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Captain Raju is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter Indian born on 27 june 1950

Captain Raju

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Birth name Raju Daniel
Nationality Inde
Birth 27 june 1950
Death 17 september 2018 (at 68 years)

Captain Raju is a Malayalam film actor. He has acted in more than 500 films in the languages of Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and English. He is best noted for his performance in character roles, and as a villain. Raju also appears in television serials and advertisements.

Biography

He was born as second among seven children to K G Daniel and Annamma at Omallur,Pathanamthitta District, Kerala in 1950. He has four sisters named Elizabeth, Rani, Stella, Thankamma and two brothers, George and Mohan. His both parents were teachers at Govt. UP School Omalloor. He had his primary education from Govt. UP School Omalloor and NSS English Medium School, Omalloor. He was a volleyball player. He pursued a degree in Zoology from Catholicate College, Pathanamthitta. After graduation, Raju joined the Indian Army as an officer at the age of 21 and rose to the rank of a captain. He worked as marketing chief at Glucose and starch manufacturing company, Lakshmi Starch, at Mumbai after serving 5 years of Indian army and later he left the job to act in films. While working at the company he started acting in amateur drama troupes like Prathiba theaters in Mumbai. He later moved to films. He made his directorial debut with the Malayalam film Etha Oru Snehagatha in 1997. His second film as director was Mr. Pavanayi 99.99 (2012) in which he reprised the role of Mr. Pavanayi, his character from 1987 Malayalam film Nadodikkattu.

He is married to Prameela, and has a son, Ravi. He is a Christian by birth, but also respects other religions, and even visit the others' shrines.

Usually with

Mammootty
Mammootty
(40 films)
Mohanlal
Mohanlal
(32 films)
Sukumari
Sukumari
(33 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Captain Raju (183 films)

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Shatruvu
Shatruvu (2013)
, 2h7
Actors Daggubati Venkatesh, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Vijayakumar, Captain Raju, Brahmanandam, Jaya Prakash Reddy
Roles DIG Prakash Rao
Rating74% 3.7262553.7262553.7262553.7262553.726255
Ashok (Venkatesh) is an advocate who works as a junior along with his two friends Raghava (Maharshi Raghava) & Bhaskar for advocate Durga Prasad (Vijay Kumar) who always fights for Justice. Durga Prasad and his wife Lakshmi (Sangeetha) treat them as their own children. Venkataratnam (Kota Srinivasa Rao) is a powerful contractor who has the entire system in his hands. Once Venkataratnam cheats Govt by saying that he has constructed a hostel for poor people without doing it, just showing on papers. Durga Prasad takes up the case and gathers all the proofs against him. Venkataratnam threatens Durga Prasad a lot who does not yield to it. Finally, Venkataratnam kills Durga Prasad and his wife Lakshmi in front of the court and destroys all the evidence. Before dying, Durga Prasad takes a word from Ashok, that he should win this case in any circumstances. Ashok gives respect to his words and takes up the case, but he fails to get the case admitted because there is no evidence. In that frustration, Ashok reacts on Venkataratnam publicly in court, which leads to his suspension from the court and he has been arrested.
Ezhamathe Varavu
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Indrajith Sukumaran, Karthika Menon, Vineeth, Vinu Mohan, Suresh Krishna, Nandalal Krishnamurthy
Roles Chief archaeologist
Rating59% 2.968582.968582.968582.968582.96858
Set in the forests of Wayanad, Ezhamathe Varavu is a multilayered story that delineates the link between man and nature. It revolves around three principal characters — a planter, his wife and his friend. Gopi, a wealthy planter is an Alpha male, a hunter who assumes he knows the jungle and its creatures. Bhavana plays his long-suffering wife, who craves for his company and affection. Into their turbulent marriage comes Vineeth, an archaeologist on a dig in Wayanad. He turns out to be her college beau. Kavitha plays a tribal who introduces Vineeth to the forests and its inhabitants.
Mumbai Police, 2h25
Directed by Rosshan Andrrews
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Prithviraj Sukumaran, Arya, Jayasurya, Rashin Rahman, Aparna Nair, Riyaz Khan
Roles IG Gopinathan Nair
Rating78% 3.945763.945763.945763.945763.94576
The movie opens with ACP Antony Moses aka Rascal Moses (Prithviraj) getting into an accident which causes him, a partial memory loss. Before the accident, he had solved the murder case of his friend, Assistant Commissioner Aaryan John Jacob (Jayasurya), who was killed during a gallantry awards ceremony at police/parade grounds possibly by a Long range rifle. Antony gets into the accident while talking to his senior officer and brother-in-law Farhan Ashraf (Rahman),Commissioner of police. He tells him that the case is solved. But, before giving the name of the murderer, accident occurs. Farhan tells Antony, about his past and the tragedy occurred to their friend, Aaryan. He reassigns Antony Moses, back to the case. Antony re investigates the case during which he finds out the murderer.
Arjunan Saakshi
Directed by Ranjith Sankar
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Prithviraj Sukumaran, Ann Augustine, Nedumudi Venu, Jagathy Sreekumar, Mukesh, Salim Kumar
Rating58% 2.90762.90762.90762.90762.9076
Roy Mathew (Prithviraj), a young architect who has spent his entire life abroad, finally arrives in Cochin with dreams of starting a life afresh. But he soon realises that the city that he gets to live in is radically different from the one that he had seen in his dreams.
China Town
China Town (2011)
, 2h22
Directed by Rafi and Mecartin
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Mohanlal, Dileep, Jayaram, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Kavya Madhavan, Poonam Bajwa
Roles Wilson Gomus
Rating39% 1.977431.977431.977431.977431.97743
Four friends bought a casino and were celebrating the profit with their family when an underworld don, Gowda (Pradeep Rawat), who used to have a monopoly on the casinos in Goa, intrudes. Xavier (Mohanlal), one of the friends, held out against the don. Although he was killed, he managed to hold off the gang long enough for all of their wives to escape with the children. Wilson Gomus (Captain Raju) is the only of the friends to survive and he settled in Goa with his daughter, Emily.
Thanthonni
Thanthonni (2010)

Genres Action
Actors Prithviraj Sukumaran, Sheela, Kalabhavan Mani, Ambika, Vijayaraghavan, Suraj Venjaramoodu
Rating49% 2.4678452.4678452.4678452.4678452.467845
Kochukunju (Prithviraj) is the spoiled son of the well-known Vadakkan Veettil family in Kannur. He is the son of Kathreena (Ambika), who believes that his formal father David (Saikumar) has died (his life was actually spared by the killer sent out by his brothers to kill him). Captain Raju and Vijayaraghavan play the major old-age characters. In the film, Vijayaraghavan plays a double role as Kochousepp, the ancestor of the family, and one of his three sons. The female lead role is played by Sheela. Suraj Venjarammood plays Achu, Kochukunju's friend.
Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja, 3h20
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Mammootty, Manoj K. Jayan, Kanika, R. Sarathkumar, Kalabhavan Mani, Padmapriya
Roles Unni Mootha
Rating76% 3.84493.84493.84493.84493.8449
The film starts in 1796, four years after the occupation of Malabar by the English East India Company and towards the end of the First Pazhassi Revolt (1793–1797). The revolt is led by Kerala Varma (Mammootty), the Raja of Pazassi Palace, of Kottayam house. The exploitation of the native Indian resources by the Company had culminated in popular revolts against its authority across the district. With the help of Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja's uncle Kurumbranadu ruler Veeravarma (Thilakan), who is jealous of Pazhassi Raja for his success and influence, and Raja's old companion Pazhayamveedan Chandhu (Suman), the Company act against Pazhassi Raja. This forces Pazhassi Raja to escape to the forests of Wayanad. The tribal force led by Neeli captures Assistant Collector Thomas Hervey Baber (Harry Key) and his fiancée Dora (Linda Arsenio) in the jungle, in spite of his commander's objection. The Raja treats Thomas Baber and Dora as his guest and releases them.
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Actors Tinnu Anand, Divya Dutta, Neha Pendse, Suhasini Mulay, Vaiyapuri, Madhan Bob
Rating58% 2.9013352.9013352.9013352.9013352.901335
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star has the story revolving around a eunuch, played by Tinnu Anand and her search of a boy, who she believes him as a successor to her dynasty.