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Meena is a Actor Indian born on 23 april 1941
Mary Joseph, later known simply as Meena (23 April 1941 – 17 September 1997), was an Indian actress in Malayalam movies. She had acted in about 600 films. She died on 17 September 1997 due to a massive heart attack. She and KPAC Lalitha are considered by many as two of the greatest character actors in Malayalam cinema.
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Mary Joseph, later known simply as Meena (23 April 1941 – 17 September 1997), was an Indian actress in Malayalam movies. She had acted in about 600 films. She died on 17 September 1997 due to a massive heart attack. She and KPAC Lalitha are considered by many as two of the greatest character actors in Malayalam cinema.
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Neeku Nenu Naaku Nuvvu (2003)
Genres Romance
Actors Uday Kiran, Shriya Saran, Krishnam Raju, Suman, Sujatha, Meena
Rating47%
Raghavaiah (Krishnam Raju), a rich industrialist has a daughter (Meena Kumari). Raghavaiah helps Prasad (Suman) who was the son of Raghavaiah's deceased employee by funding his studies. Prasad falls in love with Raghavaiah's daughter and elopes with her to London and settles there. They have a daughter called Seetu alias Seeta Lakshmi.
Thirakalkkappuram (1998)
Actors Suresh Gopi, Manju Warrier, Kuthiravattam Pappu, Nedumudi Venu, Murali, Siddique
Rating46%
The Car (1997)
Directed by Rajasenan
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Jayaram, Janardhanan, Kalabhavan Mani, Sreelekshmi, Meena Kumari, Bindu Panicker
Roles Janakiyamma
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.
Ancharakalyanam (1997)
Directed by V. M. Vinu
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors P. V. Jagadish Kumar, Kalabhavan Mani, Kalpana, Janardhanan, Kanakalatha, Meena Kumari
Rating46%
Kanjirappally Kariachan (1996)
Actors Maathu (Madhavi), Vijayaraghavan, Jagathy Sreekumar, Biju Menon, M. S. Baburaj, Indrans
Roles Annamma
Rating49%
Aniyan Bava Chetan Bava (1995)
, 2h24Directed by Rajasenan
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Jayaram, Narendra Prasad, Rajan P. Dev, Kasthuri, Sangita, Premkumar
Roles Malu's Mother
Rating67%
The film follows brothers Chettan Bava (Narendra Prasad) and Aniyan Bava (Rajan P. Dev), and their driver Premachandran (Jayaram) with whom the daughters of both the Bavas fall in love. This makes the Bavas enemies and it becomes their issue of pride on who will marry Premachandran. On top of this includes Sundaran (Prem Kumar) trying to take Premachandran down.
Genres Drama
Actors Jagathy Sreekumar, Balachandra Menon, Shanthi Krishna, P. V. Jagadish Kumar, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, Viji Thampi
Rating59%
Avittam Thirunaal Achutha Kurup(Jagathy Sreekumar) is an elderly man dependent on his children , grand children and extended family for living. He irritates his family with his nosy nature and overeating. His family members tries to avoid him not wanting to take care of the irksome elderly man.
Sindoora Rekha (1995)
Directed by Sibi Malayil
Genres Drama
Actors Suresh Gopi, Shobana, Narendra Prasad, Ranjitha, Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Janardhanan
Roles Balachandran's Mother
Rating56%
Kakkakum Poochakkum Kalyanam (1995)
Genres Drama
Actors Dileep, Devayani, Geetha Vijayan, Meena, Meena Kumari, Sudheesh
Roles Janakiyamma
Rating53%
, 2h30Directed by Rajasenan
Genres Comedy
Actors Jayaram, Maniyanpillai Raju, Jagathy Sreekumar, Rohini, Sukumaran, Chippy
Rating67%
Unnikrishan (Jayaram) wants to become a secret agent like his idol, Prem Nazir. His parents and his girlfriend support him but Unnikrishan still cannot find a job. He later gets selected as a trainee in a private detective agency called Secret Files. He is given the task of investigating a businessman's daughter's record. He faces two rivals, Premshankar who pretends to love Arundathi, and Oomen Koshy is a working as a gardener in her house. They are from the same detective agency investigating the same case. Things go wrong and the 3 decide to investigate the case as a group.
Pingami (1994)
, 2h40Directed by Sathyan Anthikad
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Mohanlal, Kanaka, Thilakan, Jagathy Sreekumar, Sukumaran, Janardhanan
Roles Menon's wife
Rating73%
Kumaran (Thilakan) is a social worker. Captain Vijay (Mohanlal) is an army captain who is on his annual leave and has come to stay with his maternal uncle who raised him and his sister after the untimely death of their parents. In a turn of events Vijay sees Kumaran injured from an accident and crying for help. He takes Kumaran to a hospital but could not save his life. There develops a strong bond between Kumaran and Vijay which pulls him into finding out the accident was a preplanned murder.
Varaphalam (1994)
Directed by Thaha
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Sreenivasan, Mukesh, Thilakan, Jagathy Sreekumar, Paravoor Bharathan, Meena
Rating57%
The story is about Thilakan and his two sons, one of them blind, Unni (Sreenivasan), and the other one deaf, Balan (Mukesh). The story takes a turn when the sons marry and their in-laws try to steal the family money. Krishnankutty (Jagathy) is the clever but honest caretaker for the deaf and blind siblings who is constantly at odds with their in-laws. The father (Thilakan), carries the burden of sorting things out.
Vishnu (1994)
Directed by P. Sreekumar
Genres Drama
Actors Mammootty, Saikumar, Jagathy Sreekumar, Shobana, Janardhanan, Narendra Prasad
Rating56%
Vardhakya Puranam (1994)
Directed by Rajasenan
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Manoj K. Jayan, Kanaka, Narendra Prasad, Jagathy Sreekumar, Janardhanan, Kanakalatha
Roles Sussanna Kariyachan
Rating60%
Kudumba Visesham (1994)
Genres Drama
Actors Thilakan, Kaviyoor Ponnnamma, Urvashi, P. V. Jagadish Kumar, Baiju, Maniyanpillai Raju
Roles Kikkili Kochamma
Rating62%