Thomas Antony, better known as Tomichan Mulakuppadam is an Indian businessman, film producer and film distributor who works in the

Malayalam film industry Malayalam cinema, also referred to as Mollywood, is a segment of Indian cinema dedicated to producing films in the Malayalam language, primarily spoken in Kerala and the Lakshadweep islands. It encompasses both the mainstream film industry a ...

. He owns the production house Mulakuppadam Films. He is a

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businessman with no previous background in cinema, according to him, he entered into film production for his passion for films. He is best known for producing ''

Pulimurugan ''Pulimurugan'' is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language epic action thriller film directed by Vysakh and produced by Tomichan Mulakuppadam through Mulakuppadam Films. The screenplay was written by Udayakrishna —half of the duo Udayakrishna and ...

'' (2016) starring

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, which is the first film to create "

100 Crore Club The 100 Crore Club is a colloquial term used in the Indian film industry to denote films that achieve significant box office success. In Hindi cinema, it refers to films that have a net domestic box office collection of ₹100 crore (1 billion ...

" and "150 Crore Club" in Malayalam film industry.

Career

He ventured into film production in 2007 by producing the film ''

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'', starring Parvathy and

. But the film did not performed well at the box office. His high-budget action film '' Pokkiri Raja'' (2010) directed by

Vysakh Ebbey Abraham (born 1 June 1980), better known by his stage name Vysakh, is an Indian film director who works in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam films and is known for several commercially successful films like ''Pokkiri Raja (2010 film), Pokkiri R ...

and starring

Mammootty Muhammad Kutty Panaparambil Ismail (born 7 September 1951), known mononymously by the hypocorism Mammootty (), is an Indian actor and film producer who works predominantly in Malayalam-language films. He has also appeared in Tamil, Telugu, ...

was a commercial success. He attained wide popularity after he produced the high-budget action film ''

'' starring

. The film's production cost was 25

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, such an investment in a film industry with just 30 million audience was considered quite risky by the film industry. The film turned out to be the highest-grossing film in the history of Malayalam cinema. It is the first Malayalam film in history to create "

" in film industry by grossing over 100

at the box office within its 30-day theatrical run. After ''Pulimurugan'', he produced his next venture starring

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, titled '' Ramaleela'', a political thriller released in September 2017.

Personal life

Tomichan Mulakuppadam is based in

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. He is married to Rosakutty, they have three childrenRomin, Nisha, and Roshan. Romin acted in a role in ''Pulimurugan'' as Lal's teenage role and as a spy journalist in ''Ramaleela''.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mulakuppadam, Tomichan Living people Malayalam film producers Film producers from Kerala Year of birth missing (living people)