James Chacko
Also Known As: Babychan, James
Biography: James Chacko was an Indian actor who starred in more than 150 Malayalam language films. He was active for over three decades. He joined the industry as an art and production manager and later was the manager for actor Nedumudi Venu. He played important roles in New Delhi, Meesa Madhavan, Pathram, Oru Maravathoor Kanavu and Peruvannapurathe Visheshangal. The character Pattalam Purushu played by James in the 2002 movie Meesa Madhavan has attained a cult status in Malayalam cinema. James died following cardiac arrest on 14 June 2007 at his brother's house at Kaduthuruthy.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Kottayam, Kerala, India
Adult: No
Birthday: October 16, 1955
Age: 69 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: June 14, 2007
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Kottaram Veettile Apputtan
Overview: The film tells the story of a rich orphan - Apputtan, a generous and liberal man. He helps settle the financial woes of people in the village. He is attracted to a girl whose education he has been sponsoring. But her response to his love after becoming a doctor at his expense, was something Apputtan had least expected.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1998-11-30
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Chidambaram
Overview: Chidambaram is based on a short story by noted Malayalam writer C. V. Shriraman. The film is a deeply symbolic exploration of the man-woman attraction leading to betrayal and eventually to the purgatory of guilt.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1985-03-08
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New Delhi
Overview: A journalist is illegally jailed for exposing two corrupt politicians, He exacts revenge through his new mysterious newspaper.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1987-06-24
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Kalikkalam
Overview: Mammootty plays the role of a burglar who is known by different names in different places.He is a kind person and uses the money burgled to help poor and orphans. During one of his burglaries, he happens to witness a murder for which a police officer named Shekharan is falsely accused. He helps Shekharan to prove his innocence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1990-06-22
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Mutharamkunnu P.O.
Overview: A post-master named Dilip Kumar re-locates to work in Mutharamkunnu. Once there, he sets about to meet the local residents and finds out that they are obsessed with wrestling. He meets with a proud and retired wrestler, Kuttan Pillai, and subsequently gets smitten by his daughter, Amminikutty. When he finds out that she an ardent fan of Mammooty, he lets it known that he is the latter's close friend. He intercepts her fan-mail, and even corresponds with her.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1985-06-14
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Aram + Aram = Kinnaram
Overview: The story revolves around two friends Narayanan Kutty and Balan. Narayanan, known for his flirtatious behaviour with rich women is tricked by his friend Balan. Will Narayanan decode the trap?
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1985-07-04
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Sangham
Overview: A spoilt rich man Kuttapayi befriends a group of four college students. Kuttapayi uses them to do a lot of his dirty work. When things go awry they take refuge in Kuttapayi's remote estate; where his past catches up with him.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1988-05-17
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Vadakkunokkiyantram
Overview: A man with a serious case of inferiority complex is married to a beautiful girl. Soon, his love and care turns into suspicion.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1989-05-19
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Peruvannapurathe Visheshangal
Overview: Kunju Lakshmi is the youngest daughter of the aristocratic Kavumpattu family in Peruvannapuram. She is pampered by her brothers and is a little arrogant. The family owns the local college. Sivasankaran comes to the college as a peon to replace the Padmanabhan who fails to give the promised donation to the Kavumpattu family in return for the job. In the meantime a love note that was written for Kunju by a classmate ends up in her book and she accuses Sivasankar of writing her the letter. Kunju gets into a fight with Sivasankaran. Her brothers join the fight and Sivasankaran declares that he will marry Kunju in 15 days.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1989-07-04
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Paavam Paavam Rajakumaran
Overview: The film is about a parallel college teacher who owns a bizarre and timid personality which forces his friends to fool him by posting him letters in the name of a girl. He gradually develops an intimate relationship with her but all his efforts to meet her are in vain. What happens when he actually meets her, and comes to know that she even had no idea about his existence, forms the crux of the story.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1990-03-15
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Sandhesam
Overview: After his retirement, Raghavan Nair (Thilakan) is back at his home. His long cherished dream to spend his retired life along with his family is thwarted after seeing his two sons brawling each other over their political differences.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1991-02-04
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Vietnam Colony
Overview: Krishnamurthy is appointed by a real estate company to vacate Vietnam Colony, a place buzzing with illegal and antisocial elements.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1992-12-25
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Soorya Manasam
Overview: Putturumees is a mentally challenged man who lives in a small village with this mother. The villagers face several issues due to his condition and compel his mother to take him to a new place.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1992-04-01
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Meleparambil Aanveedu
Overview: A young man marries a Tamil girl, and fearing his family, he brings her to the house as a servant. Problem starts when his elder brothers falls for her too.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1993-02-24
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Oru Maravathoor Kanavu
Overview: Chandy arrives in Maravathoor to help out on his brother Michael’s farm. A neighbour who has his eye on the property spreads rumours that Michael's wife Mary and Chandy are having an incestuous relationship. One fine morning, both are nowhere to be seen. What is the truth?
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1998-06-22
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Pathram
Overview: Nandagopal, an associate editor with Keralareshmi, one of the leading dailies, is aggressive and daring and enjoys a good reputation among the media circle. Born and brought up in Mumbai, Nandan is the son of Venugopal, a daring journalist who was killed by textile mafia long back. Nandan, in Kochi meets Sekharan, an old naxalite who is running Jagratha, a newspaper which is feared by political class. Sekharan's outspoken and belligerent nature had earned him more enemies than friends. He is constantly fighting Vishwathan, who rules Kochi with his muscle and money. Vishwanathan holds a large share in Keralareshmi and enjoys a huge political clout at state and central levels. Shekharan brings out the role of Vishwanathan in the murder of Vincent Paul, which creates a panic in the political level.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1999-06-01
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Vazhunnor
Overview: Thevakattil Avarachan is a respectable business man living with his six sons. e controls all businesses in the town. The youngest son, Kuttappayi falls in love with the new teacher, Rebecca in the family-owned school. After the initial resistance, the family agrees to their relationship. But things are about to change with the arrival of the Thevakkattil family.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1999-10-20
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Shivam
Overview: Shivam is a Police thriller, with Biju Menon in the lead, and Shaji Kailas comes back to associate with Revathy Kalamandhir. The theme involves administration of Vigilante justice with the hero taking law into his own hands and bcoming an anti-hero in the process.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2002-05-16
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Pattalam
Overview: An Army unit comes to a local village in Kerala because of a terror threat. The plot revolves around the lives of the people and the army and their relationships.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2003-09-01
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Yes Your Honour
Overview: Advocate Ravishankar works as a junior under the cunning lawyer, Venugopal, who is also rude. One day, Ravishankar beats up Venugopal and quits his job. He then fights for a murder case against Venugopal representing the opposite party.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2006-11-24
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Pathinonnil Vyazham
Overview: Appu (Mukesh) works as a bearer in a five star hotel at Palakkad. He happens to meet Chandran Pillai once, who is a millionaire based in Ooty. Appu rescues Chandran Pillai from an accident.When Chandran Pillai returns to Ooty, the people who were after him turn towards Appu instead. So Appu rushes to Ooty and begs Chandran Pillai to give him a job. Chandran Pillai refuses, but when Appu tries to blackmail him with a secret, he gives in, and appoints him as his driver. Meenakshi (Manya), Chandran Pillai's daughter hates Appu and repeatedly dismisses him from the job, but Chandran Pillai takes him back, much to her frustration.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2010-11-12
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Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala
Overview: Vijayan, the village school teacher, believes that his degree in economics is sufficient for him to succeed in the business ventures he undertakes. Taking long leaves of absence from work, he roams around with his schemes, all of which turn out to be downright failures.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1998-10-15
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Mahayanam
Overview: Chandru, a truck driver, is rude to people and all are scared of him. After the death of his mate, he decides to fulfil his last wish to build a home.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1989-11-03
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Manyanmar
Overview: Two thieves (Mukesh and Sreenivasan) become targets of the two rival crime gangs and the police after they are wrongly accused of attempted murder when robbing a hotel.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1992-04-28
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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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Midhunam
Overview: Midhunam movie is all about Sethumadhavan (Mohanlal) who has plans to start a biscuit factory near his house. But the bureaucracy and the corruption of the officials are the hurdles in front of him. Along with that he has to solve the problems in his family, which his brother (Innocent) and brother-in-law (Jagathy Sreekumar) creates. he marries his long-term fiancée Sulochana (Urvashi) who always cribs that he doesn't have love towards her, which he had shown before their marriage. How sethumadhavan succeeds in his life beating all the odds against him forms the rest of the story.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1993-07-04
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