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Kothuku Nanappan is a Actor born on 12 march 1935

Kothuku Nanappan

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Birth name S. Narayanan Namboothiri
Birth 12 march 1935
Death 26 december 1994 (at 59 years)

Kothuku Nanappan is an Indian theater actor, mimicry artist and film actor in Malayalam movies during the 1980s and 1990s. His popular movies are Naadodikkaattu (1987), Aanavaal Mothiram (1991), Sarapanjaram (1979), Paavam Poornima (1984) and Chenkol (1993). His role as a supervisor role in the comedy film Nadodikattu is well noted for his performance.

Biography

He was born to Saraswathy Antharjanam and G. Shankaran Potti, of Muttathu Madom, Peruunai, Changanasseri, Kerala, on March 12, 1935. His official name was S. Narayanan Namboothiri. He had a diploma in Textile Technology from Govt. Polytechnic, Thiruvananthapuram. He worked as a Textile Investigator Textile Commissioner’s Office, Mumbai. Later he came back to Kerala to act in movies. He is married to Suseela Devi from Kizhakkedathu House, Varanad, Cherthala in 1962. The couple had a son. He died on December 26, 1994.

Usually with

Mammootty
Mammootty
(11 films)
Jagathy Sreekumar
Jagathy Sreekumar
(10 films)
Sukumari
Sukumari
(9 films)
Nedumudi Venu
Nedumudi Venu
(8 films)
Prathapachandran Nair
Prathapachandran Nair
(7 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Kothuku Nanappan (21 films)

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Nagarangalil Chennu Raparkam
Nagarangalil Chennu Raparkam (1990)
, 2h20
Genres Thriller, Comedy
Actors Sreenivasan, Jayaram, Suparna Anand, Nedumudi Venu, Thilakan, Jagathy Sreekumar
Roles Document Writer
Rating69% 3.4768953.4768953.4768953.4768953.476895
Kunjoottan (Sreenivasan) is an innocent young man living in a remote village. He is the only heir to his rich, aristrocratic parents, Thamburan(Nedumudi Venu) and Kunjulakshmi(Sukumari). He cannot stand his overprotective father, who is concerned about his son because he had a bad dream about his son's death. The family astrologer Panikker(Oduvil Unnikrishnan) confirms this and predicts that it will be difficult for Kunjoottan to survive the age of 30 and that he is in great danger from motor vehicles. Worried Thamburan hires two ex-Mahouts Valiya Raman Nair(Kuthiravattom Pappu) and Cheriya Raman Nair(Mamukkoya) to protect Kunjoottan, which further annoys him.
Adikkurippu
Adikkurippu (1989)

Directed by K. Madhu
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Mammootty, Jagathy Sreekumar, Urvashi, Janardhanan, Sreenath, Vijayaraghavan
Roles Ashan
Rating70% 3.5172153.5172153.5172153.5172153.517215
The story revolves around the castaway Basheer (Jagathy Sreekumar), lost his memory partially. He is unable to recollect the past about him. The captain of the ship (Lalu Alex) who found him would like to handover Basheer to the relatives post anchoring in Kochi. But someone tries to kill Basheer and planning to deport him. Adv. Bhaskara Pillai (Mammootty)comes to his rescue and finds the people behind the ploy.
Thaniyavarthanam
Thaniyavarthanam (1987)
, 2h
Directed by Sibi Malayil
Genres Drama
Actors Mammootty, Thilakan, Mukesh, Saritha, Parvathy, Kaviyoor Ponnnamma
Rating87% 4.391894.391894.391894.391894.39189
Balan Mash (Mammootty) is an art teacher who lives in a tiny hamlet in Kerala. He has a serene life, with two children, a wife, a mother and a revolutionary brother - Gopi(Mukesh), a typical kootu kudumbam, or joint family, of Kerala. Balan Mash has an uncle who is mentally challenged. His uncle became a mental patient after a separation with his lover; this underlines the deep-rooted belief among their family that one male from each generation will go mad as a person from their past generation had sinned by throwing the idol of 'Devi' in a well.He was cursed by the goddess and became a lunatic.This curse would pass down through generations.
Arappatta Kettiya Graamathil
Arappatta Kettiya Graamathil (1986)

Directed by Padmarajan
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution
Actors Mammootty, Nedumudi Venu, Ashokan, Sukumari, Kanakalatha, Jagathy Sreekumar
Roles Waiter
Rating73% 3.6653453.6653453.6653453.6653453.665345
One night at a dance bar, Joseph, a rich, but spoiled brat of a textile businessman offers a trip to his three friends to a brothel. Zechariah(Mammootty), Gopi (Nedumudi Venu), and Hilal (Ashokan), accepts the offer and sets out in Joseph's car. But on the way, Zechariah and Joseph gets into a fight and the trip gets canceled, with Joseph, leaving them back. But Zechariah decides to take both his friends to the brothel, though, he just has a vague knowledge of the route. The trio sets out on the next morning and reaches the remote village. The suspicious look of the villagers frightens both Gopi and Hilal, but Zechariah is cool in his moves. The trio reaches the brothel run by Maluvamma, which is actually her ancestral house. They enter inside the huge house, and is shocked to find few children playing and an old man scribbling something on a paper, without even bothering to take a look at them. The trio enters inside the house and comes across a girl who is both deaf and dumb. From her body language, the trio finds out that she is a prostitute kept by Maluvamma and Gopi gets wooed by her. Just in a couple of minutes, arrives Devaki (Unnimary), who is more ravishing and sensual. She informs them that Maluvamma (Sukumari) has gone outside with Gowrikutty, a new girl and will be back in few minutes. But the trio is shocked by the sudden entry of Bhaskaramenon (Jagathy Sreekumar), who asks them to vacate the house as a group of Muslims are planning to attack the house. He also shows them the injury marks caused a few days back in a riot and shows them the door to outside. On their way back, a group of Muslims surrounds and verbally abuse them. With Zechariah beginning to retaliate, they turn violent. But the leader of the mob, pacifies the crowd and takes them to a nearby tea stall and decides to consult with Moopan, about the next move. By keeping the trio under the custody of the mob, he reaches the house of Moopan (Kunjandy). Generally, the girls brought by Maluvamma are first enjoyed by Moopan and it was the opposition of Gowrikutty to be a prey to Moopan that caused all the riot in the village. Maluvamma, by the time convinces Moopan that Gowrikutty will be brought to him in a couple of days and Moopan is convinced. He orders release of the trio and Maluvamma takes them to her house. She lets Gopi to go for the deaf and dump girl, while Zechariah opts to play cards with Devaki and the old man. Hilal enters inside the room of Gowrikutty. But while trying to fondle her, she turns violent, making Hilal to forcefully go on for her. Hilal is shocked to find out that Gowrikutty is forcefully brought in to the business by Maluvamma and is still a virgin. He sympathizes on her and asks her to tell her story. She tells him that she was sold to Maluvamma by her uncle after the death of her father. It was only a few days after the arrival at the house that she realized that it is a brothel. On refusing to entertain the clients, she was brutally assaulted by Maluvamma. She pleads Hilal to save her from the brothel. He promises to take her out and marry her. But his plan to take her out is foiled by Bhasi, Maluvamma's son. Hilal tells Gopi and Zechariah about Gowrikutty and Zechariah promises him to help him in saving her. Narayanan (Achankunju), a pimp of Panicker, a local feudal landlord arrives and demands Maluvamma to release Gowrikutty along with him at night. Maluvamma agrees to it and asks him to come at night.That night, Gowrikutty refuses to go along with Narayanan, which enrages him. He returns to collect more people to avenge on Maluvamma. But she is now supported by Moopan, who sends a bunch of his henchmen for security of the house. A few hours later, Narayanan is back with a dozen of his goons. He is attacked by the goons of Moopan and a riot sets out. Zechariah decides to use this opportunity and stab Bhasi, making Maluvamma to come out of her room. Using this opportunity, Hilal and Gopi takes Gowrikutty and runs out of the house. While escaping, Zechariah is attacked by Narayanan. In an attempt to save himself, Narayanan stabs Zechariah to death. Reaching at a safe place, Gopi asks Hilal to run away with the girl and decides to go back to find out what had happened to Zechariah. He reaches out the house and calls out Zechariah's name loudly, but gets no response.
Kariyilakkattu Pole
Kariyilakkattu Pole (1986)
, 2h18
Directed by Padmarajan
Genres Thriller
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Mohanlal, Mammootty, Rashin Rahman, Sripriya, Karthika, Jalaja
Rating76% 3.8253153.8253153.8253153.8253153.825315
Harikrishnan (Mammootty), a famous movie director, is found dead at his house one morning. DySP Achuthankutty (Mohanlal) is assigned to probe the death. Anilkumar (Rahman), his younger brother, is in love with Shilpa, who is in shock after receiving the news of the murder. Achuthan kutty's investigation leads to three different female suspects. The rest of the plot centers around the probe
Ithile Iniyum Varu
Ithile Iniyum Varu (1986)

Directed by P. G. Viswambharan
Genres Drama
Actors Mammootty, Mukesh, Roopa Ganguly, Thilakan, Deepika Chikhalia, Balan K. Nair
Roles Joseph
Rating69% 3.4512953.4512953.4512953.4512953.451295
Aravindan (Mammootty) is a bold journalist keen on exposing the illegal activities on M. S. Nair (Balan K. Nair). He is ousted from the newspaper he works for, and decides to start his own paper. With the help of Kaimal (Thilakan), he starts an evening newspaper. He also succeeds in persuading Ramu (Mukesh), a wayward youth, to give up his bad habits. He sends Ramu for further studies in Chennai. Priya (Deepika) who works with Aravindan, develops a liking for Ramu.
Kandu Kandarinju
Kandu Kandarinju (1985)

Genres Drama, Action
Actors Mammootty, Mohanlal, Rashin Rahman, Nadhiya, Menaka G, Lalu Alex
Roles College professor
Rating68% 3.445063.445063.445063.445063.44506
Sreedharan (Mammootty) is struggling after the death of his father. He has an unmarried sister, Ammini, who was pregnant with her boyfriend's child six years ago. His younger brother Kunjunni (Rahman) is in college but gets bullied by his classmates. He gets help from the girl Aswathy to fight against them. Meanwhile, Ammini is visited by her lover, Krishnanunny (Mohanlal), who is suspected of having murdered Sreedharan's father, but there is no direct evidence. There, Krishnanunny sees his own young son.
Kanathaya Penkutty
Kanathaya Penkutty (1985)

Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Jayabharathi, Bharath Gopi, Mammootty, Jagathy Sreekumar, Thilakan, Manavalan Joseph
Rating68% 3.4148253.4148253.4148253.4148253.414825
Kanathaya Penkutti is a thriller film that opens with a missing of a girl who later identified to be killed by someone who is close to her. The film is in a format of investigation thriller giving importance to the plot rather to the characters. It shares the kind of engaging plot-line that is shared by most of the new gen films of Malayalam Cinema.
Parannu Parannu Parannu
Parannu Parannu Parannu (1984)

Directed by Padmarajan
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Rashin Rahman, Rohini, Nedumudi Venu, Sukumari, Jose Prakash, K. R. Vijaya
Roles Menon
Rating65% 3.2965653.2965653.2965653.2965653.296565
Elizabeth (Sukumari) is a physical education instructor at a college and lives with her son Emil (Rahman) and unmarried brother Vakkachan (Nedumudi Venu). She is well loved and respected by her students. When she retires students suggest her to start a beauty parlour to keep her active and be in touch with them. Emil, who wants to upgrade his still photography business to video-graphy and Vakkachan who want to expand his pawn brokerage are apprehensive at first but then decides to help out. They start Eve's beauty parlour at home with all fanfare. But the appointed beautician turns out to be completely incompetent with some disastrous skin rash, hair dye incidents. Even her beloved students avoid her and an upset Elizabeth dismisses the beautician. Emil is sympathetic and advertises for a beautician through news papers.