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'''Thaha''' is an Indian [[film director]] and [[writer]] known primarily for his [[slapstick comedy]] movies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Thaha|title = Thaha: Movies, Photos, Videos, News, Biography & Birthday | eTimes|website = [[The Times of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.msidb.org/movies.php?tag=Search&director=Thaha&limit=12&sortorder=5&sorttype=2|title = List of Malayalam Movies by Director Thaha}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nettv4u.com/celebrity/malayalam/director/thaha|title=Mollywood Director Thaha Biography, News, Photos, Videos}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmibeat.com/celebs/thaha.html|title = All you want to know about #Thaha}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.malayalachalachithram.com/listmovies.php?tot=12&d=2614&p=2|title = List of Malayalam Movies directed by Thaha}}</ref><ref>http://bharat-movies.com/director/thaha-movies.htm</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://letterboxd.com/director/thaha/|title = Films directed by Thaha}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mio.to/show/Director/Thaha|title=Director: Thaha - MusicIndiaOnline - Indian Music for Free!}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.topmovierankings.com/malayalam-director/thaha|title=Thaha Malayalam Director, Profile, Biography, Movies}}</ref><ref>https://www.moviebuff.com/thaha</ref>

== Career ==
Earlier Thaha worked as Assistant Director in films like [[Rajavinte Makan]], [[Bhoomiyile Rajakkanmar]], [[Kakkothikkavile Appooppan Thaadikal]], [[Varnam]] etc. to famous directors such as [[Kamal Director|Kamal]] and [[Thampi Kannanthanam]]. In 1991 he co-directed with Ashokan the film [[Mookkillarajyathu]] as Ashokan-Thaha. Later he went on to direct films independently.

== Filmography ==
===As assistant director===
{| class="wikitable"
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! Year !! Title !! Director !! Genre
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| 1985 || [[Aa Neram Alppa Dooram]] || [[Thampi Kannanthanam]] || Thriller
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| 1986 || [[Rajavinte Makan]] || [[Thampi Kannanthanam]] || Thriller
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| 1987 || [[Bhoomiyile Rajakkanmar]] || [[Thampi Kannanthanam]] || Thriller
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| 1988 || [[Kakkothikkavile Appooppan Thaadikal]] || [[Kamal Director|Kamal]] || Drama
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| 1988 || [[Orkkapurathu]] || [[Kamal Director|Kamal]] ||
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| 1989 || [[Varnam]] || Ashokan || Comedy
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| 1989 || [[Unnikrishnante Adyathe Christmas]] || [[Kamal Director|Kamal]] || Drama
|}
===As Director===
{| class="wikitable"
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! Year !! Title !! Cast !! Other notes
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| 1990 || [[Saandram]] || [[Suresh Gopi]], [[Parvathy Jayaram|Parvathy]], [[Innocent (actor)|Innocent]], [[Kalpana (Malayalam actress)|Kalpana]], [[Kuthiravattam Pappu]], [[Jagadish]], [[Sai Kumar (Malayalam actor)|Sai Kumar]], [[Mamukkoya]] || Co-directed with director [[Ashokan (film director)|Ashokan]].
|-|-
| 1991 || [[Mookkillarajyathu]] || [[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]], [[Thilakan]], [[Jagathi Sreekumar]], [[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]], [[Vinaya Prasad]], Suchitra, [[Rajan P. Dev]] || Co-directed with director [[Ashokan (film director)|Ashokan]].
|-
| 1994 || [[Varaphalam]] || Paravoor Bharathan, Mathu, [[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]], [[Jagathi Sreekumar]], [[Sreenivasan]], [[Thilakan]] || Debut as an independent director.
|-
| 1997 || Gajaraja Manthram || [[Prem Kumar (Malayalam actor)|Premkumar]], [[Jagadeesh]], [[Kalabhavan Mani]], Charmila || '''Writers:''' Batten Bose (story),Kaloor Dennis (screenplay) '''Genre:''' Comedy, Drama
|-
| 1997 || [[Five Star Hospital]] || [[George Vishnu]], [[Jagadeesh]], [[Jagathi Sreekumar]], [[Thilakan]], [[Devan (actor)|Devan]] ||
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| 2001 || [[Ee Parakkum Thalika]] || [[Dileep (Malayalam actor)|Dileep]], [[Nithya Das]] and [[Harisree Asokan]] || It was a box office hit in Malayalam Film of 2001. It was also remade as Aaduthu Paaduthu in Telugu, [[Sundara Travels]] in Tamil and [[Dakota Express]] in Kannada. '''Writers: '''V.R. Gopalakrishnan (screenplay), Mahesh Mithra (story) '''Genre:''' Comedy, Drama, Romance
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| 2002 || [[Sundara Travels]] || [[Murali (Tamil actor)|Murali]], [[Vadivelu]] ||Tamil film; remake of Ee Parakum Thalika
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| 2004 || [[Kerala House Udan Vilpanakku]]<ref>http://www.sify.com/movies/kerala-house-udan-vilpanakku-review-malayalam-pclv0fcifafgh.html</ref> || [[Jayasurya]], Girly, [[Harisree Asokan]], [[Cochin Haneefa]] || '''Writers:''' Kaloor Dennis, [[Girish Puthenchery]] (story) '''Genre:''' Comedy
|-
| 2004 || [[Thekkekkara Superfast]] || [[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]], [[Dileep (Malayalam actor)|Dileep]], [[Jagathi Sreekumar]], [[Rajan P. Dev]], || '''Writers:''' Rajan Kiriyath & Vinu Kiriyath, Thaha (story) '''Genre:''' Comedy
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| 2009 || [[Kappal Muthalaali]] || [[Ramesh Pisharody]], [[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]], [[Jagadeesh]], [[Suraj Venjaramood]], [[Jagathi Sreekumar]], [[Salim Kumar]], [[Bheeman Raghu]] || '''Writers:''' Saji Damodaran & Thaha. '''Genre:''' Comedy, Drama.
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| 2009 || [[Hailesa]] || [[Suresh Gopi]], [[Lalu Alex]], [[Muktha George]] || '''Writers:''' Saji Damodaran & Thaha. '''Genre:''' Comedy
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| 2011 || [[Pachuvum Kovalanum]] || [[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]], [[Suraj Venjaramood]] || '''Writer:''' Francis T Mavelikkara. '''Genre:''' Comedy, Drama.
|-
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|id=0856863|name=Thaha}}

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