Malayalam Movie Review Njan Prakashan - Cast & Crew

Nikhila Vimal is a Malayalam actress, and a classical dancer hails from Kannur. Nikhila is the daughter of Kalamandalam Vimala Devi, who is an acclaimed classical dancer and her father Pavithran who works in a statistics department. Nikhila started learning dance at a very young age and was an active participant in the youth festival circuit. She is a trained dancer in Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi, mono-acting, and Keralanadanam. Nikhila, a dancer, never dreamed of pursuing acting in her career. She did her graduation Sir Sayyed College in Botany. Currently, she is staying in Taliparamba in Kannur. Nikhila in her plus two was offered the role in ‘Bhagyadevatha’ by the director Sathyan Anthikad. She played the active role of sister of ‘Jayaram’s character in the movie. After the film, she took a very long break and debuted in the movie ‘Love 24x7’ directed by Sreebala K Menon. Nikhila also acted in a documentary on Saint Alphonsa before her acting career, aired on Shalom TV.

Gowry Lekshmi is an Indian singer and songwriter. She composes her tunes and performs at stage shows. She is an Indie-pop music lover and believes in creating her songs. Her dream is to collaborate with alternative music bands such as Coldplay, Mutemath, and Lianne La Havas. She loves RnB, Country, and contemporary music. She took birth in a quaint village named Cherthala, Alappuzha, in Kerala.

Born on December 27th, 1993, in Kottayam, Kerala, Anju Kurian is a young South Indian movie actress, who began her career with Malayalam cinema. She studied in the respected institution of Chennai and got her Bachelor degree in Architectural Engineering. She entered film industry with her modeling career. She studied with continuing with her modeling. She was presented by Alphonse Puthren, a director with his film Neram to Malayalam movie industry in 2013.

Manju Sunichen is an actress, well praised for her work in Malayalam film and Television. She is well known for her work in movies like “North 24 Katham,” “Odum Raja Adum Rani,” “Ellam Chettate Ishtam Pole,” and “Utopiayile Rajavu”.

Sabitha Anand is a popular actress who has acted in Malayalam, Tamil films and has also appeared in many popular Tamil Television serials. Recently Sabitha Anand was seen alongside another actress and host Priya sharing her secret cooking recipes in the popular Tamil television show Celebrity Kitchen on the Tamil channel Puthuyugam TV. She is the daughter of famous and veteran Malayalam actor J.A.R. Anand and Sabitha Anand herself has been the leading lady of the Malayalam movies throughout the 80’s. She has acted with the leading starts of the Malayalam film Industry like Mammootty, Mohanlal, etc. and has starred in more than 100 Malayalam movies.

Born on 21 May 1989 Veena Nair is an actress working in films as well as movies. She was born in Kerala. Her Television series Nilavilakku which was aired on Surya TV was quite a hit and made the actress famous.

Sathyan Anthikad is a film director who has even tried his hands at writing lyrics. He also has been an eminent screenwriter in Malayalam movies. He has a long association with  Mohanlal, Jayaram, and even Mammootty. He has made 19 movies with Mohanlal, 17 movies with Jayaram, and eight movies with Mammootty. Hence, he has given the most successful movies in Kerala. He even tried to make some low-budget movies too and was moderately successful. He chose to direct ‘Pappan Priyappetta Pappan’ which was the 100th film of Mohanlal. 

Born in 1982, Fahadh Faasil is known for his works in Malayalam cinema. He is the son of renowned Malayalam director Fazil. He debuted in the Malayalam film industry during the year 2002 in his father’s film Kaiyethum Doorath. Unfortunately, his status as star kid didn’t help him and the film bombed at the box office. He was 18-year old then and the audience didn’t accept the image of a chocolate boy with a mustache.

Fahadh was not seen in films for around 7 years. But behold.. he indeed returned only to be accepted by the audience. He had a bald head, but that only favored him, since it provided a professional look. He did a film Kerala Café in the year 2009, in which his role was applauded. Films including 22 Female Kottayam, Chappa Kurishu, Diamond Necklace, North 24 Kaatham etc. gave him the much-needed stardom. Currently, Fahadh is working on many films.

Fahadh Faasil is one of the new breed of actors, who bring the label “New Generation Movies” to the limelight. He was tagged for acting in many kissing scenes, but that didn’t prove to be an obstacle in his career. Within a short span of 3 years Fahad has given many hits and this has made him a star to reckon with in Mollywood. In fact, he is considered to be the Youth Icon of Malayalam film industry.

Fahadh had won the Filmfare award for Best Actor for the film 22 Female Kottayam. He was also recognized by Asiavision Movie Awards, Vanitiha Film Award, Kerala State Award and Asianet Film Award. During the year 2014, when he had already tasted success in Malayalam film industry, he entered into wedlock with actress Nazriya Nazim.

Abdul Hameed Muhammed Fazil Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)

Actor Sreenivasan is a Malayalam actor who had ruled the regional cinema graph for over 25 years and has earned the credit of having acted in over 200 films so far. But he never attributes his success even once for the quantity of films that he had done so far. He is an actor who lacked star appeal always. Instead of relying on his looks, he concentrated more on his talent that helped him carve a niche in Mollywood. He could perform any character on screen whether it is a villain role or a comedy role which drew a parallel recognition when compared with the ranks of superstars.

S. Kumar is an Indian cinematographer known for his work behind the camera for movies such as "Boeing Boeing", "Ayalvasi Oru Daridravasi", "Chithram", "One 2 Ka 4", "Kerala Café", "Pattalam", and among many others.

Shaan Rahman is a widely recognized personality in the Indian film Industry due to his various talents. He is an Indian music composer, cinematographer, and singer who has worked extensively in the Malayalam film industry. He has given a lot of commendable works which are acclaimed by superiors till now. His notable credits include Malarvaadi Arts Club (2010), Thattathin Marayathu (2014), and Ormayundo Ee Mukham (2014). He was born on 30 December 1979, in Ras AL Kaima, UAE, to a well-do family. He was brought up in Thalassery, Kannur district, Kerala, by his parents. His father works in a Union Cement Company (UCC), and his mother is a full-time housewife. Also, he has a younger sister named Sherry, a doctor, and his brother, Shaheer is studying B.A. Visual Effects at ICAT.

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.

Yadhu S Marar is a playback singer in the Mollywood Film industry. He belongs to Kerala, India, and lives in Kochi, Kerala, India. Yadhu learned classical music from his guru ‘Sreeja’ when he was young. He had done Musicology with Vocal from Govt College Chittur and had completed his MA in Music from Dr. John Matthai Centre in 2017. Currently, Yadhu is a teacher of Music at CNN Boy’s High School. Yadhu had sung two Malayalam songs. His first song was “Omal Thaamara,” from the movie ‘Nijaan Prakashan’ released in 2018, along with Shaan Rahman. The lyrics of the song were written by BK Harinarayanan, and the music of the song was composed by Shaan Rahman.

Anil Radhakrishnan is an Indian Sound Recordist and Sound Designer. Anil Radhakrishnan is situated and currently living in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Anil Radhakrishnan’s most known project is working as a sound recordist in the movie Udta Punjab. Anil Radhakrishnan Bachelor of Science with Physics in 2004 from the University of Calicut in Kerala. Anil Radhakrishnan soon completed his PG Diploma in Audiography and Sound Recording from the Film and Televison Institute of India in 2007. Anil Radhakrishnan’s most recent project was playing the role of a sound designer/sound mixer in the movie Makal which was out in 2022. Anil Radhakrishnan is also currently playing the role of a sound designer and sync sound on an ongoing project named Paachuvum Albhuthavilakkum.

Sinoy Joseph is an Indian film Sound Mixer artist and a sound designer. He was born on July 31, and the year 1981. His nationality is Indian. He is Sound Engineer by profession. He was active in the Tamil film Industry since 2004. He was born in Kottayam, Kerala, India. Sinoy is youngest child in his family. He has four siblings. His father is a schoolteacher at the St. Michel's Higher Secondary School, Kudavechoor, and Kerala. He was born in a middle-class family in Kudavechoor, near Vaikom, Kerala. Sinoy did his schooling from the St. Michel's Higher Secondary School. His wife name is Asha Sinoy. Moreover, his daughter name is Serafin Sinoy. Sinoy is also fond of extra-curricular activities like painting, singing, and dancing.

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.

K. Rajagopal is an Indian editor, Singaporean film director, and screenplay writer.He has edited around 50 Malayalam films and some Malayalam and Hindi TV shows. He was born on 21 September 1965 in Kerala. He has won 3 International Film Festival Awards. He is well known as the director and Screenplay writer of the critically acclaimed social film A Yellow Bird which released in three languages which are English, Mandarin, and Tamil. K. Rajagopal started his career as an Editor in 1985 through Malayalam language movie AdhyayamOnnuMutthal starring Madhavi and Mohanlal in lead roles. Till 1995 he was involved in the Editing work of Malayalam films. Till then he had edited almost 20 Malayalam movies. In 1995 he left India and went to Singapore to try his luck in Directing Films.

Aneesh G Menon is a Mollywood actor who acts primarily in Malayalam movies. He has acted in very few movies but had tried to keep a good space in acting with veterans like Mammootty and Siddique, Mohanlal and others. He came to cinema through a talent search program that are being aired nowadays on many television networks. His participation, in a reality show, made his entry into the tinsel town a bit easy. He was the first runner-up for a reality show ‘Mammootty the Best Actor Award (season one)’ that was aired on Asianet TV channel. This fetched him recognition as a fresh talent for Malayalam cinema. The way he participated in the show was a bit accidental. His friend Ashraf Mohammed had sent his entry form to the show without his knowledge. 

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