Malayalam Movie Review Vakathirivu - Cast & Crew

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 with her Malayalam Debut in Shalini Ente Koottukari, to her last movie in 2012, Karppoora Deepam and has included Pandu Pandoru Rajakumari, Sriman in Malayalam; Lalli in Kannada; and Nerrukku Ner, Manal Kayiru, Panneer Pushpangal, and others in Tamil.

She has acted opposite several of the leading actors in the south including Mohan lal, Srinath, Siddique, Mammootty, Srinath, Venu Nagavally, Balachandra Menon, and Devan. She is however, remembered most for her pairing against her ex-husband Srinath.

She is a trained classical dancer, and performs in various events in temples, and other concerts. She currently works with her husband as the Director for Cultural Activities at the Rajiv Gandhi Group of Institutions where she promotes Indian dances and programs. She has won several awards of note as an artist, but as an actress, she won one award for her role in Chakoram, where she won the Best Actress Award in 1994. She also won the Second Best Actress award for her role in the movie Savidham.

Elban Krishna is a famous cinematographer from India. He was born on 20 June 1982 in Kerala, India. For his education, he went to Malabar Christian College in Kozhikode, Kerala. Since his childhood he wanted to go in a field which is quite different and creative. After his graduation, he started working as a freelance cinematographer in the film industry. He works mostly in the Malayalam language. Large part of his work has been released in the Mollywood film industry, which is appreciated by his audience. Some of his best work includes To Let Ambadi Talkies in 2014, Vakathirivu in 2019, and The Gambinos in 2019.

Binu Adimali is a Malayali comedian and actor. He is most famous for his hilarious stand-up routines on popular comedy shows such as Vodafone Comedy Stars, Kerala Cafe on Kairali TV, and Comedy Festival. Hailing from the town of Adimali in the Idukki district of northern Kerala, he joined the renowned mimicry troupe Kalabhavan. In an interview in the Laughing Villa program which airs on Kairali TV, Adimali said he was inspired to enter the performing arts when renowned filmmaker-cum-actor Balachandra Menon visited his town of Adimali. Then a 15-year-old boy, Adimali found autographed papers for distribution and was awed by the signature of the famous actor. He decided on the spot that one day his signature would be worth something.

This singer got two national awards for his playback in his career. Once he got for a song “Nadha Roopini’ which was picturized on Mohan Lal for his film ‘His Highness Abdulla” (1990). In 1999, he got another national award for film ‘Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njanum’ for the song "Chanthu Pottum". Malayalam star Mohan Lal is one of the most natural actors to have graced the screen. He is spontaneous, lively and expressive, and there was something very refreshing about his every role, hence when Sreekumar sang for him – this became on a deadly combination. This singer has shown equal mastery and musical aesthetics while handing classical songs in other films too. The versatile playback singer had a depth of his musical knowledge and had handled the toughest of the songs with consummate ease. Every song that he had rendered will speak more on musical sensibilities that had emotive musical expression too. This singer was born on 25 May, 1957 in Haripad, Kerala. His family had a tradition of classical music, and his brothers are too singers and music composer in the industry. He also appeared as an anchor for musical reality TV shows for the younger generation( SaReGaMA and Star Singer).

Suresh Fitwell is a Costume Designer known for “Ivan Megharoopan”, (2012) and “Perfume: Her Fragrance (2022)”. His hometown is Kunnamkulam, Kerala, and is settled in Thrissur, Kerala, India. Suresh has been working in the costume department in Malayalam Film Industry since 2000. Suresh Fitwell designed costumes for the popular film “Vakathirivu”, directed by K.K Muhammedali. He has worked with numerous famous directors such as Haridas, Subi Tanza, and CS Vinayan. Suresh is not only an aspiring costume designer but also has a thing for social work. He is passionate about helping animals and dedicated himself to feeding numerous dogs and other animals throughout Corona pandemic.

Vazhoor Jose is a Public Relation Officer in the Indian film industry. He has extensively worked in the Malayalam movies. Vazhoor is very talented and focussed to his work. In a very less time, he became a big name for himself in the south and paved a great way ahead for his future. He gave his precious thirty years of his life to the film industry and worked upon more than five hundred films in his entire career. He always experimented with the different genre of the movies and tried to deliver the best output. He wrote an outstanding review of cinema and promoted them. He helped in the distribution of the movies with too the point reviews of the piece of art and made them famous worldwide. He came to be known as one of the best public relation officers of the professional realm of the cinematic world. Vazhoor hailed from the district of Kottayam from the southern part of the Country.

Run Ravi is a stunt director in Malayalam Film industry. He has worked with many famous directors and artists in this industry. His hometown is in Chennai, India. He has studied at Kerala University.

Chali Pala is an Indian actor who works for the Malayalam Film Industry. He holds many character roles and supporting actor roles in the Malayalam film industry. He was born in Thiruvananthapuram in the state of Kerela. His first debut was Iyer the Great in 1990.

Jaffer Idukki is a Movie actor. He was born in India. He mainly works with the Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu Cinema. He has Indian Nationality. Idukki was born in Tamil Nadu and India. He gave his best assistant at the time of his starting career. Apart from the Malayalam industry, he did movies in some other languages too. He has worked with number of other directors and producers. He did multiple movie projects. Jaffer has well known for project B.Tech, An International Local Story, Hello Dubaikaran, Ippozhum Eppozhum Sthuthiyayiriktte, Nervarennu Mmani Cherinjoo Tta, Nithyaharitha Nayakan, and Paippinchuvattile Pranayam. He did Hello Dubaikaran in the Malayalam language. Its release date is November 11 and the year is 2017. It has a genre comedy and drama. It's run time is two hours twenty-one minutes.

Born on September 2, 1988, in Ernakulam, Kerala, Joemon Joshy is a youthful performing artist, who is dynamic in Malayalam movie and television industry. He is the son of Mrs.

Joy Mathew has various feathers to his cap; he is an actor, director, writer and a political persona. But he is very humble in this real life. Hailing from an upper-class Christian family he had his initial days in Kozhikode. He initially joined Pune Film Institute but later opted for post graduation in Mass Media and Journalism. But films always remained his passion. 

Born on 20th September 1961, Joy Mathew hails from Challissery, Thrissur. Joy Mathew’s films reflect his childhood days and fervent association with left-wing politics. He believes in giving equal treatment to everyone. Joy Mathew is an optimist and is service-minded. He has great passion towards theatre and films. Joy Mathew’s input to Malayalam theatre is indeed commendable. He has appeared in some movies too. Joy rocked the Malayalam film industry during the 80s. 

Joy Mathew has donned the role of a main villain in the biggest 2013 grosser-Amen. The flick Shutter is his debut directorial venture and it received great critical acclaim. This film gained international recognition and was bestowed with several honours. This movie was also well received by the audience. 

The 1986 flick Ammaye Kanan, in which John Abraham wielded the megaphone, had Joy donning the lead role. This film was lauded critically and it was adjudged as one of the best Indian films by British Film Institute. Then Joy was in a sabbatical for 27 years and re-entered the industry in 2013 and he donned the role of supporting actor as well as director. He has a distinction of working in 14 movies in 2013 and this indeed a commendable achievement. 

Sangeeta Nataka Academy and Kerala Sahitya Academy felicitated him for a couple of his plays. Athirthikkal, Pretoria-October 18, Sankadal and Chille 73 are some of his commendable endeavors as a playwright. Joy Mathew took vigorous involvement in some cultural groups. The Campus Theatre Movement is his foundation which was started in 1980. His contribution to Malayalam plays is over 20.

Lalu Alex is a famous actor in Malayalam cinema industry. He was born and brought up in Piravam, Kochi. Lalu Alex is born on 30th November 1954. He is married, and the couple has three children named Ben (who acted in a Malayalam movie Orkut Oru Ormakoot), Sen and Siya.  

He started his career in 1978 in a movie Ee ganam marakkumo.  He has been active in the film industry since 1978. Recently he has acted in Villaliveeran starring Dileep and many films like Monsoon, Salam Kashmir, how old are you, etc. in 2014 and many future projects.

He has acted in more than 300 films of which he become very popular by his unique style of acting. He is proven his talent as an actor in police roles, father roles, and many supporting roles. He has acted with almost all famous directors like I V Sasi, Bharathan, Joshi, Thampi Kannanthanam, Sathyan Anthikad and Kamal. His performance in Ee Nadu as a police officer was outstanding. Before acting in character roles, he has acted in villain roles in films like Kanamarayathu by I V Sasi, Karyam nissaram prasnam gurutharam by Balachandra Menon, Mrugaya, etc. He has been a part of popular films as a role of father, priest and supporting roles such as Niram, Seniors, Indian rupee, ABCD, Mummy and me, Ordinary, Neram, etc.

He has won many awards such as Abhinaya Keerthi Puraskaram for his momentous contribution to the Malayalam film industry by Ernakulam District Pravasi Association (EDPA) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia as part of Metro Fest (2014), Kala Ratnam Award of KALA Abu Dhabi(2010), Best Actor award for the movie Evidam swargamanu by Asianet(2009), Best Villain Award (2009) by Amrita Mathrubhoomi film awards and best supporting actor in Manjupoloru penkutty by Kerala state film awards(2004).

Mohammed Althaf is a very talented actor working predominantly in the Malayalam film industry. Mohammed was born on 15th July in Kerala, where he spent some time of his childhood, and then later along with his family, he migrated to Delhi. In Delhi, he completed his schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya. He graduated in a Bachelor of computer applications. Then he moved to England for his post-graduation, where he studied Artificial Intelligence.

Sunil Sukhada is a talented Malayalam actor. He is known for his versatility. He has brought variety to Malayalam cinema. With his colorful roles, he portrayed his artistic skills. He has conquered the industry with magnitudes of movies. He is a dedicated personality who has a passion for acting. He sincerely follows theater. Today, he has over hundreds of film to his credit. Born in Thrissur district to Sudhakara Panikkar and Saraswathiyamma, Sunil was the second child. Although he loved acting, he made into movies at a later stage.

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