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Indrans is a Actor and Costume Designer born on 16 march 1956 at Thiruvananthapuram (Inde)
Indrans is a Malayalam film actor and costume designer. He acts mainly in comedy roles. He has acted in over 250 films.
Indrans, a tailor by profession, debuted in the film Choothattam as a costume designer and as an actor. It was producer Charlie who offered him a chance to assist in costume designing. Although he had the opportunity to meet many filmmakers, including evergreen hero Prem Nazir, Sattar, Pappu, Jose Prakash and Jayabharathi, he concentrated only on designing costumes for several years in the industry. However, he did very small roles on screen.
Soon, Indrans started getting fresh assignments from well-known directors like Padmarajan, Venu Nagavally, Shaji N. Karun, Sibi Malayil and K. Madhu. CID Unni Krishnan was a turning point in his career as an actor. His brand of comedy clicked among the audiences and he went on to become one of the mainstream comedians in Kerala. Since then, he is busy till date.
Indrans had acted in more than 200 films so far. As a comedy actor he has made most use of his slender, lean figure and typical accent to win over the audiences. He created his own style in cinema and never replicated the comedy of the legendary Adoor Bhasi, Bahadoor, Jagathi Sreekumar or Innocent. Renowned directors Adoor Gopalakrishnan and T.V. Chandran too offered him roles.
He is married to Santhakumari on 23 February 1985 . They have a daughter Mahitha and a son Mahendran. Mahitha is a dentist by profession, married to Sriraj a Professor and they have a son Sreehari. Mahendran has completed his M.B.A.
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Indrans is a Malayalam film actor and costume designer. He acts mainly in comedy roles. He has acted in over 250 films.
Indrans, a tailor by profession, debuted in the film Choothattam as a costume designer and as an actor. It was producer Charlie who offered him a chance to assist in costume designing. Although he had the opportunity to meet many filmmakers, including evergreen hero Prem Nazir, Sattar, Pappu, Jose Prakash and Jayabharathi, he concentrated only on designing costumes for several years in the industry. However, he did very small roles on screen.
Soon, Indrans started getting fresh assignments from well-known directors like Padmarajan, Venu Nagavally, Shaji N. Karun, Sibi Malayil and K. Madhu. CID Unni Krishnan was a turning point in his career as an actor. His brand of comedy clicked among the audiences and he went on to become one of the mainstream comedians in Kerala. Since then, he is busy till date.
Indrans had acted in more than 200 films so far. As a comedy actor he has made most use of his slender, lean figure and typical accent to win over the audiences. He created his own style in cinema and never replicated the comedy of the legendary Adoor Bhasi, Bahadoor, Jagathi Sreekumar or Innocent. Renowned directors Adoor Gopalakrishnan and T.V. Chandran too offered him roles.
Biography
Indrans is born as Surendran as second among seven childen to Palavila Kochuvelu and Gomathi at Kumarapuram, Thiruvananthapuram on 1951. He has three sisters, Bindu, Rema, Raji and two brothers, Ravi and Balan. He studied at Government Higher Secondary school, Kumarapuram till fourth grade. Then he joined with his uncle to do tailoring. He joined amateur arts clubs and started performing dramas. He started a tailoring shop with the name Indrans. He used that name as his stage name when he started acting in movies. He debuted into movie industry as costume designer and later started acting. His cousin Indrans Jayan is a National award winning costume designer.He is married to Santhakumari on 23 February 1985 . They have a daughter Mahitha and a son Mahendran. Mahitha is a dentist by profession, married to Sriraj a Professor and they have a son Sreehari. Mahendran has completed his M.B.A.
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Directed by R. Sarath
Genres Drama
Actors Indrans, P. V. Jagadish Kumar, Nedumudi Venu, Nandalal Krishnamurthy, Praveena, Padmanabhan Balachandran Nair
Roles Indraguptan
It is a hundred years since Charlie Chaplin, artist nonpareil, appeared on the silver screen mesmerising audiences across the globe. His signature moustache and derby that have left their indelible imprint on the annals of film history. Buddhanum Chaplinum Chirikkunnu is a film that pays homage to Chaplin at the centennial commemoration of his acting career. The film portrays an Indian comedian, Indragupthan, who idolises Chaplin. He believes his life resembles Chaplin's and nurtures the desire to depict his hero on the big screen. However, he rules out a blind imitation of the late legend. The narrative revolves around his disintegrating family life and his quest for true love. The dilemma that ensues is the crux of the story. In the struggle to discover himself Indragupthan is entrapped in a world of make belief. The film is a unique marriage of the serious and the comic - one complementing the other. Indragupthan realises finally that the wheel of life has left him stranded in the twilight zone between real and unreal.
Kanyaka Talkies (2015)
Genres Drama
Actors Murali Gopy, Lena, Maniyanpillai Raju, Indrans, Nandalal Krishnamurthy, Sudheer Karamana
Roles Philippose
Rating63%
Ennu Ninte Moideen (2015)
, 2h47Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Prithviraj Sukumaran, Parvathy, Saikumar, Tovino Thomas, Bala, Lal
Roles Vaidyar
Rating79%
Set in the 1960s and 70s in Mukkam, Kerala, the film tells the tragic love story of Moideen who belongs to a renowned Muslim family and Kanchana Mala who is the daughter of a Hindu thiyya aristocratic landlord. Since inter-religious marriages were a taboo then, the couple had to part ways as their families objected to their love affair.
Aadu (2015)
Genres Comedy
Actors Jayasurya, Sunny Wayne, Srinda Ashab, Renji Panicker, Vijay Babu, Harikrishnan S
Roles P.P Sasi Aashan
Rating69%
Aadu is a road trip movie of 7 village idiots in pursuit of a mythical plant. The lead cast is Jayasurya as Shaji Pappan, a Tug of War master.
Viswasam Athalle Ellam (2015)
, 2h15Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Shine Tom Chacko, Shankar Panicker, Ansiba Hassan, Shankar, Manoj K. Jayan, Kalabhavan Shajon
Roles Chinto Pachilakkadan
Rating52%
Vishwasam... Athallae Ellaam is a family entertainer that tells the story a happy go lucky college going boy (Shine Tom Chacko) and his strict police commissioner father (Shankar).
Lukka Chuppi (2015)
, 1h52Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Jayasurya, Remya Nambeesan, Murali Gopy, Joju George, Saiju Kurup, Indrans
Roles Narayanan
Rating65%
A group of friends including Raghuram (Jayasurya), Siddharth (Murali Gopy), Rafeek (Joju), Radhika (Asmita Sood) and Benny (Dinesh Prabhakar) get some time together after a pretty interval of 14 years along with their family including Siddharth’s wife Revathi (Ramya Nambeesan), Raghuram’s wife Ani (Chinnu Kuruvila), etc.
Kunjiramayanam (2015)
, 2h5Directed by Basil Joseph
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Vineeth Sreenivasan, Dhyan Sreenivasan, Aju Varghese, Mamukkoya, Biju Menon, Neeraj Madhav
Roles Paramu
Rating68%
Kunjiraman (Vineeth Sreenivasan), nephew of Well-done Vasu(Mamukkoya), plans to marry his daughter Thankamani. All plans are thwarted by his dim-witted cousin brother Laalu (Dhyan Sreenivasan). To avenge this he goes to Gulf to make money and returns to his hometown Desam. He plans to marry well and before that of Vasu's daughter wedding. Laalu (Dhyan Sreenivasan) secretly plots against Kunjiraman with Kuttan (Aju Varghese), his role model. Kunjiraman gets engaged to other women but all end up in cancellations. Villagers superstitiously believe that it was Kunjiraman's actions that brings the subsequent problems and curses to Desam. Later the issues are solved by a chain of events. Both Laalu and Kuttan are left to the short end of stick with their plotting's.
Oru Second Class Yathra (2015)
, 1h40Genres Thriller, Comedy
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Vineeth Sreenivasan, Nikki Galrani, Chemban Vinod Jose, Nedumudi Venu, Joju George, Sreejith Ravi
Roles Govindan
Rating53%
Police constables Balagopal (Sreejith Ravi) and Jolly Kurien (Joju George) have been at odds for years but are under orders to transfer two prisoners from Kannur to Trivandrum. They board the Parasuram express with the handcuffed inmates. While at the Kayamkulam station, prisoner Nandu (Vineeth Sreenivasan) escapes. The two officers get off the train at the next stop with second inmate Maran (Chemban Vinod Jose) and frantically searches for Nandu. The three unlikely musketeers finds the back-story of Nandu. Nandu's father, Narayanan (Nedumudi Venu) always have a wrongful intention to his step-sister, Lakshmi (Nikki Galrani). Nandu, one day determines to kill his father for the same, but the trap he set accidentally killed his mother. He was arrested for his mother's murder. One day his Narayanan comes to visit him at jail and reveals his true intentions for his step-sister. Nandu determines to escape at any possible opportunities. The three musketeers finds Nandu while roughing with Narayanan, both with the intention to kill. Accidentally Jolly Kurien kills Nandu's father. With knowing Narayanan's story, Maran devises a plan to not let the issue known to others, to which everyone agrees. Narayanan's body is buried in a nearby church cemetery at that night itself. In the end of the day everyone is shown as happy in their karmic lives.
Utopiayile Rajavu (2015)
Directed by Kamal
Genres Comedy
Actors Mammootty, Jewel Mary, Sunil Sukhada, Joy Mathew, Tini Tom, Sasi Kalinga
Roles Velappan
Rating35%
Aana Mayil Ottakam (2015)
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Balu Varghese, Mithun Murali, Indrans, Sunil Sukhada, Santhosh Keezhattoor, Seema G. Nair
Roles Sajan
Rating57%
One of the stories based on the life of a schoolboy from a poor family. The plots of the other two short films haven't been revealed as of now.
Swapaanam (2014)
Directed by Shaji N. Karun
Genres Drama
Actors Jayaram, Siddique, Vineeth, Lakshmi Gopalaswamy, Indrans, P. Sreekumar
Roles Selvam
Rating68%
The rhythm of life, even for a master drummer, is at the same moment disrupted and harmonized by the love, passion, jealousy, hate and spite of those around. Unequaled in the art of playing the Chenda, Unni (Jayaram), and Nalini (Kadambari), peerless in Mohiniyattam, are drawn to each other by an affection that transcends the devotion to their arts and the love for each other. The pulse of their passion cannot hold up against the tumults of Unni’s life. A brother and a father figure, whose love sours to jealousy and hate, a wife who despises his drumming and a mother from whom the truth about his birth is not forthcoming all hasten the tempo of a mental imbalance rooted in Unni’s childhood to an inevitable dark end.
Angels (2014)
Genres Thriller
Actors Indrajith Sukumaran, Joy Mathew, Asha Sarath, Baiju, Prem Prakash, Vijayakumar
Rating60%
Hameem Haider (Indrajith) is a brilliant police officer in the Special Armed Police Department. He does his work efficiently but is an egoist to some extent. Due to external pressures, he is forced to step aside from a case he has been dealing with. He is offended by this and wants to take revenge on those behind forcing his recusal.
Praise the Lord (2014)
, 2h5Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Mammootty, Reenu Mathews, Mukesh, Ahmed Sidhique, Kalabhavan Shajon, Akanksha Puri
Roles Chacko
Rating31%
Names Unknown (2014)
, 1h51Directed by Biju
Genres Drama
Actors Suraj Venjaramoodu, Indrans, Nedumudi Venu, Sona Nair, Seema G. Nair, Sasi Kalinga
Roles Chami
Rating73%
The story revolves around a widowed father and son working as scavengers and the harsh life they face. The duo belongs to a section of society who are marginalized in the mainstream. Father is working as a temporary cleaning sweeper. Chami is his friend and fellow worker who belongs to a tribal community. They collect the garbage from the city streets into a vehicle and dumps at a rural village. Sometimes father takes his son along with him. During the travel in a trash vehicle, father and son sees and experiences the life of many nameless, faceless marginalised people including themselves in the midst of huge buildings and roaring vehicles.
Mannar Mathai Speaking 2 (2014)
Genres Thriller, Comedy
Actors Mukesh, Indrans, Saikumar, Innocent, Janardhanan, Biju Menon
Roles Ponnappan
Rating30%
Mannar Mathai (Innocent) is now running a travel agency Urvashi Tours & Travels,his partners in this agency are his old mates Gopalakrishnan (Mukesh) and Balakrishnan (Saikumar). Their drama group which was started in 1989, is celebrating its 25th anniversary and Manaar Mathai wants to perform a drama on this occasion. But Gopalakrishnan & Balakrishnan are not ready for this because their previous attempts in drama led them to nothing but problems. When they need a driver for their agency, they give an Ad in the news paper. But Mathayi also gives an extra Ad which says "Heroine required" which leads Nithya to reach their agency. Entry of the old villan Mahendra Varma (Biju Menon) complicates the setting. Rest of the movie is the fight between Mahendra Varma, Hareendra Varma & Ramji Rao (Ramji Rao has given up his wicked ways and has converted to a Christian, becoming a well-known pastor called Kunjumon, meaning "little boy" in Malayalam and is later revealed to be Nithya's father).