Machan Varghese
Also Known As: മച്ചാൻ വർഗ്ഗീസ്, Machan Vargheese
Biography: M. L. Varghese, popularly known by stage name Machan Varghese, was a Malayalam film actor and mimicry artist. He started his career as a mimicry artist in Kalabhavan and debuted as an actor through Kabooliwala.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Elamakkara
Adult: No
Birthday: January 01, 1960
Age: 65 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: February 03, 2011
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Ee Mazha Then Mazha
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Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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Brother Sahadevan
Overview: Identical twins Mukundan and Aravindan get married on the same day. Things change when an accident kills one of the brothers and the other one loses his memory.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-10
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Padanayakan
Overview: Following a wrongful murder accusation, a local goon and his brother seek refuge in a remote village, only to find themselves entangled in a fresh web of challenges.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1996-10-10
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Aparichithan
Overview: Aparichithan movie revolves around three college girls who are very close friends. Meenakshi (Kavya), Devi (Manya) and Simi (Karthika) are very good friends. Once they get caught for stealing the question papers for the exam and were expelled from the college. As they did not want to go home.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2004-07-16
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Akhila
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-07-01
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Mannar Mathai Speaking
Overview: The hilarious trio from 'Ramji Rao Speaking' faces a new trouble when the heroine of their drama group quits.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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Kadaksham
Overview: This women-oriented movie narrates a story about how women have to survive against all odds in a society that is still steeped in orthodoxy and tradition.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2010-03-26
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Kavyam
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Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-05-04
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Savithriyude Aranjanam
Overview: A money lender gets infatuated with the wife of a local lad when a golden waistband belonging to her is kept with him as a guarantee for a debt.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2002-12-22
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Kalyanapittannu
Overview: Jagathi a wedding broker helps two poor men, Dileep and Mukesh marry into a rich family through lies, but ends up blackmailing them for a large brokerage fee in return.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1997-07-25
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Mayaponman
Overview: Prasanth, a mechanic, and his friend Freddy try to save a girl who they run into, from her extended family who is trying to steal her inherited wealth.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1997-06-07
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War & Love
Overview: The Indian army is at the Indo-Pak border to rescue the people of a Pak captured village. The troup has Lt. Col. Sarathchandran, Capt. Gopinath, Capt Vijayn and Capt Kabir in it. The Pak army captures them and the Jail superintendent Jafar Khan, treats them very badly. Sarina, his daughter feels sympathy for these people, as she has some Malayali relatives. So she decides to save them from the Jail...
Genres: War Action Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2003-11-24
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One Man Show
Overview: The fate of Jayakrishnan's (Jayaram) life depends on a TV game show. During the show the host pries into Jayakrishnan's past.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2001-12-12
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Mazhathullikkilukkam
Overview: Solomon was practically raised by his teachers Anna and Mari. He mysteriously shows up one day years later when they are both retired in a hill-station, offering to live with them and take care of their affairs. The teachers are elated, and Solomon quickly works his magic to liven up things, in the process starting a little romance with the teachers' nurse . Unfortunately, a turn of events brings out the real reason behind Solomon's sudden migration to the hills.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2002-03-12
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Thilakkam
Overview: Padmanabhan master and his wife are waiting for Unni, their only son who is missing for many years. 10 year old Unni got lost in the crowd during a temple festival where he was along with his neighbour Panikkar, popularly known as Poorappanikkar. Panikkar too did not return since he decided to return only after finding Unni. Ammu is Panikkar's daughter who also believes, like master and his wife, that her father will return one day with Unni. The master finds Unni and brings him back to the Village. The villagers realize that Unni is abnormal and is mentally challenged. He behaves like a small boy and creates all sorts of trouble for the villagers and his parents.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2003-04-11
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Gajaraja Manthram
Overview: Anantha Padmanabhan (Jagadish) steals Sankarankutty's (Premkumar) job as an elephant trainer by posing as him , in a town he was sent to work for.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1997-05-10
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Bharthavudyogam
Overview: Bharthaavudyogam is a 2001 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Suresh Vinu, starring Jagadish and Jagathy Sreekumar in the lead roles.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2001-01-20
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Chakram
Overview: A truck driver named Chandrahasan marries a girl who gets stolen by Giri, his evil best friend. The film portrays the journey of Chandrahasan in search of Giri.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2003-12-27
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The Porter
Overview: The story about a village and a group of friends.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1996-03-11
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Sundarapurushan
Overview: Musician & odd-job man Soorya Narayanan (Suresh Gopi) is lured into playing the husband for mentally depressed Jyothika (Devayani), by Jyothika's millionaire father Ramachandra Menon (N.F. Varghese) & Jyothika's doctor Geevarghese (Mukesh). They pull this off my plying Soorya's greedy wife Sridevi (Nandini) with wealth & riches, thus coaxing her to lend out her husband. However, Soorya gets in a bind when a rich Sridevi neglects him & a married Jyothika shows improvement & cares for him.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2001-09-14
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Ee Parakkum Thalika
Overview: Unnikrishnan owns an old bus, received as a compensation for his father's road accident and he is facing lots of consequences due to the pathetic condition of the bus. The plot took a turn when a girl named Basanthi entered the bus as a nomad
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2001-07-03
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Meesa Madhavan
Overview: Madhavan (Dileep) is a clever thief who does robbery for a living. He is following the principles of his mentor Mullani Pappan (Mala Aravindan). Meesa Madhavan got his name by the popular saying that if Madhavan rolls his Mustache (Meesa in Malayalam) looking at someone, he will rob his house that night. His enemy was a local money lender Bhageerathan Pillai (Jagathy Sreekumar) who refused to give back his father's property. Madhavan falls in love in Bhageerathan Pillai's daughter Rukmini (Kavya Madhavan). The sub inspector in the village Eappen Pappachi (Indrajith) has an eye on Rukmini. He steals the idol from the local Temple with the intention of selling it and puts the blame on Madhavan. It becomes Madhavan's responsibility to find the culprits and he does that with his mentor's help and thus uniting with his girl friend.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2002-07-04
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Suvarna Simhasanam
Overview: Unnimaya (Renjitha) and Sreekutty (Anju Aravind) are sisters, who have to take care of themselves and their mother after their father passes away. Unnimaya's marriage proposals go awry because her villagers suspect an illicit relationship with Ramanathan (Suresh Gopi) due to certain misunderstandings. However, she gets a proposal from Vasudevan (Mukesh) who is willing to marry her despite their financial troubles. After their wedding she realises that Ramanathan is a distant relative of Vasudevan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1997-11-14
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C.I.D. Moosa
Overview: Moosa, a private detective, faces many challenges while solving various cases. His only rival is his own brother-in-law, Peethambaran, who is a police officer.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2003-07-04
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Best of Luck
Overview: Surya is Vinayaka Naickar's stepbrother. Vinayakan is very rich; Surya is struggling to make a living. Vinayakan sends some amount every month to Surya and that's how he survives. Manu is Surya's friend who dreams about becoming a filmmaker.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2010-11-16
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Vettam
Overview: Petty thief Gopi steals a chain, and in order to escape a police inspector, drops it in Veena's bag. Later, he tries to take it from her, but the chain is no longer there. He becomes a part of her plan to stop her boyfriend from marrying a rich tycoon’s daughter
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2004-08-20
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Orange
Overview: A lorry driver gives a lift to a stranger, unaware of the consequences of this action. Yakobi, a lorry driver works at a dairy farm. He marries Saritha without anyone's knowledge and they have a baby. One day, a stranger named Muthu asks Yakobi for a lift and says that he needs a job. Yakobi helps him get a job at the dairy. However, Muthu turns his life upside down.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2012-03-16
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Paappi Appachaa
Overview: Paappi Appacha is the story of a father and son, Mathai (Innocent) and Paappi (Dileep). They live like friends and they get into all sorts of mischiefs in their village, Ithirikkandam.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2010-04-14
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Canvas
Overview: Canvas is a 2010 Malayalam film directed by Shaji-Rajasekharan starring Kalabhavan Mani, Kannan and Altara. Manaf Hussain (Kalabhavan Mani) is a painter cum dramatist. Ramu (Kannan) is his assistant. Madhuri (Vidya) is a Bollywood star who has found inspiration in their play and has agreed to be a part of it. The story that Manaf decides to adapt for the stage is that of Yayathi's, the celebrated king of the Lunar dynasty who falls in love with both Devayani and Sharmishta. The movie talks about the relevance of the story and how it could serve as a metaphor for the modern times.
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Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2010-05-21
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Punjabi House
Overview: Unni (Dileep) has many debts and no way to repay them. He decides to commit suicide so that his parents can use the insurance money to repay the debts, but he is saved by a fisherman named Gangadharan (Cochin Haneefa) and his employee Ramanan (Harisree Ashokan). When they notice Unni drowning, Unni pretends to be deaf and mute so that he can fake his death and the insurance money reaches his family. Gangadharan however has a debt of his own, to a Punjabi family of money lenders who have settled in Kerala. He is forced to make Unni and Ramanan to work at their home until he can repay it. A series of interesting events follow after Unni meets Pooja (Mohini) at the house, who is deaf and mute.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1998-09-04
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Meerayude Dukhavum Muthuvinte Swapnavum
Overview: Muthu and his disabled sister live with their grandmother and uncle Suseelan. Muthu's life takes a turn when he falls in love with a woman and meets a mysterious man.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2003-07-25
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Malabar Wedding
Overview: Maanukkuttan and Smitha lead a happy life after getting married to each other. But their marital life is put at stake due to their friends playing pranks on them.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2008-03-24
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Kochi Rajavu
Overview: When Unni accidentally kills a person, his parents send him away to Chennai where he falls in love with Meenakshi. When their marriage is about to be fixed, Unni reveals his past to her.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2005-05-25
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Jalolsavam
Overview: Jalolsavam is a 2004 Malayalam-language Indian feature film directed by Sibi Malayil, starring Kunchacko Boban and Navya Nair in lead roles.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2004-08-26
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www.anukudumbam.com
Overview: Life of joji, an orphan, takes a turn when he escapes from the orphanage where he was harassed. Will he manage to live his life alone?
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2002-03-15
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Uthaman
Overview: Uthaman, an orphan, puts his life in jeopardy when he accepts the blame for a murder committed by a member of the family he is living with. Soon, the siblings of the deceased decide to seek revenge.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2001-09-07
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Ottakkayyan
Overview: After committing a murder, two men get trapped on a remote island at midnight. They try to escape from there by seeking help from Vasu's family, the only inhabitants of the island.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2007-10-26
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Sadanandante Samayam
Overview: This movie is about an ordinary person called Sadanandan played by Dileep who depends on astrology for everything. He comes to know from an astrologer that he is going to die soon. He panics and tries to do everything required for his wife and kids after he expires.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2003-05-02
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Independence
Overview: Independence is a 1999 Malayalam fantasy film directed by Vinayan and starring Vani Viswanath, Kushboo Sundar, Kalabhavan Mani and Indraja in the lead roles.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1999-06-22
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Man of the Match
Overview: Man of the Match is a 1996 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Joshy Mathew, starring Biju Menon and Vani Viswanath in the lead roles.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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Newspaper Boy
Overview: Newspaper Boy is a 1997 Malayalam-language Indian feature film directed by Nissar, starring Mukesh, Jagathy Sreekumar in lead roles.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Thalamelam
Overview: A doctor decides to demolish his psychiatric hospital with an aim to start a resort. Later, he struggles to look after his patients, Krishnan and Gopalan.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2004-04-30
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Friends
Overview: The threesome who lend reason to the title are Aravindan (Jayaram), Chandu (Mukesh) and Joy (Sreenivasan). They value friendship over everything else, even family, and for this reason, Chandu resists the advances of Aravindan's sister Uma (Divya Unni). When the trio take up a painter's job at a mansion, Aravindan falls in love with Padmini (Meena), who lives there and Padmini's jealous cousin makes him believe that his overtures are reciprocated. When the truth is revealed and Padmini rejects him outright, Chandu stands up for his friend and speaks ill of her. This makes her swear to separate the friends.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1999-08-12
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Thattakam
Overview: Thattakam is a 1998 Indian Malayalam film directed by Ramesh Das and starring Nedumudi Venu and Ranjitha in the lead roles.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Killikurushiyile Kudumba Mela
Overview: A Hindu man falls in love with a Christian woman. He and his friend devises plans to introduce their romantic lives in front of parents while avoiding problems
Genres: Comedy Family Romance
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1997-02-01
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Thenkasipattanam
Overview: Kannan and Dasappan are two rowdies in their village. Shathrugnan. a newcomer, is in love with Dasappan' s sister, Devootty, but she is not interested in him. Shathru joins Kannan's and Dasappan's firm, KD & Company, as the manager, in an attempt to win the love of Devootty. KD & Company keeps as hostage a music troupe who comes to their village to perform. The main singer of that troupe, Sangeetha, gets expelled from her home because of this and Kannan and Dasappan give her refuge, at the insistence of Devootty. Meenakshi and Kannan are in love. But due to some misunderstanding, Dasappan falls in love with Meenakshi and Sangeetha falls in love with Kannan. Shathru takes the responsibility of sorting it out and linking Dasappan with Sangeetha. In the chaos and confusions that follows, he manages to be victorious and wins his lady love Devootty too.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2000-12-02
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Rakshasa Rajavu
Overview: Rakshasa Rajavu movie is all about Ramanathan IPS (Mammotty) who is a police officer with a difference. Murder of his wife makes him take law into his hands as he gets no support from the various people he meets in this regard. He brings to justice the wrong doer's even though he accepts bribes. He follows the policy of 'Kayamkulam Kochunni' a renowned real life robber. Taking from the rich and giving it to the poor. He also Funds to run an orphanage for the mentally retarded children.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2001-08-01
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Malayali Mamanu Vanakkam
Overview: Anandakuttan (Jayaram) goes to Kovilpatti to invite his estranged sister to his wedding and meets his niece Parvathy (Roja). Not knowing he is engaged, Parvathy falls for Anandakuttan
Genres: Romance Drama Comedy Family
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2002-06-12
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Kunjikkoonan
Overview: The story revolves around Kunjan (Dileep), a village youth who is sympathized for his hunchback looks but is lauded for selfless service to others. He covers up his handicap with humor. Unmindful of his looks, Kunjan goes around seeking a suitable bride, with the help of his friend (Cochin Haneefa). Brushing aside many an insult hurled at him, he carries on. In contrast to him is Karthik (also Dileep), a violent college student, who loves his classmate Priya Lakshmi (Manya). She comes across Kunjan, who assures her that he would get her married to the man of her heart, but she is killed in a fracas involving a gangster (Sai Kumar). Meanwhile, the hunchback Kunjan comes across an orphaned poor blind girl, Chembagam (Navya Nair). He wins her heart by helping her out. Thanks to his efforts, Chembagam regains her vision (the eyes of deceased Priya are transplanted to her). This results in a tussle between Kunjan and Karthik, as to whom Chembagam belongs to now.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2002-02-24
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Hariharan Pilla Happy Aanu
Overview: Hariharan Pillai Happy Aanu movie is all about Hariharan Pillai (Mohanlal) who is a contractor and civil engineer to boot. His crew is Vasu (Jgathy) who is a carpenter, Velappan (Cochin Haneefa) who is supervisor and Sundaran (Salim Kumar) who is a painter. They all lead a happy life till one day Hariharan learns that Satyapalan was cheating him and had no intention of giving back the money he borrowed.Kavya (Jyothrmayi) who is daughter of Satyapalan. She falls in love with Hariharanpillai and helps him in getting his money back.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2003-11-25
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Vellinakshatram
Overview: A man loves a woman who belongs to a royal family whose members are hiding some dark secrets. When her mother opposes their marriage, they elope, get married, have a child and make up with her family.
Genres: Horror Romance Comedy
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2004-04-02
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Vamanapuram Bus Route
Overview: Vamanapuram Bus Route movie is all about Lever Johnny who is a bus conductor. e beats up everything and anybody who comes in his way and showers abuses at everybody. This drama every night disturbs the Vamanapuram village. The trouble of Lever Johny started with the railway gate that separates the village from other regions always lying closed and the road is not tarred due to which the bus does not come to the village. The village is filled with idiots (Vamanans) and their chief is Gopalan Nair. Panchayat president Gopalan Nair, a man famous for his wickedness wants to start a bus service in his village. The opposition party in the village panchayat is against this idea, as they suspect Nair
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2004-01-22
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Rasikan
Overview: Sivankutty earns a living by selling tickets in black. One day, he witnesses a policeman's murder in broad daylight and stands up against the culprit alone.
Genres: Thriller Drama Comedy
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2004-12-16
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Pachakuthira
Overview: A junior artist in movies, Anandakkuttan, meets his long-lost German brother, Akash Menon. However, his brother is mentally unstable and he causes trouble to everyone including the neighbors. Initially Anandakkuttan hates Akash Menon, but finally he develops a bond between his brother and himself.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2006-04-14
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Kattuchembakam
Overview: The movie revolves around a tribe who are living isolated in the forest area and their lives. Chandru and Shivan are two close friends lives in a tribal village in the midst of the forest with their sisters Karthika Mathew and Chembagam (Charmy Kaur) respectively. Chandru is in love with Chembagam and Shivan is in love with Karthika Mathew.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-27
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Chenaparambile Aanakkaryam
Overview: A holy anklet went stolen from a temple and people's lives depend on it.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1998-06-11
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Greetings
Overview: Gopan lived with his widowed father Aravindakshan Nair and falls in love with Sheethal, his neighour. Together they tries the match of former sweethearts Rangaswami Iyengar and Kasthuri who are neighours. But there is twist when a Chennai-born man Swaminathan who see Sheethal.But in the end gopan & sheetal are united.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2004-02-13
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