Malayalam Movie Review Malayalee From India - Cast & Crew

Anaswara Rajan is a young actress working primarily for the Malayalam cine industry. She hails from a small town, Kannur. Anaswara was interested in acting and used to participate in many cultural events and competitions in school. Being part of a local acting club, she has won many prizes there too.

Manju Pillai famous for her comic role in Malayalam TV serials and films is the grand daughter of yesteryear actor S.P Pillai. She is famous for her role in 'Life is Beautiful' and the TV series 'Chila Kudumba Chitrangal'.

Manju used to act in Drama competitions during her school days. She acted in 'Sthree Parvam' directed by famous play writer Soorya Krishnamurthy while she was in 10th standard. By seeing little Manju's performance on Drama's her teachers used to congratulate her and always used to bless her on her skills. As she was the granddaughter of S.P Pillai, she used to get many 'big fans' on her performance while on-stage

Manju, who never thought to get into the cine field, planned to do her graduation in Law. But with the pressure of family friends and relatives, she finally decided to do some roles on TV shows. Apart from serial acting, Manju was also seen as the judge in various reality shows that aired on TV. 

Manju debuted in the serial 'Sathyavum Mithyayum'. She got few other projects as well in TV with some famous directors in cine industry. Her role in TV soaps 'Chila Kudumba Chitrangal' and 'Life Is Beautiful' got well accepted. Her most appreciated role in teleserial was with film actor Jagadeesh in 'Life Is Beautiful'. Her role was a quirky-wit house wife who always love and do quarrel with husband. The presentation with comic touch made the serial one of the family favorite of all time.

'Thatteem Mutteem' was another big success serial that Manju acted along with KPAC Lalitha. They essayed mother-in-law/daughter-in-law characters with names Mayavatiamma and Mohanavalli. Most the episode went high ranking on TRP rating with the comic duo presence of these two leading actresses. 

Manju also acted in few critically acclaimed movies like 'Mazhayethum Munpe', 'Irattakuttikalude Achan', 'Ramanan' and with veteran director Adoor Gopalakrishnan 'Naalu Pennungal'. Manju bagged state television award twice in the year 2001 and 2003 for serial 'Devaranjini' and 'Sundaranmarum Sundarikalum' .

Nivin Pauly is predominantly a Malayalam actor. Born on 11 October 1984, his debut film was Malarvaadi Art Club. The direction of this film was by Vineeth Sreenivasan and production by Dileep. Some of the other films of Nivin Pauly include Bangalore Days, Thattathin Marayathu, Premam, Oru Vadakkari Selfie etc..The films 1983 and Bangalore Days fetched him the Best Actor Award from Kerala State Film Award. Nivin holds a degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering. He is happily wedded to Rinna Joy since 2010, and they are blessed with a boy. Before taking up acting as his profession Nivin was working in Infosys for two years.

Nivin’s selection for the Malarvaadi Arts Club was not that easy. He was not one among the shortlisted actors for the audition, but when one person eventually left, Nivin was provided with a chance. Later he became an actor. From then on, Nivin worked in the movies Sevenes and Metro and some short roles in Spanish Masala and Traffic. He also worked in the music video Nenjodu Cherthu. This was a great hit in YouTube. It was the 2012 flick Thattathin Marayathu which was a turning point in Nivin’s career. It was a great hit and he was labeled the present youth sensation. Directors like Sathyan Anthikad, Aashiq Abu, Rajesh Pillai and Shyamaprasad directed Nivin. Neram was the debut film of Nivin in Tamil. Later he acted in some Malayalam films, including Bangalore Days.

The beard is a regular in some of Nivin’s films. Nivin has worked with his colleague Dileep in several Malayalam films. Nivin confesses that he was good at knowing dialogues of films by heart and telling them just like the original. Before taking up acting Nivin had no stage experience and he knew only to dance. Nivin focuses on giving his best to his films.

The Pauly Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)

Dhyan Sreenivasan is the younger son of Malayalam actor, director, and screenwriter Sreenivasan. Vineeth Sreenivasan being the elder son of Sreenivasan is Dhyan's elder brother. Dhyan was born on 20th December 1988 in Thalassery, Kerala, India. Dhyan dropped his engineering and joined Visual Communication to fulfill his wish of working in the film industry. He entered this glamorous world in 2013. His debut movie was "Thira", directed by brother Vineeth Sreenivasan. He was selected for the film when Vineeth saw his short film which he had directed himself.

Shine Tom Chacko is a renowned film actor in the Malayalam film industry. He was born on September 15, 1983, in Chalakudy, Kerala, India to CP Chacko and Mariya Carmel. He started his career as an Assistant Director to Kamal, a Malayalam filmmaker. After 9 years of working together, he finally laid his hands and venture into acting through Kamal’s 2011 drama film, Gaddama. The same year, he played as dubbing director in Aashiq Abu’s romantic comedy film, Salt N’ Pepper.

Salim Kumar is a person who deserves the title of a film legend. He was born on 1969 in Kerala to parents Gangadharan and Kausalya. He has worked in nearly two hundred and fifty films, mostly in Malayalam and is a very popular public figure in Kerala. He did his higher education in BA from Maharajas College in Ernakulam, which has a reputation for nurturing budding artists. During his course at Maharajas, he had won the University title for mimicry three years in a row.

Nandalala Krishnamurthy is a respected Indian film actor who works mostly Malayalam films. His original name is Nandalal Krishnamurthy, but he is famous by his stage name Nandhu. Nandu hails from Thycaud, Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala. Just after two months from his birth, his mother expired. He was brought up by his uncle and aunt who took care of him and treated him just like their son. His father was a very emotional person. He never remarried, and died while taking table tennis lessons. Nandhu wanted to pursue acting as his profession, unlike his father who was a table tennis coach. As soon as he finished his graduation, he moved to Chennai to try out his luck in the South Indian film industry. He started his acting career with 'Yuvajanolsavam' (1986), directed by Sreekumaran Thampi. Later, he appeared in 'Sarvakalasala' (1987), directed by Venu Nagavally. Over the period, he was prominently offered roles which were of college background as he looked like a young college going, student.

Vijayakumar is a very famous actor in Tamil films and television serials. He has acted in more than 400 movies in very popular characters, from child roles to hero roles to supporting roles to father roles to grandfather roles. You name any famous artist in Tamil, Vijayakumar would have acted with him or her. That is the reach he had in the Tamil filmdom.

Vijayakumar’s real name was Panchaksharam Ranaswamy. He wanted to act in movies from a very young age and apparently acted in a movie as a child artist. But, not many called him for future films, so he was discouraged and went back to his home town. Later, when he was a young person, he returned to try movies where he got some very good offers. Movies such as Aval Oru Thodarkathai, Ponnukku Thanga manasu, gave him a good break. After that he started appearing in popular movies regularly. He even acted as hero in some movies. He also acted in few Telugu, Malayalam movies during this time. His emotional type of acting was well received by directors as well as fans.

Vijayakumar started acting in television serials in roles similar to his movie roles. He mostly acted as a person who is well respected in the society, which was true in his real life also. His wife, son, daughters all acted in movies and became famous. Vijayakumar’s super hit television serials include Thangam and Vamsam. His well-known movie performances are Agni Natchathiram, Naattaamai, Kizhakku Seemaiyile, Andhi Mandhaarai, Saamy etc.

Ashwin Jose is an Indian-Actor. He works in the Malayalam Film Industry. Some of the movies in which he had worked include Queen in the year 2018, An International Local Story in the year 2018, Kumbarees in the year 2019, and Adhyarathri in the year 2019. He has worked with some of the amazing actors, and actresses, including Saniya Iyappan, Dhruvan, Shamil Raj, Sooraj Kumar, Eldho Mathew, Arun Hari, Sam Sibin, Moozi, Jenson Alappat, Vijayaraghavan, Salim Kumar, Nandhu, Kalasala Babu, Sreejith Ravi, Junice, Sreejith Ravi, Midhu, Monika Thomas, Sunil K Babu, Deepika Mohan, Hochimin K.C, Jaimi Afzal, Leona Lishoy, and Baby Meenakshi.

Listin Stephen is an Indian film distributor and producer. His work is predominant in the Tamil and Malayalam film industries. He has his own production company called Magic Frames which he founded. His debut as a producer was in the 2011 film Traffic, which made Malayalam cinema see a new age of filmmaking style. Stephen was born on 1 st June 1986 in Uzhavoor, Kottayam, Kerala. His second film as a producer after his debut was Chaapa Kurish which encountered controversies, but still gave a hit.

Sudeep is a cinematographer and director in the Malayalam film industry. He worked in various films, such as “Virtual Bharat,” which aired on August 15, 2019 and was produced by Bharat Bala. “B 32 Muthal 44 Vare" focuses on the stories of five men and a transgender man who belong to different social backgrounds and face challenges in their everyday lives due to their body image issues. It was released on April 6, 2023, and was directed by Shruthi Sharanyam. “Jana Gana Mana" revolves around the story of a college professor who gets murdered in a cruel way, which leads to students protesting in the college.

Malayalam screenwriter Sharis Mohammed is a versatile and passionate writer who has gone beyond the cinematic industry with his works such as, ‘Queen’ (2018), ‘Adhyarathri’ (2019), ‘Ellam Sheriyakum’ (2021), and ‘Jana Gana Mana’ (2022). Sharis Mohammed is from Kerala. He has a Master’s degree in Business Administration in Marketing from Bengaluru. Amongst all his works, Sharis is recognised for his work in the legal-thriller film, ‘Jana Gana Mana’ which includes actors Prithviraj Sukumaran, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Mamta Mohandas, and more. The movie was directed by Dijo Jose Antony who also made his directorial debut with Sharis’ first movie, ‘Queen.’ ‘Jana Gana Mana’ became a big hit at the box office and received rave reviews from its audience. The movie’s success has led the writer and the director to follow it up with a sequel.

Ronex Xavier is one of the rising makeup artist working in the Malayalam film industry. It has not been much of time that Ronex started working in the industry, but he managed to steal all of his hearts by his makeup skills and techniques. In the span for less than a decade, Ronex had worked in the Malayalam films including, Carbon, Aadu 2, Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum, Maheshinte Prathikaram, and The Great Father to the latest Maradona.

Sameera Saneesh is a South Indian costume designer and fashion designer who works in the Malayalam film industry. She was born on 27th June 1983. She is well known for designing costumes of Mammootty, Jayasurya, Prithviraj Sukumaran and other stars. Sameera hails from Eroor village of Ernakulam district in Kerala. Her parents are Ibrahim and Jameela. She married a software engineer named Saneesh K. J. on 26th November 2006. She learned drawing and painting from Kalabhavan Kochi during her school years. Sameera did an under graduation course at Bharat Mata College before joining a Fashion Designing diploma at the Nation Institute for Fashion Designing in Panampilly Nagar. After diploma, she worked as an in-house designer for “Raymonds” for some time before becoming a freelance costume designer for ad-films. Her first projects were the advertisements for “Saundarya Silk”. She rose to prominence due to her work in Seemas.

Sreejith Sarang was born on 11th February 1983 in Thrissur district in Kerala, India. He is the son of K R Sarang, who was once a drawing teacher and brother to Sujith Sarang. One of the most successful Indian film editors and a colorist, he is known for his amazing edits in Telugu, Malayalam, and Tamil Cinema Industries.

Suhail Koya is an Indian lyricist known for his work in the Malayalam film industry. He was born in the year 1981 in the town of Payyanur in Kerala. Koya started his career in the film industry as a screenwriter and later transitioned to writing lyrics. He made his debut as a lyricist with the song "Kaiyethum Doorathu" from the film "Chanthupottu" in 2005. Since then, he has worked on several successful films, including "Diamond Necklace", "Drishyam", and "Premam". Koya's lyrics are known for their simplicity, poeticism, and ability to connect with the audience. He has won several awards for his work, including the Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyrics in 2013 for the song "Mazhakondu Mathram" from the film "Spirit". Apart from his work in the film industry, Koya is also a writer and has published a collection of short stories titled "Thirichariyam".

Jakes Bejoy is a film score composer who was born in Thrissur, Kerala. He was first heard in 2007’s Malayalee for which he composed the songs Malayalee, He Naade, and Pranaamam. He also composed the song Pulari Pon Praave in this year. Following that, he was heard in the song Swapnam in 2012 and Piravi’s soundtrack in 2013. For this original motion picture soundtrack, he composed the songs Thedi Thedi, and Yaar Ivanoo.

Santhosh Krishnan is an Indian film actor, popular amongst the regional audience for his work in movies like Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru (2016). Mostly known for his major involvement in Tamil short films, TV series, dramas, theatres, and Kollywood movies, Santhosh has been a prominent part of the South Indian film industry for more than five years now.

Billa Jagan is an Indian stunt director, who rose to fame after donning an outstanding work in Bobby Simha-Starrer action thriller film, Paambu Sattai in 2017. He also worked in the mystery thriller film, Sathya (2017) and in the upcoming Tamil heist action comedy film, Thittam Poattu Thirudura Kootam (2018).

Ashraf Gurukkal has been a name associated with the action, stunt choreography in Malayalam cine industry for the past three decades. He has shouldered many responsibilities including stunt man, production controller, and actor in multiple roles. Director Kamal introduced him to films through 'Peruvannapurathe Visheshangal' wherein he became a trained Kalari. 

Sachin Sudhakaran was born in Kozhikode, Kerala, India. He went to the Indian School in Muscat, Oman. Then pursued a Bachelor of Tectechnology from Model Engineering College, Kochi, India, and then he completed a Diploma in Sound Engineering from the School of Audio Engineering (SAE) in Chennai, India.
He is a co-founder of Sync  Cinema.

Vineeth Srinivasan is known to the music industry for his popular and hit song, Karale, karalinte. Being the son of film star Sreenivasan, he never had even thought of singing as a career. But of course, he likes popular Hindi songs and admires voice of K.J. Jesudas, Brad Paisley, and Udit Narayan.

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