Janardhanan
Actor
Biography
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.
Filmography
Nadodikkattu
as Kovai Venkatesan 1987
Devasuram
as Mundakkal Kunjikrishnan Nambiar 1993
Godfather
as Gopi 1991
Oru CBI Diary Kurippu
as Ouseppachan 1988
Twenty 20
as Ramakrishnapilla 2008
Udayananu Tharam
as Krishnamoorthy 2005
Theevram
as SP Varma IPS 2012
Punjabi House
as Manninder Singh 1998
2 Harihar Nagar
as Fr. Stephen Varghese 2009
Bodyguard
as Karyasthan 2010
Friends
as Madhava Varma 1999
Abrahaminte Santhathikal
as Priest 2018
Sethurama Iyer CBI
as Ouseppachan 2004
Varavelpu
as Kumaran 1989
Salalah Mobiles
as Kodaangi 2014
Rakshadhikari Baiju (Oppu)
as Narayanettan 2017