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Maniyanpillai Raju is a Actor and Producer Indian born on 20 april 1955 at Thiruvananthapuram (Inde)
Maniyanpilla Raju is a Malayalam film actor and producer. Though his real name is Sudheer Kumar, he is known by the screen name Maniyanpilla Raju. This was the name of the character he played in the film Maniyanpilla Adhava Maniyanpilla. His debut movie is Mohiniyattam directed by Sreekumaran Thampi.
He is married to Indira on 1985. His elder son is Sachin and his younger son Niranjan made his debut in Renjith's Black Butterfly.
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Maniyanpilla Raju is a Malayalam film actor and producer. Though his real name is Sudheer Kumar, he is known by the screen name Maniyanpilla Raju. This was the name of the character he played in the film Maniyanpilla Adhava Maniyanpilla. His debut movie is Mohiniyattam directed by Sreekumaran Thampi.
Biography
Raju was born as youngest among four in 1955 to Shekharan Nair and Saraswati Amma at Thycaud, Thiruvananthapuram. He has two sisters, Ramani, Radha and a brother surendran. He had his primary education from Government Model Boys Higher Secondary School, Thiruvananthapuram. He did pre university degree in Victory Tutorial College. He learned diploma in acting course during 1973-1975 from Adyar Film Institute, Chennai. He wrote his autobiography Chirichum Chirippichum in 2012.He is married to Indira on 1985. His elder son is Sachin and his younger son Niranjan made his debut in Renjith's Black Butterfly.
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Pavada (2016)
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Prithviraj Sukumaran, Anoop Menon, Asha Sarath, Miya George, Biju Menon, Nedumudi Venu
Roles Advocate Gunasekaran
Rating61%
Anuraga Karikkin Vellam (2016)
Genres Comedy
Actors Asif Ali, Biju Menon, Asha Sarath, Sreenath Bhasi, Sudheer Karamana, Irshad
Roles Elizabeth's Father
Rating71%
Kanyaka Talkies (2015)
Genres Drama
Actors Murali Gopy, Lena, Maniyanpillai Raju, Indrans, Nandalal Krishnamurthy, Sudheer Karamana
Roles Sadanandan
Rating63%
Premam (2015)
, 2h44Directed by Alphonse Putharen
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Actors Nivin Pauly, Sonia Agarwal, Vivek, Sai Pallavi, K. Bhagyaraj, Anupama Parameshwaran
Roles College Principal
Rating66%
Palakattu Madhavan (Vivek) is a lazy and irresponsible man. Embarrassed that his wife Lakshmi (Sonia Agarwal) earns more than he, he quits his own job out of spite. He then adopts the old woman Pattu Maami (Sheela) as a surrogate mother because she offers to pay cash for the opportunity.
Premam (2015)
, 2h45Directed by Alphonse Putharen
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Actors Nivin Pauly, Anupama Parameshwaran, Vinay Forrt, Madonna Sebastian, Sai Pallavi, Shabareesh Varma
Roles College Principal
Rating82%
In 2000, George (Nivin Pauly), a 16-year-old pre-degree student, develops an unrequited love for Mary (Anupama Parameshwaran), the so-called "prettiest girl" in the region of Aluva. George and his friends Shambu (Shabareesh Varma) and Koya (Krishna Shankar) follow Mary and her companion Celine (Eva Prakash) around every day. George decides that he wants to propose to Mary, and Shambu and Koya accompany him to do so. However, George does not propose quickly enough, and is heartbroken to learn that Mary is in relationship with a different boy, also named George. The final scene of this stage ends in 2002 where George, Shambu and Koya feel depressed realising that they have failed in their pre-degree final examination.
Acha Dhin (2015)
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Mammootty, Maniyanpillai Raju, Renji Panicker, Kishore, Kunchan, Sudheer Karamana
Rating33%
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 ASI Johnson
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.
Jamnapyari (2015)
, 2h6Genres Comedy, Adventure
Actors Kunchacko Boban, Aju Varghese, Gayathri Suresh, Joy Mathew, Neeraj Madhav, Renji Panicker
Roles Ramachandran
Rating47%
The story begins with Vasu, father of Vasoottan (Kunchacko) rescuing people from a bus fallen from a bridge on to a flooded river. During the rescue, vasu gets drowned in front of the onlookers which include his friend Prakashan (Joy mathew), his wife and his child while trying to rescue a kid. Then the story moves over to Vasootan who is a Auto-Rickshaw driver, who is a very helpful person who has got all the good qualities like his father. He helps anyone who is in need. Sabu (Suraj Venjarumoodu) is Vasootan's friend, who was a one time goon and got reformed due to Vasootan's influence. Vasootan helps Sabu to marry Muthumani. One day a girl named Parvathy hires his auto to go to Railway station. As the train was about to depart, she asks vasoottan to take her to the Bus stand. But after an adventurous journey Vasoottan drops parvathy at the Railway station on time. She thanked him and went off. After a few days Prakashan's son informs that a girl has come to their studio and inquired about Vasoottan and the accident that took place long back in which Vasoottan lost his Father. Vasoottan thinks that it was Parvathy. Vasoottan receives a call from Parvathy and she asks him to come to her house to meet her Father. Sabu and Prakshettan ties a bet saying that Parvathy loves Vasoottan and had called him for fixing their Marriage. Vasoottan goes to her house and understands that they have called him for seeking his help in their Buisiness of delivering 100 numbers of Jamnapari goats to a Foreign Firm. Parvathy's Father (Maniyan Pilla Raju) and Mother (Anju Aravind) pleeds to Vasoottan for his help and finally he agrees to help them getting 100 Jamna Pyari goats on time. Sridharan (Renji Panicker) was Parvathy's Father's rival and he tries all ways to getting their business unsuccessful with his money and muscle power. At first Vasoottan arranges 10 Jamna Pyaris from local. Then they started giving advertisements in print, audio as well visual and e-medias. They received vide responses for the ads and finally they manages to reach the target. After too many complication Vasoottan and Parvathy gets their love succeed at the end.
Bangalore Days (2014)
, 2h52Directed by Anjali Menon
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Fahadh shanu, Dulquer Salmaan, Nivin Pauly, Nazriya Nazim, Parvathy, Kalpana
Roles Prakash
Rating82%
The film's story revolves around three cousins Divya (Nazriya Nazim), Krishnan P.P., also known as Kuttan (Nivin Pauly) and Arjun (Dulquer), who share a close bond since their childhood. Kuttan is a software engineer whose heart and soul is back home in his village, while Arjun is a bike mechanic whose parents are divorced and lives his life on his own terms. Divya had completed her graduation and aspired to do her MBA from IIM but is compelled to get married to workaholic corporate executive Das (Fahadh Faasil) because of her parents' astrologer's suggestions. Divya moves to Bangalore as her husband is settled there,Kuttan does the same for his job and Arjun joins a biker gang as a mechanic in the same city.
Vaayai Moodi Pesavum (2014)
Directed by Balaji Mohan
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Dulquer Salmaan, Nazriya Nazim, Madhoobala Shah, Abhishek Shankar, Pandiarajan, Maniyanpillai Raju
Roles Prabhakaran Thanchappuzha
Rating66%
Nazriya's character, Anjana plays a doctor who thinks it is better not to talk; whereas Dulquer plays Arvind, a door-to-door salesman who loves talking. The story evolves in a place between Kerala and Tamil Nadu there a strange disease (dumb flu) occurs which cause people loose their speaking ability.
Unnimoolam (2014)
, 23minutesActors Aju Varghese, Idavela Babu, Maniyanpillai Raju
Roles Narrator
The story is about Unni, an unemployed youth, who is forced to Spiritual inclination inorder to achieve success in life.
Aamayum Muyalum (2014)
, 2h44Directed by Priyadarshan
Genres Comedy
Actors Jayasurya, Piaa Bajpai, Innocent, Nedumudi Venu, Nandalal Krishnamurthy, Mamukkoya
Rating34%
The film is set in a fictitious poverty-ridden village of Gowlipady, which is virtually ruled by the ruthless zamindari Bhandaravathi (Sukanya). Kashi (Nedumudi Venu) is a lottery salesman. He is the only literate person of his village. Once, a lottery sold by him happens to win the first prize of 5 Crore Indian Rupee. Greedy Kashi tries to get back the lottery ticket but doesn't know to whom he has sold the ticket to. So, he conducts a treat exclusive to all those who buys ticket from him and to gain entrance need to give their tickets back. As the treat ends, all the tickets he have sold except one is collected. Later, he comes to know that the one remaining ticket, the same ticket which won the prize, sold to Anthony (Nandu) is still not collected.
Idukki Gold (2013)
Directed by Aashiq Abu
Genres Comedy
Actors Lal, Pratap K. Pothen, Shankar Panicker, Raveendran (Ravindher), Babu Antony, Paul Michael
Roles Madan
Rating64%
The movie starts with Michael (Prathap Pothen), who resides in Czech Republic returns
Lokpal (2013)
, 2h20Directed by Joshiy
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Political films
Actors Mohanlal, Kavya Madhavan, Meera Nandan, Manoj K. Jayan, Thambi Ramaiah, Sai Kumar
Roles Minister Anirudhan
Rating32%
Chef Nandagopal (Mohanlal), while publicly known as the chef of the popular Nandu's Food Court, is also 'Lokpal' (Peoples' Protector), who fights corruption. The film does a flashback to Nandagopal's backstory which involves "attempted murder, a juvenile home and unrequited love"
Radio (2013)
, 2h25Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Iniya, Sarayu Mohan, Nishan, Sreejith, Thalaivaasal Vijay, Maniyanpillai Raju
Roles Priya's father
Rating49%
"Tune in for a change" is the tagline attached to Radio in the credits. The storyline is about a girl Priya who comes to the city for a job as a salesgirl in a jewellery shop,with a load of debt to pay off, played by Sarayu. She is new to the ways and customs of the city life. Her co-worker, Iniya character Shweta, gives her accommodation, since she has no place or relative home to stay in the city. Shweta goes out at every night, where Nishan’s character Manu, comes to pick her up. Whole picture of the storyline is clear, Shweta. a five star prostitute and associate Manu as pimp,for securing her business. It is a shock to Priya when she realizes the truth about Shweta and decides to leave her friendship and apartment.