Manuel Sathyaneshan Nadar commonly known by his stage name Sathyan, was an Indian film actor known for his work in Malayalam cinema.Widely considered as one of the greatest actors in India,He is also regarded as the toughest actor in the Malayalam film industry personally and professionally, and respectfully called as 'Sathyan Master' by everyone. Sathyan was born to a Roman Catholic family in Thrikkannapuram , Nagercoil in Southern Travancore on 9 November 1912 as the second child of Cheruvilakathu Veettil Manuel and Emily. He has five siblings named Late Kunjamma, Chellayya, Neshan, Devadas and Jacob.Sathyan passed the Vidwan exam, equivalent to Master of Arts before joining Saint Joseph's School, Trivandrum as a teacher. After some time, he got job as a clerk in the Kerala Secretariat and worked there for about a year. He joined the army in 1941 and got posted as a Commissioned Officer of the Viceroy of India. He served the British army in Manipur, Burma (now Myanmar) and British Malaya (now Malaysia) during theWorld War II period. After finishing his term in the army, he returned home and joined the then Travancore State Police as a police inspector. During the communist riots in 1947–1948, Sathyan was the inspector at Alappuzha North Police Station.
1972
1972
as Vasudevan
1971
as Mukundan
1971
as Venugopalan
1971
as Thoma
1971
1971
as Chellappan/Prabhakaran
1971
as Dr Thomas
1971
1971
as Appunni
1970
as Mathukutty
1970
as Balakrishna Pilla
1970
as Damodaran Muthalali
1970
as Rajasekharan Nair
1970
as Sudhi
1970
as Paramu Pilla
1970
as Othenan Kurup
1970
as Mancheri Raghavan
1970
1969
1969
as Ravi
1969
as Narayana Kaimal and Raghu
1969
as Appukkuttan
1968
as Professor Sreenivasan
1968
1967
as Dr Thomas
1967
1967
1967
1966
as King Akbar
1966
as Kochunni
1966
1966
1965
as Pappu
1965
1965
as Palani
1965
1965
1964
1964
as Baber
1964
1964
1964
as Thacholi Othenan
1963
1962
as Benny
1962
1962
as Baqthum
1961
as Rajan
1961
as Aromal Chekavar
1958
as Chandran
1957
as Kumar/Maayavi/Khan Sahib
1957
as Raghu
1954
1954
as Sreedharan Nair