Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair
Age: 80 | From: Thikkurissy, Travancore
Person Details
Birthday: 1916-10-16 23:13:50
Death: 1997-03-11 23:13:50
Aliases: Thikkurishi Sukumaran Nair , Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair , തിക്കുറിശ്ശി സുകുമാരൻ നായർ , Thikkurussi Sukumaran Nair
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Thikkurissy, Travancore
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Movie Involvements: 76
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Kireedam
(1989) Shop-owner
Bharatham
(1991) Muthassan
Aryan
(1988) Namboothiri Thampuran
Padayottam
(1982) Kolathiri Rajavu
Midhunam
(1993) Kurup Master
His Highness Abdullah
(1990) Mathilakkathu Cheriyachan Thampuran
Varavelpu
(1989) 'Apal bandavan' Govindan Nair
Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum
(1979) Shehansha (Malayalam)Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Maharaja | |
| N/A | ||
| 1996 | N/A | |
| 1995 | Radhakrishnan | |
| 1994 | Kunjurama Kurup | |
| 1993 | Kurup Master | |
| 1992 | Director of Kerala Kala Mandiram | |
| 1991 | Parameswaran Nampoothiri | |
| Tea vendor Ambotty | ||
| Kunchu Kurup | ||
| Muthachan | ||
| Muthassan | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1990 | N/A | |
| Panikkar sir | ||
| Ashwathi's Grand Father | ||
| Krishna Pillai | ||
| Muthachan | ||
| Mathilakkathu Cheriyachan Thampuran | ||
| N/A | ||
| Pappan's Grandfather | ||
| 1989 | Shop-owner | |
| Govinda Pillai | ||
| 'Apal bandavan' Govindan Nair | ||
| 1988 | Revathy's father | |
| Chandrashekharan Nair | ||
| Namboothiri Thampuran | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Old Farmer | ||
| Menon | ||
| 1987 | Menon | |
| 1986 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Kunjiraman | ||
| 1985 | Thampi | |
| 1984 | Adv. Balachandra Menon | |
| N/A | ||
| 1982 | Kolathiri Rajavu | |
| Ramankutty's Uncle | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1981 | N/A | |
| Sundareshan Nair | ||
| 1980 | Kunjikannan's grandfather | |
| 1979 | N/A | |
| Shehansha (Malayalam) | ||
| 1978 | Ragavan Pilla (Gopi's Father) | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Ambadi Rajasekharan Thampi | ||
| 1977 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1976 | Thampi | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
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| 1975 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Daivam Mathai | ||
| 1974 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
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| N/A | ||
| Perumal | ||
| 1973 | King Herod | |
| Doctor | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1972 | N/A | |
| Principal | ||
| N/A | ||
| K. B. Menon | ||
| Puthooram Veettil Kannappa Chekavar | ||
| Principal | ||
| Sankarappillai | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1971 | Muthalali | |
| Sankara Menon | ||
| 1970 | Keshavan Kutty | |
| N/A | ||
| Padmanabhan | ||
| Karunakaran Muthalali | ||
| Gokulam Govinda Kurup | ||
| 1969 | Himavan | |
| 1968 | Maariyaveedan | |
| Rajasahib | ||
| Menon | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1967 | Janardhanan Pilla | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Madhavan Nair (Karanavar) | ||
| 1966 | N/A | |
| Jaya Singhan | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1965 | Tea shop owner | |
| Krishna Menon | ||
| Raman Nair | ||
| 1964 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 1963 | Herodias Anthippas | |
| 1962 | Jayanthan Namboodiri | |
| Sarvari | ||
| 1961 | N/A | |
| Kamsan | ||
| King Rajasekhara | ||
| Alikoya Haji | ||
| Kannappa Chekavar | ||
| 1960 | Abobacker Haji | |
| 1958 | N/A | |
| 1955 | Harishchandra | |
| 1953 | Vikraman | |
| 1952 | Father | |
| Venu | ||
| 1951 | N/A | |
| Soman | ||
| 1950 | Gopi | |
| Rajan | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Lyricist | |
| 1973 | Writer | |
| 1952 | Writer | |
| 1950 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Director | |
| 1970 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |