Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair
AKA: Thikkurishi Sukumaran Nair
Birthday: 1916-10-16
Died: 1997-03-11
Birthplace: Thikkurissy, Travancore
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.
Filmography
Character: Kolathiri Rajavu
Character: Adv. Balachandra Menon
Character: Parameswaran Nampoothiri
Character: Krishna Pillai
Character: Chandrashekharan Nair
Character: Namboothiri Thampuran
Character: Ashwathi's Grand Father
Character: Madhavan Nair (Karanavar)
Character: 'Apal bandavan' Govindan Nair
Character: Mathilakkathu Cheriyachan Thampuran
Character: Kunjurama Kurup
Character: Ramankutty's Uncle
Character: Pappan's Grandfather
Character: Director of Kerala Kala Mandiram
Character: Tea vendor Ambotty
Character: Kannappa Chekavar
Character: Sundareshan Nair
Character: Tea shop owner
Character: King Rajasekhara
Character: Kunjikannan's grandfather
Character: Karunakaran Muthalali
Character: Puthooram Veettil Kannappa Chekavar
Character: Abobacker Haji
Character: Jayanthan Namboodiri
Character: Janardhanan Pilla
Character: Ragavan Pilla (Gopi's Father)
Character: Ambadi Rajasekharan Thampi
Character: Gokulam Govinda Kurup
Character: Revathy's father
Character: Sankarappillai
Character: Govinda Pillai
Character: Shehansha (Malayalam)
Character: Keshavan Kutty
Character: Herodias Anthippas
Character: Krishnan Thambi
Character: Kovalan's Father