
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.

Sarvam Maya
2025 · as Prahladan Namboothiri

Hridayapoorvam
2025 · as Chittappan

No. 20 Madras Mail
1990 · as Adv. Thomas Matthew

Captain
2018 · as K Karunakaran

Rakshadhikari Baiju (Oppu)
2017 · as Narayanettan

Pennpada
1975 · as Panicker

Nadakame Ulakam
2011 · as Aani Kurup

Jayam
2006

Konthayum Poonoolum
2014 · as Freddy

Ponthan Mada
1994

Salalah Mobiles
2014 · as Kodaangi

Udayananu Tharam
2005 · as Krishnamoorthy

2018
2023 · as Chief Minister

Twenty 20
2008 · as Ramakrishnapilla

Swapna Lokathe Balabhaskaran
1996 · as Sadasivan

One Man Show
2001 · as Raveendran

Dubai
2001 · as K. J. Nair

Dhruvam
1993 · as Marar