Malayalam Movie Review 1971 Beyond Borders - Cast & Crew

Meenakshi Ilayaraja is a playback singer from Tamil Nadu in southern India. Meenakshi, born in Olakurnu, a village near Dindivanam, has always been interested in music. Her parents, who were teachers at the time, encouraged her interest. She received her musical training in Carnatic Sangeet at Adyar Music College, where she also completed her teacher training. In 2012, when Carnatic Sangeet at Adyar Music College announced a vacancy for a voice lecturer, Meenakshi took up the job. Meenakshi’s husband Mr. Ilayaraja supported her passion for music. He even went to various studios to find an opportunity for her. When one day Mr. Tajnoor, a music director, offered her an audition as a folk singer to sing Tirukkuralaj.

Merin Gregory is a Hindi cinema singer who will be most known for her work in the Malayalam film industry. Merin's previous movie, The Priests, was released in theatres in the year 2021. Merin Gregory is a well-known Indian playback singer who has won several awards. She has performed several Malayalam film songs as well as devotional songs. She is the Season 6 Title Winner of Idea Star Singer. Merin has performed for some of India's best-renowned composers, including M. Jayachandran, Govind Menon, Vidyasagar, and Deepak Dev. Ustad Faiyaz Khan is teaching her Hindustani music. She had sung several movies and religious songs.

Asha Sarath, famous for her role in 'Kumkumapoovu', is a Malayalam serial actress hails from Perumbavoor, Ernakulam. She was born in Perumbavoor as a daughter of famous classical dancer Smt. Kalamandalam Sumathy. At a very young age, Asha was bought into the field of classical dance by her parents. She got trained in all forms of classical dance including: Mohiniyattam, Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam as well. In college days, Asha always used to get prizes for her performances on classical dance. In 1992, she got first prize in All India Dance Fete held in Benares. She is married to Sarath a business entrepreneur in Dubai.

Srushti Dange is Indian actress and model mostly appeared in Tamil movies.. Srushti Dange first appeared in the films as a supporting actor. The Tamil crime thriller film where she played the role of a victim 'Suja', 'Yuddham Sei' in 2011 was also well appreciated by the audience. Mysskin directed the film in which Cheran and Dipa Shah played the lead role. Apart from this, Srushti has also played the supporting role for the Telugu film "April Fool". In 2014, Srushti played the role of  'Meghavathy' in a Tamil film 'Megha' directed by Karthik Rishi and co-starred with Ashwin Kakumanu. Her acting in 'Megha', a Tamil romantic thriller was well acclaimed by the audience.

The emerging model cum actress Neha Khan has already taken the industry by storm. She was born on 13th August 1995 in Amravati, Maharashtra. She is involved with Bollywood, as well as the Marathi and Malayalam industry. Her latest release includes ‘Gurukul’, a Marathi movie which circulates around the life in college. She played the character of Kamini in the film, and all the audiences around Maharashtra praised her for her brilliant performance.

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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.

John Robinson is an American actor. He has acted in the movie ‘Elephant’ directed by Gus Van Sant, where he played the role of John McFarland. He was also in the movie ‘Lords Of Dogtown’ in the role of Stacy Peralta. He belongs to Portland, Oregon. Playing lacrosse and enjoying snowboarding has been the hobbies of Robinson since high school and he is a graduate student at Oregon Episcopal School. He has also done modeling in his earlier days.

Mohammad Haneef is a prosperous Malayalam producer. He is the creator and proprietor of Red Rose Creation and has created movies such as Vettah, Mylanchi Monjulla Veedu, Kaanchi, and 1971: Beyond Borders. Haneef was Born in Dubai and began his profession as a merchant and entrepreneur in real estate, hospitality, and trading. He started in the cinema industry in 2013 with Kaanchi, a suspenseful story involving a land dispute and a murder puzzle. Haneef has partnered with famous actors and directors in Malayalam cinema, producing films across various categories. Haneef is married and has two children. He has a passion for traveling and contributed notably to the Malayalam movie industry.

Sujith Vasudev is one of the most renowned names in the field of cinematography and is known for his works in Malayalam and Tamil movies such as City of God, Molly Aunty Rocks, Papanasam, Amar Akbar Anthony, among many others. Sujith Vasudev was born in Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala and is an ardent fan of the works of legends such as M. T. Vasudev Nair, Cherukadu, and Valsala. Vasudev has also publicly stated his desire to work with A. R. Rahman, and is a staunch follower of artists such as Zakir Hussain, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, and M. S. Subbulakshmi. Vasudev, in an interview, said that he was inspired by movies such as Shakespeare in Love, The Cow, The Duelist, and “Amelie,” among many others. Vasudev started his career in cinema as a cinematographer in 2009 with the Sunil Madhav-directed “Nayanam,” followed by Sanjeevan’s “Chekavar.” But it was in 2010 that Vasudev got noticed for his works in the Prithviraj and Indrajith starrer “City of God.” The film was written by Babu Janardhanan, and also featured Swetha Menon, Rima Kallingal, and Rajeev Pillai, among many others.

Born on 8^th June, 1986 to parents Thirumala Shahul and Rehma in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, Najim Arshad is a famous Indian playback singer working in Malayalam, Hindi and Tamil film industries. His father is a retired administrative officer from Vigilance Department while his mother is a music teacher. He has two brothers one is a doctor, and the other is an engineer. He feels proud to say that both of them are musicians too. He has been undergoing training in Carnatic music vocal under Gurunathan Sri H. Raja in S.S.T College of Music since 1995 and in violin by Sri Rathinam and Sri Kadanad Haridas.

Rahul Subramanian is an Indian Comedian. Rahul was born on the 10th of May in the year 1988. He was born in Tamil Nadu, India. Rahul pursued his Master of Business Administration degree in Marketing from the Institute of Management Technology in Ghaziabad. Initially, he worked as a marketing manager for Mahindra Rise. He always dreamt of becoming a comic writer.

Siddharth Vipin is a music producer and an actor who works in the Tamil film industry. He was born on 7 November 1985 in the city of Salem in Tamil Nadu. His father was Vipin Chandra. The actor did his graduation in B.Com from the Loyola College, Chennai. Other than B.Com, he also has a degree in sound engineering from the SAE Institute.

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.

Mohan Rajan is an Indian Lyricist. He works in the Tamil Film Industry. Mohan was born in the year 1984. He was born in Valayapatti, Tamil Nadu. He pursued his Master’s Degree from Loyola Degree College in Chennai, Tamil Nadu in Tamil Literature and Media arts specializations. Mohan started his career as a lyricist with the film Easan (2010) where he penned the song Jilla Veettu.

Known as a lyricist for movies such as 1971: Beyond Borders and Manart Mathai Speaking 2, Nikhil S.Mattathil works primarily for Malayalam cinema. The lyricist pursued his higher studies at the College of Engineering, Kidangoor, in 2015. Later, Mattathil worked with Gold 101.3 FM, Dubai, writing jingles. In 2018, he joined IHAM Media as a director and lyricist. Mattathil wrote the 2014 Malayalam flick Mannar Mathai Speaking 2, helmed and scripted by Mamas. The comedy-thriller film features Mukesh, Sai Kumar, and Janardhanan in pivotal roles.

Hariharan is a renowned Indian singer, who sings mainly for Hindi and Tamil films. Born in 1955, he is a well-known Ghazal singer. He was also instrumental in bringing fusion music to India. 

Colonial Cousins is the name given to Hariharan’s band, wherein he collaborated with Lesle Lewis. This band was featured in many private albums. Not only this, they have also composed music for a few movies in Hindi and Tamil. 

Hariharan is born and brought up in Mumbai and he is well-versed in Tamil, Malayalam, English and Hindi. Hariharan is the offspring of famous Carnatic vocalists H.A.S. Mani and Shrimati Alamelu. Hariharan inherited the music skills from his mother. Hindustani music was made known to him in his youth. Hariharan indeed, took great efforts to reach the position that he is in today; he used to practice singing for 13 hours. 

During the initial stages of his career Hariharan used to sing for television serials. After winning a prize in a competition at all India level Hariharan was offered to sing in the film “Gaman” by late music composer Jaidev. The song “Ajeeb Sa Neha Mujh Par Guzar Gaya Yaaron" from the film earned him recognition that he rightly deserved. 

The song “Thamizha Thamizha” from the movie Roja was an instant hit and Hariharan, who sung it was awarded the “Best Male Playback Singer” in the Tamil Nadu State Government Film Awards. 

Hariharan was introduced into the Tamil film industry by A R Rahman, who was also a newbie at that time. Since then, the duo created magic with soul stirring songs in films, including Minsara Kanavu, Jeans, Indian, Muthu, Taal, Mudhalvan, Iruvar, Indira, Rangeela, Alaipayuthey, Kannathil MuthamIttal, Sivaji etc. Hariharan is credited with the Padma Shri Award and has received National awards for a couple of times. Hariharan is the proud singer of around 700 songs. He had also sung in Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali and Marathi.

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).

Vipin Xavier is a playback singer in the Malayalam movie industry. He started his singing career with the album “Lollipop” (Original Motion picture soundtrack), released in 2008. After that, Vipin sang many songs as a playback singer in many Malayalam movies like “Ivar Vivahitharayal…?” “In Ghost House Inn,” “Seniors,” “Housefull,” “Hangover,” and many more. Vipin’s recently released song was ‘Toofan’ from the Tamil movie “K.G.F: Chapter 2,” released in 2022. The song was sung by many singers like Deepak Blue, Govind Prasad, Mohan Krishna, and a few more. The music was composed by Ravi Basrur. Vipin had sung the song ‘Sulthana’ in the same film along with Mohan Krishna, Anwar Sadath, M.T. Sruthikanth, and Santhosh Venky. The song had the music label of T- Series Malayalam.

Balu Thankachan is a Malayalam sound mixer and a playback singer. He founded 20dB Soundstudios and serves as its founder, audio mixing/mastering engineer, and music designer. He attended Vadavucode's Rajarshi Memorial High School and attended St. Alberts College. He is from Kochi, India, and resides in Chennai. He is married to Neethu George, and the two are parents to a boy. Vikram Vedha (2017), Enai Noki Paayum Thota (2019), and Dear Comrade are works by Balu Thankachan (2019)He won the Radio mirchi award for music mixing engineer of the decade for "Parayuvaan" and the Radio mirchi award for "Kizhakkupookkum" (Anwar), "Appangalembadum" (Ustad Hotel), and "Yaanji" (Vikram Vedha). He performed mix engineering duties for the Malayalam film Minnal Murali (2021).

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.

Allu Sirish is a South Indian actor whose two or more members have been involved in the film industry. His many relatives ( Chiranjeevi, Pawan Kalyan, Ram Charan) had featured predominantly in South Indian movies His elder brother is Telugu actor Allu Arjun. Getting started in Tollywood is tough for newcomers but not for one who comes from a family of the film fraternity. But it can be a huge advantage if show business runs in the family. The only thing is that the actor has to work twice hard as to prove them.

Krishna Kumar also popularly known as KK Kichu is an actor who works in Malayalam and Tamil movies and serials. Krishna Kumar is mainly known for playing supporting roles in Malayalam and Tamil films as well as in few selected TV serials. Krishna Kumar was born in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India to Gopala Krishnan Nair. Krishna Kumar started his career as a news reader in the Kerala TV and later shifted his career to acting which has always been his hidden passion. He made his debut of his acting career in the year 1994 with the Malayalam film Kashmeeram. Then he went on to act in many Malayalam movies and TV serials. After some time, when the offers from Malayalam movies and serials started drying down, Krishna Kumar tried his luck in the Tamil movie Industry where he managed to get some good role as supporting actor in Tamil movies like Billa II, Deivathirumagal, mugamoodi, etc. He side by side continued to act in Malayalam movies. Krishna Kumar married Sindhu on December 12, 1994 and had 4 daughters, Ahaana, Ishaani, Diya and Hansika. His elder daughter is all set to venture in the Malayalam movies with Rajeev Ravi’s forthcoming movie with another newbie Farhan Fazil, who is also a star kid.
 

Born on 25th December 1986 to James and Eliyamma in Thiruvananthapuram, Thomas James became everyone’s beloved Manikuttan with his entry into Malayalam movie and television industry. Many know him as Kayamkulam Kochunni, the character he played in his television debut as the main lead. Before entering into the Television industry, he appeared in children’s film named Varnachirakukal in 1999. He also appeared in many dramas in Doordarshan as a child artist. His break-through was the serial Kayamkulam Kochunni, portraying the legendry thief, who robbed the rich to help the poor; an Indian Robin Hood. This serial was aired on Surya TV.

He quit the show when he got an opportunity in the big screen. He debuted as the main lead in a Vinayan movie Boyfriend in 2005, which was a college love story. He did not limit himself to main lead but took up roles which had scope for performance. He also shared screen space with versatile actors like Mammootty, Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi and Srinivasan. He appeared in popular movies like 20-20, Bada Dosth, Chota Mumbai, Minnaminnikootam, Kurukshetram, Hareendran oru Nishkalankan, Elsamma enna Aankutty and Passenger to name a few. 

He also played the lead role in Kalabham, Valiyangadi where he played an action hero, in Snehamulloral Koodeyullappol he pays an IT professional who falls in love with his colleague. He remains in the limelight due to his charm in his role portrayal, unique dialogue delivery, and cheerfulness. He has also proved himself as a very good dancer. He was also a part of the Kerala team the Kerala strikers in Celebrity Cricket League (CCL) which is headed by Mohanlal.  The team won the runner-up title in the 2014 match and semifinalist in 2013 match.

Padmaraj Ratheesh is a famous actor from the Malayalam industry. He was born in Kerala to the couple Diana and the well-known veteran hero Ratheesh. His dad passed away when he was little, and his mother too is no more. Though his father already belonged to the industry Padmaraj along with his siblings were not given much exposure to the cinema field and considered their dad's office was just another "office." As they grew up, everyone studied very well and are in high positions now. But the junior Ratheesh always had the interest to become an actor and to follow his dad's footsteps. But before joining in films the actor had majored in Business Management and worked in a reputed company for about five years, but he had to resign as there was no one there to look after his sick mother.

Pradeep Chandran is an actor in Malayalam film industry. Pradeep Chandran was born on 17^th November 1981 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. He is 36 years of age, and his zodiac sign is Sagittarius. Pradeep’s brother’s name is Pramod Chandran.

A firebrand script-writer, actor, director, and producer, that’s Renji Panicker for you. He made his debut with movie ‘Bhattacharya IPS’ in 2005. He started his career as a journalist after getting his post graduate degree in it. He, with Shaji Kailas, has given gem of movies to the Malayalam industry. He is also the managing director of the Malayalam newspaper Metrovarthaa. He was born on 21 January 1958 to Keshava Panicker and Laalamani at Nedumudi, Alleppey.

Saiju Govind Kurup, known for his screen name as Saiju Kurup in the film world. Saiju was born in Aroor Kerala ion 1981 and he is currently a busy actor in the Malayalam industry. He made his debut in the ever hit classic movie Mayoogham directed by the famous director Hariharan. He played the character Unni who was a rebel. The opposite lead to Saiju was Mamta Mohandas .He got two awards for his acting in the movie Mayoogham. The best new comer Bharatan awards and film city awards.

Saiju was working in Birla company there he met his better half Anupama and then both joined in Airtel company. Saiju and Anupama later decided to marry and the couple had a beautiful girl child. He was the direct Sales manager in Airtel. At that time he met the famous singer M G Sreekumar who later introduced him to Hariharan. Mayoogham was a hit and for the memory of his first movie the couple named their daughter as Mayoogha.

Saiju then acted on many films in lead roles, negative roles, supporting roles etc. Some of his movies were box office hits like Munnariyippu, Baba Kalyani, Mulla, Makeup Man, Trivandrum Lodge etc. His role in Mulla was quite different both in looks and attitude. He played the role of a negative police officer.

Saiju was selected in the li9st of Forbes India Magazines most stunning actor. He ranked 12 th out of 100 members in the Forbes list. He has a large fan following and he constantly interacts with the followers in the online portal formkerala.com and because of his sincere attitude towards his fans his fans call him as Saiju Annan.

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.

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