Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1916-10-16
Deathday 1997-03-11 (80 years old)
Place of Birth Thikkurissy, Travancore
Also Known As Thikkurishi Sukumaran Nair, Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair, തിക്കുറിശ്ശി സുകുമാരൻ നായർ, Thikkurussi Sukumaran Nair, Thikkurisi Sukumaran Nair
Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair
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.
Known For
Actor
as Maharaja
as Radhakrishnan
as Kunjurama Kurup
as Kurup Master
as Director of Kerala Kala Mandiram
as Parameswaran Nampoothiri
as Tea vendor Ambotty
as Kunchu Kurup
as Muthachan
as Muthassan
as Panikkar sir
as Krishna Pillai
as Ashwathi's Grand Father
as Muthachan
as Mathilakkathu Cheriyachan Thampuran
as Pappan's Grandfather
as Shop-owner
as Govinda Pillai
as 'Apal bandavan' Govindan Nair
as Revathy's father
as Chandrashekharan Nair
as Namboothiri Thampuran
as Old Farmer
as Menon
as Menon
as Kunjiraman
as Thampi
as Adv. Balachandra Menon
as Kolathiri Rajavu
as Ramankutty's Uncle
as Sundareshan Nair
as Kunjikannan's grandfather
as Shehansha (Malayalam)
as Ragavan Pilla (Gopi's Father)
as Ambadi Rajasekharan Thampi
as Thampi
as Guru
as Daivam Mathai
as Perumal
as King Herod
as Doctor
as Principal
as K. B. Menon
as Puthooram Veettil Kannappa Chekavar
as Principal
as Sankarappillai
as Muthalali
as Sankara Menon
as Keshavan Kutty
as Padmanabhan
as Krishnan Thambi
as Karunakaran Muthalali
as Gokulam Govinda Kurup
as Himavan
as Maariyaveedan
as Rajasahib
as Menon
as Kovalan's Father
as Janardhanan Pilla
as Madhavan Nair (Karanavar)
as Jaya Singhan
as Tea shop owner
as Krishna Menon
as Raman Nair
as Herodias Anthippas
as Jayanthan Namboodiri
as Sarvari
as Kamsan
as King Rajasekhara
as Alikoya Haji
as Kannappa Chekavar
as Abobacker Haji
as Shankaracharu
as Harishchandra
as Vikraman
as Father
as Venu
as Soman
as Gopi
as Rajan
Writer
Director
as Director
as Director