Malayalam Movie Review 10 Kalpanakal - Cast & Crew

Shreya Ghoshal, one of the most famous singers in Bollywood today, was born on March 12th, 1984, in Berhampore, West Bengal. Her father Biswajit Ghoshal is an electrical engineer and mother Sharmistha Ghoshal is a postgraduate in literature. She started singing since the age of 4 when her mother taught her. She started her formal training in Hindustani classical Gharana of music when she was only six years old. She was trained for 18 months after which she continued her training in Mumbai with Late Mukta Bhideji. She completed her graduation in Arts with majors in English. Her first on-stage performance was at their club’s annual function. Her first studio album was in Bengali in 19998 and was named Bendhechhi Beena, and her first onscreen performance was in Awaz Nayi Andaaz Wohi. In 1995, she became the winner of All India Light Vocal Music Competition. Her fame and career began with her winning a television singing reality show named Sa Re Ga Ma Pa.

Born on 15th February 1982, Meera Jasmine belongs to Kerala. She did B.sc. In zoology from Assumption College, Changanassery. She is a bright name in the Malayalam film industry, very well known for her role in ‘Soothradharan’ released in the year 2001. Later she worked in films like ‘Gramaphone’, directed by Kamal and commercial hits and critically acclaimed projects like ‘Swapnakkoodu,' ‘Kasthoorima’ etc.  She received film fare for the movie as well.

Kavitha Nair is a popular Malayalam serial actress and an anchor. She was born in Kottayam and completed her schooling in Baker Memorial Girls High School, Kottayam. She was a shy and reserved girl; however her school played a vital role in grooming her. She participated in school and college programs during the youth festivals and won many awards. Acting became a part of her life. Based on her performances in the youth festival, she got her break as an anchor. She started her career during her 12th standard by anchoring the famous morning show, ‘Ponpulari’ of Surya TV. She got her 1st Serial, ‘Kaliveedu’ after anchoring for almost two years in ‘Ponpulari’. Kavitha also acted in two more serials: ‘Rahasyam’, where she did the character of an IPS officer for Asianet TV, and ‘Aparichitha’ for Doordarshan. Most of her viewers know her as a police officer. She also hosted award shows and had conducted interviews with celebrities from different channels. She did a film-based live show for Surya TV called ‘Ningalkkariyamo’ and ‘Gandharvasangeetham Grand Finale.' She has done small roles in the movie like Mambazhakkalam, which was directed by Joshy; Kurukshetra, which was directed by Major Ravi; and Mohanlal, in which she was the lead role. She was also seen in the movie Swapnasanchari, under the direction of Kamal, in the leading role. Recently she did a song scene for the movie "Hotel California" written by Anoop Menon and directed by Aji John. She has acted for a telefilm, 'Vadakakku Oru Hridayam,' by Padmarajan for Amrita TV. She also acted in a telefilm "For Hire," written by Anu Mohan and directed by Vishnu Raghav, from which she got a lot of positive reviews from her fans. Apart from being an actress, she is also a writer and was associated with a web magazine called ‘Kanikonna.' People loved and appreciated her writing, which gave her the inspiration to publish a book from which is a collection of short stories. Her ambition is to own a bookstall, and as of now she has a mini library out of her collection of favorite books. Her ambition is to do a film based show on her own. She is a passionate actress and very selective in choosing her roles. She wants to be famous as an actress and not as a police officer.

Mithun Eshwar is a South Indian violinist, pianist, playback singer, music composer and music director who works in Malayalam and Tamil films. He was born on 21st January in Calicut, Kerala. He is known for his work in 10 Kalpanakal, Vidyutham and Sooraiyadal. He is also a part of band “The Unemployed”. Mithun studied at the St. Joseph School. He studied Bachelors in Business Administration from Farook College in Kozhikode in Kerala. He earned his MBA degree from Madurai Kamaraj University in Bangalore in Karnataka. He earned the eighth degree in piano and violin from the London Trinity College. Mithun made his film debut with the Tamil film Eesal in 2010. Mithun made his Malayalam film debut as a music director with the movie Oru Nuna Kadha directed by Johnson Thankachan and released on 29th July 2011.

Uday Ramachandran is an Indian playback singer, songwriter, Carnatic musician, and vocal coach. He and eight other "Ganabhooshanam" holders were born at Vaikom to parents Mr. V. N. Ramachandran and Mrs. V. N. Thankamani. Beginning in 1985, Sri Vaikom V.N. Rajan, the older brother of his father, served as his first music teacher. He has produced music for several Malayalam films and CDs. Ramachandran has more than 500 Malayalam song recordings. In India and internationally, he has appeared on stage at more than a hundred performances. In 2014, Ramachandran's music label Charu Creations debuted and produced several CDs.

Anoop Menon is an Indian film actor, script writer and lyricist born on Aug 3, 1977 in Kozhikode and bought up in Thiruvananthapuram. Anoop is a law graduate and completed his degree in Government law college, Thiruvananthapuram. During his academic years he was anchoring shows in Kairali TV and Surya TV. 

He started his career by playing a leading role in a popular Malayalam TV serial called “Swapnam” broadcasted by Asianet. Anoop made his debut as a script writer in the movie “Pakal Nakshatrangal” in which Mohanlal got Mathrubhumi award and Kerala film critic award for best actor. 

Anoop Menon made his debut as an actor through the Malayalam movie “Kattuchembakam” in the year 2002. He acted in around 7-8 movies, including “Pakal Nakshatrangal” for which he wrote the script. He has acted in 48 Malayalam films till date and in a Hindi movie “Anubhav” in 2009. 

The movie “Thirakkatha” and the role “Ajay Chandran” was a real break for the actor in his career. The movie plot was based on the big time romance of the actor Kamal Haasan and the late actress “Srividya” in late 70’s. The film won the National award for best feature film and the actress “Priyamani” won the Filmfare award for her character “Malavika” in the year 2009. 

He played “Ravi Abraham” in the movie beautiful which bought a new hit combo in Mollywood, Anoop Menon and Jayasurya. Later on, they appeared together in 4 movies, including “David and Goliath” and “Hotel California”, which portrayed a low profile at the box office but all the other movies were box office hits. Currently, the hit duo has taken a small break from teaming up. His upcoming projects are Dolphin and She-Taxi. He was lyricist in the movies “Beautiful”, “Namukku Parkkan” and “Buddy” and he won the best lyricist award for the song Mazhaneer Thullikal from the movie “Beautiful”.

Vinod P Sivaram is a renowned Indian Audio Mixing Engineer who is known for his work in the Malayalam film industry. He has curated and designed the tracks for several popular Mollywood films throughout his distinguished career, Vinod is a native of Kerala with a unique understanding and appreciation for sound. He trained as an audiographer in pursuit or bringing something fresh to the Indian movie industry. In 2010, he worked as the sound mixer for the drama ‘Viola’ by the famous International director, Biju Vishwanath. The film went on to win the Golden Palm Award at the Mexican Film Festival.