Babu Namboothiri

Babu Namboothiri (born 12 August 1947) is a retired Chemistry Professor and Head Of Department of Deva Mata College Kuravilangad and an Indian film and TV actor who has starred in more than 100 Malayalam films and various serials. He is famous for his villain and character roles, best known for his portrayal Thangal, in Thoovanathumbikal (1987), as the primary antagonist, Ajith, in Nirakkoottu (1985), the devious advocate in Jagratha, among many others, and in Cheriya Lokavum Valiya Manushyarum as Madhava Menon, an evil businessman and drug-dealer.

Babu Namboothiri
Born	Babu Namboothiri 12 August 1947 (1947-08-12) (age 77) Padinjare Mana, Mannakkanad, Kottayam, Travancore
Occupations	Actor chemistry professor
Years active	1982–present
Spouse	Kumari Antharjanam
Children	3
Parents	Neelakandan Namboothiri Saraswathi

Background

Babu Namboothiri was the eldest among the ten children of Neelakandan Namboothiri and Saraswathi Antharjanam at Mannakkanad, near Kuravilangad, Kottayam. He belongs to Padinjare Mana in Mannakkanad. He performs rituals at Chirayil Ganapathi Temple and has 7 brothers and 2 sisters. He graduated from Sree Sankara College and pursued Masters in Science from SRM College Rewa in Madhya Pradesh. His debut movie was Yaagam in 1982. He is a retired Chemistry Professor of Deva Matha College, Kuravilangad. He is married to Kumari Antharjanam and has three daughters.^[1]

Acting

Considered as a great supporting actor who could display a wide range of emotions, he has been a part of many masterpieces and have taken on many character and antagonistic roles which have become very famous.

Filmography

1980s

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Yagam
	Gaanam
1983	Ashtapadi
	Oomana Thinkal
	Veena Poovu
1984	Guruvayoor Maahathmyam
1985	Nirakkoottu	Ajith
	Samantharam	Jose
1986	Adiverukal	Josephkutty
	Nyayavidhi	Maharshi Mathews
1987	Swathi Thirunal	Diwanji Subbaravu
	Theertham	Surendran
	Chanthayil Choodi Vilkkunna Pennu
	Thoovanathumbikal	Thangal
	Jaalakam	Gopinathan
	Ezhuthapurangal	Binoy Chandy
	Amrutham Gamaya	Ilethu
	Thaniyavarthanam	Sreedharan
1988	Puravrutham	Masur
	Kanakambarangal	Thirumeni
	Moonnam Mura	Mohan
	Dhinarathrangal	Thomachan
	Mukthi	Pillai
1989	Naduvazhikal	Abraham Varkey
	Adikkurippu	Public Prosecutor
	Jagratha	Adv. Janardanan Nair

1990s

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Nanma Niranjavan Sreenivasan
	Cheriya Lokavum Valiya Manushyarum	Madhava Menon
	Vembanad
	Vachanam
	Varthamana Kalam	Shekhara Pillai
	Mathilukal	Political Prisoner
	Kuttettan	Vishnu's friend
	Ee Thanutha Veluppan Kalathu	Justice T. Vasudev
1991	Aavanikunnile Kinnaripookkal	Church Priest
	Georgootty C/O Georgootty	Ouseppachan
	Dhanam	Balan
	Arangu	Narayanankutty Nair
	Perumthachan	Kesavan
	Koodikazhcha	Mathachan
	Aparaahnam	School Principal
1992	Congratulations Miss Anitha Menon
	Utsavamelam	Velichappadu
	Oottyppattanam	Surya Nampoothiri
	Cheppadividya	Geevarghese Achan
	Ayalathe Adheham	David Gomez
1993	Kavadiyattam	Raman Nair
	Customs Diary	Padmanabha Iyer
	Ammayane Sathyam	Parvathi's father
	Dhruvam	Ponmani
1994	CID Unnikrishnan B.A., B.Ed.	Vasudevan
	Vidheyan	Yusuf Picha
1995	Aadyathe Kanmani	Raghavan Nair
	Sargavasantham
1996	Kathapurushan	Veluchar
1997	Adivaram
	Janathipathyam	Bhattathirippadu
1998	Pootthiruvaathira Raavil
	Elavamkodu Desam	Raru Aasan
	The Truth	Mahendran
1999	Stalin Sivadas	Madhavan Nair
	Pathram	Warrier

2000s

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Snehadoothu
	Shayanam
	Dada Sahib	Shekharan
2001	Ee Nadu Innale Vare	Thrikkothu Vaidyar
	Praja
	Ee Parakkum Thalika	Krishna Pillai/Krishnettan
2002	Kanalkkireedam
	Neelakaasham Niraye
	Pakalppooram
	Valkannadi	Kunjuraman
	Shivam	Sarvodayam Kumar
	Kanmashi	Paramu
2003	Swantham Maalavika
2004	Perumazhakkalam	Mani Swamy
2005	Bus Conductor
	Mayookham
	Pauran	Chacko
2006	Vadakkumnadhan	Govinda Pisharadi
	Prajapathi
	Yes Your Honour
2007	Naalu Pennungal
	Aanandabhairavi
	Detective	Prabhakaran Thampi
	Vinodayathra	Ramanunni
	Nasrani	Varghese
2008	Innathe Chintha Vishayam	Premila's father
	Bullet
	College Kumaran	Kumaran's father
	Twenty:20	Justice Kaimal
2009	Swapnamaalika
	Kerala Cafe		Segment: "Nostalgia"
	Evidam Swargamanu

2010s

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Shikkar	Fr. Paul
	Aagathan	Dr. Unnithan
	Aathmakatha
2011	Nadakame Ulakam	Socialist Kumaran
	Indian Rupee
	Maharaja Talkies	Raghavan Nair
	Malayalanadu
2012	Thiruvambadi Thamban	Achuvettan
	MLA Mani: Patham Classum Gusthiyum	Asainar Mash
	The Filmstaar	Swamy
2013	Dolls	Pisharadi
	Trivandrum Lodge	Pimp Thangal	Cameo
	Kutteem Kolum	Kaimal
	Hotel California	Koshi
	Kaliyachan
	Sringaravelan	Ayyappanasaan
2014	Avatharam	Sri Ramakrishna Moorthy
	RajadhiRaja	Gangadhara Menon
	Mylanchi Monchulla Veedu	Krishnan Vaidyer
2017	Sopanam	Shankara Poduval	Short film
2018	Premanjali
2019	Madhaveeyam

2020s

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2021	Taaya
2023	Ottamaram	Ravi
2024	Mayamma		[2]
	Oru Anweshanathinte Thudakkam	Thomas	[3]
	Pani	Suresh's brother	[4]

Television

Year	Programme	Role	TV Channel
2015	Charithram Enniloode	Guest	Safari TV
	Eashwaran Sakshiyayi		Flowers TV
2000	Samayam		Asianet
2006	Suryaputhri		Asianet
1997	Pankiyamma	Ramakuruppu	Doordarshan