Malayalam Movie Review Sathya - Cast & Crew

Abhaya Hiranmayi is an Indian playback singer hailing from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. She was born on the 24 th May, 1989. This gorgeous South Indian singer made her debut as a playback singer in the Malayalam music industry at the age of 24. It was in the year 2014 that a new angelic voice was first heard by the folk of Kerala. She made her mark in the Malayalam music by her first song Naku Penta, Naku Taka from the movie of the same name. She came into limelight on many occasions after that. Along with the famous composer Gopi Sundar, she lent her voice in some of the finest Malayalam songs of the modern times. She has been a playback singer since her debut in 2014 and has backed up nine songs until now.

Vaikom Vijayalakshmi, is a singer and a musician, specialized in playing a rare and a beautiful instrument, Gayatri Veena. She was born on 7th of October, 1981, with visual impairment. Gifted with a beautiful voice, but she was deprived of the pleasure of seeing the world. And that hasn't stopped her ever from reaching high and chasing her dreams. She won special jury mention for her very first song Katte Katte for the movie Celluloid. She learned about 100 ragas in just a year, all by herself from listening to them, and started making her compositions. Though all the great musicians of all times have said music requires having training from a knowledgeable teacher. But this lady, surprised everyone with her talent and lust for learning, all by herself by getting better and better. Within ten years, she had performed over 400 stages in Chennai, Madurai, Tanjore, Coimbatore and many major cities all over the country. She also played and sung in many temple festivals. But that wasn't enough to get her going, so she started her career in movies. She has sung in over 20 movies and has grabbed a handful of awards for them. She even acted and appeared in a movie called Ezhu Deshangalkkum Akale. And not just Malayalam, she even sang in some Tamil movies as well. Her wish is to be able to see at least once in her lifetime. She's been looking for ways to have operated and installed with Bionic Eyes. After that, she hopes to live a peaceful and settled life.

Unlike for many people who choose their career or seek their fortune in the cinema industry, Parvathy Nambiar had her opportunities behind the screens in Malayalam through Lal Jose. She starred as the heroine of the movie ‘Ezhu Sundara Rathrikal.’ She is one among the inevitable personalities in the Malayalam cinema industry. She has played her role efficiently in the film ‘Careful’ directed by V K Prakash, which will soon picture on the screens in the year of 2017. Also, her action behind the scenes of the film ‘Leela’ which screens about a relationship between a mahout and an orphan girl and in a horror type movie ‘Ghostvilla’ was stupendous that she had to give her very best to prove herself in Mollywood in 2016.

Roma Asrani is a Mollywood actress who was a model in her career before making her foray into movies. She also acted in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada language films. But she got maximum offers from Malayalam film industry only. Although she had made her debut with Telugu movie Mr. Errababu (2005), the actress got the offer from other regional languages too and made debut in a Tamil film with ‘Kathale En Kathale’(2006) and her first Kannada film was ‘Aramane’ (2007). Despite having signed different projects in various languages, she shot to fame with a Malayalam movie 'Notebook' which was a film that depicted the life of three students at a boarding school, and how they face up to challenges in their lives. The central plot of the movie was on three students Roma, Parvathy and Mariya Roy. The film won critical acclaim and even fared well in box office. Roma received a couple of awards for her performance in this film and even won new talent debut award from Kerala TV channels. Her next movie ‘Chocolate’ was a mega hit and she became a sensational female star in Mollywood. She became a teenage craze in viewer’s eyes with film ‘Chocolate’.

Manka Mahesh is a famous Malayalam serial and cinema actress. She is stereotyped for playing mother roles. She is noted for the frustrated outbursts of her characters. She debuted in Sasi Shankar’s 1997 film Manthramothiram (Holy Ring) but her first prominent role was in the 1998 mega hit Punjabi House. Playing the role of Unnikrishan’s (Dileep) mother, she played the first of many motherly roles in her career. Also releasing in the same year were Elavamkodu Desam, a historical film, in which she played the character “Thamburati” (female member of a royal household)  and Meenakshi Kalyanam, in which she played Kousalya.

In 1999 her films were Ezhupunna Tharakan, Independence (another historical film), and Pranaya Nilavu (Twilight of Love). Her biggest hit was in 2000‘s mega success Thenkasipattanam. Releasing in December 2000, the Meccartin directed film was a mega success.

She acted in Jeevan Mashai and One-Man Show in 2001. In the next year, her projects include Kuberan and Pranyamanithooval. She played Amu’s mother in Thilakkam (2003). In Mohanlal’s comedy film Vamanapuram Bus Route, she played Ambujam. Deepangal Sakshi, Kottaram Vaidyan and Wanted were her other releases that year.

In 2005 she acted in 2 critically acclaimed films : Rappakal with Mammootty, and Thanmathra with Mohanlal. She played boisterous, negative characters. In Lollipop she played Rosabella's mother. Magic Lamp and Thavalam were also released that year. In 2009 she acted again with Prithviraj in Pudhiya Mugam (New Face). She played the role of Anjana’s (Priyamani) mother. In 2010, she acted in Three Char Sau Bees, which despite its Hindi title is a Malayalam film directed by Adoor Govindankutty.

Her upcoming projects in 2015 include Ellam Chettante Ishtam Pole (Everything is upto You, Brother).

Shobha Mohan, the graceful actress of Malayalam movies, has marked her presence in numerous films. Character role gets first preference to her. She was born to the well-known late actor Kottarakara Sreedharan Nair, who won two Kerala state film awards in 1969 & 1970. Sreedharan is still remembered till date for his role as Chempankunju in the National Award winning movie Chemmeen directed by Ramu Kariat. Malayalam actor Saikumar is her brother.

Diphan or Diphan Sivakumar is an Indian film director, known for his outstanding work in the Malayalam cinema. He started his career as a director in the 2003 Malayalam film, The King Maker Leader, where Saikumar and Aishwarya starred in the lead roles. Vijayakumar, Rajan P Dev, and Sadiq also played significant roles in the film. In 2009, Diphan helmed the Malayalam action film, Puthiya Mukham, which features Prithviraj Sukumaran. He is also the man behind Sukumaran’s Malayalam romantic action comedy film, Hero, in 2012. In 2013, he directed the film, SIM (Sorry I am Mad).

Firoz Saheed is an Indian film producer who worked predominantly in the Malayalam industry. He lives in Kochi, India. His notable work includes the 2017 action thriller Sathya. It was written by A.K. Sajan and directed by Diphan. Gopi Sunder provided music for the movie. Bharani K. Dharan was in charge of the cinematography. The cast included Jayaram Subramaniam, Parvathi Naviar, Roma Asmani, Deepak Jethi, and Sudheer Karamana. It came to light under the banner of Shahnaz Movie Creations. He completed his higher education at Aquinas College, Edacochin and  All Saints College. He did his schooling from  Govt. Higher Secondary School, Chandiroor.

 

A. K. Sajan is a successful writer turned director in the Malayalam Film Circuit. He is one of those directors who work portraying maximum realistic aspects in their movies. He entered the film industry as a story writer for some flicks in and around 1980's. After a very brief period, he made it to the mainstream film industry. For his very first work, he got an extremely positive feedback.

Bharani K. Dharan is a cinematographer in the South Indian movie industry. He is known for his work in Telugu movie industry and Malayalam movie industry. He also did a Kannada film ‘Ramleela’ which released in 2015. He is a relatively famous cinematographer and has earned himself a name within the industry circles.

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.

Salu K George is a professional South Indian art director. He has worked in many projects in the Malayalam film industry. Salu K George has done art direction for more than twenty films in Malayalam. He first started working as an art director in the year 1993. Salu K George is known for his movies including Vaasthavam, C. I. D. Moosa, Veruthe Oru Bharya, Meerayude Dukhavum Muthuvinte Swapnam, Ente Mezhuthiri Athazhangal, Punnami Ratri and many more. Salu K George was born on the 31st of January in the year 1970. His father's name is George Varghese and mother's name is Thankamma George. Salu K George has three siblings, two brothers, and one sister.

Born on December 10 1965, Jayaram’s main region of interest is the Malayalam film industry, though he had acted in some Tamil films too. Jayaram entered the Malayalam film industry with “Aparan” which was directed by Padma Rajan. They both worked together in two more films. Jayaram was known for his films Peruvannapurathe Visheshangal, Georgootty C/O Georgootty, Nagarangalil Chennu Raparkam and Thoovalsparsham. 

During the 90s his films with Rajasenan turned to be commercially successful. The family audiences embraced him with both arms. Jayaram has carved a niche for himself in films such as Ayalathe Adheham (1994), Aadyathe Kanmani (1995), Meleparambil Aanveedu, The Car and CID Unnikrishnan B.A B.Ed. 

Director Sathyan Anthikad’s Thooval Kottaram earned Jayaram accolades and he won an award from the Kerala State Film Award. Also, he has four Film Fare Awards to his credit. His performance in Tamil film “Thenali” didn’t go unnoticed; he was awarded with the Tamil Nadu State Film Award. Jayaram proved his mettle in Tamil films, including “Thenali”, Gokulam”, Murai Maaman”, “Priyanka” etc. “Thuppaki”, “Saroja”, “Aegan” “Pancha Thantiram” and “Uttama Villain” are some of the Tamil films in which he played supporting role. 

Jayaram’s Malayalam films used to seldom flop at the box office and he is renowned for acting in family dramas. But ironically all the films he did in 2012 were a disaster at the box office. Jayaram has also delivered hits for the films directed by Kamal. He shared screen space with happening actors Mammooty, Mohanlal and Suresh Gopi. 

Jayaram is wedded to actress Parvathy who quit films after marriage. They have two children Kalidasan and Malavika. Kalidasan was introduced in the Malayalam film “Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal” and the latter was awarded with the National Award. 

Apart from acting Jayaram is a good mimic too. He had also sung in films including “Kadhanayagan”, “Mayilattam”, “Salaam Kashmir” etc.

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.

Anil Murali is an Indian film actor in Malayalam cinema. He has completed over 100 films in Malayalam. He started out in the film industry as a villain before taking on character roles. 

Anil Murali began his acting career as a positive character  in director Vinayan’s film Kanyakumariyil Oru Kavitha  in 1993. He acted in Lenin Rajendran's off beat movie Daivathinte Vikrithikal in 1994. He acted in Mammootty film Stalin Sivadas in 1999. It was Valkkannadi by Anil Babu in 2002 which gave him a real villain role. He was an integral part of Malayalam movies since 2002. He is continuing his journey doing some of the best villain characters in Malayalam films. His villain role Nenja Hakkim in Ivar (2003), as Raghu in Kayam (2010),  and Podiyadi Soman in City of God (2011) were appreciated very well. He also did many character roles in some of the recent hit movies like as S K in Manikyakallu in 2011 and as Davis in Amen in 2013. He is also part of many of the recent Malayalam movies like At Andheri , Double Barrel, Dollphin Bar, Polytechnic etc.

Recently in 2013 Anil Murali has made his debut in Tamil movies through V Z Durai's crime thriller 6 Melugu Vathigal. Anil is playing an interesting villain Diwakar, who is a bit feminine in his mannerism, oppossite Shaam and Poonam Kaur. Anil has also played an important role of Anil Menon in bilingual Tamil movie Nimirndhu Nil (Janda Pai Kapiraju in Telugu) starring Jayam Ravi in Tamil and Nani in Telugu. The Telugu version has Amala Paul in the lead role.

Anil is married to Suma who is working in Bharath Matrimonial. They have a son, Adithya and a daughter, Arundathi. Anil and family live in Edappally, Cochin.

Anil had also played important roles in the hit films, Avatharam, 100 Degree Celsius, Iyobinte Pusthakam, Ramaleela, Aakashamittayee, Shadow, Joseph, Uyare, Brother's Day, Moonam Pralayam, Forensic and Professor Dinkan. He had also played in the super hit Tamil movies, Thani Oruvan, “Kanithan,” “Appa,” “Kodi,” Enga Amma Rani, “Thondan,” Nagesh Thiraiyarangam, Mr Local, Jiivi, “Nadodigal 2” and his last film “Walter” that released in 2020. Anil had been suffering from liver ailments. He had been getting the treatment at a private hospital in Kochi. His body could not recuperate to the medications and the 56-year-old actor had his last breath on 30^th July 2020.

Balachandran Chullikkadu is a noted Malayalam poet and an Actor who appears in Malayalam movies and TV serials. He is a very renowned poet and actor in Malayalam Industry. He was born on July 30, 1957 in Paravoor, a place in Kerala, India in a Hindu family. Balachandran Chullikkadu did his schooling from Ernakulum and pursued and completed his graduation from the Maharajas College in English Literature in Ernakulum, Kerala, India. After graduation, he joined Government service and alongside pursued his passion for Acting and Writing poems and songs.

Kottayam Nazeer is an actor-cum-director in Malayalam cinema. He is also screenplay writer and dialog writer and even a well-known stage performer. He is also a popular Malayalam-language mimicry artist, comedian, and actor. He has worked in over 50 films in Mollywood. He is popular for his imitation of popular film actors and politicians too. He is one of the top mimicry artists in Kerala and had done several supporting roles in Malayalam cinema. He kickstarted his career as a mimicry artist and went to achieve name and fame in Mollywood. He had stepped up the ladder of success by doing small roles in movies and later bagged some prominent roles in cinema.

Major Ravi is the penned name for Major A.K. Ravichandran. He is a former Indian Army Officer and presently an actor, writer, and director. He was born in Kerela to Sri. Kuttisankara Perumbara Nair & Smt. AT Satyabhama. He received the prestigious President's Gallantry Medal. After his schooling, he joined the Indian army. He did his further studies from Army Cadet College and did his graduation from the same. In 1985, he became an officer. He was the head in the assassination case of Rajiv Gandhi. He worked for nearly 20 decades in the army.

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.

Rahul Dev is an Indian model turned film and television actor. He was born as Rahul Dev Samra on September 27, 1968 in New Delhi, India to a Khatri Punjabi household. He studied at St. Columba’s School in Delhi where he used to be a fast bowler. Gursharan Singh, a former cricket player saw him bowling and he got impressed so he asked Rahul to join his academy. However, Rahul is more focused on his studies at that time. His father was once a police commissioner in Delhi and his brother, Mukul Dev is also an actor. In the early 90’s Rahul has donned modeling. He was the first Indian to be featured in GQ Magazine’s London Edition with 6-pages story. He is also a regular face of the popular brand, Hugo Boss.

Rahul Dev was supposedly debuted as an actor through the unfinished Bollywood film, Dus in 1997. But the director, Mukul S. Anand died during the time that the film was still in production. He was then debuted in the 2000 film, Champion which stars Sunny Deol and Manisha Koirala. He played the villainous role of Naseer Ahmed, the threat to the life of Abbas (played by Abhishek Sharma) and his performance gained him nomination for Best Performance in a Negative Role at the Filmfare Award, Best Actor in a Negative Role and the Most Promising Newcomer at the Screen Award. Since then, he started to do villain roles in many films including the Punjabi film, Dharti in year 2011.

Rahul has done more than 60 films including Aashiq, Asoka, Takkari Dhonga, 23 March 1931: Shaheed, Parasuram, Supari, Kyon?, 88 Antop Hill, Omkara, Aan: Men At Work, Kyon Ki, Mazhai, Vidyarthi, Fight Club – Members Only, Sarhad Paar, Pournami, Munna, Tulasi, U Me Aur Hum, Premi No. 1, Yodha, Mirza The Untold Story, Naayak, Shadow, Jatt Boys – Putt Jattan De, Yevadu, and a lot more. He was also part of the Oriya-language film, Mahanayak in 2007. Rahul also donned the Malayalam film, RajadhiRaja which stars Mammootty and the Punjabi film, Hikk Naal in 2014. Also, in year 2003. His performance as Shekhar Srivastav in the Hindi crime thriller film, Footpath won the Best Villain Award at the Zee Cine Award in 2004.

In 2013, Rahul made his debut in television. He bagged the role of Demon Arunasur who will fight against Lord Shiva (played by Mohit Raina) in the drama series, Devon Ke Dev… Mahadev on Life OK. 

Rahul got married to Rina Dev in year 1998 but she dies on May 16, 2009 due to cancer. Their son, Siddharth was only eleven years old when his mother died

Ranjith Sankar was born in Kerala in Thrissur on February 14. He is an Indian film director, Producer, and Screenwriter. His finished his education in Kothamangalam from M A College of Engineering. He holds a B. Tech IT degree. Before entering the cinema field, he worked as an IT professional. His career started due to his interest in storytelling. He first thinks himself as a writer and next as a director. He started his career in the television industry. He wrote for serials American Dreams and Nizhalkal. 

Saju Navodaya is an Indian Film Actor and Comedian. He works in the Malayalam Film Industry. His actual name is Saju Navodaya, but is often known by his stage name Pashanam Shaji.

Sohan Seenulal is a Mollywood movie actor and director; He has worked in films like Thoppil Joppan in 2016, Vanyam in 2016 and Doubles in 2011. He has also appeared in a few movies like Oru Kuttanadan Blog and Parole .

Sudheer Karamana is a Malayalam films’ actor. Karamana Janardanan Nair’s first-born. He has two siblings, named Sunil and Sujay. He was born at Karamana in Thiruvananthapuram, and he studied at Kendriya Vidyalaya Pattom School.

Vinod Kumar was born on 1 April 1963. He is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil and Malayalam cinema. His debut film in Kannada was entitled Thavaru Mane which was released in 1985 and was produced by A.L. Abbaiah Naidu. His Tollywood debut film’s name was Mouna Poratam released in the year 1989, Ramoji Rao was its producer.