The best Thilakan’s thriller movies

Thilakan

Thilakan

15/07/1935- 24/09/2012
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Thilakan’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Thilakan.

Manichitrathazhu

Manichitrathazhu
8.8/10
A young couple, Ganga and Nakulan, arrives at the ancestral home called Madampalli of the latter. Hailing from a family that follows tradition and superstitions, Nakulan's uncle Thampi objects to the couple's idea of moving into the allegedly haunted mansion, which Nakulan ignores. The couple moves in anyway following which seemingly supernatural events begin to happen.

Prajapathi

Prajapathi
3.9/10
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release: 15/06/2006
  • Character: Vellodi
Devar Madom Narayanan (Mammootty) is accused of killing his father and for being cruel to his mother. At the age of 13, he serves a sentence at the juvenile home. On returning, he becomes a leader in Perumalpuram village and expels all the wrongdoers. He thus makes many enemies.

Narasimham

Narasimham
7.6/10
Poovalli Induchoodan (Mohanlal) is sentenced for six years prison life for murdering his classmate. Induchoodan, the only son of Justice Maranchery Karunakara Menon (Thilakan) was framed in the case by Manapally Madhavan Nambiar (Narayanan Nair) and his crony DYSP Sankaranarayanan (Bheeman Raghu) to take revenge on idealist judge Menon who had earlier given jail sentence to Manapally in a corruption case. The story begins with Induchoodan released and his father & mother coming to stay with him.

Drona 2010

Drona 2010
4.5/10
Kunjunni (Mammootty), in an inebriated condition arrives on a rainy night to purchase Nellur Mana, which is believed to be haunted by the ghost of Savithri (Dhanya Mary Varghese). Being crazy about old houses and palaces, Kunjunni, who is in to realty business was lured into this deal by Gireeshan (Manoj K. Jayan), the son of Guptan Namboothiri (Thilakan), a feudal land lord. In a fight with Kunjunni, his younger son had fell from the terrace and had got paralyzed below the hips. Now Guptan Namboothiri wants to avenge for it. Upon reaching the old house, Kunjunni is attacked by the goons of Gireeshan, but he escapes miraculously. An atheist, Kunjunni leads a carefree life away from the traditions of his family and is inlove with Thulasimani (Kaniha), the daughter of Pisharody, the old friend of his late father, who was also a famous tantrik.

Sathyam

Sathyam
4.7/10
Sanjeev imprisons a former police commissioner because the latter delays his appointment in the police force. Things take a turn when the officer frees himself and decides to take revenge.

Kauravar

Kauravar
7.8/10
A gang led by Aliyar (Thilakan) holds a grudge against Police Officer Haridas (Vishnuvardhan) who was responsible for the death of Antony's (Mammootty) wife and daughter 12 years ago and sent Antony to jail. When Antony is finally freed, he reunites with his old gang and they plan to kill Haridas.

Irakal

Irakal
8.2/10
Mathews, a ruthless rubber baron, is involved in various criminal activities. Baby, Mathews' son, begins to turn violent due to the environment he has grown up in, causing Mathews to repent his deeds.

Pingami

Pingami
7.4/10
  • Genre: ActionThriller
  • Release: 01/01/1994
  • Character: Kumaran aka Kumarettan
Kumaran (Thilakan) is a social worker. Captain Vijay (Mohanlal) is an army captain who is on his annual leave and has come to stay with his maternal uncle. In a turn of events Vijay sees Kumaran injured from an accident and crying for help. He takes Kumaran to a hospital but could not save his life. There develops a strong bond between Kumaran and Vijay which pulls him into finding out the accident was a preplanned murder.

Nerariyan CBI

Nerariyan CBI
6/10
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release: 09/09/2005
  • Character: Kapra
Nerariyan CBI is a murder mystery. Sethurama Iyer (Mammootty) who investigates the death of a young girl, Mythili (Samvrutha), at her friend's 'tharavad', where she had come for a short holiday, around four years back.The plot is filled with suspects all round.

Chanakyan

Chanakyan
6.5/10
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release: 01/09/1989
  • Character: Madhava Menon
Madhava Menon, a corrupt politician, destroys the family of Johnson as he was in love with his daughter. With the help of a mimicry artist, Johnson takes revenge on Madhava Menon.

Nagarangalil Chennu Raparkam

Nagarangalil Chennu Raparkam
7/10
Kunjoottan is an innocent young man living in a remote village. He is the only heir to his rich, aristocratic parents, Thamburan and Kunjulakshmi. He cannot stand his overprotective father, who is concerned about his son because he had a bad dream about his son's death. Ramachandran, a childhood friend is back from town with colorful stories about city life. He is in urgent need of money to pay his debts from a failed business. He tricks Kunjoottan into stealing money from his father's safe so that they can run away and enjoy life in the city.

Red Chillies

Red Chillies
3.7/10
  • Genre: CrimeThriller
  • Release: 14/02/2009
  • Character: Com. Maani Varghese
Mohanlal plays the role of OMR, an affluent NRI who does oil business in Singapore. The movie begins on a new year before when the "Red Chilles", an all-girls music band with nine members, are involved in an accident. The girls flee from the place to leave their car behind. Moreover, the girls work for OMR and it was his car they drove around. OMR is forced to come down to India. As a mystery, several other characters come into light, including a party secretary portrayed by Thilakan and four policemen played by Siddique, Vijayaraghavan, Biju Menon and Ganesh Kumar.

Kanathaya Penkutty

Kanathaya Penkutty
6.9/10
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release: 10/11/1985
  • Character: Matthai
A girl goes missing. It later emerges that she has been murdered by someone close to her.

Randam Bhavam

Randam Bhavam
6.9/10
Randam Bhavam is a 2001 Malayalam film directed by Lal Jose, written by Ranjan Pramod. It stars Suresh Gopi in dual role along with Biju Menon, Thilakan, Poornima Mohan, Lena, Narendra Prasad, Lal (actor) and Srividya.

No. 66 Madhura Bus

No. 66 Madhura Bus
3.8/10
A journey of love and revenge, the film's story unfolds amidst the travel of an interstate bus.

The Truth

The Truth
7.2/10
The Truth deals with an investigation by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) involving the murder of the Chief Minister of Kerala in bomb blast.

Uyarangalil

Uyarangalil
7.3/10
Jayarajan (Mohanlal), an over-enthusiastic assistant manager at a tea plantation plans to loot a huge amount. He lures two debt-ridden subordinates, Chandran (Rahman) and Johnny (Nedumudi Venu), into his conspiracy.

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