sister Pushpa (Rohini) becomes mentally ill following the trauma. Distraught when the law doesn't give him justice, the doctor ends up being a vigilante and decides to take revenge on the people who destroyed his family.

Ee Sabdam Innathe Sabdam

1985

Athirathram poster
6.6

Prasad and Rajesh are brothers and police officers tasked to take down a smuggling ring. Taradas and his uncle Tarasankar outwit the efforts of the police. Things take a twist when Rajesh realizes that his wife Tulasi was the ex-girlfriend of Taradas.

Athirathram

1984

Mortuary poster
8.0

After a college dare goes wrong, the investigating officer arrests his son and locks horns with his estranged wife while trying to find the truth.

Mortuary

1983

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Aayiram Abilashangal

1984

Rathilayam poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Rathilayam

1983

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