Stephy Zaviour
Manjima Mohan
Shanthi Krishna
Haneef Adeni
Anto Joseph
Nivin Pauly
Vishnu Panicker
Gopi Sundar
Hari Narayanan
Dhanush Nayanar
Ajith Abraham George
Santhosh Raman
Mahesh Narayanan
Ronex Xavier
Unni Mukundan
Kalabhavan Shajon
Siddique
Sudev Nair
Suraj Venjaramoodu
1. Stephy Zaviour
Stephy Zaviour is one of the top Malayalam film industry costume designers. She was born and brought up in Wayanad, Kerala, India. Wayanad is a small district in Kerala so she was not much familiar with cinema but she was fascinated by the film industry and costumes. She went to Bangalore for her Higher education and there she met some industrial experts.
She was 23 years old when she worked for a film Lord Livingstone 7000 Kandi. She has done so many films like Lukka Chuppi, Angamaly Diaries, Guppy, Karinkunnam Sixes etc. Her first film was lukka chuppi. Her inspirations are Sai who worked in Notebook and Udayananu Tharam. She has won state award for best costume design for film Guppy.
...2. Manjima Mohan
Manjima Mohan is an Indian film actress who has mostly worked in Malayalam cinema. She did her first movie when she was just five with the movie Kaaliyoonjal in 1998. She did her secondary education from Nirmala Bhavan Higher Secondary School, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
3. Shanthi Krishna
Versatile and talented, Shanthi Krishna is an actress who is also one of India’s leading Bharatha Natyam dancers. She is most popular for her exceptional work in the Malayalam, Tamil and Kannada movie arena, having also won the prestigious Kerala State Film Award for best actress in 1994.
Born to parents R. Krishan and Sharada in Mumbai, her Tamil Brahmin roots only strengthened her foray in to Malayalam movies where she earned several accolades. Her career with the movie industry began with the Malayalam movie Shalini Ente Kootukaari. Her success was also seen in movies including Chaoram, Ennum Nanmakal, Pakshe, Visa, Ithu Njangalude Katha, Saagaram Santham, Mangalam Nerunnu among others.
Her career has spanned nearly 32 years, from 1980...
4. Haneef Adeni
Haneef Adneni was born on 30th June in the year 1987 in Thrissur, Kerala, India. Haneef is an Indian film director and screenwriter in Malayalam cinemas. He currently lives in Kochi, Kerala, India. Haneef did his schooling from his hometown itself. Haneef started his career in the year of 2017 as is shining till the date.
His first debut which released on 30th March in the year 2017 was "THE GREAT FATHER" starring MAMMOOTTY. In this movie, he was the director as well as a writer, which was a great success which grossed around $960,748 in just two weeks from the UAE box office. Then comes his second debut which released on 16th June in the year of 2018 which was "ABRAHAMINTE SANTHATHIKAL" again starring MAMMOOTTY. In this movie, he wasn't the director, but he worked as a writer in this film.
Hanee...
5. Anto Joseph
Anto Joseph is famous for producing spectacular films in the Malayalam cinema. He is the founder of the film making company called ‘Anto Joseph Film Company.’ He recently produced the film ‘Take Off’ which gained immense popularity. The movie showcased the ordeal of Indian nurses from the city of Tikrit in Iraq. The movie is hard-hitting and has a strong social message attached to it and that is what helped it to do a business of about 30 crores. Anto Joseph has produced a number of films and most of the time the list of films he produced in a year went over two movies.
Some of the films produced by ‘Anto Joseph Film Company’ are as producer; Take Off - 2017 ( Malayalam ), Thinkal Muthal Velli Vare - 2015 ( Malayalam ), Bhaskar The Rascal - 2015 ( Malayalam ), Ivan Maryadhara...
6. Nivin Pauly
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...
7. Vishnu Panicker
Vishnu is a successful Indian cinematographer with his base in the Malayalam movie industry. His career spanning over a long period, has churned out films such as Mikhael and Valatty. He has also worked in many Bollywood movies as an assistant camera person, like Jagga Jasoos, Sanju, Tamasha, Heartbeats ( a Hollywood musical) and, a plethora of regional films. Vishnu Panicker has slowly stepped up his quality of work to reach his current status. He has been under the tutelage of senior cinematographer Ravi Varman. Under his guidance, Mr. Panicker has worked in cult Bollywood movies such as Tamasha and Sanju which, have been synonymous with success. He is also a specialist in using CGI and VFX as and when required in a film.
In the movie Pranayameenukalude Kadal by Kamal, Vishnu Panicker shot quite some scenes underwater in...
8. Gopi Sundar
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.
9. Hari Narayanan
Hari Narayana is a film director by profession. He mainly directs South Indian movies in Tamil language. He has also worked as a lyricist in many Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam movies. Hari made his debut in the South Indian Film Industry as a director with the film Nandhuni in the year 2010. The movie was in Malayalam language. This movie was not a big hit and received mixed reviews from both the viewers and the critics as well.
His next film was released in the same year, and the name of the film was Neelambari. In this movie, he discharged multiple duties. He was the executive director in the film. Apart from being the director, he was also the script writer, dialogue writer and the screenplay writer. This movie was also in Malayalam language and receiv...
10. Dhanush Nayanar
Dhanush Nayanar started his career doing an advertisement for Medimix. He was the first child of his parents, Dr. Sunil and Rajani. Dhanish was an average performer in academics. He never knew that one day he would make an excellent career as a sound effects editor and get work for a great movie like Kabali. Firstly, Dhanush Nayanar did BSc. in Visual Communication from Hindustan College, Coimbatore and later finished his studies as Sound Engineer from LV Prasad Film and TV Academy, Chennai. He worked under an efficient sound engineer Mr. Raja Krishnan as a trainee.
Dhanush also worked as an Assistant Sound Editor for many Malayalam and Tamil movies like She-taxi, Oru Second Class Yathara, Amar Akbar Antony, Muthugaw and recently worked as Sound Effects Editor in Kabali, which was a big-budget Tamil movie. Dhanush worked with R...
11. Ajith Abraham George
Ajith has 25 years of expertise in the field of audio engineering and has worked as a mix engineer or sound designer on several films in a variety of languages. In addition to serving as a consultant at SJCC College of Communication, the first multimedia institute in Kerala, he played a virtual role in the establishment of the KR Narayanan National Film Institute in Kottayam, Kerala, the third National Film Institute in India. His fields of study include sound engineering, sound mixing, and sound design. He has held the position of Technical and Operational Head at Trivandrum's Vismayas Max Studio Complex. This was Kerala's first fully functional post-production facility. He played a crucial role in creating the Cochin studio division and making the studio the finest in Kerala.
Additionally, serving as Consultant Techni...
12. Santhosh Raman
Santhosh Raman is an Indian Art Director predominantly working in South Indian Film Industry. He primarily works on Malayalam and Tamil films. His famous works are Take Off (2017), Njaan (2014) and Aayan Njanalla (2015). Santhosh was born in Thalassery, a rural area of Kannur in India. Santhosh was passionate about films from childhood. He used to bunk classes and went to watch films with his friends in local cinema halls. He was talented in the art and drawing. That is why the art direction aspect of the films inspired him. After completing 12th from his village school, he attended Govt. College of Fine Arts in Thrissur and completed graduation in the field of Applied Arts.
Then he made his portfolio and tried to pursue his career in Malayalam film industry. After working in various ads and short films, Santhosh finally met di...
13. Mahesh Narayanan
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.
Born on 2nd May 1982, Mahesh graduated from the University College, Thiruvananthapuram, before joining the MGR Government Film and Television Training Institute, Tamil Nadu. After training a lot and working for short advertisements, he entered into the film industry with a bang as the film Rathir Mazha, which featured him as the editor won five Kerela State Awards. Since then, Mahesh has featured in many movies and won various awards.
...14. Ronex Xavier
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.
He started with Tv Soaps, and then later, he later worked with the famous makeup artist in the Malayalam industry, Renjith Ambady. While Ronex was working on the sets of The King and the Commissioner, he was offered work for his first debut movie, Jawan of Vellimala. At the time, when Rolex started his career as a makeup artist, there was no such training or school for specialization in the fie...
15. Unni Mukundan
Born on the 22nd of September, 1987, Unni Mukundan is the son of M Mukundan Nair and Roji Mukundan. He was born in Villadom in Trichur, but grew up in Ahmedabad. Unni made his foray into the film industry after the completion of his Plus Two in commerce, and is currently pursuing his B.A. in English from the Prajyothi Nietan College, Thrissur. Unni is a firm believer in having a good education, and is usually found to be busy with his classes when he is not shooting for his movies, even quoting “I believe that I am in a space where I can fix my dates”, showing his confidence in his ability, and also in his belief that a good education is absolutely essential.
Known as the “Muscle Aliyan” of M-Town, Unni made his debut in the Tamil movie Seedan in 2011, which was ...
16. Kalabhavan Shajon
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.
He was born as Shaji John to parents E. J. John, a retired police officer (ASI) and Rejina John, who a was a retired nurse. Shaji’s birth took place in the city of Kottayam in Kerala. After completing his schooling, he graduated from St. Mary’s College located in Manarcad.
He later moved to Kochi where he joined ‘Kalabhavan’ the famous art institute that has produced countless artists and stars in the Malayalam film industry li...
17. Siddique
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.
Siddique started his...
18. Sudev Nair
Sudev Nair is an actor well known for his award-winning performance in the Malayalam film, ‘My Life Partner’. He was born on 14th April 1985 in Mumbai in the state of Maharashtra. He completed primary education from Sulochanadevi Singhania High School in Thane. He did his higher secondary education from V. G. Vaze College of Arts Science and Commerce situated in Mulund, Maharashtra.
Later he pursued graduation in Computer Science and got a Bachelor’s degree from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT) located at Nagpur in the year 2007. Afterwards, he decided to pursue post graduation from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune in Acting. Sudev is a mixture of art and combat both in western and classical st...
19. Suraj Venjaramoodu
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.
His first movie was 'Jagapoga.' This film received a lot of bad reactions. Later, he started playing minor roles in movies as a Bus conductor, Rasika, and Rasathanthram. His role that got his attention was Thuruppugulam in 2006. Apart from that, he has appeared in many movies such as Hallo, Chotta Mumbai, Classmates, Pachakuthira, etc.
Throughout his acting career, Sooraj re...