Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair

Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair

Date of Birth:

Oct 16, 1916

Place of Birth:

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.

filmography:

Sthree Sthree

1950

Umma Umma

1960

Chandrika Chandrika

1950

Aromalunni Aromalunni

1972

Navalokam Navalokam

1951

Muthalali Muthalali

1965

Mayavi Mayavi

1965

Sakthi Sakthi

1972

Angathattu Angathattu

1974

Kalari Kalari

1991

Professor Professor

1972

Ponkathir Ponkathir

1953

Achan Achan

1952

Pareeksha Pareeksha

1967

Appooppan Appooppan

1976

Sayoojyam Sayoojyam

1979

Jesus Jesus

1973

Sreedevi Sreedevi

1977

Balloon Balloon

1982

Padamudra Padamudra

1988

Saraswathi Saraswathi

1970

Maaya Maaya

1972

Chithram Chithram

1988

Kireedam Kireedam

1989

Midhunam Midhunam

1993

Midhya Midhya

1990

Padayottam Padayottam

1982

Purappadu Purappadu

1990

Adwaytham Adwaytham

1991

Arhatha Arhatha

1990

Aryan Aryan

1988

Aye Auto Aye Auto

1990

Varavelpu Varavelpu

1989

Nalkkavala Nalkkavala

1987

The King The King

1995

Thriveni Thriveni

1970

Thara Thara

1970

Vishukkani Vishukkani

1977

Mayor Nair Mayor Nair

1966

Kodiyettam Kodiyettam

1978

Kilukkam Kilukkam

1991

Bharatham Bharatham

1991

Unniyarcha Unniyarcha

1961

Nellu Nellu

1974

Sanchari Sanchari

1981

Anarkali Anarkali

1966

Neethi Neethi

1971

Cross Belt Cross Belt

1970

Witness Witness

1988

Lal Salam Lal Salam

1990

Madalasa Madalasa

1978

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