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Ratheesh
Ratheesh (1954–2002) was an Indian actor best known for his work in Malayalam cinema. He was a native of Kalavoor in the Alappuzha district of Kerala, India. He performed villainous roles during the 1990s. He had acted in 158 films with directors such as K. G. George, I. V. Sasi, Joshiy, P. G. Vishwambharan, Thampy Kannamthanam, Sreekumaran Thampi, Rajasenan,P.K.Joseph and Shaji Kailas. Unlike other villains of the time, Ratheesh captivated the Malayalam movie lovers with his charms and handsome looks. Personal life He was born to Puthenpurayil V. Rajagopalan and Padmavathi amma at Kalavoor, Alappuzha. He had two sisters, Sherly and Laila. He had his education from Sree Narayana College, Kollam and S.N. College, Cherthala. He was married to Diana, who is the daughter of· Ex minister M.K. Hemachandran, on 11 September 1983. The couple have four children Parvathy, Padmaraj, Padma and Pranav. He died due to a heart attack at his home in Coimbatore on 23 December 2002, age ...
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Parvathy Ratheesh
Parvathy Ratheesh is an Indian actress who works in the Malayalam cinema. She is also the daughter of the late popular veteran Malayalam actor, Ratheesh who has acted in numerous successful films in late 1970s. Personal life Parvathy Ratheesh was born to Ratheesh and Diana Ratheesh as the first child in their family. Parvathy has two younger brothers including the current Malayalam actor, Padmaraj Ratheesh and Pranav Ratheesh along with a younger sister, Padma Ratheesh. On 6 September 2017 she married Milu, an officer at the Emirates Bank. The wedding took place at an hotel in Kozhikode. Career Parvathy Ratheesh made her film acting debut in 2015 similar to that of her younger brother, Padmaraj Ratheesh who also made his acting debut in the same year through ''Fireman''. Parvathy made her debut with the film, '' Madhura Naranga'' in which she played a breakthrough role as a Sri Lankan Tamil girl as it helped the film to gain positive reviews at the box office. She also m ...
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Padmaraj Ratheesh
Padmaraj Ratheesh is an Indian actor who appears in Malayalam films. The son of film actor Ratheesh, Padmaraj made his debut with Deepu Karunakaran's ''Fireman'' (2015) in which he played a negative role. Then he starred in G. Marthandan's directorial ''Acha Dhin''. Personal life Padmaraj was born to actor Ratheesh and Diana. He has an elder sister Parvathy, younger sister Padma and a younger brother Pranav. Padmaraj graduated with a Bachelor of Business Management degree and was working as a floor manager in a retail company at Coimbatore for a couple of years before he quit to look after his ailing mother. His elder sister Parvathy has also stepped into the film industry and acted as the lead heroine opposite Kunchacko Boban in director Sugeeth's movie ''Madhura Naranga''. Film career Padmaraj made his debut with the Malayalam film ''Fireman'' (2015) in which he played a negative role opposite Mammootty. His second film is director G. Marthandan's ''Acha Dhin'' and the ...
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Commissioner (film)
''Commissioner'' is a 1994 Indian Malayalam-language neo-noir action thriller film directed by Shaji Kailas, written by Ranji Panicker, and produced by M. Mani. It stars Suresh Gopi as Police Commissioner Bharath Chandran IPS, and also features Ratheesh, Shobana, Vijayaraghavan, M. G. Soman, Rajan P. Dev, K. B. Ganesh Kumar, N. F. Varghese, Karamana Janardanan Nair, and Maniyanpilla Raju in pivotal roles. The background score was composed by Rajamani. The film follows Commissioner Bharath Chandran's investigation into the murder of Justice Mahendran, which eventually leads him to confront the corrupt Delhi based businessman named Mohan Thomas, who is involved with illegal businesses. ''Commissioner'' became the highest grossing Malayalam film of 1994, which earned Suresh Gopi as the status as an ''Action Superstar''. It is a cult film among Keralite audiences, with several dialogues from the film became very famous. The Telugu dubbed version ''Police Commissioner'' was a major ...
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Thusharam
''Thushaaram'' is a 1981 Indian Malayalam-language action film directed by I. V. Sasi, starring Ratheesh, Seema, Rani Padmini and Jose. Lyrics were written by Yusafali and the music score by Shyam. The film, originally was planned with actor Jayan, but his untimely death forced the makers to cast Ratheesh, a struggling actor as the lead. Plot Raveedran is an officer of the Indian army. Raveedran and his wife stay in army quarters in Kashmir, he is working under Malayali brigadier. One day Raveedran's wife commits suicide. He does not understand why. After some days he realizes that it was murder. The Brigadier had killed his wife. Then Raveendran kidnaps the brigadier's daughter for revenge. When the Brigadier's daughter understands Raveedran's story, she loves him. In the climax the brigadier is punished by army court and loses his uniform. Cast *Ratheesh as Cap. P. Raveendran * Seema as Dr. Sindhu Menon *Rani Padmini as Shobha Raveendran *Jose as Cap. Vijayan Menon * Balan ...
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Innalenkil Nale
''Innalenkil Nale'' () is a 1982 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by I. V. Sasi and produced by N. G. John. The film stars Mammootty, Ratheesh, Unnimary and Rajkumar Sethupathi, Rajkumar. The film has musical score by Shyam (composer), Shyam. Cast *Mammootty as Rahim *Seema (actress), Seema as Vimala *Unnimary as Susheela *Balan K. Nair as Gopalan Master *Ratheesh as Vijayan *Rajkumar Sethupathi, Rajkumar as Raghu *Raveendran as Ravi *Lalu Alex as Madhu *Surekha (actress), Surekha as Ayisha Bheevi *T. G. Ravi as Adv. Mathew Abraham *Anuradha (actress), Anuradha as Fabiya *Anjali Naidu as Sainaba *Thrissur Elsy as Molly Mathew Abraham *Swapna (actress), Swapna as Vidhu *Santhakumari (Malayalam actress), Santhakumari as Radha *Vanitha Krishnachandran as Rekha *Raghavan (actor), Raghavan as Advocate *Sankaradi as Kannan *Sathyakala as Radha *Vincent (actor), Vincent as Bichu Koya *Sukumari *Kuthiravattam Pappu *Prathapachandran Plot The film has a series of threads progr ...
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Oru Mukham Pala Mukham
''Oru Mukham Pala Mukham'' () is a 1983 Indian Malayalam-language action film directed by P. K. Joseph, starring Ratheesh, Srividya, Mohanlal, and Mammootty. Ratheesh plays Raveendran Thampi, who takes vengeance against Subhadramma Thankachi (Srividya), for killing his family and adopting him. Mohanlal plays the real son of Subhadramma Thankachi, while Mammootty plays Raveendran Thampi's real father. Plot Having killed a man while driving drunk, Raveendran is imprisoned and learns from his cellmate, Krishnan, that he is the son of Sankara Narayanan Thampi, a member of the Thampi family, and rightful heir to the family fortune. His adoptive mother, Subhadramma Thankachi, wrecks the Thampi family by exchanging Raveendran with her own son, Sukumaran, so that he could claim the family fortune. Raveendran gets revenge against his adopted mother, with the help of his new girlfriend, Sridevi. He plans to destroy her. Sukumaran returns as the teenage son of a rich man and heir to the we ...
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John Jaffer Janardhanan
''John Jaffer Janardhanan'' is a 1982 Malayalam-language masala film directed by I. V. Sasi, written by T. Damodaran, starring Ratheesh, Ravindran and Mammootty. It is a remake of the 1977 Hindi film ''Amar Akbar Anthony''. Plot Three brothers were separated at a young age, after their father abandoned them. The reason was because, their father had taken the blame of the crime committed by his master, Robert. The eldest was raised by a Hindu police officer, The second brother was raised by a Church priest, and the youngest was raised by a Muslim tailor. Many years later, the eldest son, Janardhan, is now a righteous police officer. The second son, is John and the youngest is Jaffer, a qawwali singer. Soon, the brothers find themselves falling in love. Janardhan falls for Jenny, a crook. John falls for Nancy in an Easter festival. Jaffer falls for Sophia, the daughter of Kasim. Finally, the brothers realise their bitter past, and wants to avenge the one who caused them trouble ...
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Akkachiyude Kunjuvava
''Akkacheyude Kunjuvava'' is a 1985 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Sajan. The film stars Shobhana, Jose Prakash, Ratheesh and Lalu Alex in the lead roles. The film has musical score by Johnson. Cast *Ratheesh as Prasanthan *Shobhana *Uma Banerji *Jose Prakash * Lalu Alex as Jayarajan * Baby Shalini as Chacky Mol *Mala Aravindan *T. G. Ravi *Thilakan * V. D. Rajappan *Prathapachandran * Balan K. Nair *Master Boban *Meena * P. K. Abraham *Ranipadmini * Sumithra *Thodupuzha Vasanthi Thodupuzha Vasanthi was an Indian actress who acted mainly in Malayalam films. She appeared in over 450 movies and also in 16 tele-serials and 100 plays. She was a theater artist, before starting with small roles in movies. Her first full length ... Soundtrack References External links * 1985 films 1980s Malayalam-language films Films directed by Sajan {{1980s-Malayalam-film-stub ...
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Uyarangalil
''Uyarangalil'' () is a 1984 Indian Malayalam-language thriller film directed by I. V. Sasi and written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair. It stars Mohanlal, Nedumudi Venu, Rahman, Ratheesh, Kajal Kiran and Swapna, . The music for the film was provided by Shyam. The film was a commercial success at the box office. It is regarded as one of the best thrillers in Malayalam cinema and developed a cult following. Mohanlal plays an anti-hero role, critics cite the film to have one of the best performances of Mohanlal. Plot Jayarajan, an over-enthusiastic assistant manager at a tea plantation plans to loot a huge amount from the company. He lures two debt-ridden subordinates, Chandran and Joseph, into his conspiracy. Though unwilling, both agree. But during their attempt, A. K. Menon, the manager of the company catches them red-handed. To keep matters under wraps, Jayarajan enters Menon's house at night asking Joseph and Chandran to wait outside saying that he would negotiate with Menon. Jayarajan ...
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Unaroo
''Unaroo'' () is a 1984 Indian Malayalam-language political drama film directed by Mani Ratnam and written by T. Damodaran, starring Mohanlal, Sukumaran, Ratheesh, Sabitha Anand, Ashokan and Balan K. Nair, with music composed by Ilaiyaraaja and cinematography by Ramachandra Babu. The film gives the inside view of the problems that arose in the labour trade union parties in Kerala. It was released on 14 April 1984. Plot Cast *Mohanlal as Ramu *Sukumaran as Janardanan *Ratheesh as Peter *Sabitha Anand as Marry *Balan K. Nair *Unni Mary *Krishnachandran * Ashokan *Jagannatha Varma *Lalu Alex *Kundara Johny *Prathapachandran *Philomina *Paravoor Bharathan * Janardhanan *Sathyakala Production Producer N. G. John, who had experienced success with ''Ee Nadu'' (1982) and ''Iniyengilum'' (1983), had been impressed with Mani Ratnam's debut film ''Pallavi Anu Pallavi'' (1983), a Kannada film that tackled a complex subject. John offered Ratnam the chance to direct a Malayalam fi ...
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Abkari
''Abkari'' is a 1988 Malayalam movie starring Mammootty and Ratheesh in the title roles. It was written by T. Damodaran and was directed by I. V. Sasi. Plot Vasu and Chacko are working as drivers and low ranking workers for the ''Abkari'' contractor Sreekandan. Sreekandan is heavily involved in the smuggling of liquor from the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu in order to increase the already high profits in his business. Chacko once makes an incorrect move to seduce the wife of Sreekandan, hoping that she is just waiting for any new man to come into her love life. But she only wanted to have an affair with Vasu. Sreekandan learns of this, and Chacko is beaten black and blue and expelled from the organisation. For some time the jobless youngsters try illegal brewing of hooch. But the Excise soon rounds them up. Kaimal, an Excise officer who has a past enmity with Sreekandan, meets up with the two young men. He encourages them to join the liquor trade as ''Abkaris''. Kaimal tak ...
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Aayiram Kannukal
''Aayiram Kannukal'' () is a 1986 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Joshiy and produced by Rajan Prakash. The film stars Mammootty, Ratheesh, Shobhana, Jose Prakash and Rajalakshmi in lead roles. The film had musical score by Raghu Kumar. The film was loosely based on the 1984 Tamil film ''Nooravathu Naal'' which itself was an unofficial adaptation of the 1977 Italian giallo film ''Sette note in nero'' (English Title: ''The Psychic'' or ''Seven Notes in Black''). The film was a box office failure. The film has however attained a cult status in the years following its release. Cast *Mammootty as Dr. Sam / Samuel George *Ratheesh as James *Shobhana as Anu *Jose Prakash as Dr. K. G. Varma *Rajalakshmi as Suzy *Baiju Santhosh as Patient *Kundara Johny as Johnny *Mala Aravindan as Kuttanpilla *Kunchan as Jayan *Prathapachandran as Anu's father *KPAC Sunny as Fa. Alexander * K. P. A. C. Azeez as Nana Editor * Sukumari as Anu's Mother * Lalithasree as Devayani * Mohan Jose as Pimp *Ra ...
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