# Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai

Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai (1900–1979) was a Malayalam dramatist, poet, screen play writer and actor who was well known in the role of Ashaan in Kavyamela. He was born in 1900 in Muthukulam, a small village near Haripad in Alappuzha District, Kerala, India. Known as the Akshara Guru of Malayalam talkie films, he wrote the screenplay and dialogues of Balan, the first Malayalam talkie and Jeevithanauka, the first box office hit in the Malayalam film industry. He is also the author of about 55 dramas and dozens of film stories and screenplays. In 1968, he acted in Viruthan Shanku, the first full-length comedy in Malayalam cinema directed by P. Venu. He acted in around 150 Malayalam films and wrote Tatathaka Parinayam Kathakali. An award named Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai Puraskaram has been instituted by Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai Samraka Samithi in honour of him.

## Filmography

* Rajayogam (1976)
* Kamam Krodham Moham (1975)
* Chief Guest (1975)
* Pulivalu (1975)
* Babumon (1975) as Advocate
* Vandikkari (1974)
* Bhoomidevi Pushipiniyayi (1974)
* Thacholi Marumakan Chandu (1974) as Kanachira Kannappan
* Checkpost (1974)
* Swarga Puthri (1973) as Paulose
* Kaliyugam (1973)
* Interview (1973) as Sekhara Pilla
* Masappadi Mathupilla (1973)
* Manushyaputhran (1973) as Vaidyar
* Chukku (1973)
* Yamini (1973) as Chettiyar
* Ladies Hostel (1973) as Kunju
* Maya (1972)
* Punarjanmam (1972)
* Balya Prathigna (1972)
* Kandavarundo? (1972)
* Mayiladumkunnu (1972)
* Bobanum Moliyum (1971)
* YOugumullaval (1971)
* Anubhavangal Paalichakal(1971) as Kurup Sakhavu
* Oru Penninte Kadha (1971)
* Aranazhika Neram (1970) as Lona
* Lottery Ticket (1970)
* Ezhuthatha Kadha (1970)
* Vazhve Mayam (1970) as Panchayat member
* Saraswathi (1970)
* Vivahitha (1970)
* Nurse (1969)
* Sandhya (1969)
* Velliyazhcha (1969) Paramu Pilla
* Viplavakarikal (1968)
* Thokkukal Kadha Parayunnu (1968)
* Vidyarthi (1968)
* Vazhi Pizhacha Sandathi (1968)
* Viruthan Shanku (1968) as Forest Officer
* Lady Doctor (1967) as Mathai
* Sahadarmini (1967)
* Madatharuvi (1967)
* Karutharathrikal (1967)
* Ullathumathi (1967)
* Bhagyamudra (1967)
* Pavappettaval (1967) as Narayana Pilla
* Rowdy (1966)
* Kalyanarathriyil (1966)
* Kadamattathachan (1966)
* Sthanarthi Saramma (1966) as Antonychan
* Pinchuhridayam (1966)
* Kalipennu (1966)
* Kusruthikuttan (1966)
* Kayamkulam Kochunni (1966) as Achuthan Nair
* Archana (1966)
* Kavyamela (1965) as Ashaan
* Sarpakadu (1965)
* Kuppivala (1965) as Kittumman
* Porter Kunjali (1965) as Keshava Pilla
* Bhoomilyile Malakha (1965)
* Kalyana Photo (1964)
* Kudumbini (1964) as Kunju Kaniyar
* Kalayum Kaminiyum (1963)
* Kattumaina (1963)
* Swargarajayam (1962)
* Vidhi Thanna Vilakku (1962)
* Kannum Karalum (1962)
* Viyarpinte Vila (1962)
* Umminithanka (1961)
* Nairu Pidicha Pulivalu (1958) as Kuttappa Kurup
* Lilly (1958)
* Achanum Makanum (1957)
* Koodapirappu (1956)
* Kidappadam (1955)
* Avan Varunnu (1954)
* Avakashi (1954) as Manmadan
* Snehaseema (1954) as Thommi
* Sandehi (1954)
* Ponkathir (1953)
* Lokaneethi (1953)
* Athmasakhi (1952)
* Vanamala (1951)
* Navalokam (1951)
* Yachakan(1951)
* Jeevithanauka (1951)
* Nallathanka (1950)