
Acting
Karamana Janardanan Nair
Born — Died
1936-07-25 — 2000-04-24
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Acting
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56 titles
Karamana Janardanan Nair was one of the most famous Malayalam film actors during the 80s and 90s. He won wide acclaim, especially for the protagonist role in Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s Elippathayam. He is best remembered for his roles in Agnidevan (as Vasudeva Warrier) and Sphadikam (as Fr. Ottaplakkan). His last role was as Fr. Paulose in the movie FIR.
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5.7Raktha Sakshikal Zindabad is a 1998 Malayalam film directed by Venu Nagavalli. The film stars Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi, Suganya and Murali in lead roles.
Raktha Sakshikal Zindabad
1998
7.9Vellanakalude Nadu movie which is a political satire based against municipal mafia in the form of Buildings
Vellanakalude Naadu
1988
7.6Mathilukal ('Walls') is a free adaptation of the novelette of the same name, written by the celebrated Malayalam writer, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer. Autobiographical in character, it is set against the background of India’s freedom struggle in the ’40s when he was serving a term of imprisonment in the Trivandrum Central Jail. When the film opens, we see Basheer in a police lock-up, quite at home in the company of a few petty criminals. He has been languishing there for more than a year now without a trial.
Mathilukal
1990
6.2Susheela deserts her children and husband Kaimal to begin a new life with Giri. On learning this, Kaimal's friend, Balan, tries to reconcile them.
Mattoral
1988
5.8Esthappan is a fisherman, who lives in a seashore colony. His story unfolds through narrations by other fishermen about his miraculous acts. Through the contradictory statements of these people, a mystical figure of Esthappan unfolds.
Esthappan
1980
7.0Adhipan is a 1989 Malayalam film directed by K Madhu. The film stars Mohanlal, Parvathy Jayaram, Monisha and Devan in lead roles.
Adhipan
1989
Film credits
1990s · 27 titles
5.7Raktha Sakshikal Zindabad is a 1998 Malayalam film directed by Venu Nagavalli. The film stars Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi, Suganya and Murali in lead roles.
Raktha Sakshikal Zindabad
1998
7.6Mathilukal ('Walls') is a free adaptation of the novelette of the same name, written by the celebrated Malayalam writer, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer. Autobiographical in character, it is set against the background of India’s freedom struggle in the ’40s when he was serving a term of imprisonment in the Trivandrum Central Jail. When the film opens, we see Basheer in a police lock-up, quite at home in the company of a few petty criminals. He has been languishing there for more than a year now without a trial.
Mathilukal
1990
6.0Janathipathyam movie is all about the communist party wins the assembly election but their proposed chief minister candidate loses the election. The party chief Bhattathirippadu suggests the name of R D Nayanar (Suresh Gopi) for the top post in Kerala. Nayanar, who was the former asst city police commissioner of Trivandrum has his own reasons to come back to the city. He has to take the revenge.
Janathipathyam
1997
6.1Fifteen-year-old Parvathi (Annie) witnesses her family getting murdered and runs away from them to save her life. To prevent getting caught, she disguises herself as a boy named Thomas and starts living as a servant in a house of bachelors. One of the bachelors, Omanakuttan (Mukesh) discovers that Thomas is actually a girl. After hearing her story, Omanakkuttan and his friends try to help her. Before Jaganatha Varma could kill her, Policeman S. Narayanan (Balachandra Menon) discovers his plan and saves Parvathi.
Ammayane Sathyam
1993
7.3Chacko Master, a school headmaster, is never happy with his son, Thomas, and always degrades him. Having had enough of his ill treatment, Thomas runs away from home only to return as a gangster after long.
Spadikam
1995
7.5The 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
6.5Pakshe movie is all about Balachandran (Mohanlal) who had to sacrifice his childhood love (Shobhana), to marry into a rich family who only wanted his IAS Status, in order to save his poor family, lives a life of regret and despair for his decision.
Pakshe
1994
Bhoomika is a 1991 Indian Malayalam film, directed by IV Sasi and produced by John Paul and MG Soman. The film stars Jayaram, M.G. Soman, Urvashi and Suresh Gopi in lead roles. The film had musical score by Raveendran.
Bhoomika
1991
5.1The story revolves around two phases of the lives of three comrades - before and after the imprisonment of Sakhav Nettoor Stephen, Sakhav T.K. Antony and Sakhav Sethulakshmi, members of the Communist Party of India.
Lal Salam
1990
7.2Bharathchandran, an honest city police commissioner, loses his temper each time he encounters corrupt authorities and politicians. So he decides to put an end to various social and political evils.
Commissioner
1994
8.0Identical twins Revathy and Aswathy are married to Balu and Gopi respectively. Their happy lives are turned upside down when a man from their past comes back and haunts them.
Ithu Manjukaalam
1993
7.2Pranayavarnangal is a Malayalam film released in 1998. Directed by Sibi Malayil, the script was written by Jayaraman Kadambaattu and Sachithanandan Puzhangara. Suresh Gopi, Manju Warrier, Divya Unni, Biju Menon, Rajendran and Janardanan appeared in leading roles. The film was a big hit at the box office.
Colours of Love
1998
9.0Sukumaran, a budding politician, neglects his wife as he focuses on his career. As a result, their relationship weakens leading to a separation.
Nayam Vyakthamakkunnu
1991
7.4Mammootty plays the role of a burglar who is known by different names in different places.He is a kind person and uses the money burgled to help poor and orphans. During one of his burglaries, he happens to witness a murder for which a police officer named Shekharan is falsely accused. He helps Shekharan to prove his innocence.
Kalikkalam
1990
5.2Kaliyoonjal movie portrays a brother to a disturbed sister. The sister, played by Shalini, is mentally disturbed if any thing goes against her will. She is possessive of her brother and creates a havoc when she gets angry. Enter Shobhana who marries Mammootty and Dileep, who plays Shobhana's brother and marries Shalini, and problems start up in the family.
Kaliyoonjal
1997
Kizhakkunarum Pakshi is a musical film about film industry and the life and struggling of music directors, singers etc.
Kizhakkunarum Pakshi
1991
Agnidevan is a 1995 Malayalam film directed by Venu Nagavalli. The film stars Mohanlal, Revathi Menon, Devan and Bharath Gopi in lead roles.
Agnidevan
1995
4.9Satyaraj and Dharmaraj, two thieves, disguise themselves as old men to escape from their problems. They join a group of old men at a resort, who have come to enjoy life for a month.
Vrudhanmare Sookshikkuka
1995
9.0Josekutty (Sudheesh), an orphan, slips into the world of crime after teaming up with petty thief Mayyanad Madhavan (Sreenivasan), but is arrested & jailed. After his release, in a heist gone wrong, he kills a security guard, for which Madhavan accepts the blame & goes to jail. Josekutty, who was trying in vain to get himself jailed, helps an old lady in distress, Rachael Mathew (Srividya), thereby becoming a member of her household & gets close to Rachael's adopted daughter Elsa (Monisha).
Cheppadividya
1993
The story about a village and a group of friends.
The Porter
1996
8.0Thomaskutty who hails from a conservative Christian family gets married to a typical Tamil Brahmin girl, Saraswathy. They are left alone by their respective families for this reason. But both the families unite when a baby girl is born to the couples. The later part of the film deals with the problems faced by Thomaskutty and Saraswathy when their families start fighting even on petty issues.
Sasneham
1990
7.4James (Sreenivasan) is an average police officer, apathetic towards his job and only in it for his monthly salary. Due to a misunderstanding during a blood test at a laboratory, he believes that he has a fatal disease and is about to die soon. He eyes the insurance payout his family would get if he dies in action and embarks on impossible missions to get himself killed in action.
Aanaval Mothiram
1991
10.0Two bachelors, since they are unemployed, struggle to make a living for themselves. However, their lives take a turn when they meet an evil businessman.
Kalyana Unnikal
1997
8.0Ananthan joins as a teacher in a college to get over his troubled past. However, his life changes for the better when he meets Sridevi.
Parallel College
1990
6.0Siddique gets a visa to go to Dubai and a job offer at his Dads friend's school in Malappuram at the same time. His dad refuses to let him go to Dubai and wants him to take the teaching job. So he sends Mukesh who is looking for a job as himself for the school job and goes to Dubai without his parents knowing which leads to hilarious situations.
Malappuram Haji Mahanaya Joji
1994
Sreenivasan gets a horoscope reading that he will be a big good luck charm . The only problem is the reading also says that he will be lucky to everyone else and wont be able to captilize on it benefit himself.
Bhaagyavaan
1994
5.6A young journalist gets killed upon following the illegal activities of a corrupt politician. Police officer Mohammed Sarkar and his team set out to find the dark secrets behind the murder.
F.I.R.
1999
1980s · 29 titles
7.9Vellanakalude Nadu movie which is a political satire based against municipal mafia in the form of Buildings
Vellanakalude Naadu
1988
6.2Susheela deserts her children and husband Kaimal to begin a new life with Giri. On learning this, Kaimal's friend, Balan, tries to reconcile them.
Mattoral
1988
5.8Esthappan is a fisherman, who lives in a seashore colony. His story unfolds through narrations by other fishermen about his miraculous acts. Through the contradictory statements of these people, a mystical figure of Esthappan unfolds.
Esthappan
1980
7.0Adhipan is a 1989 Malayalam film directed by K Madhu. The film stars Mohanlal, Parvathy Jayaram, Monisha and Devan in lead roles.
Adhipan
1989
7.2Unni is the last male heir of a decaying feudal family in rural Kerala. His inability to accept the socio-economic changes of a new society causes him to gradually withdraw into isolation and paranoia.
Elippathayam
1982
7.0CID officers Ramdas and Vijayan go to Kerala to find the murderer of a police officer. While doing so, they face a dangerous crime syndicate that deals in drug trafficking.
Pattanapravesham
1988
7.0Avidathepole Ivideyum movie revolves around Anirudhan and Sugumaran who are roommates and are both pharmaceutical company executives. Sugumaran is urbane and somewhat westernized in attitude, Anirudhan is more of a son-of-the-soil type. During a trip to Anirudhan's village, Sugumaran falls in love with Sujatha who is Anirudhan's sister. Concurrently, Anirudhan takes a liking for Neelima, who is Sugumaran's sister. The two couples marry and then face the realities of marriage due to their different upbringing and lifestyles.
Avidathepole Ivideyum
1985
Professor Panicker sets out on a trip with his two friends, Varma and Stephen. Among the three, Stephen is a bachelor. Troubles shoot up when Varma tries to find a girl to share his bed.
Aarorumariyathe
1984
7.0The film starts in the early 1950s showing Sreedharan, the protagonist, as a very popular communist leader and trade union activist. He is forced to go underground after his name was associated with the murder of the owner of a tile factory. He is considered to be dead by his party and they even erect a memorial for him. But he makes an unexpected comeback almost 10 years later, after the first communist ministry gained and lost power in Kerala and after the Communist Party of India has split. On his return, he spends his time sleeping and drinking. His come back is first a puzzle and then an embarrassment to his comrades and family. As the disappointment on his new face grows, he is found murdered. The film ends when both the communist parties jointly celebrate his martyrdom.
Face to Face
1984
7.3Thinkalaazhcha Nalla Divasam is a 1985 Malayalam drama film written and directed by P. Padmarajan. It stars Mammootty, Kaviyoor Ponnamma, Karamana Janardanan Nair and Srividya in pivotal roles. Thinkalazhcha Nalla Divasam movie tells two sons and their families get together to celebrate their mother's 60th birthday in their ancestral house. But problems develop when the younger son (Mammootty) reveals his plan to sell the house for Money and put the mother in an old age home.
Thinkalazhcha Nalla Divasam
1985
6.1Narendran agrees to help Janardhan live a free life by going to prison in his place. However, when he comes to know that Janardhan has mysteriously died, he sets out to get revenge.
Artham
1989
No synopsis available yet.
Aval Kaathirunnu Avanum
1986
10.0Shabari falls in love with Devi and decides to get married to her. However, he and his parents are in for a shock when they learn that Devi is speech impaired.
Dhwani
1988
5.8Four bachelors struggle to overcome obstacles that come their way when they fight against the British to attain India's independence.
Meenamasathile Suryan
1986
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Mudra
1989
7.4An incident that happened years ago comes back to haunt Dr Haridas after he meets a poor villager. To atone for his sins, he decides to help the family.
Amrutham Gamaya
1987
6.9Saleena is happily married to Mathew , a wealthy estate owner. Inexplicably she commits suicide much to the shock of Mathew. He firmly believes that there existed no reason for her to do the act and asks his journalist friend Balu to investigate why. Balu, who was also close to Saleena, tries to piece together clue from her past to figure out the answer.
Utharam
1989
6.7January Oru Orma is a 1987 Malayalam film directed by Joshi. The film stars Mohanlal, Karthika, Suresh Gopi and M. G. Soman in lead roles.
January Oru Orma
1987
NRAravindan is shot at by the police for murdering Madhavan, a landlord. Ironically, he is supposed to be treated by Madhavan's daughter, Dr Savithri, who feels compassionate towards Aravindan.
Dhinarathrangal
1988
6.8Rajiv, a chronic bachelor and a business tycoon, decides to have a child. Annie, who has financial needs, agrees to help him and give birth to Rajiv's child through artificial insemination.
Dasharatham
1989
9.0Daughter coming to home for vacation unaware of some past secrets that could ignite family tension.
Ozhivukalam
1985
7.9Bhaskaran, a goldsmith, is madly in love with Snehalatha, the daughter of astrologer, Panicker. When Bhaskaran asks for Sneha's hand in marriage, to his shock, she denies their love affair.
Ponmuttayidunna Tharavu
1988
10.0Ayyappan Pillai (Karamana Janardanan Nair) & Thankappan Pillai (Thilakan), friends, neighbors & business partners, plans to have Thankappan's son Raju (Rahman) marry Ayyappan's daughter Radha (Ahalya). However, their kids, both of whom who were in love with someone else, blocks the marriage by causing misunderstandings between their families. But when Raju's & Radha's romances fail & they fall in love with each other, now they have to reunite their warring families, for them to unite themselves.
Aduthaduthu
1984
8.5The film depicts a famous Malayalam writer's emotional relationship with an intellectual who leads the life of a simple farmer in a remote village. The story unfolds through the writer's bus journey to visit him.
Yathrayude Anthyam
1989
7.4Velayudham and his cousin Valli are in love since their childhood. Her father Shankarankutty hates Velayudham and looks for a groom for his daughter. One day, Velayudham and Valli try to elope but Shankarankutty finally capture them. Vexed by this misadventure, Velayudham leaves his village to Palani in order to find a job with the help of his friend Kunju Khader (Charle). Kunju Khader turns out to be a pickpocket.
Mazhavilkavadi
1989
Two teenagers escape from an institution and are on the run having fun all along. Their paths cross with two elderly friends and they join in their adventures.
Ice Cream
1986
7.0Judge Jaganathan is an extremely principled man who is willing to face any kind of adversity while upholding his moral values.
Ariyaatha Veethikal
1984
7.0A jobless bachelor finally gets lucky. But his greedy relatives are watching him.
Muthukkudayum Choodi
1989
7.5A political satire about the corrupt political leaders and the affinity to get rich through any means.
Puli Varunne Puli
1985
