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Thilakan: Career & Measurement

Palappurathu Keshavan Surendranatha Thilakan (15 July 1935 – 24 September 2012), 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…

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Thilakan topic overview

The analysis highlights Career and Measurement as prominent areas in the source structure around Thilakan.

Related topics
140
Source areas
8
Connected nodes
148
Extracted relationships
161
Concept neighborhoods
27
Bridge connections
148

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Career · 69 topics
Filmography · 19 topics
Controversies · 13 topics
Early life · 11 topics
Awards · 10 topics
Personal life · 7 topics
Death · 6 topics
Overview · 5 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Born
P. K. Surendranatha Thilakan (1935-07-15)15 July 1935 Aranmula, Travancore State, British Raj (present day Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India)
Children
6 (incl. Shammi and Shobi)
Died
24 September 2012(2012-09-24) (aged 77) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Parents
Keshavan · Devayani Amma
Partner(s)
Shantha Sarojam
Years active
1956–1978 (stage) 1972, 1979–2012 (film)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Early life

Career

Controversies

Personal life

Death

Awards

Filmography

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Thilakan connects Entity context

The extracted context around Thilakan shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Thilakan → Aadu Thoma, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Amitabh, Amitabh Bachchan, Ananthan Nambiar, Antony-directed Malayalam, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Chacko, Chenkol, Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala, Dileep's, Gamanam, Gandharvakshetram, He, His, In, Kaattu Kuthira, Kaduva Chacko, Kallu Varkey Another extracted example is Thilakan → AITUC, Alappuzha, AMMA, Association, Christian Brothers, CPI's, Dam, Eventually, February, FEFKA, Film Employees Federation, He, In, In February, Ismail, Kerala, MACTA, Malayalam Movie Artists, On, Rajit Kapur. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Thilakan

Top relations

related to Career · 60
Thilakan → Aadu Thoma, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Amitabh, Amitabh Bachchan, Ananthan Nambiar, Antony-directed Malayalam, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Chacko, Chenkol, Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala, Dileep's, Gamanam, Gandharvakshetram, He, His, In, Kaattu Kuthira, Kaduva Chacko, Kallu Varkey
related to FEFKA · 28
Thilakan → AITUC, Alappuzha, AMMA, Association, Christian Brothers, CPI's, Dam, Eventually, February, FEFKA, Film Employees Federation, He, In, In February, Ismail, Kerala, MACTA, Malayalam Movie Artists, On, Rajit Kapur
related to Early life · 26
Thilakan → All India Radio, Antony's, Asan Pallikoodam, Ayroor, Changanacherry Geetha, Devayani Amma, During, He, Jawaharlal Nehru, Kalidasa Kalakendram, Kerala, Kerala People's Arts Club, Keshavan, Kollam, Louis Catholic School, Manikkal, Mundakayam, Mundakayam Nataka Samithy, Nalamvayal, Palappurathu
related to Relationships · 15
Thilakan → Abhimanyu, Dr, His, Later, Marco, Santha, Sarojam, Shaji, Shammi, Shibu Thilakan, Shobhi, Sonia Thilakan, Sophia Ajith, Thilakan's, Unni Mukundan
related to Death · 11
Thilakan → August, Besides, Finally, For, He, Jubilee Mission Hospital, KIMS Hospital, Scene Onnu Nammude Veedu, September, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur
related to National Film Award · 6
Thilakan → Amitabh Bachchan, Ashok Kumar, Best Actor, Congress, National Film Award, Perumthachan
related to Views · 6
Thilakan → Communism, Communist, Communist Party, He, Kerala, When
Parents · 2
Thilakan → Devayani Amma, Keshavan
related to External links · 2
Thilakan → IMDbThilakan, MSI
Born · 1
Thilakan → P. K. Surendranatha Thilakan (1935-07-15)15 July 1935 Aranmula, Travancore State, British Raj (present day Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India)

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

film role kerala played also movie father actor award films national malayalam state acting mammootty career 2012 best indian awards

Thilakan relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 161 structured relationships around Thilakan. Examples in this analysis include Thilakan → Born → P. K. Surendranatha Thilakan (1935-07-15)15 July 1935 Aranmula, Travancore State, British Raj (present day Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India) and Thilakan → Children → 6 (incl. Shammi and Shobi). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ThilakanBornP. K. Surendranatha Thilakan (1935-07-15)15 July 1935 Aranmula, Travancore State, British Raj (present day Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India)1.00infobox
ThilakanChildren6 (incl. Shammi and Shobi)1.00infobox
ThilakanDied24 September 2012(2012-09-24) (aged 77) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India1.00infobox
ThilakanParentsKeshavan1.00infobox
ThilakanParentsDevayani Amma1.00infobox
ThilakanPartner(s)Shantha Sarojam1.00infobox
ThilakanYears active1956–1978 (stage) 1972, 1979–2012 (film)1.00infobox
Thilakanrelated to CareerAntony-directed Malayalam0.60section
Thilakanrelated to CareerPeriyar0.60section
Thilakanrelated to CareerHe0.60section
Thilakanrelated to CareerGandharvakshetram0.60section
Thilakanrelated to CareerUlkadal0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Thilakan bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Role, Association and Perumthachan. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • malayalam films
    • Yavanika
    • Amma
    • Association
    • India
    • Movie
    • Awards
    • Indian
    • Malayalam
    • National
    • State
    • Award
    • Kerala
  • national film awards
    • Award
    • State
    • Best
    • India
    • Kerala
    • Perumthachan
    • National
    • Actor
    • Awards
    • Honours
    • Yavanika
    • Won
  • kerala state film awards
    • State
    • India
    • Kerala
    • Won
    • Award
    • National
    • Actor
    • Honours
    • Yavanika
    • Best
    • Thilakan
    • Second
  • kerala state film award for second best actor
    • National
    • Best
    • Award
    • State
    • Perumthachan
    • Second
    • Won
    • Actor
    • Film
    • India
    • Kerala
    • Awards
  • national film award for best supporting actor
    • Award
    • National
    • Best
    • Perumthachan
    • Second
    • State
    • Actor
    • Awards
    • Film
    • India
    • Kerala
    • Honours
  • national film award for best actor
    • Award
    • National
    • Best
    • Perumthachan
    • Second
    • State
    • Actor
    • Awards
    • Film
    • India
    • Kerala
    • Honours
  • indian rupee
    • Known
    • Malayalam
    • Films
    • Actor
    • Honours
    • Keshavan
    • Yavanika
    • Acted
    • India
    • Perumthachan
    • Portrayed
    • Awards
  • 1991 national film award
    • Award
    • National
    • Best
    • Perumthachan
    • State
    • Actor
    • Awards
    • Film
    • India
    • Kerala
    • Thilakan
    • Honours

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Thilakan, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Thilakan with Career. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
ThilakanCareer · splits 79 ⟂ 70
ThilakanFilmography · splits 129 ⟂ 20
ThilakanControversies · splits 135 ⟂ 14
ThilakanEarly life · splits 137 ⟂ 12
ThilakanAwards · splits 138 ⟂ 11
ThilakanPersonal life · splits 141 ⟂ 8
ThilakanDeath · splits 142 ⟂ 7
ThilakanOverview · splits 143 ⟂ 6

Map overview Semantic statistics

Thilakan

Nodes149
Edges148
Triples161
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013423
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Thilakan to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Career & Measurement, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Thilakan · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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