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Babu Namboothiri is an Indian film and TV actor who has starred in more than a 100 Malayalam films and various serials. He is famous for his villain as well as character roles. He is best known for his portrayal of a very unconventional role, as the pimp, Thangal, in Thoovanathumbikal (1987) and as the primary antagonist in Nirakkoottu.

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Thilakan
Thilakan
(28 films)
Sukumari
Sukumari
(24 films)
Nedumudi Venu
Nedumudi Venu
(22 films)
Mammootty
Mammootty
(23 films)
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Filmography of Babu Namboothiri (102 films)

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Kaliyachan
Kaliyachan (2015)
, 1h40
Genres Drama
Themes Films about television
Actors Manoj K. Jayan, Babu Namboothiri, Manju Pillai, Manikandan Pattambi
Rating56% 2.838582.838582.838582.838582.83858
The film is about Kathakali actor, Kunhiraman and his relationship with his Guru, Asan. Gradually over the years, as the actor gets popular he becomes arrogant and takes to confronting with his Guru.
Avatharam
Avatharam (2014)
, 2h45
Directed by Joshiy
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Action, Crime
Actors Dileep, Harisree Ashok, Lakshmi Menon, Bhanupriya, Lakshmi Menon, Richard Rishi
Roles Moorthy
Rating43% 2.1841252.1841252.1841252.1841252.184125
Madhavan (Dileep), an educated youth from a small village of Idukki, comes to Kochi to stay with his brother's family after his brother's sudden death. His brother Sudhakaran (Ganesh Kumar) was a customs officer. He was found dead in a mysterious circumstance and Madhavan doubts that it is a cold-blooded murder. In the mean time, he befriends an insurance agent Manimekala (Lakshmi Menon) and falls in love with her. Madhavan tries to find the mystery behind his brother's death.
RajadhiRaja
Genres Drama
Actors Mammootty, Raai Laxmi, Siddique, Joju George, Mukesh Khanna, Lena
Roles Gangadhara Menon/Radha's Father
Rating46% 2.309172.309172.309172.309172.30917
The film is the story is about Shekarankutty (Mammootty) was leading a happy family life with his wife (Raai Laxmi) and his daughter. In his past, Shekharankutty had led a very brutal life and was the notorious don Rajashekhar.
Mylanchi Monchulla Veedu, 2h38
Genres Comedy
Actors Jayaram, Asif Ali, Kanika, Meera Nandan, Madhu, Siddique
Roles Krishnan Vaidyer, Madhavankutty's Father
Rating47% 2.358742.358742.358742.358742.35874
Sahib (Madhu) is head of an aristocratic Muslim Family. Kasim is his son. Vahida, Kasim's daughter elopes with her lover Madhavan Kutty on the eve of her wedding. That leads to a lot of ruckus including killing of son of a Hindu leader due to mistaken identity by Kasim. Kasim goes to jail and released after 7 years. On the way back he meets with an accident, due to which he become paralyzed.
Sringaravelan, 2h50
Genres Comedy, Action, Romance
Actors Dileep, Vedhika, Paul Michael, Lal, Kalabhavan Shajon, Joy Mathew
Roles Kannan's father
Rating34% 1.7146651.7146651.7146651.7146651.714665
Kannan (Dileep) is the son of a fashion weaver Ayyapanashan (Babu Namboothiri). His father has sent him for fashion designing,but Kannan wants to make more money easier. His friends are Yesudas a.k.a. Yesu (Lal),a gunda and Vasu (Kalabhavan Shajon).
Hotel California
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy
Actors Jayasurya, Honey Rose, Anoop Menon, Aparna Nair, Maria Roy, Shankar Panicker
Roles Koshi
Rating48% 2.4352652.4352652.4352652.4352652.435265
The film begins with the City Police Commissioner Bharath Chandran (Joju George) jumping over the compound wall of a house who is having an affair with house owner's wife. The house owner confronts commissioner and beats and breaks his arm. It then shifts to a man at a friend's house asking where his friend and a don named Jimmy is, as there is work for him to do for the man. He reveals his work is to transport the pirated DVD of the upcoming releasing movie Hotel California and in which Jimmy has to transport it through the airport safely. It shifts to Kamala Nambiar (Maria Roy) a dancer practicing dance receives a call informing that what she ordered is ready (It is not revealed what she ordered to audiences). It once again shifts to Aby Mathew (Shankar Panikkar) a lusting married middle aged man, who contacts a pimp to have sex with a television actress named Swapna Joseph (Honey Rose) who agrees to have sex with him for a large sum of money. Then Sasi Pillai is shown talking about a hot topic for news reporting about the don named Airport Jimmy. In which it shifts to the scene of Airport Jimmy (Jayasurya) in high class bar.
Trivandrum Lodge
Directed by V. K. Prakash
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about virginity
Actors Jayasurya, Honey Rose, Karthika Menon, Anoop Menon, Thesni Khan, Padmanabhan Balachandran Nair
Roles Thangal (Cameo)
Rating66% 3.3431753.3431753.3431753.3431753.343175
Trivandrum Lodge, situated in Kochi and its inmates form the backdrop of the film. Abdu (Jayasurya) is a man who does odd jobs for living including being masseur at a spa and being the driver of a wealthy businessman. He is also obsessed about sex, being sex-starved. Shibu Vellayani (Saiju Kurup) is a cinema reporter who works with a not-so-well-known film magazine, and persuades women to sleep with him for roles in films. Kora (P. Balachandran) is a retired clerk from the secretariat who boasts about having had sex with 999 women in his life and who wishes to have a policewoman as his 1000th. Satheeshan (Arun), wants to be an actor. Shibu promises to help him and has even given Satheeshan a new name, Sagar. Arthur Relton (Janardhanan) and Peggy Aunty (Sukumari) are the oldest inmates. Relton teaches piano and lives in the world of music while Peggy Aunty runs a canteen inside the lodge.
Indian Rupee, 2h35
Directed by Ranjith
Genres Drama
Actors Thilakan, Suresh Gopi, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Rima Kallingal, Tini Tom, Jagathy Sreekumar
Rating76% 3.8412153.8412153.8412153.8412153.841215
Indian Rupee is a satirical dig on contemporary youth who attempt to make quick money without sweating it out. Jayaprakash or JP (Prithviraj Sukumaran) is a small time real estate dealer based in Calicut, who dreams of making it big some day. JP is a school drop-out and in love with his cousin Beena (Rima Kallingal) who is a doctor, though her parents are not too keen about the marriage. JP along with his partner CH (Tini Tom) is scouting for a land deal. He is working under a senior agent Rayeen (Mamukoya) but wishes to break free as soon as possible. He believes that his fortunes are up for a change, when Achutha Menon (Thilakan), an old city dweller approaches him to sell off his land assets. The deal never happens, but Achutha Menon stays back with them and becomes a part of their life. Things start happening in a fantastic way for JP, soon after. JP manages to earn a decent fortune after some smart moves, but he learns some valuable lessons in the process, about the importance of earning money honestly in life.
Maharaja Talkies
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Mukesh, Urvashi, P. V. Jagadish Kumar, Janardhanan, Vijayaraghavan, Salim Kumar
Roles Raghavan Nair
Rating45% 2.296272.296272.296272.296272.29627
Maharaja Talkies is about Vimala (Urvashi) and her three sisters Ganga, Yamuna and Unnimaya. They run a film theatre that has been bestowed on them by their mother, before she died. Vimala has been more than a father and mother to the younger kids, since their father Raghavan Nair(Babu Namboothiri) had deserted them when they were quite young. Pappachan (Vijayaraghavan) who plays the local moneybag, is hell bent on bringing Maharaja Talkies down. He does it by hiring a cabaret dancer, and the people in no time desert the cinema hall and flock around the voluptuous performer. He also seeks the services of a Panchayath president who has been spurned by the 'theatre sisters' and who was asked to buy a few tickets for his family rather that having them for free. Then Venugopal (Mukesh), Vimala's childhood friend, comes to the village as Panchayath secretary. He then helps Vimala save the talkies.
Nadakame Ulakam
Directed by Viji Thampi
Genres Comedy
Actors Mukesh, Vinu Mohan, Sarayu Mohan, Saranya Mohan, Seema, P. V. Jagadish Kumar
Rating41% 2.084732.084732.084732.084732.08473
Omanakuttan (Mukesh), is a Bank Manager by profession. But he is very interested stage plays and he himself has directed and acted in many plays. He is approached by a film crew from town headed by Pavan (Suraj Venjaramoodu), to produce their debut venture. Omanakuttan who is a cinema aspirant, agrees to finance the film after he was offered the lead role. Eventually, he learns that neither Pavanan nor his associates know anything about film making. Omanakuttan decides himself to script and direct the film. He completes the film successfully with a limited cast but fails to find a distributor. To find a distributor, Omanakuttan goes to Chennai but fate had something else planned for him there. His bag gets stolen and while chasing the thief, he gets hit by a car. Fortunately the car was that of an accomplished film producer and distributor (Siddhiq). After hearing the story of Omanakuttan, he decides to distribute the film, which became a super hit in the box office.
Aagathan
Aagathan (2010)

Directed by Kamal
Genres Romance
Actors Dileep, Sathyaraj, Charmi Kaur, Lal, Paul Michael, Biju Menon
Roles Doctor
Rating56% 2.804642.804642.804642.804642.80464
The film begins with the song “manju mazhakattil” showing the family of young Gautham Menon moving into Srinagar and the getting used to the Kashmir life. Later a group of terrorists siege the village and kill Guatham’s parents. Gautham’s older sister pulls him away from the killers and hides behind woods. A terrorists finds them and a gunshot is heard. Later his sister is seen to be in the Hospital in critical stage and the Doctor asks him to pray for her. The song continues and the shows Gautham growing to a teenager winning accolades from school. He runs to the hospital to share the joy with his still hospitalized sister, but sees her dying in the hospital bed.