Malayalam Movie Review Captain - Cast & Crew

Shreya Ghoshal, one of the most famous singers in Bollywood today, was born on March 12th, 1984, in Berhampore, West Bengal. Her father Biswajit Ghoshal is an electrical engineer and mother Sharmistha Ghoshal is a postgraduate in literature. She started singing since the age of 4 when her mother taught her. She started her formal training in Hindustani classical Gharana of music when she was only six years old. She was trained for 18 months after which she continued her training in Mumbai with Late Mukta Bhideji. She completed her graduation in Arts with majors in English. Her first on-stage performance was at their club’s annual function. Her first studio album was in Bengali in 19998 and was named Bendhechhi Beena, and her first onscreen performance was in Awaz Nayi Andaaz Wohi. In 1995, she became the winner of All India Light Vocal Music Competition. Her fame and career began with her winning a television singing reality show named Sa Re Ga Ma Pa.

Vani Jairam is a South Indian playback singer in Indian cinema and was born in 30th November 1945 in Vellore, Tamil Nadu. She was the fifth daughter of a family of eight children. Her mother is Padmavathi and a disciple of Ranga Ramunaja Iyengar. He taught her Dikshitar kritis and at age of eight, she got the opportunity of singing in All India Radio.

Born on 23rd April 1984 in Chennai, Gayathri Raguram is a choreographer as well as a film actress. Her region of interest is south Indian films. She is the daughter of renowned dancer Raguram. During 2002 she acted in the film Charlie Chaplin; this film was highly entertaining and she was paired opposite dancing sensation Prabhu Deva. Later she switched to choreography. Gayathri’s career in acting started when she was at her teens. She had once confessed that acting was never her choice, but offers rained in her way. She always wanted to be called by her full name Gayathri Raguram, since she doesn’t want to be misunderstood with another actress of the time, Gayatri Jayaraman. Following her debut in Charlie Chaplin, she acted in Malayalam, Kannada and Tamil, totaling 4 films in her career. These films went unnoticed and she quit acting only to settle in USA. This decision was made since her film with actor Dhanush didn’t get released at the right time. The year 2008 saw her return as a choreographer and the films she choreographed include Poi Solla Porom and Jayam Kondaan. Kandaswamy, Ko, Aadhavan and Vanam are some of the big budget films that she worked. She worked in the Tamil film Tamil Padam and she got good response for that. She had donned the role of a choreographer for over 100 films by 2014. Of late, she had acted in the film Vai Raja Vai where she played the role of Gautham Karthik’s younger sister. She acted in this film after a sabbatical of nearly a decade. But again, she was seen in special appearances in several movies. On her personal front, Gayatri Raguram is the niece of renowned dancer Kala. Gayatri was wedded to a software engineer in 2006, but they parted ways in three years.

Anu Sithara is an Indian Film and Television Actress. She works in the Malayalam and Tamil Film Industries. Anu hails from Wayanad district in Kerala. Anu was born on the 21st of August in the year 1995. Her father’s name is Abdul Salam, and her mother’s name is Renuka Salam.

Lakshmi Sharma is the glamorous Mollywood actress renowned for her acting in some noted Malayalam films. She had left her mark in the heart of Mollywood. Although she made her debut in Telugu films, she could not become popular in Tollywood. She came to Hyderabad from Vijayawada to pursue her dream to become a heroine. So she adjusted herself even in a side actress role in’’ Ammo Okato Thareeku’’(2000). Her first film remuneration was Rs 20,000. Quite upset in her career in Telugu films, she migrated to Kerala where she was offered some good movies. She had left Tollywood due to lack of heroine roles and surprised everyone by doing 10 films as a heroine in Malayalam films later on. The actress made her debut into Malayalam films through the Mammootty starrer film ‘Palunku’(2006). The film was directed by Blessy. She was born in Andhra Pradesh. She was keen to act in cinema since her childhood. She acted with Chiranjeevi too in “Indra”(2002), but the actress went un-noticed. She acted in 12 Telugu films, but since her films were not appreciated, she considered this as a setback in her career. She had then chances of doing some Malayalam movies and even had a chance to act in two Kannada film too. Although she was not a huge star in Tollywood, she had definitely utilized her skills of acting in every film that she had acted so far. She always felt that whenever she tried her luck to get a heroine role in Telugu cinema, she was sidelined and offers were not too impressive either. Later, she attended a screen test by a professional filmmaker in Chennai in 2005. Her photos and video footage impressed star Malayalam director Blessy and she started getting offers. This is how she made her foray in Mollywood. Kerala audiences found a Srividya in her. After her success in big screen, she did a title role in the Telugu TV serial Durga. Her second life began with TV industry now. She has some offers even in Malayalam TV screen too.

It is believed that a person cannot be great in many things, but Prajesh Sen, a journalist turned into a filmmaker, is an exception.

Roby Varghese is a cinematographer born in Thrissur, Kerala. He graduated from Dr. G R Damodaran College of Science and Mind Screen Film Institute in Chennai and has one brother named Tony David, an actor in Malayalam films. Roby started his career as an assistant cinematographer with Rubaiyz Mohammed and Himman Dhammija (2010) in Mumbai. He also assisted Joman T John and Loganathan Srinivasan in 2012 and worked in films Like Puthiya Niyanam (2016), The Great Father (2017), Captain (2018), Love Action Drama (2019), Vellam (2021), Eesho(2022), Vaashi (2022), John Luther (2022). As a second-unit cinematographer, he worked in films like Nee-Na and Charlie (2015) and Action Hero Biju (2016) and also assissted great film directors such as A K Sajan, Lal Jose, Prajesh Sen, Nadirshah, Martin Prakkat, Abrid Shine, and many more.

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.

Cyril Kuruvilla is a Malayalam Art Director who has worked in movies including How Old are You? Captain, C/O Saira Banu, Oru Naal Varum etx.

Arun Manohar is a costume designer in Malayalam movies. His debut on the big screen was with the film ‘Alice: A True Story', directed by Anil Das, that released in 2014. In the same year, Biju’s Bhaskar Nari too gave him a break in his movie ‘@Andheri’. In both the movies, his job got special attention. As both the movies had characters of our society, his costume designs got special applause. Arun Manohar also became popular in Malayalam movies like ‘Kunjiramayanam’ and ‘Balyakalasakhi’. In the year 2016, he designed costumes for Murali Gopy and Anoop Menon who were in the lead roles in 'Pa Va' and for Mohanlal in the movie 'Pulimurugan' and in the year 2016, he had designed costumes for Mammootty in a film named 'PullikkaranStaraaa'.

Libin Mohanan is a famous Indian makeup artist who hails from Aluva, Kerala. He has been working in the Mollywood film industry for more than 16 years. He has worked in more than 15 films and is best known for his work in Irupathiyonnaam Noottaandu (2019), Oru Kuprasidha Payyan (2018), Vahni (2018), and Jhon Luther in 2022. Libin Mohanan began his career as a makeup artist in Malayalam cinema with the film Vismayathumbathu in 2004. He has collaborated with prominent makeup artists, and he is famous for his experimentation with various types of makeup, wigs, and prosthetic makeup, showcasing his enthusiasm for his craft. He is also a wedding makeup artist and runs a makeup salon in Aluva, Ernakulam.

Jayasurya is a versatile actor who hailed from Kerala. Born in Thrippunithura in 1978, this actor has done varieties of characters in Malayalam films. He has also acted in a few Tamil movies. His parents are Mani and Thankam. His wife is Sarita and this couple has a daughter and a son. Oomapenninu Uriyadapayyan is the debut movie of Jayasuriya. Swapna Koodu with Prithviraj, Meera Jasmine and Bhavana gave him a reputation. His movie Pulival Kalyanam also earned more fans for him. Kilukkam Kilukilukkam was the next version of Mohan Lal movie Kilukkam, and Jayasuriya’s performance was applauded well. Shakespeare M.A Malayalam and De Inkottu Nokkiyae, Bus Conductor, Arabikatha are some of his blockbuster movies. Sankaranum Mohananum was the film by Jayasurya, in which he appeared in 20 different getups. Cocktail was the film by him, which made his career a worthy one. Trivandrum Lodge, Husbands in Goa, Mumbai Police and Beautiful were some of his career best films. Husbands in Goa, is a comedy genre which had Lal, Praveena, Indrajith, Remya Nambeesan, Bhama and Rima Kallingal. His latest ventures are Amar Akbar Anthony, Aadu Oru Bheegara Jeeviyaanu and Lukka Chuppi. He made his debut in Tamil films through En Mana Vaanil with Kavya Madhavan. He also has acted with Kamal Hassan in Vasool Raja MBBS.

Muhammed Kutty Ismail Paniparambil is the original name of Mammootty, the Malayalam superstar. Having working in more than 300 movies he is still a star to reckon with, in Malayalam film industry. Apart from acting, he was also a lawyer. Currently he is busy with philanthropic works too.

Born on 7th September 1951, Mammootty also donned the role of a producer. He has worked in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada, other than Malayalam films. He garnered the National Award for his acting skills, thrice in his career. He shares this feat with veteran actor Kamal Haasan. 5 Kerala State Film Awards and a dozen Filmfare Awards also decorate his cupboard. Mammootty was bestowed with Padmashri during 1998. He is fondly called as Mammukka or Megastar by Malayalam fans.

Hailing from Kottayam, Kerala, Mammootty, after studying in Maharajah College, he pursued law at the Ernakulam Government Law College. Mammootty entered the film industry through the insignificant role in the film Anubhavangal Paalichakal in 1971. The flick Devalokam was the first flick in which he played the lead role. Sphodanam and Trishna made Mammootty a star to reckon with in Malayalam cinema.

Mammootty was very much lauded for his performance in the flick New Delhi. Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha is the another film which provided the perfect fodder to his acting skills. Some of the other notable films of Mammukka include August 15, Pranchiyettan & The Saint, Drona 2010, Kutty Shrank, Nazrani, Pazhassi Raja, Ee Pattanathil Bhootham, Yugapurushan, Maunam Sammatham, Thalapathy, Swathi Kiranam, Balram vs Tharadas and Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar. Mammootty’s penchant towards acting made him to take both commercial and offbeat roles with equal panache. Mammootty’s son Dulquer Salman is a rising star in Malayalam film industry now.

In his career, Mammootty acted with several actors and actresses. Mammootty also involved himself in the production of some serials in television. Mammootty is credited with the responsibility of Akshaya project’s goodwill ambassador. He also supports various other social causes, including a project pertaining to health.

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.

Nirmal Palazhi is a Malayalam comedian. He also works as an actor in the Malayalam movie industry. Nirmal was born in Kozhikode district of Kerala. He is married to Anju, and they have two kids. At the beginning of his career, Nirmal worked as a mimicry stage artist. He performed at several stage shows.

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.

Siddique, who is a Malayalam film actor, producer, and a television host started his film career initially with comedy roles, and later he continued performing a variety of roles. Born at Edavanakkad, in Ernakulam Kerala, Siddique is the youngest child with two other siblings. Completing his primary schooling in his hometown, Siddique later took Diploma in Electrical Engineering. He worked as an Electrical Engineer at Kerala and worked for a few more years in Saudi Arabia. Later he quit his job and started exploring his inner talents. He started his artistic career as a mimicry artist. Married to Seena, Siddique has two sons. Shaheen Siddique is his eldest son from previous marriage, and he made his debut in the movie Pathemari.

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