Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Oct 16, 1916 (108 years old)
Death date
Mar 11, 1997

Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair

Known For

Kalari
1h 53m
Movie 1991

Kalari

Rakesh (Riza Bawa) and Ramesh (Siddique) are delighted when their rich uncle Kunchu Kurup (Thikkurishi) invites them to look after his assets and business. However the two servants of Kurup, Koshi (Innocent) and Kunjahammad (Pappu) will not let that happen easily and have plans of their own.

Pookkalam Varavayi
Movie 1991

Pookkalam Varavayi

Nandan (Jayaram) is a school bus driver who is coping with the death of his young niece and also dealing with the sorrow of his sister (Rekha). He finds solace and friendship in a little girl Geethu (Shyamili) who reminds him of his niece. Geethu is also going through a turmoil of her own because of the troubles between her parents (Muarli, Geetha).

Nayam Vyakthamakkunnu
2h 18m
Movie 1991

Nayam Vyakthamakkunnu

Sukumaran, a budding politician, neglects his wife as he focuses on his career. As a result, their relationship weakens leading to a separation.

Kuruppinte Kanakku Pustakom
2h 3m
Movie 1990

Kuruppinte Kanakku Pustakom

Vinayan is a rich businessman who loves his family. However, in a fit of rage, he accuses his wife of being infertile.

Midhya
2h 23m
Movie 1990

Midhya

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.

His Highness Abdullah
2h 30m
Movie 1990

His Highness Abdullah

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.

Purappadu
2h 22m
Movie 1990

Purappadu

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

Dr. Pasupathy
2h 4m
Movie 1990

Dr. Pasupathy

Innocent is a conman who gets payed by a associate to trick a whole town into thinking that he is an animal doctor , Dr. Pasupathy which the town president brought for the villagers.

Kireedam
2h 7m
Movie 1989

Kireedam

Sethu aspires to become a police officer to fulfil his father's dream. However, his life turns upside down when he intervenes in a scuffle with a criminal to save his father's life.

Oru Sayahnathinte Swapnam
2h 2m
Movie 1989

Oru Sayahnathinte Swapnam

The film talks about the dreams of people in an old age home and a care taker who happened to join them

Biography

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.

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