
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.
Known For

Mathachan, a wealthy man, falls in love with Maaya, a woman who arrives from Malaysia, much to his bedridden wife's grief
Padmavyooham

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

Mammootty plays the role of a burglar who is known by different names in different places.He is a kind person and uses the money burgled to help poor and orphans. During one of his burglaries, he happens to witness a murder for which a police officer named Shekharan is falsely accused. He helps Shekharan to prove his innocence.
Kalikkalam

Sridevi and Shiny, two college friends, lead a peaceful married life. However, things take a turn when their husbands suspect them of infidelity.
Souhrudam

Kunju Lakshmi is the youngest daughter of the aristocratic Kavumpattu family in Peruvannapuram. She is pampered by her brothers and is a little arrogant. The family owns the local college. Sivasankaran comes to the college as a peon to replace the Padmanabhan who fails to give the promised donation to the Kavumpattu family in return for the job. In the meantime a love note that was written for Kunju by a classmate ends up in her book and she accuses Sivasankar of writing her the letter. Kunju gets into a fight with Sivasankaran. Her brothers join the fight and Sivasankaran declares that he will marry Kunju in 15 days.
Peruvannapurathe Visheshangal

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

Velayudham and his cousin Valli are in love since their childhood. Her father Shankarankutty hates Velayudham and looks for a groom for his daughter. One day, Velayudham and Valli try to elope but Shankarankutty finally capture them. Vexed by this misadventure, Velayudham leaves his village to Palani in order to find a job with the help of his friend Kunju Khader (Charle). Kunju Khader turns out to be a pickpocket.
Mazhavilkavadi

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

4 unemployed men who are in Harihar Nagar tries to impress a newly came girl next door.The story goes to the next level when a mysterious man comes and asks for a missing box.
In Harihar Nagar

The story revolves around Aniyan Thampuran (Mohanlal), a naive and innocent prince of an erstwhile royal family, and his household in a village of Kerala. His family is heavily indebted by the wayward lifestyle of his elder brother Chettan Thampuran (Sukumaran). Chettan Thampuran's untimely death forces Aniyan to take responsibility for the family. He loses his house and all properties to pay his brother's debts and is led to financial ruin. He realizes that his wife (Parvathy) had an affair with his friend Balan and married him only because of the poverty in her family. This realization devastates him further and culminates in his suicide in a heart-breaking scene.
Ulsavapittennu

Narendran agrees to help Janardhan live a free life by going to prison in his place. However, when he comes to know that Janardhan has mysteriously died, he sets out to get revenge.
Artham

CID officers Ramdas and Vijayan go to Kerala to find the murderer of a police officer. While doing so, they face a dangerous crime syndicate that deals in drug trafficking.
Pattanapravesham

Thiruvonam is a 1975 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Sreekumaran Thampi and produced by K. P. Mohanan. The film stars Prem Nazir, Sharada, Kamal Haasan and Jayasudha in the lead roles. The film has musical score by R. K. Shekhar and songs composed by M. K. Arjunan.
Thiruvonam

Ashamed of his bad behaviour towards his family, Chellappan decides to set things straight. However, he gets the shock of his life after learning that his wife is in a relationship with another man.
Anubhavangal Palichakal
Purappadu deals with social issues between Muslims and Hindus in a village who are forced to relocate when a flood destroys their village.
Purappadu

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

Hari has a dark secret from his past. When his friend Ravi wants to marry a girl Indu , who knows him from college , Hari tries everything to prevent it from happening. So that his wife and friends won't find out about his dark secret.
Oru Kochu Bhoomikulukkam

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

Ayyappan Nair is very fond of elephants.His profession is being as a Elephant Care taker. His daughter is Karthika and wife madhavi.He takes a bank Loan to have an Elephant.But he didn't get an Elephant for that money.Finaly he gets a Elephant from a circus crew.He takes that Elephant home.He realizes that it's a Hindi Elephant and he learns hindi from Jayachandran.Jayachandran & Karthika fells into love.
Gajakesariyogam

The film is about how Kasargod Khader Bhai (Alummoodan) and his son Kasimbhai (Babu Antony) trying to take revenge on the mimicry artists who send Khader Bhai to jail (This is shown in the prequel).