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Acting
October 16, 1916
March 11, 1997
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.

Maharaja
1997

1997

1996

Radhakrishnan
1995

Kunjurama Kurup
1994

Kurup Master
1993

Director of Kerala Kala Mandiram
1992

Parameswaran Nampoothiri
1991

Tea vendor Ambotty
1991

Kunchu Kurup
1991

as Maharaja



as Radhakrishnan

as Kunjurama Kurup

as Kurup Master

as Director of Kerala Kala Mandiram

as Parameswaran Nampoothiri

as Tea vendor Ambotty

as Kunchu Kurup

as Muthachan

as Muthassan




as Panikkar sir

as Krishna Pillai

as Ashwathi's Grand Father

as Muthachan

as Mathilakkathu Cheriyachan Thampuran

as Pappan's Grandfather

as Shop-owner

as Govinda Pillai

as 'Apal bandavan' Govindan Nair

as Revathy's father

as Chandrashekharan Nair

as Namboothiri Thampuran


as Old Farmer

as Menon

as Menon


as Kunjiraman
as Thampi
as Adv. Balachandra Menon


as Kolathiri Rajavu
as Ramankutty's Uncle



as Sundareshan Nair

as Kunjikannan's grandfather

as Shehansha (Malayalam)

as Ragavan Pilla (Gopi's Father)



as Ambadi Rajasekharan Thampi



as Thampi






as Guru
as Daivam Mathai




as Perumal
as Kannappa Chekavar

as King Herod

as Doctor




as Principal

as K. B. Menon

as Puthooram Veettil Kannappa Chekavar

as Principal

as Sankarappillai

as Muthalali

as Sankara Menon

as Keshavan Kutty


as Padmanabhan
as Krishnan Thambi

as Karunakaran Muthalali

as Gokulam Govinda Kurup

as Himavan

as Maariyaveedan

as Rajasahib

as Menon

as Kovalan's Father

as Janardhanan Pilla

as Madhavan Nair (Karanavar)

as Jaya Singhan


as Tea shop owner

as Krishna Menon

as Raman Nair



as Herodias Anthippas

as Jayanthan Namboodiri

as Sarvari


as Kamsan

as King Rajasekhara

as Alikoya Haji

as Kannappa Chekavar
as Abobacker Haji

as Shankaracharu

as Harishchandra

as Vikraman

as Father

as Venu


as Soman

as Gopi

as Rajan