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Poojappura Ravi is a Actor Indian
Poojappura Ravi is an Indian actor, primarily concentrating in Malayalam films doing comedy roles. He was a stage actor and was a part of Kalanilyam Drama Vision, the famous drama institution. He started doing Malayalam films in mid-1970s. He has done many " black and white " movies produced in Kerala. Ravi is actually a very flexible character actor who can do almost any roles which is evident from his movies. Even though the exact count of his movies list are not updated, he has surpassed 600 films. In the 1990s he also did TV serials. Now he still continues as a busy actor in both Malayalam television and movies.
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Raveendran Nair with the stage name Poojappura ravi, is born to Madhavan Pilla and Bhavaniyamma, as eldest of four children, at Poojappura, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. He had his primary education from Chinnamma Memorial Girls High School and Thirumala Higher Secondary School. He is married to Thankamma. The couple have a daughter, Lakshmi and a son, Hari Kumar.Usually with
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Konthayum Poonoolum (2014)
Genres Horror, Romance
Actors Kunchacko Boban, Bhama, Manoj K. Jayan, Shine Tom Chacko, Kalabhavan Mani, Janardhanan
Roles Ramettan
Rating56%
A baker (Kunchacko Boban) rushes home to be with his heavily pregnant wife (Bhama), who has been left alone. There is his dear jobless friend Shine Tom Chacko, whom he meets up with, once he is back home.
Isaac Newton S/O Philipose (2013)
Genres Comedy
Actors Paul Michael, Lal, Nedumudi Venu, Tini Tom, Abhinaya, Sivabalan (Appukutty)
Roles the Hindi Teacher
Rating39%
Nakhangal (2013)
, 2h20Actors Poojappura Ravi, Santhosh.K.Nayar, Nandalal Krishnamurthy, Augustine
'Nakhangal' tells the tale of three youngsters sharing a rented house. The house belongs to an NRI, whose friend Jeevan (Arun) arranges for the rental. Giri (Rakendu), a driver in a courier company, Jackson (Madan Mohan), a tea estate accountant and Sherin (Megha), a nurse are the youngsters who stay together. A fourth person enters the home and their lives when the rent is increased. He introduces himself as a writer with the pen name Manjila. But is fishy about Manjila who carries a gun with him. The plot thickens when he is found dead from drug overdose and Giri finds a bag of money in the room. There are takers for the money who wants it returned to them. But the three friends decide to keep it for themselves. Meanwhile Sherin is being persuaded by Vinodh, to accept his love for her. The money orchestrates the rest of the story with broken trust, gruesome murders and a suspense ending.
Ardhanaari (2012)
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Manoj K. Jayan, Maniyanpillai Raju, Thilakan, Sukumari, Saikumar, Thesni Khan
Rating31%
Ninnishtam Ennishtam 2 (2011)
Actors Jagathy Sreekumar, Priya, Mukesh, Bheeman Reghu, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Sukumari
Rating43%
The film is a sequel to Ninnishtam Ennishtam and the story takes place 25 years from where the first film finished. Sreekuttan (Suresh), who is the nephew of the original Sreekuttan played by Mohanlal in the original comes to Thiruvananthapuram city and accidentally meets the daughter of Chikku (Priya), the lover of old Sreekkuttan, and falls in love. How the identity of the characters get revealed and the ultimate success or failure of the new story forms the rest of the film.
Inganeyum Oral (2010)
Actors Saikumar, Vinu Mohan, Praveena, Sarayu Mohan, Mamukkoya, K. P. A. C. Lalitha
Balachandra Menon (Saikumar) is a professor who has remained a chronic bachelor out of choice. He has nothing against women and nurtures the picture of an ideal partner in his mind.
Seetha Kalyanam (2009)
Directed by T. K. Rajeev Kumar
Genres Romance
Actors Jayaram, Bheeman Reghu, Jyothika, Geetu Mohandas, Siddique, Bindu Panicker
Roles the Priest
Rating43%
Sreeni (Jayaram), a simpleton has a high paying job in Bangalore. His mother, who is traditional to the core, is looking for the perfect match for him. Sreeni is a butt of the joke among his female colleagues and they tease him by pretending to flirt with him. The leader among them is Nimisha (Jyothika). Their relationship is purely platonic. Meanwhile, his mother succeeds in finding a traditional girl in Abhirami (Geethu Mohandas); brought up in an Aghraharam.
Achaneyanenikkishtam (2001)
Directed by Suresh Krissna
Genres Drama
Actors Mohanlal, Kalabhavan Mani, Biju Menon, Lakshmi Gopalaswamy, Jagathy Sreekumar, Nandalal Krishnamurthy
Roles Chettiyar
Rating49%
The story is about a poor lorry driver named Bhaskaran (Kalabhavani Mani), who tries to give his son Kunjunni (Ashwin Thampi), a good education by sending him to a very expensive school. The rest of the story revolves around the events Kunjunni goes through in his life.
Nariman (2001)
Directed by K. Madhu
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Suresh Gopi, Samyuktha Varma, P. V. Jagadish Kumar, Siddique, Janardhanan, Anju
Rating53%
The film portrays an aggressive and belligerent police officer named Nariman who investigates a murder case for which an innocent man is falsely accused.
Pilots (2000)
Directed by Rajiv Anchal
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Suresh Gopi, Sreenivasan, Praveena, Keerthy Suresh, Sukumari, Jagathy Sreekumar
Roles Chandy
Rating38%
Bobby (Suresh Gopi) comes to high range as a helicopter pilot working for Robinson (Sreenivasan). His job is to spray copper sulphate (thurisu) in the rubber plantations. He is assisted by Venkidi (Manian Pillai Raju), Nandu and Indrans. He faced some resistance from local workers like Chako (Jagathy Sreekumar). He also had to save Robinson from many troubles. In a nearby convent he sees Sr. Cindrella (Praveena) and was shocked to realise that she is actually Megha Mathew, the sister of his best friend (Madhupal), of whose murder Bobby is currently accused of. Megha is the only witness who can prove Bobby's innocence. He fakes a helicopter malfunction and lands the copter in the convent so as to meet Megha in person. But Megha refuses to admit her identity to Bobby. She was not aware that her brother actually gave word to Bobby to give her hand to Bobby. Meanwhile, the murderers of her brother came in search of Megha. Bobby in the end rescues her from the villains and wins Megha.
Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu (1999)
Directed by T. K. Rajeev Kumar
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Actors Manju Warrier, Thilakan, Biju Menon, Abbas, Siddique, Kalabhavan Mani
Rating70%
A young woman named Bhadra (Manju Warrier) wants to take revenge against a landlord, Natesan (Thilakan), who had murdered her parents 15 years before. She acts as if she is interested in him, while seducing his son Uthaman (Biju Menon) making Natesan jealous. She falls in love with Moosakutty (Abbas), a bangle seller and fisherman whose father was also murdered by Natesan.
Harikrishnans (1998)
, 2h30Directed by A. M. Fazil
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Actors Mammootty, Mohanlal, Juhi Chawla, RajivMenon kumar, Nedumudi Venu, Innocent
Roles Ramabhadran
Rating67%
The Harikrishnans (Mammootty and Mohanlal) are one of the most famous lawyer duos in India. To avoid confusion one is called as Hari (Mammooty) and the other as Krishnan (Mohanlal). They head the organization called Harikrishnan Associates, which consists of around 300 lawyers. They get engaged in a murder case of Guptan, who was allegedly killed by Gabriel. Gabriel is a friend of Hari's sister and Harikrishnans become the defense lawyers upon her request. Harikrishnans begin investigation and come across Meera (Juhi Chawla), a friend of Guptan. Both of them fall in love with her. After some trouble over the matter, they rediscover their friendship and get involved in the case again. They discover that Guptan actually died due to poisoning by his relatives who were doctors. At the end Meera decides to go for a random method of choosing her lover as she liked both Harikrishnans equally. Two different climaxes of the film show either of Harikrishnans winning the toss for being Meera's friend; the losing person presumably becoming Meera's lover.
The Car (1997)
Directed by Rajasenan
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Jayaram, Janardhanan, Kalabhavan Mani, Sreelekshmi, Meena Kumari, Bindu Panicker
Roles Koshy
Rating57%
Mahadevan (Jayaram) and Kumaran (Janardhanan) work in a small firm and are room mates renting from Janakiamma (Meena). One day, luck comes to them when Mahadevan wins a car as the first prize of a promotional contest held by a washing-powder brand. Meanwhile, a murderer, Ambrose (Abu Salim) is after Maya. By mistake, both the murderer and Mahadevan get the same tag number on their cars' license plates. The murderers try a hit-and-run attack on Maya, but she escapes. She thinks that Mahadevan who did it. Mahadevan gets arrested by sub-inspector Cherian (Kalabhavan Mani) according to Maya's complaint. But due to lack of proper evidence, he's released with a warning. After getting through problems one after another, Mahadevan finds the real killers and their car. He tells Maya about the killers who attempted for her life. Shockingly it is revealed that one of the killers is Maya's Vishnu who is after her wealth. Vishnu tries to kill Maya, but Mahadevan stops him. In an attempt to kill Mahadevan and Maya, Vishnu dies by falling on a sharp object. In an attempt to dump his body, the couple is stopped by Vishnu's accomplice, Ambrose. He's enraged by his friend's death and tries to kill Mahadevan and Maya. But ends up at the dead end of the road, where the cops were waiting for him with an armed force. The car catches fire from the gunshots and explodes, killing him. The film ends with sub-inspector Cherian thanking Mahadevan and Maya, for their help and support.
Janathipathyam (1997)
Directed by K. Madhu
Genres Thriller
Actors Suresh Gopi, Urvashi, Balachandra Menon, Vani Viswanath, Devan, Saikumar
Roles Traffic police Sathya
Rating57%
Dilliwala Rajakumaran (1996)
Directed by Rajasenan
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Jayaram, Manju Warrier, Kalabhavan Mani, Biju Menon, Narendra Prasad, Oduvil Unnikrishnan
Rating59%
Appu (Jayaram) and Maya (Manju Warrier) were childhood sweethearts, and their parents had agreed to their marriage. Appu is treated by Maya's father as his own son and this makes her uncle jealous of him. Maya's mother belongs a branch of local royal family. However, Maya's life turns upside down when she is identified as the heir to her mother's royal family after her horoscope matched with the qualities that the royal family was looking for. The Maharaja proposed to adopt her as heir princess to continue the lineage. Greed and position, makes her father looking ways to get rid of Appu, who might stand an obstacle and er Uncle then forces her to hate Appu in order for her to marry someone from the royal family. Meanwhile Appu and his best friend Mani (Kalabhavan Mani) try to win her back by disguising himself as Veerandran Varma, nephew of the King whom none of them have seen before, being the son of King's estranged sister Padmini(Sreevidya). In meantime, the real Veerandra Varma (Biju Menon) came to the Palace, on a mission to steal the royal crown. Veerendran Varma was a spoil brat and was a famous rouge in Delhi, earning him the title as Dilliwala Rajakumaran.