
Philomina
Acting
Biography
Philomina was a veteran Malayalam film actress. She had acted in more than 750 films in her career. She played mostly character and comedy roles, besides that of grandmother and mother. Like most actors Philomina had cut her acting teeth on the stage. This experience stood her in good stead when she was offered her first film role. The character of Anappara Achamma in Godfather is acknowledged to be one of the powerful roles ever in Malayalam cinema. Philomina's histrionic skills won her many hearts and fans. Philomina had that uncanny ability to slip into the skin of any character. She could be a scheming shrew, make you roar in laughter or bring a lump in your throat. Philomina was one of those actors who made an impact even in a cameo.
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Bachelor businessman Narendranatha Kurup (Jayaram) gets tired of his tight schedules & gilded lifestyle & takes a break to the country where he befriends Velu Kurup's (Oduvil Unnikrishnan) family & falls in love with Velu's daughter Meera (Meena). Later they marry & Narendran makes the mistake of inviting his in-laws over to stay with him.
Kusruthi Kuruppu

Balan, a teacher, has a mentally unstable uncle. There is a belief that the family is cursed to have a lunatic at all times. When the uncle passes away, people believe that Balan will be the next.
Thaniyavarthanam

A struggling husband falls prey to his wife's insatiable desire for luxury, leading them down a path of deception, debt, and betrayal.
Thalayana Manthram

Sethu aspires to become a police officer to fulfil his father's dream. However, his life turns upside down when he intervenes in a scuffle with a criminal to save his father's life.
Kireedam

When a series of murders of prominent people remain a mystery, Hariharan is assigned to capture the culprit. His investigations lead to a spiritual guru who is highly revered in society.
Ee Thanutha Veluppan Kalathu

Gopalakrishnan, a chef, escapes from his village to a city when his marriage gets ruined. He falls in love with Radhika, but his happiness is short-lived as his past returns to haunt him.
Mister Butler

Two prominent families & business rivals, the Uppukandam brothers, Kariachan (Captain Raju), Paulachan (Keerikkadan Jose), Xavichan (Babu Antony), Josekutty (Jagadish) & Thankachan (Baiju), & the Ettuveettil Pillais, headed by Ananthan Pillai (Rajan P. Dev) & his sons & nephews, have been feuding for years, aggravated by the fact that Xavichan had gone to jail for killing Vasu Pillai (Johny) of the Ettuveettil family, who in turn had killed Roy Mathews (Siddique), Xavichan's brother-in-law.
Uppukandam Brothers

Benny, Venu, Keshu and Krishnankutty are four patients in a mental asylum. However, when they learn about Amitabh Bachchan's visit to Ernakulam, they plan an escape driven by their desires to see him.
Mookkilla Rajyathu

Jagadish is a poor man who gets by any way possible in life. At a job interview place he get a tip that the manager is a big cricket fan. So , Jagadish pretends to be one , but it backfires when the appointed manager does not come in and his father who hates cricket does the interview and he does not get the job. A woman pretends to be Jagadish's wife for her interview, to get sympathy for having a cricket crazed husband and gets the job. Jagadish finds out and demands 1/3 the payment every week from her for getting the job , by saying he was her husband. The rest of the story forms how they fight over the job/payment and the hilarious situations that happens when their lives intersect.
Kunukkitta Kozhi

Directed by Sandhya Mohan, and written by Siby K. Thomas and Udaykrishnan, Amma Ammayiamma is a 1998 Comedy/Drama film . Mukesh and Sukanya are starring, alongside Kaviyoor Ponnamma, Sukumari, Harisree Asokan and Innocent.
Amma Ammayiamma

Outspoken Achutha Kurup is the oldest patriarch of the Mankoyikkal family, but who is now persona non grata within his extended family, as each family tries to get rid of him as he takes turns visiting them. His eldest nephew, Prabhakaran, seeing his state, writes a fake letter to each family, including his own, claiming that Kurup owned a big plot of land worth lakhs. After this news, all of Kurup's family starts tripping over each other to care for him.
Avittam Thirunaal Aarogya Sriman

Sridevi and Shiny, two college friends, lead a peaceful married life. However, things take a turn when their husbands suspect them of infidelity.
Souhrudam
To take revenge against Indira, a college lecturer, few of her students decide to play a prank. Her life takes a turn when the students disturb her married life with Nandagopal.
Kusruthikaatu

A retelling of William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet", the film revolves around the rivalry between two families, the Anjooran and Anappara houses, and the consequences faced when two members of the families fall in love.
Godfather

Muthu, is a young man devoted to his physically challenged sister Meera. When he falls in love with a woman named Aswathy, his struggle to balance love, duty and survival leads to heartbreaking consequences that redefine his relationship with his sister.
Meerayude Dukhavum Muthuvinte Swapnavum

Jabbar and Zubaida marry against the wishes of Jabbar's mother. Subsequently, his mother plots to separate the couple by ridiculing Zubaida for being incapable of bearing a child.
Kutti Kuppayam

Ravi and Indu are a happily married couple who live in Trivandrum. On a train journey back from Ernakulam they meet a girl Radha. She ran away from home to escape from her abusive stepfather and her only hope is to find her cousin Venu in Trivandrum, but is unaware of his wherabouts. Ravi and Indu take her in to their house and decides to help her find Venu.
Aa Raathri

The film revolves around a middle class Malayalee family. Problems arise when the eldest son alienates his father and gets thrown out of home. The film portrays the other members struggling between the two.
Kudumbapuranam

Bhaskaran, a goldsmith, is madly in love with Snehalatha, the daughter of astrologer, Panicker. When Bhaskaran asks for Sneha's hand in marriage, to his shock, she denies their love affair.
Ponmuttayidunna Tharavu

Aramana Veedum Anjoorekkarum is a 1996 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Anil-Babu. The film stars Jayaram, Shobhana, Harishree Ashokan and Jagathy Sreekumar in lead roles. The film had musical score by Achu Rajamani and B. A. Chidambaranath.