Janardanan

Actor · Born 24 July 1946 (80 years old), Vaikom, Kerala, India

Janardhanan is a Malayalam film actor. In 1969, he acted in Veettu Mrugam directed by P. Venu. He is known for his style of handling humor and his iconic voice. He started his career playing brusque villains in the 1970s but later went on to establish himself as a highly sought-after comedian. The turning point of his career was his role in the 1988 film Oru CBI Diary Kurippu, which brought out his comic skills. However, he was typecast as a comedian only after the 1993 film Meleparambil Aanveedu. Apart from stereotyped Hindu/Muslim/Christian characters, he has the distinction of portraying a Sikh and a Jewish character.

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Also known as: Janardanan, Janardhanan Pillai

Janardanan appears in 27 titles on Nahoko (27 movies and 0 TV shows), released between 1986 and 2025. Where you are (United States), 4 of these titles are streaming right now, mostly on Sun Nxt (4). The best rated is Nadodikkattu (8.8 on IMDb); the most voted is Sarvam Maya. Across all their titles the average IMDb rating is 7.4. Their most recent title is Sarvam Maya (2025). Most of their work dates from the 1990s (9 titles). Mainly Comedy, Drama, Thriller. Their most frequent collaborators are Mohanlal (9 titles together), Mammootty (8), Jagathy Sreekumar (8). Their movies have earned $4.7M at the box office in total, led by Voice of Sathyanathan ($2.7M).

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