Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair

Acting

Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair

Born 1916-10-16 · Thikkurissy, Travancore

Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair was an Indian poet, playwright, script writer, lyricist, orator, film director and actor, He was born on 16 October 1916 in the village of Thikkurissy, Nagercoil, then part of Travancore. He is best known as an actor in Malayalam cinema. He is the recipient of Padmashri from the Government of India, which is one of the highest civilian honours in India. In a career that spanned about 47 years, he acted in over 700 films. He is considered to be the first movie super star in Malayalam cinema. He launched his career as a playwright. His plays Mareechika and Kalakaran were hugely successful. He entered the Malayalam film industry in 1950.He debuted in the industry with the film adaptation of his breakthrough play Sthree. Thikkurussy coined screen-names of many actors in Malayalam cinema. Actors who were renamed by Thikkurissy include Prem Nazir, Madhu,Bahadoor,Jose Prakash etc. He died on 11 March 1997 aged 80 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, due to renal failure.

Acting credits

Agni Pushpam poster
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Agni Pushpam

1976

Kamaladalam poster
7.0

Nandagopan (Mohanlal) is a respected dance teacher at the Kerala Kala Mandiram (alluding to the famed Kerala Kalamandalam repertory which performs Kerala's temple arts). However, his wife Sumangala (Parvathi) commits suicide, causing him to turn into an alcoholic and a compulsive rule breaker. He is suspected of having killed his wife and is suspended from his job for drunken misbehaviour. The new secretary of the institute Velayudhan (Nedumudi Venu) wants him to be sacked but his former reputation gives him a reprieve. He trains the talented student Malavika (Monisha) to perform in his ambitious composition of the Sita Kalyanam, but her jealous young lover Soman (Vineeth) poisons him.

Kamaladalam

1992

Madanolsavam poster
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Raju, a young man, falls in love with Elizabeth, a beautiful woman, from his college. Though the couple start a life together, the doctor reveals to Raju that Elizabeth may not live long enough.

Madanolsavam

1978

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8.0

Azhiyatha Bandhangal is a 1985 Malayalam film directed by Sasikumar. The film stars Mohanlal, Shobhana, Srividhya and Prathapa Chandran in lead roles.

Azhiyatha Bandhangal

1985

Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum poster
6.5

A rendering of the classic Arabian tale of Aladdin and his magic lamp.

Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum

1979

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9.0

Purappadu deals with social issues between Muslims and Hindus in a village who are forced to relocate when a flood destroys their village.

Purappadu

1990

Midhya poster
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Venugopal takes his mentor's brother Rajan under his wing and makes him his manager. Venu falls for Devi whom he later realizes is already engaged to Rajan. Rajan marries Devi with Venu's blessing. But soon after the wedding Rajan starts to engage is shady activities in his quest for quick money and this strains the relationship between Venu and Rajan.

Midhya

1990

Chandrika poster
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Chandrika, the only daughter of the rich industrialist Janardanan Pillai falls in love with Gopi, the son of the maid servant. Gopi is aware of his social status and keeps away from Chandrika. But Chandrika does not leave him.

Chandrika

1950

Arhatha poster
8.0

Devaraj, a factory worker, faces many challenges when he joins a new job. Can he overcome them?

Arhatha

1990

Sanchari poster
7.0

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Sanchari

1981

Padayottam poster
6.9

Inspired by 'The Count of Monte Cristo', Padayottam was the first Indian movie to be shot in 70mm format. Prince Udayan (Nazir) is the successor to the Kolathiri kingdom. He is betrayed by his cousin Devan (Madhu) which forces him to go into exile. Years later Udayan returns to Kolathiri to take his revenge.

Padayottam

1982

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Velayudhan, a mentally retarded person, lives along with his family. He shares everything with Lakshmi, his cousin. He struggles as Lakshmi leaves him and marries and old widower.

Iruttinte Athmavu

1967

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8.0

Two friends, Vijaya (Sharada) and Vatsala (Sheela), who part ways when Vatsala’s father, a lawyer, causes Vijaya’s father, a businessman, to lose a case which leads to the man’s death.

Thulabharam

1968

Witness poster
6.0

Two friends, Balagopalan (Jayaram) and Jayakumar (Jagathy Sreekumar), own a call service called "We Help" to help people with the assistance of lawyer Madhavan Thampi (Madhu). Balu gets a call from Indu R. Nair, who is the daughter of a businessman. Later, Indu asks Balagoapan to be her bodyguard. But when Jayakumar and Balagopalan visit her home, they discover that Indu has been murdered. Officer Thomas Mathew takes charge of the case. Madhavan tries to find her killer to save Balagopalan and Jayakumar, before it is too late.

Witness

1988

Nellu poster
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On his pilgrimage to a temple to immerse the ashes of his mother in the sacred river, Rakhavan befriends a tribal family. He comes across the lives of the tribal people and their struggle.

Nellu

1974

Vellanakalude Naadu poster
7.9

Vellanakalude Nadu movie which is a political satire based against municipal mafia in the form of Buildings

Vellanakalude Naadu

1988

His Highness Abdullah poster
7.5

The story follows Abdullah (Mohanlal) who is hired by the members of a wealthy royal family to assassinate the family head Maharaja Udayavarma (Nedumudi Venu). Abdullah comes into the royal palace under the disguise Ananthan Namboothiri, a classical singer, and tries to use this mask to softly kill the Maharaja.

His Highness Abdullah

1990

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7.5

Sheela, policeman Krishnakumar's sister, falls for Babu and marries him. However, when she is gang-raped and killed on her honeymoon, Krishnakumar discovers startling details about the perpetrators.

Ivide Thudangunnu

1984

Oru Muthassi Katha poster
9.0

The lives of peaceful fishermen living on the western coast of Kerala change when a stranger with ulterior motives visits their village for business.

Oru Muthassi Katha

1988

Vishnu Vijayam poster
9.0

Vishnu Vijayam is a 1974 Indian Malayalam film, directed by N. Sankaran Nair and produced by A. G. Abraham. The film stars Kamal Haasan, Sheela, Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair and M. O. Devasya in the lead roles. The film has musical score by G. Devarajan.

Vishnu Vijayam

1974

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7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Chattambi Kalyani

1975

Aryan poster
6.9

Aryan movie is all about Devanarayan (Mohanlal) who is a Brahmin priest who is falsely accused of theft and forced to leave his village in Kerala. He moves to Bombay where he gets drawn into the underworld through an ageing don Kareem (Goga Kapoor). Some interesting comment initially on Brahmin priesthood in Kerala, but halfway through the film goes haywire.

Aryan

1988

Odayil Ninnu poster
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Pappu is a person who takes a relentless stand for justice right from his early years. His protests against his teacher who discriminates between the landlord's son and other children brings him the wrath of the landlord and he's forced to leave home. He leads a hard life fighting to uphold his ideals. He ends up being a rickshaw puller and at this time finds a child from the gutter and takes care of her. Things do not go as Pappu expected as the child grows older.

Odayil Ninnu

1965

Sukhamo Devi poster
7.1

Nandan (Shankar) an introverted singer from a poor background falls in love with Devi (Urvashi). Their friends Sunny (Mohanlal) and his girlfriend Thara (Geetha) are quite the opposite and are extremely outgoing. When Devi's parents do not approve of her relationship with Nandan, they try to force her into an arranged marriage. Sunny and their other friends decide to help the couple elope. However things go awry when Sunny & Vinod (Jagathy) meet with a horrific accident.

Sukhamo Devi

1986

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