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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1935-07-15

Place of Birth

Ayroor, Kerala, India

Thilakan

Biography

Surendranatha Thilakan known mononymously as Thilakan, was an Indian film and stage actor who had starred in over 200 Malayalam films in a career spanning over four decades (1972-2012). Thilakan is regarded as one of the finest actors in Indian cinema, and popularly mentioned as the Perumthachan (master craftsman) of Malayalam Cinema. He is known for his excellence in character, antagonist, and protagonist roles. He has won 3 National Film Awards and 9 Kerala State Film Awards. The Government of India awarded him with the Padma Shri in 2009 for his contributions towards the arts.

Known for

English Medium

English Medium

English Medium is a 1999 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Pradeep Chokli, starring Mukesh and Sangeetha in the lead role.

Pramanikal

Pramanikal

Kallazhagar

Kallazhagar

Kallazhagar is a 1999 Tamil film directed by Bharathi featuring Vijaykanth and Laila in the lead roles.

Evidam Swargamanu

Evidam Swargamanu

Mathews has a farm which is the envy of everyone in the village. It catches the attention of a dirty land dealer who traps him in a vicious bureaucratic web to take it from him.

British Market

British Market

British Market is a 1998 Malayalam film directed by Nizar and starring Vijayaraghavan, Jagathy Sreekumar, Sudheesh and Anju Aravind in major roles.

Samagamam

Samagamam

A father-daughter relationship portrayed beautifully.

Chilambu

Chilambu

A young man trained in Kalaripayattu (martial art form of Kerala) sets out to get his family heirloom (Chilambu : Kerala ornament) back from his uncle.

Prem Nazirine Kanmanilla

Prem Nazirine Kanmanilla

A group of frustrated youngsters kidnap the famous Malayalam actor Prem Nazir from his film shooting set. Shockwaves are felt across Kerala and it soon becomes the one thing that everyone's talking about. The film is a satire that discusses how the society deals with this news and the events that follow.

Alibhabha

Alibhabha

Velu and his father are seasoned thieves. Their lives take a turn when a cop believes Velu is involved in the ruthless murder of several women in the city.

Manichitrathazhu

Manichitrathazhu

A young couple, Ganga and Nakulan, arrives at the ancestral home called Madampalli of the latter. Hailing from a family that follows tradition and superstitions, Nakulan's uncle Thampi objects to the couple's idea of moving into the allegedly haunted mansion, which Nakulan ignores. The couple moves in anyway following which seemingly supernatural events begin to happen.

Ente Mamattukkuttiyammakku

Ente Mamattukkuttiyammakku

Mangalam Nerunnu

Mangalam Nerunnu

Menon leaves his village the day before his marriage as he learns that his fiancee is in love with someone else. His life seems meaningless until he meets a woman who is a part of the flesh trade.

Chanakyan

Chanakyan

Madhava Menon, a corrupt politician, destroys the family of Johnson as he was in love with his daughter. With the help of a mimicry artist, Johnson takes revenge on Madhava Menon.

Bones

Bones

Labourer-turned-manager Rajashekharan faces existential and ethical dilemmas as occupational fatalities occur in the factory of the company he works for, and labour strikes, led by his friend-cum-ex-colleague Mohan, intensify

Aagneyam

Aagneyam

A doctor gets falsely accused of a crime and ends up in jail.