Malayalam Movie Review Fancy Dress - Cast & Crew

Shweta Menon is a Malayalam and Hindi movie actress in addition to being a model and television presenter. She has also appeared in some Tamil films. She started her career with Malayalam films after which she changed her line for a bit and tried her hand at modelling due to which Shweta gained a lot of recognition as she won quite a few beauty pageants. She won the distinguished title of Femina Miss India Asia Pacific in the year 1994. Shweta Menon was born in Chandigarh but comes from Valanchery district in Kerala. Her father was an Indian Air Force Officer. She is the cousin of actor Anoop Menon. She first appeared in the movie Ishq in the item song ‘Humko Tumse Pyaar Hai’. She went on to make appearances in about 30 films in Bollywood. She had a turning point in her career when she returned to the Malayalam film industry in the 2000s and did important roles in movies. She was the recipient of the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress for the movies Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha (2009) in which she played the role of Cheeru and Salt N' Pepper (2011). In her modelling career, apart from winning the renowned title she became the first Gladrags female supermodel and ended up as a semi-finalist in the Miss Asia Pacific contest. She earned accolades for her performance in Madhya Venal in which she played the role of a woman, Sarojini, who fights against all odds of the society. She has even presented and anchored several shows on TV, like Star Wars on Kairali TV for which she also won the Asian Television Award for Best Anchor. Among other TV shows that she has anchored, Dancing Queen, Razzmatazz, Honeymoon Travels, Veruthe Alla Bharaya. She got married to Sreevalson Menon on 18 June 2011 and gave birth to her daughter on 27 September 2012 in Mumbai. Her whole delivery process was recorded for a film Kalimannu, which also landed her up in a controversy.

Ponnamma Babu is a noted character artist known for portraying satire roles. She is a trained Bharathanatyam and Mohiniyattam dancer as well. She entered into theater when she was 15 years. After her marriage to noted theater director Babu, she quit acting in her early age. She made her movie debut in 1996 in Padanayakan playing wife to the noted actor Rajan P Dev. Even though it was a small character she got recognized with her unique acting skills. She has done many character roles as mother, sister, sister-in-law, which were all performance oriented. She never looked for the length of the role she had, but how important the role was in the movie. She started dubbing for herself after Ennu Swantham Janakikutty which gave her recognition for her unique voice and her humorous dialogue delivery. She has acted in almost more than 150 movies so far and still doing good character role in movies.

Her television debut was in comedy serials like Cinemala, which addressed the day today issues either political or social in a comic way. Cinemala is a comedy programme broadcasted in Asianet once a week since 1993 completing more than 1000 episodes and considered to be the oldest programme being broadcasted in a channel. She also acted in the comedy serial Sanmanasullavarkku Samadhanam, a serial about hopes, dreams, politics and culture with gentle humor and funny dialogues. It was also a breakthrough for the National Award winner Suraj Venjaramoodu who was also part of it. 

She focuses more on acting in movies than serials and expects to get more strong and deep roles in movie in the future. She is settled in Kottayam, with her husband and her three children; two daughters Deepthi Nirmala and Pinky, and a son Mathew Damien. Her daughter Pinky has made her movie debut in the movie Nakshathrangal in 2014 and her movie Mr. Paavanayi 99.99 is expected for release shortly.

Sowmya Menon is one of the famous Indian actresses who works in Malayalam films. Sowmya Menon belongs to Thrissur, Kerala, India. Sowmya was born on 6th August 1990 to Balagopal Menon and Latha Balagopal. She is emotionally attached to her mother. She is an M.com graduate. She is also a classical dancer. Sowmya appeared in a Malayalam album song named Vannathi. She played in the movies, Margamkali in 2019, Kinavalli in 2018, Fancy Dress in 2019, Children's Park in 2019, Neeyum Njanum in 2019.

Known in the Malayalam movie industry for her comic timing and impeccable work ethic, Thesni Khan is one of the more prominent comedian and character actors’ within the movie scene. Born on the 5th April, 1970 to parents Alikhan and Rukhiya, Thesni studied at the famous Cochin Kalabhavan. She also studied and performed magic under her father’s tutelage on several stages. 

Thesni made her debut in the movie Daisy in 1988, as a supporting actress, following which she acted in famous movies including Vaishali, Moonnam Pakkam, then in Dasharatham, and In Harihar Nagar, Pappi Appacha, Tournament, Avatharam, Punyalan Agarbattis, Bhaiyya Bhaiyya. 

Her first movie Daisy, was a Malayalam musical-romance showing separation, and the longing between two lovers, set within a boarding school. The story was written and directed by the popular director Prathap K Pothan, and had the cast of Harish and Sonia, with Kamal Haasan as an extended guest appearance. She is also famous for her roles in Beautiful, an Anoop Menon written and V.K Prakash directed Malayalam drama musical where she played the role of Kanyaka. She is also famous for her role in the 2012 hit movie Trivandrum Lodge where she played the role of Kanyaka Menon. She was also nominated for the SIIMA Award for Best Actress in Supporting Role for the same role.

She has also acted in the following TV serials: from the popular Cinemala and Manasaputhri, Sundari Sundari to Akkare Ikkare, Abhinetri, Ente Alphonsamma, Velankanni Mathavu and Snehaseema. Her popularity has also seen her in the role of judge in popular reality shows including Comedy Stars, Five Minutes Fun Star & Jagapoga. She has also been invited to popular talk shows including Nammal Thammil, Sreekandan Nair Show etc.

Her talent won her the FRAME Award for Best Actor in Comic Role (Female) for her role in Cinemala.

Thesni Khan is also known for her love of food, where she has featured in several cookery videos and shows. Her most famous recipe is that of Ghee Rice and Chicken Roast which has several views and hits.

Malayalam comedy star Pakru, has the prefix Guinness to his name. Ever wondered the reason? He owns the record of a leading role enacted by a shorted actor in a full-fledged film. Born on 31st August 11976, being 2 feet 6 inch tall, Pakru worked as the male lead in the 2005 flick Albhuthadeep. He was adjudged the Special Jury Awards given by Kerala State Film association. His record was recorded in the year 2008 in Guinness Book of World Records. Albhuthadeep is a flick which has various specialties. It has 300 dwarfs, which is distinctive. The plot of the story is about dwarf men and normal ladies in an island. Prithviraj also acted with Pakru in this movie. This movie was a great success in the box office. 

The 2010 flick My Big Father had Pakru donning the role of father of Jayaram. He also enacted ther ole of a mentally disturbed person in this film. The audience were moved his performance in this film and Pakru proved that he can handle comic and serious roles with equal panache.Pakru has shared screenspace with most of the top notch actors of Mollywood. 

Earlier Guiness Pakru was known as Unda Pakru or just Pakru. However, his original name is Ajay Kumar. He has a diploma in computer science to his credit. But he chose a different path. He was good in mimicry. Along with this passion, his size made him to work in stage shows. Pakru also tested waters in mimicry and worked in mimicry groups before entering into films. When he was 18 he had worked on 1000 mimicry performances. The 1984 flick Ambili Ammavan was the first film of Pakru. Now he also works in television serials. The 2013 flick Kutteem Kolum is the directorial venture of Pakru. He also donned the protagonist role in this flick. Pakru fetched the Tamil Nadu Award for his flick Dishyum during the year 2006. Pakru has worked in around 40 films. 

On his personal front, Pakru is married to Gayathri Mohan and is blessed with a daughter. He hails from Kundara, Kollam

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Malayalam actor Ajay Kumar is perhaps world’s smallest actor. This comedy star is just 2 feet 6 inches tall and due to his height and experience as an actor, he made it into the Guinness Book of World Records. Before making his debut in films, he had an experience as a mimicry artist in many stage plays and even in competition. His mother encouraged him to participate in competitions so that his participation certificates could get Ajay Kumar a government job.But luck had something else to do with his success. He was well versed in techniques of mimicry, recitation contests, fancy dress competitions, etc. and this talent fetched him applause in any competition he took part. Even in college, he took a keen interest in associating himself with politics, culture or any other form of arts as part of extra-curricular activities. Ajay was a gifted mimicry artist and even taken part in stage shows in Kerala. It is said that film director Vinayan discovered this actor while he was making a film ‘Atbhuta Dweep.' The actor was assigned the role of a warrior prince of a Lilliputian kingdom.

After the release of this film, he became a household name in Kerala. It is said that the actor did all his fight–based scenes and did not need any double to perform the art. After the release of this film ‘Atbhutta Dweep’, the actor made his entry into the 'Guinness Book of Records' as he played a full-length character in a film. Ajay Kumar ( known as 'Pakru') was seen as the dwarf prince Gajendra in the movie. The film was a huge success. He made his debut in big screen with a film ‘Ambili Ammavan’ that released in 1984.

N.M. Badusha works in the Malayalam film industry as a producer, associate director, production manager, and actor. N.M. Badusha was born in the Indian state of Kerala, in the town of Aroor. He went to GHS Chandiroor for his education and graduated from Santa Cruz College. He is the father of two children, Sahir Badusha and Shifa Badusha. He is married to Manju Badusha.

Pradeep Nair is a famous Indian Director, Writer, and cinematographer. Pradeep was born in Kottayam, Kerala, India. Pradeep Nair won some big awards in 2004, like the Kerala State Film Award and in 2005 National Film Award for his Film Oridam. In his career, he did a lot of work in directing, acting, and photography in movies. In the film Pavada and Immanuel, he did the cinematography. Pradeep Nair directed some hit movies, Oridam (2004), Crossroad(2017), and Cocktail (2010). His comedy movie Achayans got released in 2017. Pradeep acted in the film Thegidi in 2014.

Ratheesh Vega’s birth name was Ratheesh Menon. He was born in Palakkad, Kerala, India. He was bought up in Chennai, Tamilnadu. He has got a degree in music from Madras University. He pursued a short course in sound engineering. He continued learning music from Thrissur R. Vaidyanathan. Presently he lives in Thrissur with his wife Dr. Anu Vega and son Nathan Vega. His breakthrough into music direction was through the television program “Music Talks” telecasted on the channel Asianet TV.Gopi Sunder was the one who asked him to try his luck in the music field as music Director. One of his friends was so impressed by his singing that he introduced him to a producer Milan Jaleel. Who later offered him a chance, as he was impressed by his musical compositions in the musical album. Ratheesh Vega is a composer, singer, and musician in the Malayalam Films.

Niranj. A. Suresh is an Indian Playback Singer, Musician, Actor, and Director. He works in the Malayalam and Tamil Film Industry. Suresh was born on the 6th of March in the year 1990. He was born in Ernakulam, Kerala. His father’s name is Dr. Suresh Narayan, and his mother’s name is Dr. Anila Suresh. His father and mother were Physics professors at Union Christian College in Aluva. He has a younger brother whose name is Nikhil. A. Suresh. Niranj had his schooling from Bhavans Vidya Mandir in Elamakarra, Kochi. He later pursued his engineering degree from Mar Athanasius College of Engineering in Kothamangalam. Niranj was a National Cadet Corps member. He received a Best Cadet gold medal in the hands of the Chief Minister in the year 2005. He also took part in the Republic Day Parade at Delhi in the year 2005. Niranj married an ENT Specialist Dr. Radhika Lal in April of 2018. Niranj made his debut in the Music Industry with the Malayalam Film Asha Black (2014) for the song Nannaavoolla. Niranj later worked in many movies such as RockStar (2015), Role Models (2017), BTech (2018), Joseph (2018), Vijay Superum Pournamiyam (2019), and many more. He sang some famous songs such as Kanne Kanne, Azadi, Lokam Ennum, and many more.

Vijay Yesudas (Born: 23rd March, 1979) is an Indian classical musician and playback singer from Chennai. He is known for his work predominantly in the south Indian film Industry, especially Malayalam, and Tamil films as well as in other Indian Languages such as Telegu, Kannada, and Hindi.

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'.

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.

Hareesh Kanaran is an Indian film actor and comedian, popular amongst the regional audience for his work in movies and TV shows like Aanakkallan (2018), Oru Pazhaya Bomb Kadha (2018), Puthan Panam (2017), Kali (2016), Viswa Vikhyaatharaaya Payyanmaar (2017), etc. Mostly known for his supreme involvement in Malayali short films, theatres, TV shows, and Mollywood movies, Hareesh has really been an important part of the Indian film industry for the past seven years. Born in Perumanna village, Kozhikode district, Kerala, Hareesh completed his schooling from the Ganapathy Boys school, Kozhikode.

Bijukuttan was born on 24th December 1976; he is an Indian flick performer and humoristacting in Malayalam movies. Bijukuttan born to dad Anandan and mom Chandrika in Northern Paravur, Ernakulam region. He had his prime schooling at S. N. High School, N. Paravur. He abandoned education and sat in his tenth grade.Biju espoused to Subitha. The pair has two offspring’s—Parvathi and Lakshmi. It was with the 2006 movie Pothan Vava that Bijukuttan, who was then a caricature performer, joined filmdom.

Jayan Cherthala is a South Indian film actor and is majorly associated with the Malayalam film industry. He was born on 21 March, 1971, in Cherthala, Alappuzha, Kerala, India. His father, Jayan R. Nair, is a well-known Malayalam dramatist and writer. His name came from his father's name and the village he came from, Cherthala. He married Jaya Sree.

Kalabhavan Shajohn is one of the most well-known comedian, actor, and mimicry artist in the Malayalam cinema industry. He is renowned for his role as a villain in the award winning Malayalam suspense thriller movie, ‘Drishyam’ which came out in the year 2013.

Kottayam Pradeep or Krishnettan, as he is popularly known, is a serial actor who hails from Kottayam, Kerala. He got educated from Manarcaud St.Mary’s College. He associated himself with several drama troupes along with his studies. His first serial was, “Swararagam”, and his character, Venkichu, was highly appreciated. He has also acted in the serial, “Autograph”. He is currently acting in the most popular serial currently being aired on Asianet named, “Parasparam”. He won the Asianet Television Award, 2014 as the Best Actor in a Character Role, for playing the character Krishnan in “Parasparam”.

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.

Santhosh Keezhattoor, born on 4th February 1976, in Taliparamba, Kerala is a Malayalam film actor. His debut film was Nadan. He started off his career as a model, an anchor, a programme producer and as a theatre artist, before trying his luck in the film industry. He first did theater in the year 2000, and his last performance was in the year 2015. He also said that “Theatre is an integral part of his life, and he can never ignore it.”

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