Mani C. Kappan (born 1956) is an Indian politician, film producer, film director and actor. He is the current

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(MLA) of the state of

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for the Pala constituency. Mani C. Kappan defeated Jose Tom Pulikkunnel of UDF during by-election in September 2019. This seat was vacant after the death of K. M. Mani, former Kerala Finance Minister. He was also the State Treasurer of the Nationalist Congress Party and had been the Convener of its Overseas Cell. He is the current MLA of Pala constituency. He is also a former volleyball international who played along with volleyball player Jimmy George. He is the producer of ''Meleparambil Aanveedu'', one of the highest grossing Malayalam films of the early 1990s. It made the list of "14 Greatest Malayalam Movies Ever" as compiled by Manorama News. He was also the producer and director of ''

Mannar Mathai Speaking ''Mannar Mathai Speaking'' is a 1995 Indian Malayalam-language comedy thriller film produced and directed by Mani C. Kappan and written by Siddique-Lal. The film stars Innocent in the title role, along with Mukesh, Sai Kumar, Biju Menon, Van ...

'', a popular Malayalam movie. He acted in around 25 movies mainly as antagonists during the 1990s. Kappan is the incumbent MLA from the Pala constituency. On all the earlier occasions he was defeated by K. M. Mani who had represented the seat from its inception in 1965. He is the son of a former Member of Parliament, Cherian J. Kappan, who was also a freedom fighter. Kappan is also a well-known figure in

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, having produced about ten films and acted in around two dozen films. He even has two films to his credit as a director including a bilingual film in Assamese and

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. He was also an international

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player in the eighties.

Pala Seat Controversy

The brawl over Pala Assembly seat, which began during the by-election last year and was rejuvenated once again with the unexpected entry of the KEC(M) into the LDF, is furious despite denial by the LDF leadership. The NCP's state leadership is also divided over the issue. On 22 February 2021 he formed a new political party named Nationalist Congress Kerala, with Mani C. Kappan as the President and Babu Karthikeyan as the Vice President. His party had won one seat in

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election The 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election was held in Kerala on 6 April 2021 to elect 140 Member of the Legislative Assembly (India), members to the 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly. The results were declared on 2 May. The election saw the ...

. In the election he defeated KEC(M) Chairman

Jose K. Mani Jose Karingozhackal Mani (born 29 May 1965) is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, MP (Rajya Sabha) and former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, MP (Lok Sabha) from Kerala. He is the son of veteran politician K. M. Mani a ...

by more than 15,000 votes. Jose K. Mani's father K.M. Mani had held the constituency for fifty years.

Filmography

Acting

* ''

Kusruthikaatu ''Kusruthikaatu'' () is a 1995 Indian Malayalam-language comedy drama film directed by Suresh Vinu and produced by Mani C. Kappan. The film stars Jayaram, Kanaka, Jagathy Sreekumar, Oduvil Unnikrishnan and Chippy in lead roles. The musical sco ...

'' (1995) as Ganga's Elder Brother * ''

Mangalam Veettil Manaseswari Gupta ''Mangalam Veettil Manaseswari Gupta'' is a 1995 Malayalam film starring Jayaram and Vani Viswanath. The film has a musical score by Johnson. Plot A grandfather tries to find a groom for his granddaughter Maya, who returns from Mumbai. However ...

'' (1995) as Govindankutty * ''

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'' (1996) as Abdul Rahman * ''

Yuvathurki ''Yuvathurki'' () is a 1996 Malayalam-language action film directed by Bhadran, produced by Amitabh Bachchan Corporation in association with Seven Arts. Suresh Gopi and Vijayashanti appear in the leading roles. Dr. Rajendra Babu was the dialo ...

'' (1996) as J.K. * ''

The Good Boys ''The Good Boys'' is a 1997 Indian Malayalam film, directed by K. P. Sunil and produced by Ali. The film stars Jagathy Sreekumar, Mani C. Kappan, Deepanjali and Harishree Ashokan in the lead roles. The film has musical score by Bappi Lahiri. ...

'' (1997) * ''Aalibaabayum Aarara Kallanmaarum'' (1998) as A. T. Alexander * ''

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'' (1999) as Cyriac * ''

Vaanchinathan ''Vaanchinathan'' is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language crime action film directed by Shaji Kailas in his Tamil debut. The script was written by Liaquat Ali Khan. It stars Vijayakanth in the main lead role with Sakshi Shivanand and Ramya Krishnan in ...

'' (2001) as Mahesh Gupta * ''

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'' (2001) as Thripati *'' Vajram'' (2004) * '' Kusruthi'' (2004) * ''

Iruvattam Manavaatti ''Iruvattam Manavaatti'' is a 2005 Indian Malayalam language political romantic film. The film stars Kunchacko Boban and Kavya Madhavan. This film is inspired by the Tamil film ''Run'' (2002), starring R. Madhavan and Meera Jasmine. Plot The m ...

'' (2005) as Bharathan * '' Borolar Ghor'' (2012) as Bankimchandra

Producer

* '' Janam'' (1993) * ''

Meleparambil Aanveedu ''Meleparambil Anveedu'' () is a 1993 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy-drama film directed by Rajasenan and scripted by Raghunath Paleri from a story by Gireesh Puthenchery. It stars Jayaram and Shobana, with Narendra Prasad, Mee ...

'' (1993) *Nandhini Oppol (1993) *Vardhakya Puranam (1993) * '' CID Unnikrishnan B.A., B.Ed.'' (1994) *''

'' (1995) * ''

'' (1996) * ''

'' (2001) *Kabadi Kabadi (2008) *'' Borolar Ghor'' (2012)

Direction

* ''

'' (1995) * '' Borolar Ghor'' (2012)

Television career

* ''Dathuputhri'' (Mazhavil Manorama), Year: 2015 *''Chilluivilakku''

References

External links

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Mani C Kappan at MSI
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