Thickurichy, Near Marthandam, Travancore, British India (present day Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India)
Died
11 March 1997(1997-03-11) (aged 80)
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Nationality
Indian
Occupations
Actor
film director
film producer
Years active
1950–1997
Spouses
Sarojini Kunjamma
Ambalapuzha Meenakshy Amma
K. Sulochana Devi
Children
4
Parents
Mangat C. Govinda Pillai
N. Lekshmi Amma
Awards
Padma Shri (1973)
Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair (16 October 1916 – 11 March 1997) was an Indian poet, playwright, script writer, lyricist, orator, film director and actor, though he is best known as an actor in Malayalam cinema. He is the recipient of Padma Shri from the Government of India, which is one of the highest civilian honours in India. In a career that spanned about 47 years, he acted in over 700 films. He is considered to be the "first superstar of Malayalam cinema".[1] In 1993, he was honoured with the J. C. Daniel Award, Kerala government's highest honour for contributions to Malayalam cinema.
^"Malayalam’s first super star". The Hindu. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
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ThikkurissySukumaranNair (16 October 1916 – 11 March 1997) was an Indian poet, playwright, script writer, lyricist, orator, film director and actor,...
produced by Paul Vengola. The film stars ThikkurissySukumaranNair, Sreelatha Namboothiri, Prathapachandran, Sukumaran and Mohan. The film has musical score...
Medhavi. The film stars Madhu, Sheela,K.P.Ummer, Adoor Bhasi and ThikkurissySukumaranNair. The film has musical score by M. S. Viswanathan. The film was...
Kerala. He is the producer of Jeevithanauka (1951), starring ThikkurissySukumaranNair. In 1947, he established Udaya Studio in Pathirappally, Alappuzha...
lead roles along with Parvathy, Mamukkoya, Philomina, Mohan Raj, ThikkurissySukumaranNair, Sukumari, Jagannatha Varma, and Oduvil Unnikrishnan in other...
M. G. Soman, Sukumari, Maniyanpilla Raju, and Shanavas, while ThikkurissySukumaranNair makes a cameo appearance. The songs were composed by Kannur Rajan...
the same name, it stars Gemini Ganesan, Padmini, Srividya and ThikkurissySukumaranNair. The film won the first ever Kerala State Film Award for Best...
Sibi Malayil, starring Mohanlal, Murali, Vineeth, Nedumudi Venu, ThikkurissySukumaranNair, Monisha, Parvathy Jayaram and Sukumari. The film was produced...
V. Rajendran. It stars Prem Nazir, Sheela, T. S. Muthaiah and ThikkurissySukumaranNair. Muthalali is inspired by the Tamil language film of the same...
produced by P. Subramaniam. The film stars Jose Prakash, Prem Nazir, ThikkurissySukumaranNair, Miss Kumari, S. P. Pillai, K. V. Shanthi, L. Vijayalakshmi and...
the life of simple folk in a small village in Kerala. It stars ThikkurissySukumaranNair and B. S. Saroja, with the latter making her debut and the former...
Murai Mamman and Pathini. He played the roles of Dr Kailash and Ayyappan Nair in the Kamal Haasan-starred Thenali and Panchathanthiram. They first came...
Chandrakumar and produced by Madhu. The film stars Madhu, Srividya, ThikkurissySukumaranNair and Jose. The film's score was composed by Shyam. It also marked...
produced by R. M. Sundaram. The film stars Prem Nazir, Sharada, ThikkurissySukumaranNair and Sankaradi. It is a remake of the Tamil film Karpagam. Prem...
film stars ThikkurissySukumaranNair and Miss Kumari in lead roles. The film had musical score by V Dakshinamoorthy. ThikkurissySukumaranNair Miss Kumari...
Malayalee Nair family, to Mangat C. Govinda Pillai and N. Lekshmi Amma. Kunjamma is the elder sister of Malayalam actor ThikkurissySukumaranNair. Samyukta:...
(1950). The same year she did another role as a mother in the ThikkurissySukumaranNair starrer Amma, which was the first film of noted producer T. E...
December 1966. Adoor Bhasi ThikkurissySukumaranNair Balu Ramesh Kalpana Kamaladevi Kerala Gopi Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair Meena P. A. Thangal Santha...
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