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January 16, 1929
August 19, 2015
Vavakkad, Cochin, Kerala, India
Paravoor Bharathan was an Indian actor of Malayalam films. He started his career in movies during the 1950s. Bharathan is known as a versatile actor and has played a variety of roles including negative roles, character roles and comedy roles. Bharathan was born to Vadakkekarayil Kochannan Koran and Kurumbakutty in 1928 at Vavakkad, Moothakunnam in North Paravoor, Cochin. He went to S.N.M. High School, Moothakunnam but, had to discontinue his studies when his father died. His father was a coconut plucker and mother was a coir maker. His father died when he was very young and his mother took care of him. He used to act during his school days as well. On one occasion, he caught the eye of Kedamangalam Sadanandan, a noted Kathaprasangam artiste, who introduced him to the state troupe - Pushpitha during mid-1940s. He started acting in state shows in and around Paravoor. He has also performed dramas in actor Jose Prakash's drama troupe. When the play Rakthabandham was being made into a film, Vijayabhanu recommended Bharathan's name for a role. The movie released in 1951 and was directed by Vel Swamy. It had Cherthala Vasudeva Kurup, Ambalapuzha Meenakshi, S. D. Subbiah and others in main roles. Bharathan went on to act in films like Kerala Kesari and Marumakal. Bharathan spent a good amount of his early life as a stage actor. The turning point was his comic role in the play Maattoli in the early 50s. Acting alongside Bharathan in this play was Thankamani (she played a cameo in Neelakuyil), whom he later married. Parethante Vilapam was the last telefilm and Changathikoottam released in 2009 was the last film he acted.

Kunjambu
2004

Meena's Father
2003
2003

Mathayi
1998

Kausalya's father
1998

Menon
1997
Achuthan Kutty
1997

1997

Udayavarma Thampuran
1997

1996

as Kunjambu

as Meena's Father

as Mathayi

as Kausalya's father

as Menon
as Achuthan Kutty


as Udayavarma Thampuran



as Lambodaran

as Premachandran's Father

as Pachu


as Joseph

as Yamakanda Kurup
as Pillai Chettan

as Monachan


as Adv. Bhargavan

as Raghavan Nair

as Minister
as Lodge Owner

as Iyer

as Paramashivan

as Vasu

as Kochettan

as Parashuraman

as Oomen

as Bus Driver



as Adv. K.S. Pillai

as Krishnan Nair


as Keshavan

as Maya's grandfather

as Palace Chamberlain Menon

as Broker

as Narayana Iyer

as Parameswara Kurup

as Vasu

as Pillai

as Thomas

as Karyasthan

as Minister Pillai

as Minister

as Superintendent

as Balakrishnan

as Professor Vidyadharan


as Mundakkal Sivarama Menon

as Iyer
as Constable Nanukuttan
as Karunakaran Pillai
as Karyasthan

as Banker

as Dr. Warrier


as Rappai

as Kuttappan

as Bhargavan





as Sankaran Nair

as Bharathan


as Suryakaladi Bhattadiri
as Jyotsyar




as Raman Nair

as Mathai
as Hotelier





as Sekhar



as Devassia





as Sulochana's Father





as Govinda Menon

as College Principal



as Thirumeni


as Mute

as Head Constable Mathan



as Mathai

as Rajamma's father
as Narayana Pilla



as Suleiman

as Vasu


as Unnithan





