Movies: Manavalan Joseph

The movie is an adaptation of the 1960 French play of the same name and is considered to be a cult comedy classic in Malayalam. It was also one of the first commercial successes of the Mohanlal-Mukesh-Priyadarashan team. Shyam (Mohanlal) is a strugg...

Sivan, an orphan, is seduced by Sumati, the daughter of the family he is adopted into. Her enraged father sends Sivan to jail, after which he meets a prostitute who changes his world view....

An untouchable girl is found dead with her illegitimate child, the child is adopted by a postman, a high caste Hindu. No one knows the true identity of the real father of the child, until the child real father, also an upper caste Hindu acknowledges ...

Maruthu, a hunter, has an affair with Kaveri, a tea shop owner. He gets drawn to a beautiful dancer from the travelling circus which comes to their village, causing trouble between him and Kaveri....

Ponnapuram Kotta is a 1973 Malayalam language film starring Prem Nazir, K. P. Ummer, Vijayasree and Vijayanirmala in the lead roles....

A girl goes missing after escaping from a bus accident. Her family and the police try to make sense of what happened to her....

Anthappuram is a 1980 Indian Malayalam film, directed by K. G. Rajasekharan and produced by BVK Nair. The film stars Prem Nazir, Ambika, Jayan and Kaviyoor Ponnamma in lead roles. The film had musical score by Shankar Ganesh....

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Pappu is a person who takes a relentless stand for justice right from his early years. His protests against his teacher who discriminates between the landlord's son and other children brings him the wrath of the landlord and he's forced to leave home...

A young man rescues a woman from drowning. However, he soon discovers to his surprise that the woman has astounding supernatural powers that she never revealed before....

Aattakalasam is a 1983 Indian Malayalam film, directed by J. Sasikumar and produced by Joy Thomas. The film stars Prem Nazir, Mohanlal, Lakshmi and Sukumari in lead roles. The film had musical score by Raveendran....

Prince Salim, son of Akbar falls in love with Anarkali. Akbar forbids Salim to prolong this affair as he wanted his son to marry a Rajput princess and thereby strengthen communal harmony....

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Georgekutty, who is obsessed with the beautiful Sundari, uses his wealth to disgrace her and her family. Unable to bear the suffering, Sundari runs from her home and meets Maadan, a labourer....

Based on Vadakkan Pattukal, a collection of Northern Ballads of medieval origin....

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Bharya is a 1962 Malayalam language film starring Sathyan and Ragini in the lead roles. It was directed by Kunchacko based on a novel with the same title by Kanam EJ. The novel was based on the controversial Thiruvalla Ammalu murder case....

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Dhruvasangamam is a 1981 Indian Malayalam film, directed by J. Sasikumar. The film stars Mohanlal, Manavalan Joseph, Shubha and Sukumaran in lead roles....

Syam goes to a village in search of his uncle to get a job. He falls in love with a girl, but problems start when a womanizer tries to disturb her....