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Babu Namboothiri

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Babu Namboothiri
The only way to become a great Kathakali dancer is to follow your master. Individual excellence is nothing compared to the devotion to the Master, which the protagonist learns too late in life.
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Kaliyachan (2015)
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Babu Namboothiri is known for Dhruvam (1993), Naduvaazhikal (1989) and Detective (2007).
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    Known for

    Mammootty in Dhruvam (1993)
    Dhruvam
    8.1
    • Ponmani
    • 1993
    Naduvaazhikal (1989)
    Naduvaazhikal
    7.3
    • Abraham Varkey(as Babu Nampoothiri)
    • 1989
    Suresh Gopi in Detective (2007)
    Detective
    7.0
    • Prabhakaran Thampi
    • 2007
    Twenty:20 (2008)
    Twenty:20
    6.9
    • Justice Kaimal
    • 2008

    Credits

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    • Moscow Kavala
      • Production Unknown
    • Pani (2024)
      Pani
      6.9
      • 2024
    • Babu Namboothiri, Nedumudi Venu, and Anumol K. Manoharan in Tayaa (2021)
      Tayaa
      • 2021
    • Vineeth in Madhaveeyam (2019)
      Madhaveeyam
      6.7
      • R K
      • 2019
    • Shweta Menon in Premanjaly (2018)
      Premanjaly
      5.6
      • 2018
    • Sopanam (2017)
      Sopanam
      Short
      • Shankara Poduval
      • 2017
    • Babu Namboothiri, Mukundan, and Lenaa in Thank You Very Much (2017)
      Thank You Very Much
      • 2017
    • Manoj K. Jayan in Kaliyachan (2015)
      Kaliyachan
      5.2
      • 2015
    • Jayaram, Kaniha, Meera Nandan, and Asif Ali in Mylanchi Monjulla Veedu (2014)
      Mylanchi Monjulla Veedu
      4.7
      • 2014
    • The Dolphins (2014)
      The Dolphins
      6.0
      • A Doctor
      • 2014
    • Mammootty in Rajadhi Raja (2014)
      Rajadhi Raja
      4.6
      • Gangadhara Menon the father of Radha
      • 2014
    • Dileep in Avatharam (2014)
      Avatharam
      4.4
      • Moorthy
      • 2014
    • Sringaravelan (2013)
      Sringaravelan
      3.6
      • Ayyappanasaan the father of Kannan (Dileep)
      • 2013
    • Jayasurya and Anoop Menon in Hotel California (2013)
      Hotel California
      4.9
      • Koshi
      • 2013
    • Kutteem Kolum
      3.6
      • Kaimal
      • 2013
    • Dolls (2013)
      Dolls
      • 2013

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      • Babu Nampoothiri

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