Malayalam Movie Review Varshangalkku Shesham - Cast & Crew

Kalyani Priyadarshan is an Assistant Art Director and the daughter of prominent filmmaker, Priyadarshan and former South Indian film actress, Lissy Lakshmi. Kalyani entered the filmdom as the Assistant Art Director in Anand Shankar’s 2016 Tamil sci-fi action film, Iru Mugan. She stated that she doesn’t have plans of acting in films. Recently, she graduated at Parsons School of Design in New York City and had worked at Williamstown Theatre Festival. His brother, Siddharth Priyadarshan, is pursuing his studies in San Francisco as he plans to follow the footsteps of his father.

"Neeta Pillai is an actress and emerging star in the Malayalam film industry. The actress currently has only one film to her name so far but has already generated headlines with her performance in the debut Malayalam film Poomaram. Neeta Pillai played the role of Irene, a chairperson of the women's college.

Parvathy Krishna is a Malayalam actress. She was born on the 9th of April 1994. Parvathy was born in Pathanamthitta, Kerala. She had her schooling from Amrita Vidyalaya in Konni, Kerala, and Kristu Jyoti Higher School in Changanaserry, Kerala. She did her Civil Engineering degree from Sree Buddha College of Engineering for Women in Pathanamthitta, Kerala.

Jayashri Ramnath or Bombay Jayashri, as she is known, is an Indian Carnatic musician, composer, and singer. Born in Kolkata, Jayashri belonged to a family of musical cognoscenti. Her parents, N. Subramaniam, and Seeta encouraged her to pursue the art of Carnatic music right from the tender age of four. Later on, Jayashri continued her education in music under T. R. Balamani for nearly a decade. She completed her scholastic education from St. Anthony’s High School in Chembur and graduated from the R.A.Poddar College in Mumbai. Jayashri also pursued a Diploma from the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya in New Delhi. Her thirst for music led her to Hindustani music greats Shri. Mahavir Jaipurvale, and Pandit Ajay Pohankar, with whom she spent more than six years acquiring the skill of Hindustani vocals. Jayashri also trained under the careful tutelage of the Padmashree Lalgudi Jayaraman, in Chennai, and learned to play the instrument Veena from G.Dhandapani Iyer. Her inception to concerts occurred in the year 1982, and ever since, Jayashri has graced stages all over the country such as the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, India International Centre, and cultural events such as Vishnu Digambar Festival, Bhakti Utsav, all in New Delhi. Besides, Jayashri has also performed at the Kuthira Malika and Surya festivals, in Trivandrum, the Saptak in Ahmedabad, and also in the metropolitan city events such as at the ITC Sangeet Research Academy in Kolkata, Shanmukhananda Sabha in Mumbai, and the Chowdia Memorial Hall in Bengaluru.

Chithra is a worldwide known Indian soulful singer. Her original name is Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra. Born in July 1963, Chithra has grown into a versatile singer who can sing all variants. Though she is a born Malayali, she sang in more than 13 languages so far, and the number is still going on. She is fondly known as Chinna Kuyil and Keralathinte Vanambadi, which translates into English as Little Nightingale and Nightingale of Kerala. This is due to her exceptionally melodious singing which has never known any boundaries. She made the excellent contribution to the Music industry in languages like Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Odia, Assamese, Hindi, Bengali, Sanskrit, Badaga, Tulu, Punjabi, and Urdu. She has a record of being able to record more than 25,000 songs and the number is still increasing. In addition to these recorded songs, she also participated in countless concerts.

Divya Vineeth was born on 17^th April 1987 in Coimbatore and later shifted to Chennai with her family. Both her father and aunt was a music lover. They were keen for music. They would recognize the ragas and would discuss them. Music has always been a part of her life. She used to take music classes in classical music when she was in school and college, but Divya never thought she would pursue it professionally. Her singing career started when her husband, actor/producer/director/singer Vineeth Sreenivasan, asked her to sing ‘Varavayee Nee’ for the film ‘Saras,’ earlier, she was skeptical of her voice. The response to the song that she sang with Vineeth, was composed by Shaan Rahman, was boosted her confidence. She says, “I never thought people would like it.” During her growing years, she admired pop music, NSYNC, and Backseat Boys were some of her favorites.

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Naturally, veteran actor Mohanlal, who is the father of Pranav Mohanlal, is the inspiration for Pranav to enter film industry. Pranav in fact treats his father as his role model, both in reel and real life. Born on 13 July 1990, Pranav hails from Thiruvananthapuram district. Pranav was born in a well-to-do family and had the right amount of inspiration. Having done his schooling in Ooty, he was good at studies and arts both in college and school days. He did his higher studies in University of New South Wales, located in Australia. Pranav learnt the nuances of acting from his family itself. The year 2002 saw him enter the film industry. Onnaman was his debut venture which had his father Mohanlal playing main role. Here, Pranav was just seen in a special appearance. Punarjani is a film which fetched Pranav several accolades.

Pranav received the Best Child Artist Award from Kerala State Film Award for his outstanding performance in this film. Pranav is thankful to his superstar father for helping him attain such recognition. This flick was also released in 2002. After donning the role of a child artist he was keenly concentrating on studies. After a sabbatical, Pranav returned with a bang to the industry with the film Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded. This film had many stars including his father. The performance of Pranav was well received in this film.

Recently, Pranav worked as an assistant director to Jeetu Joseph (in the initial schedule) in the Tamil flick Papanasam (remake of Malayalam superhit Drishyam). Pranav was quite happy to be associated with the legendary actor Kamal Haasan in Papanasam. Papanasam proved to be a hit in Tamil too. Film knowledge is in the genes for this talented artist and let’s hope that he proves successful in whatever department of film making he selects.

Mohanlal Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)

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 selection for the Malarvaadi Arts Club was not that easy. He was not one among the shortlisted actors for the audition, but when one person eventually left, Nivin was provided with a chance. Later he became an actor. From then on, Nivin worked in the movies Sevenes and Metro and some short roles in Spanish Masala and Traffic. He also worked in the music video Nenjodu Cherthu. This was a great hit in YouTube. It was the 2012 flick Thattathin Marayathu which was a turning point in Nivin’s career. It was a great hit and he was labeled the present youth sensation. Directors like Sathyan Anthikad, Aashiq Abu, Rajesh Pillai and Shyamaprasad directed Nivin. Neram was the debut film of Nivin in Tamil. Later he acted in some Malayalam films, including Bangalore Days.

The beard is a regular in some of Nivin’s films. Nivin has worked with his colleague Dileep in several Malayalam films. Nivin confesses that he was good at knowing dialogues of films by heart and telling them just like the original. Before taking up acting Nivin had no stage experience and he knew only to dance. Nivin focuses on giving his best to his films.

The Pauly Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)

Nikhil Nair is an Indian actor cum model, who works mainly in Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam television industries. He was born on 16th December 1992 & brought up in Bengaluru. His parents are from Kerala. He completed his Bachelors of Engineering (Mechanical) and Masters in Business Administration from Bengaluru. He made his acting debut in the year 2020. He played the lead role of “Ambadi Arjunan” in a Malayalam series, “Ammayariyathe,” and touched hearts. In recent times he also played the role of “prem” in the Telugu series “Intinti Gruhalakshmi” and appeared in the ETV Telugu serial “Maguva.”

Vineeth Srinivasan is known to the music industry for his popular and hit song, Karale, karalinte. Being the son of film star Sreenivasan, he never had even thought of singing as a career. But of course, he likes popular Hindi songs and admires voice of K.J. Jesudas, Brad Paisley, and Udit Narayan.

Visakh Subramaniam is a well-known Indian producer, distributor, and film exhibitor. He predominantly works in the Malayalam film industry or the Mollywood industry.  He was born on 10 April 1988 in Kerala, India. He is a son of S. Murugan and Suja Murugan. His grandfather P. Subramaniam founded the second film studio in Kerala named Merryland Studio. He was married to entrepreneur Advaita Srikanth. He stepped into his career as a producer with the film Love Action Drama, directed and written by Dhyan Sreenivasan under the banner of Funtastic Films starring Nivin Pauly, Nayanthara, and Aju Varghese on 5 September 2019. He is a partner of a production company titled Funtastic Films. As a distributor, he was a part of the film Helen, directed by Mathukutty Xavier, starring Anna Ben, Lal, Noble Babu Thomas, and Aju Varghese, released on 15 November 2019 and distributed under the Funtastic Films banner and the film Gauthamante Radham directed and written by Anand Menon and starring Neeraj Madhav, Renji Panicker released on 31 January 2020.

An award-winning celebrity who belongs to the South-Indian cinematic universe, Ranjan Abraham is known for his work in many highly acclaimed Malayalam films. Having edited over a hundred Malayalam movies, several of his works have won numerous awards at the national level. The respected filmmaker has thousands of fans all across Kerala as well as most of the South-India. Born in 1977, Thuruppugalaan, Kerala, India he has played the role of producer & director on more than a few occasions. He has been an active member of the Malayalam film industry since 1999.

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.

The Malayalam actor and director Basil Joseph was born on 28th of April, 1990. Basil did part of his schooling from St. Joseph Higher Secondary School, situated in Sulthan Bathery, and the rest from S. K. M. J. Higher Secondary School in Kalpetta. He completed his Bachelor’s degree from College of Engineering, Trivandrum. He is also a scriptwriter.

Dhyan Sreenivasan is the younger son of Malayalam actor, director, and screenwriter Sreenivasan. Vineeth Sreenivasan being the elder son of Sreenivasan is Dhyan's elder brother. Dhyan was born on 20th December 1988 in Thalassery, Kerala, India. Dhyan dropped his engineering and joined Visual Communication to fulfill his wish of working in the film industry. He entered this glamorous world in 2013. His debut movie was "Thira", directed by brother Vineeth Sreenivasan. He was selected for the film when Vineeth saw his short film which he had directed himself.

Do you remember the funny side-kick of Mohanlal from Jeetu Joseph’s brilliant Drishyam (2013)? Yes, it was played by Neeraj Madhav. Today, he is one of the most promising actors. His younger brother Navneeth is also a well-known actor. Before acting, he had started off his career in dance. He is a professional Bharata Natyam artist. So, it was not surprising to see him making into the final round of the first “Super Dancer.” He is an SRM University graduate and an alumni of School of Drama and Fine Arts, Thrissur. Thanks to Drishyam, Neeraj’s comic side is now used in various films. But before, films like Homely Meals and Sapthamashree Thaskaraha (2014) gave him the right experience.

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.

Yechan Gunja Mahendran or famously known as Y.G.Mahendran was born as Y. Gee Mahendra on January 9, 1950 at Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He is a very famous serial and cinema actor, dramatist, producer, director and also a well-known playwright singer. His father, Y.G. Parthasarathy is a known pioneer of the new Tamil drama and her mother, Rajalakshmi Parthsarathy initiated the Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan or the PSBB, a group of schools where she is also the dean located in Chennai. Y.G. Mahendra is the cousin of the veteran actress, Vyjayanthimala. 

Bhagath Manuel is an Indian actor known for his roles in Malayalam movies. Manuel was born in the town of Muvattupuzha in Kerala. Manuel is also recognized for his work in Thattathin Marayathu and Doctor Love. Manuel made his big screen debut in 2010, alongside Nivin Pauly and Ajju Varghese in the Vineeth Srinivasan-directed, “Malarvadi ArtsClub.” The screenplay of the film was also conducted by Vineeth Srinivasan. 2011 saw Manuel feature in the Bipin Prabhakar-directed, The Metro, which also featured Sharath Kumar and Nivin Pauly. In the same year, Manuel was also cast alongside Kunchako Boban and Bhavana in K. Biju’s, Doctor Love. In 2012, Manuel featured in four movies. Johny Antony’s “Masters,” saw Manuel cast alongside Prithviraj and Sasikumar. Anwar Rasheed’s “Ustaad Hotel” featured Manuel in a supporting role. Dulquer Salman and Nithya Menon were cast as the protagonists in the film. In the same year, Manuel featured in Vineeth Srinivasan’s “Thattathin Marayathu,” and played the role of Hamza.

Deepak Parambol is a budding Malayalam actor, who is known for doing a variety of roles in the short span that he has been in the Malayalam industry. Born in Kannur, Kerala, Deepak did his schooling from Azhikode High School and went on to do his graduation from the University of Calicut. Later on, he pursued his PG in Calicut University, where he did his MCA. Unlike the characters he portrays in his movies, Deepak is quite a soft spoken person. In one of his interviews, Deepak said that he doesn't mind getting minor roles and doesn't feel disappointed when he doesn’t get lead roles. To him, he says, what matters is the experience that they have to offer, and all that’s important to him is to get good characters in the movies which can help him learn and do a better job.

Hari Krishnan, popularly called as Hari is an Indian film actor. He belongs to the Malayalam film industry. He was born and brought up in Kochi. He had his school and college education in Kerala.

He participated in a Reality show “The Screen Test” conducted by Asianet TV in 2007. He was selected as the best popular actor from the show. This opened the way towards the Malayalam film industry. He made his debut performance in Malayalam film through the famous movie “Malarvadi Arts Club”. Aju Varghese and Bhagath Manuel were the co-actors. The movie directed by Vineeth Sreenivasan was very well received. The story theme was about the deep friendship of 5 intimate friends and how they adjust to the callousness of life after completing studies.

Following the success of “Malarvadi Arts Club”, he took a guest role in “Om Shanthi Oshana” in which he appears as actress Nazriya’s high school classmate. He has also acted in “Sahasram” and “Chattakari”. “Sahasram” was a crime thriller movie in which he played the role of an energetic youth trying to fight corruption. “Chattakari” was the remake of an old film which shows the sexual frustrations of teenagers. His performance was classic in this movie.

A notable performance in his career was in movie “Monayi”. Even though the central personality was Aju Varghese, his role also received good appreciation. Presently he is acting in Director Joshy John’s movie “One Second Please” with Bhagath Manuel and Manu.

TSR is an Indian comedian who has made a mark in the Tamil film industry. Known for his humorous roles, he has entertained audiences with his performances in various films. Some notable movies in which he acted include "Kalaivani 2," "Puppy," "Routtu," "Jai Sena," "Kaadan," "Tamil Rockers," and "Idiot," and many others. In 2015, TSR gained attention for his role in the movie "Vindhai." He continued to make appearances in films such as "Sethupathi" in 2016. In 2019, was seen as Dr.Venkadam in the series "Karoline Kamakshi."

Nandu Poduval is an Indian movie actor and production manager who has contributed his artwork mainly in the Malayalam movies. Apart from being the movie actor and production manager, he is also the production executive and production controller. He was born and brought up in Kilimangalam of Thrissur. He completed his education from Kalamassery St. Paul’s College. He is married and has one son. As soon he completed his graduation, he moved to Mumbai, looking for a job and started working in a cargo company.

Biju Sopanam is a Malayalam actor who caught his break in the Malayalam sitcom Uppum Mulakum for the lead role of Balachandran or Balu. The show is directed by R.Unnikrishnan and currently written by Suresh Babu, Sreerag R.Nambiar, and Afsal Karunagapally. The show premiered on 14th December 2015 and is still on air on Flowers TV. He started his career in 2005 starring in a minor role in the Anwar Rasheed directed Rajamanikyam. He also starred in the 2006 movie Bhargavacharitram Moonam Khandam directed by Jomon starring Mammootty and Padmapriya as well. In 2013, he worked in the Malayalam movie Black Butterfly directed by Rajaputra Ranjith and starring Malavika Nair, Mithun Murali, Samskruthy Shenoy, and Niranjan in the lead roles. His performance in the TV show Uppum Mulakum gave him recognition among his peers as well as created a strong fan base for him.

Nimesh M Thanoor is an Indian art director who worked for the Malayalam film industry. He completed his studies at All India Institute of Local- Self Government in Kothrud, Pune and Maharashtra. He is a well-known art director and production designer who worked in more than 15 South Indian films.

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.

Bijith Dharmadam is known for his work as a Still Photographer in the Malayalam movie industry. He has a number of films under his work history. In total, he has worked on ten movies which have been released, and there are four films which are in post-production. Bijith started his journey of the film still photography from the movie Kunjiramayanam, which released in the year 2015. His most recent work was in the movies Neeli and Iblis which came out in the year 2018. Currently, Bijith Dharmadam is working for an upcoming movie called Kaalki which is in the filming stage. 

Manu Manjith who was born in the year 1986 on 23rd of January in Atholi, Kozhikode, Kerala, India. He is currently 31 years of age. He is married to Hima Hemaraj. He is currently living in Kazhikode in Calicut, India. After completing his high school from St. Joseph's Boys' Higher Secondary School which is situated in Calicut, he did a course of Bachelor in Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery from Government Homeopathic Medical College which is situated in Calicut. He is a poet and lyricist in the Malayalam Cinema. He was passionate about writing since his childhood and has taken part in many writing competitions in his school and college days.

Srik Varier is a Malayalam Colorist. He lives in Kochi, Kerala, India. He has about seven years of experience, in generating Digital Coloring for commercials and films. He is experienced in Post Production that includes Image Processing, Finishing, Theatrical Mastering, and Compositing. And production experience includes project management, client interaction, and Digital Imaging Solutions. He is currently enrolled as Digital Intermediate Colorist in various latest Malayalam films.

Sachin Sudhakaran was born in Kozhikode, Kerala, India. He went to the Indian School in Muscat, Oman. Then pursued a Bachelor of Tectechnology from Model Engineering College, Kochi, India, and then he completed a Diploma in Sound Engineering from the School of Audio Engineering (SAE) in Chennai, India.
He is a co-founder of Sync  Cinema.

Sreevalsan J. Menon is a music composer and Carnatic vocalist. He was born in Trichur, Kerela. Sreevalson is an A Grade artist at All India Radio. He has performed at many concerts including National concerts of AIR and as well as on Doordarshan. He has also done concerts in United States, United Kingdom and Middle- East. He learned and got trained from Rajalakshmi Krishnan and T. V. Ramani. Sreevalson has released many albums and composed music for some movies.

Mithun Jayaraj is a famous singer, composer and soundtrack specialist. He was born and raised in Kerala, India. Mithun's love for music began when he was just four years old. Mithun has been working predominantly in Malayalam, i.e. Mollywood industry. His talent and skills can be witnessed in Malayalam cinema. He has sung many heart touching songs and has given music in various films like Udalaazham (2019) as a composer, Android Kunjappan Version 5.25 (2019), Contessa (2018), and Aravindante Athidhikal (2018), Aana Alaralodalaral (2017) and Goodalochana (2017). Moreover, he is well known for the Minnal Murali Music Department (2021) of the Mollywood industry Music Department. One of his songs' Sunnath Kalyanam’ from Aana Alaralodalaral became viral. The overloaded sensory music in the song made it popular.

Hesham Abdul Wahab was born on 14th October, 1990 in Kerala India. His genres are Sufi Music, World Music and Film Score. He is a very popular Music Director, Composer, Singer, Music Producer and Audio Mixing Engineer as well. His favorite instruments are Piano and Keyboard. He started his career in the year 2007. He is also a Malayalam playback singer.

Siddharth Basrur is a singer and music composer from India. He was born in the year of 1981. From a young age, Basrur was interested in music. He was brought up by his grandparents. While studying in college, Basrur started to work at a cassette store. The owner of the store paid him more than the monthly allowance his parents gave him. As a result, Basrur quit his education. He would listen to lots of songs sung by Kishore Kumar to Alice Cooper. Not just Basrur, but most of his family members were avid music listeners. Of all genres, classic rock 'n’roll and Alternative Rock were his favorite. Basrur is an alumnus of Poddar School. To give himself an edge in the industry, Basrur studied audio engineering in a diploma college. After graduating from there, he took up the job of a sound engineer.

Afsal is an Indian singer who was born on the 14th of April in Kochi, Kerala, India. His songs are mostly for Malayalam cinema films. Afsal's first film song was in 2000 for the movie Valyettanin, the title of the song is "Kannilambum Villum." Throughout his career, Afsal has done over 200 songs some of his most famous songs include; Shaaba Shaaba, Ishtamalleda Enikkishtamalleda, Penne en penne, Kai thudi thalam, and En Karalil (Raakshasi).

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