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P. G. Viswambharan

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Birth name Plamthottam Gangadharan Viswambharan
Nationality Inde
Birth at Thiruvananthapuram (Inde)
Death 16 june 2010 at Kochi (Inde)

P. G. Viswambharan (1947 – June 16, 2010) was an Indian film director who worked in Malayalam cinema. Viswambharan directed 63 Malayalam films, in a career spanning close to four decades.

Usually with

Mammootty
Mammootty
(23 films)
Jagathy Sreekumar
Jagathy Sreekumar
(14 films)
Sukumari
Sukumari
(14 films)
Mala Aravindan
Mala Aravindan
(14 films)
Adoor Bhasi
Adoor Bhasi
(12 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of P. G. Viswambharan (56 films)

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Actor

Ithu Njangalude Katha
Ithu Njangalude Katha (1982)

Directed by P. G. Viswambharan
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Sreenath, Mukesh, Jagathy Sreekumar, Shanthi Krishna, Sukumari, P. Santha Kumari

The lives of five friends are caught as they fall in love with the same girl.

Director

Puthooramputhri Unniyarcha
Puthooramputhri Unniyarcha (2002)

Directed by P. G. Viswambharan
Genres Martial arts, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Vani Viswanath, Devan, Siddique, Kunchacko Boban, Captain Raju, P. V. Jagadish Kumar
Rating39% 1.9573251.9573251.9573251.9573251.957325
The film tells the story Unniyarcha, the valiant heroine of the Vadakkanpattu, though a member of the fairer sex, masters martial arts and proves herself as an equal to her brother Aromal Chekavar and cousin Chandu Chekavar, both renowned warriors. Unniyarcha is portrayed as the embodiment of all virtues. The film also narrates how jealousy takes its roots in the mind of Chandu, and how he grows hostile to Aaromal, consequently betraying him during a duel. Unniyarcha then pledges to take revenge for this betrayal. This forms the crux of the film.
Pravachakan
Pravachakan (1993)

Directed by P. G. Viswambharan
Genres Drama
Actors Mukesh, Jagannathan, Mala Aravindan, Mamukkoya, Maniyanpillai Raju, Narendra Prasad
Rating56% 2.813552.813552.813552.813552.81355
Balagopalan aka Balu (Mukesh) is from a family of fortune teller but he does not like the profession and his ambition is to act in movies. He joins an acting school to learn acting. His responsibility towards his family leads him to start his fortune teller career on road side. Some of his predictions become true and thereby he becomes famous. His successful life has a turning point when finance minister (Jagannathan) of the state is kidnapped. Public think minister is kidnapped by Balu's friends father Kurian (Narendra Prasad). The story revolves around the mystery behind the kidnapping.
Aagneyam
Aagneyam (1993)
, 1h57
Directed by P. G. Viswambharan
Actors Jayaram, Nedumudi Venu, Gautami, Sankaradi, Thilakan, Siddique
Rating21% 1.0832051.0832051.0832051.0832051.083205
Madhavaan Kutty (Jayaram), an ayurvedic doctor is sentenced to capital punishment for twin murders. Mathew Stephan (Nedumudi Venu), the jail superintendent, but trusts Madhavan Kutty is innocent. His appeal at Supreme Court is still at pending. Upon hearing that his sister has attempted to commit suicide, and mother (Sukumari) has fallen ill, Madhavan Kutty decides to escape. He misuses the freedom got at the residence of Mathew Stephan to escape in disguise of police uniform. Alarmed at the jail break, police searches out for him. Madhavan Kutty, reaches in a forest area, where he is attacked by Velayudhan Ashan (Thilakan), who mistakes him to an animal. Upon seeing him wounded, Velayudhan Asan takes him to his residence. Madhavan Kutty decides to stay there for the time being. In the meantime, Nandakumar (Siddique), the police inspector is assigned the charge to capture Madhavan Kutty. He is shocked to see Shobha Menon (Gauthami), his once girlfriend to be the wife of Nandakumar. Velu Asan upon realizing who Madhavan Kutty is, decides to save him. His ailing mother but dies before Madhavan Kutty could meet her. In rage he decides to attend the funeral of his mother to perform the last rites. Once the function is over, he surrenders to Nandakumar. But Velu Asan confesses to the authorities that Madhavan Kutty is innocent and in reality the two murders were committed by him in revenge for the death of his daughter. Madhavan Kutty is thus released free to join his family.
Kattukuthira
Kattukuthira (1990)
, 1h52
Directed by P. G. Viswambharan
Actors Thilakan, Kaviyoor Ponnnamma, Vineeth, Innocent, Anju, K. P. A. C. Lalitha
Rating75% 3.794573.794573.794573.794573.79457
Kochuraman (V. K. Sreeraman) is the village toddy collector with a well-built body and a strong personality. Kochuraman leads a simple and happy life with his wife and son Kochuvava. Manorama Thampuratti is the daughter of a feudal lord of the ruling family in the village. Thampuratti falls for Kochuraman and tries to gain his attention ignoring the vast communal gap between them and manage to seduce Kochuraman in to her bedroom. The feudal lord who comes to know his daughter's misadventures results in Kochuraman being brutally murdered for entering into an illicit relationship with his daughter and Manorama thampuratti is paralysed for rest of her life by a deadly kick of the Thampuran in his rage. Kochuvava witnesses his father's severed body lying in the pool of blood under a coconut tree and despite his young age he swears revenge upon his father's murderers and grows up into a ruthless patriarch amassing huge wealth in sometimes illegal ways and ends up buying everything in the village including the kovilakam of his arch enemies. For Kochuvava (Thilakan) nothing is more important than money and revenge in his life and even his wife (Kaviyoor Ponnamma) and son (Vineeth) are secondary when it comes to that. In the blindness revenge as he bullies up everything and anything who dares to stand up to him. Despite being uneducated he manages the modernisation around him in his own ways and manages his empire in ruthless efficiency. He plans to exact his ultimate vengeance by starting an illicit arrack business from the kovilakam, to drive out the last residents of the kovilakam after which he plans to dig a pond where the kovilalkam stands today. For Kochuvava drinking a handful of water from that pond will mark his completion of his vengeance. However, this evil plan is strongly resented by his son who also happens to be in love with the younger Kochuthampuratti (Anju) of the kovilakam. The film ends in a bitter tragedy for Kochuvava who finally succumbs to a defeat in life and realises there are more things to life than money, power or revenge.
Carnivel
Carnivel (1989)

Directed by P. G. Viswambharan
Genres Drama
Actors Mammootty, Parvathy, Sukumaran, Babu Antony, Mala Aravindan, Siddique
Rating60% 3.0467053.0467053.0467053.0467053.046705
Bharathan (Mammootty) and his friends (Mala Aravindan, Siddique and Bobby Kottarakkara) earn money by gambling in the streets. But Bharathan is forced to close down his business when a carnival is organised in the village. Bharathan manages to get a job in the carnival company and soon becomes the most trusted person of its owner Chandrappan, who is fondly called as Bhai. James, another worker at the company is envious about the growth of Bharathan. He attempts to kill Bharathan by removing the brakes of Bharathan's circus bike. Unfortunately, Bhai is killed in that accident. Bharathan, who once happened to witness James intimately engaging with Bhai's wife, is doubtful about James's involvement in the murder. Meanwhile, James, with the help of a police officer, casts Bharathan for the murder. In the climax, Bharathan proves his innocence and brings James in front of justice. On the parallel, a romance story between Bharathan and Gowri is shown. Gowri is a girl who had to sell herself to earn bread for her family.