# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thilakan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:48:27.304Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thilakan"
name: "Thilakan"
slug: "thilakan"
description: "Palappurathu Keshavan Surendranatha Thilakan, known mononymously as Thilakan, was an Indian film and stage actor who appeared in over 200 Malayalam films. Spanning more than five decades, Thilakan’s acting career was marked by critical acclaim for his versatility and powerful screen presence. He won several major honours including the Padma Shri (2009) from the Government of India, multiple National Film Awards and numerous Kerala State Film Awards, becoming the most frequent winner of the Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actor."
tagline: "Indian actor (1935–2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thilakan.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1935-07-15"
deathDate: "2012-09-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.33
  momentum:             9.982516801691336
  historical:           11.64892
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0858128/"
    handle:    "nm0858128"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DA%BE%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%86_(%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "تھیلاکن (اداکار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ثيلاكان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A8"
    title: "थिलकन"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8"
    title: "তিলকান"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thilakan"
    title: "Thilakan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thilakan"
    title: "Thilakan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "تیلاکان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thilakan"
    title: "Thilakan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thilakan"
    title: "Thilakan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%BB"
    title: "തിലകൻ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "திலகன்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "తిలకన్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%85%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Тхілакан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3520698"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/584638"
    title: "Thilakan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump