Mani C. Kappan

Mani C. Kappan (born 30 May 1956) is an Indian politician and film producer and actor. He is the current Member of the Legislative Assembly (M.L.A.) of the state of Kerala for the Pala constituency.

Mani C. Kappan
Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 October 2019 (2019-10-09)
Preceded by	K. M. Mani
Constituency	Pala
Personal details
Born	(1956-05-30) 30 May 1956 Palai, Kottayam, State of Travancore–Cochin (present day Kerala), India
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Nationalist Congress Party
Known for	Meleparambil Aanveedu CID Unnikrishnan B.A., B.Ed. Mannar Mathai Speaking

Mani C. Kappan defeated Jose Tom Pulikkunnel of UDF during by-election on September 2019. This seat was vacant after the death of K. M. Mani, former Kerala Finance Minister. He is also the State Treasurer of the Nationalist Congress Party and had been the Convener of its Overseas Cell. He is the current MLA of Pala constituency. He is also a former volleyball international played along with legendry volleyball player Jimmy George.[1] He is the producer of Meleparambil Aanveedu, one of the highest grossing Malayalam films of the early 1990s. It made the list of "14 Greatest Malayalam Movies Ever" as compiled by Manorama News.[3] He is also the director and producer of Mannar Mathai Speaking, a popular Malayalam movie. He acted in around 25 movies mainly as antagonists during the 1990s.[2]

Mani C Kappen is the incumbent MLA from the Pala (State Assembly constituency). On all the earlier occasions he was defeated by KM Mani who had represented the seat from its inception in 1965. [3]He is the son of a former Member of Parliament, Cherian J. Kappan, who was also a freedom fighter. Kappan is also a well-known figure in the Malayalam cinema, having produced about ten films and acted in around two dozen films. He even has two films to his credit as a director including a bilingual one in Assamese and Bengali. He was also an international Volleyball player in the eighties.[4]