Malayalam Movie Review Madhura Raja - Cast & Crew

Brinda is one of the best choreographers of South Indian cinema and Bollywood. Her name comes in the list of the greatest artist of the 21st century. Brinda through her talent and dance moves made it to the South Indian film industry and Bollywood also. Brinda has worked in the glamour industry for past 20 years as a professional choreographer. Brinda dedicated all her life to choreographing and assisting various notable actors.

Anna Reshma Rajan is an Indian movie actress who performs in Malayalam flicks. She made her entrance in 2017, with the movie Angamaly Diaries. Before portraying in pictures, she labored as a nurse in Aluva, Kerala. Anna Rajan comes from Aluva in Kerala. She functioned as a nurse in RajagiriInfirmary in Kochi before entering in flicks. She was recognized by creator Vijay Babu and manager Lijo Jose Pellissery after observing her face in a billboard in Kerala.

Anusree is a leading Malayalam actress. She was born in the year 1990 and was brought up in the district of Kollam in Kerala. Anusree’s small family includes her father Muralidaran Nair, mother Sobana and older sibling Anup. Anusree started her career as a television star and later got many opportunities in the big screen. Anusree rose to fame after her stellar performance in the show Active Fair Big Break, telecasted by a leading Malayalam television channel. She eventually won the show and was offered an important role in the movie Diamond Necklace. Anusree’s performance in the show won the hearts of the audience and judges. Active Fair Big Break was a program where young ladies could showcase their acting and dancing skills. 

Anusree debuted in 2012 and has done many interesting movies in the past 2 years. Some of her recent movies are Red Wine, Left Right Left, Pulli Puliyum Attin Kuttiukalum, Vedi Vazhipadu, Life Partner, Nakku Penda Nakku Takka, Angry Babies in Love, Pedithondan, Seconds, Kurutham Kettavan and Ithihasa. Malayalam movie audiences still remember her for the role of Kalamandalam Rajasree in her debut movie opposite Fahad Fasil. It is interesting to know that unlike most of the South Indian actresses, Anusree is not a dancer or a stage performer. It is her unique acting style and dialogue delivery which attracts the audience.

Anusree is very choosy about her roles and insists on scrutinizing the character and the script very well before signing her contract. She is not interested in merely being a heroine who does not have any real scope for performance. She is determined to complete her studies as well along with acting. Anusree is currently pursuing her bachelor’s degree via distance education.

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Anusree Nair was born in the Kollam district of Kerala on July 30, 1990. She was born and brought up in her village, which is a remote place, secluded from the busy cities. From her childhood, was born in the Kollam district of Kerala on July 30, 1990. She was born and brought up in her village, which is a remote place, secluded from the busy cities. From her childhood, Anusree had a deep passion for acting and appearing on T.V. Inorder to realize her dreams, she auditioned for an acting reality show in a Malayalam channel and was selected as a contestant.

Mahima Nambiar was born as Gopika in Kasargod, Kerala. She is mainly seen performing in Tamil films. She debuted with a Malayalam movie Kaaryastaan. Kaaryastan was also the 100th movie of film actor Dileep because of which it got a lot of recognition. Although, she had a bit of an uncredited role in this movie.

Shamna Kasim is a well known Indian film actress and model. She is popularly known by her stage name ‘Poorna.' She was born in Kannur to a Muslim-Malayalee couple Kasim and Ramla. She has done her schooling from St. Teresas Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School in Kannur after shifting from Ursuline Senior Secondary School. She shifted her school to concentrate more on her dancing skills.

Born on the 18th of July, 1978 in the Kanhangad district of Kerala, Vyshakh is neither among the old generation of directors and nor among the new generation battalion making movies solely with say, Fahadh Fazil or Dulquer Salman. Vyshakh on the other hand, belongs somewhere midway, bridging this link. This bridging of the generation gap is clearly visible in his directorial debut ‘Pokkiri Raja’ that released in 2010. He is known for making some masala entertainers in Malayalam. Pokkiri Raja starred Mammootty and Prithviraj Sukumaran in lead roles, and nothing portrays better the combination of two generations or rather entirely two mindsets in his movies. It turned out to be the largest grosser in the Malayalam movie industry in 2010. It dealt with the story of two brothers, one of whom is an underworld don and how he helps his younger brother fight for his lobe interest who is played by Shriya Saran. ‘Seniors’, which released in 2011 starring Manoj K Jayan, Jayaram, Biju Menon and Kunchacko Boban, came next. This one too was a great commercial success and garnered great reviews. Set in a comical and hilarious setting it dealt with a murder mystery and how a group of four friends return after a long gap to their college to figure out who among them is the actual murderer after one of them was wrongly charged with the crime long back.

The camera being his life, Shaji Kumar has spent his life working behind the lens. A cinematographer with wild ideas and styles of his own, makes this man a true gem. He has targeted and gave blockbuster movies to Kollywood and Mollywood. Born in Kochi, Kerala, he started his professional career by using the lens of his camera for capturing the scenes written in scripts in Malayalam. He has spent many hours working with leading filmmakers like Shaji Kailas, Joshi, Vinayan and Vysakh and has learned from their styles and techniques to manage projects in Kollywood. He now has extended his work with the renowned hero in Tollywood actor Prashanth for the project ‘Saagasam’ in 2016. He has received laurels and applause for the movie ‘Ponnar Shankar’ in 2011 and also for shooting 'Mambattiyan' in 2011 and lately 'Saagasam' in 2016.

Salish Peringottukara is a still photographer in the Malayalam film industry. He lives in Kerala, India. Salish has worked in the camera and electrical department as still photographer in several films including Sultan (2008), The Hitlist (2012), Blackberry (2013), Njan Samvidhanam Cheyyum (2015), Kambhoji (2017), Sadrishavakyam 24:29 (2017), Deadline (2018), Ooham (2018), Nithyaharitha Nayakan (2018) directed by Binuraj, Chandragiri (2018) directed by Mohan Kuplari, Kuttymama (2019) starring Sreenivasan, Madhu Raja (2019) starring Mamooty, Subharathri (2019) starring Dileep, Cyanide (2020), Bhoomiyile Manohara Swakaryam (2020) starring Lal, The Last Two Days (2021) directed by Santhosh Lakshman, Jamalinte Punjiri (2021) starring Mallika Sukumaran, I Am Sorry (2021), Saturday Night (2022) starring Nivin Pauly directed by Rosshan Anddrews, CBI 5 - The Brain (2022) starring Mamooty, Pathonpatham Nootandu (2022), Sabaash Chandra Bose (2022) directed by V.C. Abhilash, Akaashathinu Thaazhe (2022), Panchayath Jetty (2024) and Vivekanandan Virelanu (2024) directed by Kamal.

The precious icon of the Indian music industry, Gopi Sundar has composed his soulful music for more than fifty movies to date. In 2014, he composed the songs & background score for the Malayalam movie "1983" and was awarded the National Award.the movie got a good critic rating of 3.5 out of 5.abrid shine, the debut director of the movie was awarded the Kerala State Awards in the category of the best debut director. Alongside the film bagged two more awards for the category of best & second best actor in the same award ceremony of 2014. He was born in Kochi & opted for joining the music industry for his career. Gopi has a good knowledge of instruments like Tabla & keyboard & has worked as a keyboard programmer in some of Bollywood hit films.

Hari Narayanan is a Tamil and a Malayali song lyricist. It is hard to find a native Malayali who has never heard any music composition or song made by this famous lyricist. They are very fond of his music and almost hear him regularly. The most popular and famous Malayalam music and song of 2014 was composed and written by Hari. The name of the song was Olenjali Curuvi. The lyrics of the song were so touching and soothing that it captured the attention of not only the young generation, but also the old people couldn’t resist themselves from loving this composition. Even the song Kaatumooliyo Pranayam was a great hit.

Anwar Sadath was born on January 6, 1981, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu (Chennai). Anwar Sadath is also known as Anwar Saduth. He is a follower of the Hindu religion. He is an Indian film singer and producer who has primarily worked in the Malayalam film industry. Anwar has worked in major films such as “Madura Raja” and “School Diary”.

Tapas Nayak is a well-known sound designer of India. He was born on 12-12-1950. He is famous in both Bollywood and Tollywood for his great work. He started his career in the year 2000, and he completed his 18 years in the industry.

Joseph Nellikal is an Indian Art Director active in the Malayalam Film Industry. He debuted with the Dileep starrer Meesha Madhavan in 2002, where his ingenious use of ordinary materials gave a colorful look to the movie and made it a trendsetter for the Movies that came out around the same time. His work in the Dileep starrer Movie Runway (2004) marked a turning point in his career. He started gaining naturality in his works. The popular Valayar Checkpost was constructed in the middle of the city.

Shajie Naduvil is an Indian art director known for his work in the Malayalam film industry. He was born in Kochi, Kerala, India, on April 13th, 1978, to his parents, Thankachan Naduvil and Saramma Naduvil. He has one brother and one sister. Shajie completed his schooling at St. Paul's school, Vyttila, Kochi, and pursued a degree in Visual Communication from the Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit. He also holds a post-graduate degree in Management from I.G.N.O.U. Shajie began his career in the film industry as an assistant art director in the 2004 movie, 'Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njanum.' His first independent project as an art director was the 2006 movie, 'Classmates,' directed by Lal Jose.

Raju Sundaram is an Indian choreographer, actor, and director. Raju was born on 7th March 1968. His father Mugur Sundar is a prominent choreographer. Raju is the eldest among the three brothers; all the three brothers are choreographers. One is the famous Prabhu Deva and other is Nagendra Prasad. He is married and his wife name is Vasanthi. In his youth he was forcefully taken to film sets by his father to assist him. Raju invented interest in films and choreography after that. Raju started his career being a dancer in films like ‘Roja’, ‘Aasai’ and playing cameo appearances in songs with his brother Prabhu Deva in the films ‘Gentleman’, ‘Kadhalan’.

Mahesh Narayanan is an Indian writer and film editor, popular amongst the regional audience for his work in movies like Take Off (2017), Traffic (2011), Vishwaroopam (2013), and Ennu Ninte Moideen (2015). Mostly known for his predominant involvement in Mollywood movies and Malayali TV shows, he has been working in the film industry for more than ten years now.

Vyasan Edavanakkad is a story writer in movies who predominantly works for Malayalam movies. He started his journey in the film industry with the film ‘Indriyam’ which was a 2000 Malayalam horror film directed by George Kithu. The film was about a group of college friends enacted by Vikram, Vani Viswanath, Nishanth Sagar, and Boban Alummoodan who entered a haunted forest.

A Chennai boy born in Karaikal to the immigrants of Vietnam is famous for his stunt sequences and action director and choreography. He was born and brought up in Chennai itself. He belongs to Tamil Chettiar community. He started off as an extra stunt fighter in many regional films. His first venture as a full-time action director is Murari. Earlier he has worked with pioneers like Kanal Kannan, Ram Gopal Verma, Vijayan, etc. he has done quite a plenty of films in Telegu, Tamil, and Malayalam. He earned critical appreciation and fame through his work in films such as Varsham, Anniyan, Athadu, etc. Ram Gopal Verma, impressed by Hein offered him to work for James and thus it was his ticket to Bollywood. His next Bollywood venture was Mani Ratnam’s Raavan.

Jai is an Indian Tamil actor. He was born on 6th April 1984. His birthplace is Chennai in Tamil Nadu. His parents are Sambath and Latha. He has one elder and a younger sister. He is the nephew of famous music director Deva, who worked in all south Indian languages (Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, and Malayalam). As his family is full of musicians, Jai also has an interest in music. For learning keyboard, he went to London and joined Trinity College of London. In his early career in Tamil film industry, he worked as Keyboardist with his Uncle Deva for many movies. His favorite music director is Yuvan Shankar Raja.

Muhammed Kutty Ismail Paniparambil is the original name of Mammootty, the Malayalam superstar. Having working in more than 300 movies he is still a star to reckon with, in Malayalam film industry. Apart from acting, he was also a lawyer. Currently he is busy with philanthropic works too.

Born on 7th September 1951, Mammootty also donned the role of a producer. He has worked in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada, other than Malayalam films. He garnered the National Award for his acting skills, thrice in his career. He shares this feat with veteran actor Kamal Haasan. 5 Kerala State Film Awards and a dozen Filmfare Awards also decorate his cupboard. Mammootty was bestowed with Padmashri during 1998. He is fondly called as Mammukka or Megastar by Malayalam fans.

Hailing from Kottayam, Kerala, Mammootty, after studying in Maharajah College, he pursued law at the Ernakulam Government Law College. Mammootty entered the film industry through the insignificant role in the film Anubhavangal Paalichakal in 1971. The flick Devalokam was the first flick in which he played the lead role. Sphodanam and Trishna made Mammootty a star to reckon with in Malayalam cinema.

Mammootty was very much lauded for his performance in the flick New Delhi. Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha is the another film which provided the perfect fodder to his acting skills. Some of the other notable films of Mammukka include August 15, Pranchiyettan & The Saint, Drona 2010, Kutty Shrank, Nazrani, Pazhassi Raja, Ee Pattanathil Bhootham, Yugapurushan, Maunam Sammatham, Thalapathy, Swathi Kiranam, Balram vs Tharadas and Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar. Mammootty’s penchant towards acting made him to take both commercial and offbeat roles with equal panache. Mammootty’s son Dulquer Salman is a rising star in Malayalam film industry now.

In his career, Mammootty acted with several actors and actresses. Mammootty also involved himself in the production of some serials in television. Mammootty is credited with the responsibility of Akshaya project’s goodwill ambassador. He also supports various other social causes, including a project pertaining to health.

Aju Varghese is an Indian film actor, born to Varghese PK and Celiene Susan in the year 1985. He has a younger sister named Anju. He was born in Thiruvalla city located in Kerala. Aju completed his schooling in Rajagiri High School and further continued his studies in Bhavan’s Vidyalaya located in Ernakulum.

Baiju Ezhupunna is an actor as well as producer who has predominantly worked in Malayalam film Industry. He was born in Hyderabad on March 1981. He completed his schooling from Hyderabad and completed his college studies at Hyderabad as well. He was among the popular kids during his school days. He used to participate in his school functions.

Bijukuttan was born on 24th December 1976; he is an Indian flick performer and humoristacting in Malayalam movies. Bijukuttan born to dad Anandan and mom Chandrika in Northern Paravur, Ernakulam region. He had his prime schooling at S. N. High School, N. Paravur. He abandoned education and sat in his tenth grade.Biju espoused to Subitha. The pair has two offspring’s—Parvathi and Lakshmi. It was with the 2006 movie Pothan Vava that Bijukuttan, who was then a caricature performer, joined filmdom.

Dharmajan Bolgatty is a Malayalam actor, writer, television presenter and stand-up comedian. He was born in Mulavukad, Kochi in India to Madhavi and Kumaran. After finishing his primary education at Mulavukad High School, he attended St. Albert’s College in Ernakulam. He started his career as a mimicry artist, but became popular on Asianet’s Bluff Master, along with Ramesh Pisharody, who became his partner. The two had met while working as writers for Cinemala and when they realized that their tandem clicks, they have decided to put up their show. Later on, he has done over 30 films, and he is now part of Asianet’s Badai Bungalow. He turned film actor through the 2010 Malayalam film, Paappi Appacha, which stars Dileep, Innocent and Kavya Madhavan in the lead roles. He played as Dileep’s driver/side-kick in the film and the reason he owes everything to Dileep is that he was first introduced as an actor in this film. In 2011, he was seen in Thaha’s Pachuvum Kovalanum. Dharmajan has five releases in the year 2012, which include Ordinary, Naughty Professor, My Boss, Puthiya Theerangal and Chapters.

Jayan Cherthala is a South Indian film actor and is majorly associated with the Malayalam film industry. He was born on 21 March, 1971, in Cherthala, Alappuzha, Kerala, India. His father, Jayan R. Nair, is a well-known Malayalam dramatist and writer. His name came from his father's name and the village he came from, Cherthala. He married Jaya Sree.

Kalabhavan Shajohn is one of the most well-known comedian, actor, and mimicry artist in the Malayalam cinema industry. He is renowned for his role as a villain in the award winning Malayalam suspense thriller movie, ‘Drishyam’ which came out in the year 2013.

Born on 25th December 1986 to James and Eliyamma in Thiruvananthapuram, Thomas James became everyone’s beloved Manikuttan with his entry into Malayalam movie and television industry. Many know him as Kayamkulam Kochunni, the character he played in his television debut as the main lead. Before entering into the Television industry, he appeared in children’s film named Varnachirakukal in 1999. He also appeared in many dramas in Doordarshan as a child artist. His break-through was the serial Kayamkulam Kochunni, portraying the legendry thief, who robbed the rich to help the poor; an Indian Robin Hood. This serial was aired on Surya TV.

He quit the show when he got an opportunity in the big screen. He debuted as the main lead in a Vinayan movie Boyfriend in 2005, which was a college love story. He did not limit himself to main lead but took up roles which had scope for performance. He also shared screen space with versatile actors like Mammootty, Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi and Srinivasan. He appeared in popular movies like 20-20, Bada Dosth, Chota Mumbai, Minnaminnikootam, Kurukshetram, Hareendran oru Nishkalankan, Elsamma enna Aankutty and Passenger to name a few. 

He also played the lead role in Kalabham, Valiyangadi where he played an action hero, in Snehamulloral Koodeyullappol he pays an IT professional who falls in love with his colleague. He remains in the limelight due to his charm in his role portrayal, unique dialogue delivery, and cheerfulness. He has also proved himself as a very good dancer. He was also a part of the Kerala team the Kerala strikers in Celebrity Cricket League (CCL) which is headed by Mohanlal.  The team won the runner-up title in the 2014 match and semifinalist in 2013 match.

Nedumudi Venu was born on 22nd May 1948. He is commonly known as Kesavan Venu Gopal. His parents are PK Kesavan Nair and Kunjikkuttiyamma in Nedumudi Alappuzha in Kerala. He had four siblings, all brothers. His father was a schoolmaster. Nedumudi completed his primary education at NSS Higher Secondary School and St Mary's Higher Secondary School, Champakulam. During school days, he was interested in music and arts.

Noby Marcose is a famous Malayalam comedian. He is very well known for his performance in Asianet’s Vodafone Comedy Star. He has done more than 26 movies and is one of the finest comedians in Malayalam Television. Born on 9th of August in Kerala, his sun sign is Leo. He completed his graduation from Gvhss Pirappancode, Thiruvananthapuram. He got married to Arya in February 2014. They have a son together. His name is Dhyan Nobi. He lives in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala with his wife and son.

Ramesh Pisharody, a mimicry artist and anchor, was born on October 1, 1983, in Karikode, Kottayam. He is also known as Kannan. He belongs to the Malayalam TV industry. In his career, he has also appeared in a few films as the supporting actor role and also in the lead role. Along with Dharmajan Bolgatty, who supported him as the female lead most of the times, he hosted a comedy show, Bluff Masters, which helped him gain popularity. The awesome duo, Ramesh-Dharmajan, as the lead comic actors, created a great impact on the audience, and the show, Bluff Masters, achieved great success. He is a great anchor, and nowadays, he is anchoring celebrity show like Badai Bungalow, screened on Asianet, which portrays the Malayalam version of Comedy Nights with Kapil.

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.

Siddique, who is a Malayalam film actor, producer, and a television host started his film career initially with comedy roles, and later he continued performing a variety of roles. Born at Edavanakkad, in Ernakulam Kerala, Siddique is the youngest child with two other siblings. Completing his primary schooling in his hometown, Siddique later took Diploma in Electrical Engineering. He worked as an Electrical Engineer at Kerala and worked for a few more years in Saudi Arabia. Later he quit his job and started exploring his inner talents. He started his artistic career as a mimicry artist. Married to Seena, Siddique has two sons. Shaheen Siddique is his eldest son from previous marriage, and he made his debut in the movie Pathemari.

Sooraj Venjaramoodu was born on 30th June, 1976 in Kerala. He is an Indian actor, television presenter, and comedian. He has acted in over 250 films. His father is a retired soldier and, his mother is a housewife. Sooraj began his career as a stand-up comedian. He was successful in this and was most famous for his mockery of the Thiruvananthapuram accent. At first, when he started his acting career, he was not well- accepted by the audience.

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