Babu Namboothiri

Babu Namboothiri

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Babu Namboothiri is a vetran actor of Malayalam cinema known for portraying character roles. He completed 3 decades in Malayalam film industry, portraying roles varying from negative to serious ones and has done more than 100 movies. He played male antagonist in Mammootty starrer Nirakoottu in 1985 and Jagrata in 1989. His role as a pimp in Mohanlal starrer Malayalam classic ‘Thoovanathumbikal’ is one of his memorable roles. He also appeared in Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s Mathilukal in 1990, Vidheyan in 1993 and Kathapurushan in 1996. Babu is still active in film industry and has portrayed character roles in the recent releases like Rajadhiraja, Hotel California and Sringaravelan. He is active in the film industry since 1980s. Babu is known among film critics and audience as the best selective actor of Malayalam cinema. 

Babu Namboothiri belongs to Thiruvananthapuram. Born into a Brahmin family of Kurichithanam, his ancestors originally belong to Mannakkanad, Kottayam. He was a chemistry professor by profession. He retired from Devamatha College, Kuravilangad. 1982 movie, Yaagam marked his onscreen debut. Since then he associated with Malayalam cinema playing character roles. In the first phase of his career he mostly portrayed negative roles. He played the villain of 1985 blockbuster, Nirakoottu. Swathi Thirunal, Thoovanathumbikal, Adiverukal, Ashtapadi, Veena poovu and Theertham are some of his noted roles in the 1980s. He played the main villain in 1989 investigation thriller – Jagrata, the second installment of ‘CBI Diary Kuruppu’, where Mammootty played the lead role of CBI officer Sethurama Iyer.

With 1990s, he was mostly seen portraying positive roles onscreen and he shared screen space with almost all legends of Malayalam cinema. Evidam Swargamanu, Utsavamelam, Innathe Chintha Vishayam, Aadyathe Kanmani, Aagathan, Sikhar, Ammayane Sathyam, Dhruvam, Trivandrum Lodge, Ayalathe Adheham, The truth, Patram, CID Unnikrishnan B.A., B.Ed, Vidheyan, Vinodayathra etc are 
some of those.

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Updated: October 28, 2014

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