Malayalam Movie Review Forensic - Cast & Crew

This effervescent beauty, who has acted in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films, is indeed a name to reckon with. This is not only due to her acting prowess, but also for her determination in battling cancer. Only recently, she opened up that she is very much alive in the industry; she is currently working in the flick Two Countries. 

Born on 14 November 1984, Mamta grew up in Bahrain. After doing her schooling in Bahrain she did her degree in Bangalore. Mamta tested waters in modeling before entering into the film industry. She got herself associated with print ads for big names. The 2005 Malayalam flick Mayookham by Hariharan was her first film. Though the film didn’t set the cash registers ringing Mamta was noticed for her performance. Later she ventured into Telugu, Tamil and Kannada films. Bus Conductor, Madhuchandralekha, Baba Kalyani, Sivappathigaram, Yamadonga, Victory, King and Chintakayala Ravi are some of the hit flicks of Mamta. 

Mamta possesses commendable knowledge in Tamil, English and Malayalam languages. Hence language didn’t prove to be an obstacle for her acting in films. Mamta is attuned in classical and Hindustani music. Mamta is also an acclaimed singer. Also, she is excited to ride her bike on the roads. In fact, she aspired to be a motorbike racer. She associated herself with Kochi International Fashion Week as a brand ambassador. Also, she was CCL’s Kerala Strikers’ Brand Ambassador during 2013. Mamta, who battled cancer, had to remove her hair, but she took it jovially. In fact, she never revealed about the disease to anyone till 2010. She was that sportive. 

Mamta was wedded to Prajith Padmanabhan on 2011, but they wanted to part ways on 2012. Swimming and basketball are the other passions of Mamta, apart from singing. Mamta has some awards to her credit for both her singing and acting prowess.

Anjali Nair is an Indian film actress and model who mainly works in the Malayalam film industry. She is nominated for the Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress She started her career as a child artist in the film Manathe Vellitheru Then she headed towards modeling, and after that worked in the television industry as an anchor and then acted in more than 100 advertisements.

Devi Ajith is a famous Malayalam TV actress who acted in some very popular TV soaps since the last two decades. Before establishing her career in serials, Devi was famous as an anchor and VJ on various shows. After taken a long break from TV shows and serials Devi Ajith is back now with a stipulated role in V.K Prakash critically acclaimed movie 'Trivandrum Lodge' with a character named Zarina. She is also famous for her hosting show 'Paatu Petti' which was aired by Asianet. 

Devi Ajith did her schooling from Nirmala Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram and done graduation in Law from Kerala Law Academy. She hailed from a very strict conservative family and both her parents were educationists. While doing anchoring in a TV show, director Shyama Prasad spotted Devi and offered her a role in his upcoming serial 'Manal Nagaram' which was based on the story of Dubai Malayalees and their culture. The first break in serials gave Devi chances to act further few teleserials with veteran director Adam Ayub's 'Sthree Parvam Navam' and with Shajiyem on 'Nakshatrangal Ariyathe'. Further she got an opportunity to work in a Malayalam Film 'Seetha Kalyanam' alongside Jayaram, Jyothika, and Geethu Mohandas. But the film got much delayed on making and finally it released on 2009. 

She also acted in 'Ivar' the first Malayalam movie to shot purely in handy cam on locations. Along with TV serials, she also acted in few Short Films. Among the short films, the famous one was 'Cupid' directed by Sohan. It brings her four awards in various film festivals on the best performance. She also did Short Film for Rajesh Pillai (Traffic fame) named as 'Arikil Oraal Koode'.

Devi Ajith got arrested once by Kerala Police for Drunk and Drive but released soon by no complaint registered. But the video on police interrogation with the actress went viral with social media. Devi Ajith is staying now in Thiruvananthapuram with her husband Col. Ashok Vasudevan and their daughter.

Reba Monica John is an Indian artist. GALLERY OF REBA MONICA JOHN She was born on the 4th of February in the year 1994 in Kochi, Kerala, India. She is a model as well as a film actress in the Indian Cinema. Shemade her debut in the South Indian Film Industry recently in 2016. The Malayalam film - Jacobite Swarganayam marked her debut in the South Indian Film Industry.

Indian Film Director, Akhil Paul is working in the Malayalam cinema industry. The latest movie which he has directed, wrote the story, dialogue and screenplay as well, is Forensic: The Science of a Crime ( 2020 ), which starred the prominent celebrity of Malayalam films such as Tovino Thomas and Mamta Mohandas. The idea of Forensic originated from the news report.

Anas Khan is an Indian-Actor. He is born and brought up in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is born on 22nd December 1992. His nationality is Indian. His father's name is Ziaudden Khan. His mother’s name is Gausiya Sultana. He primarily works in the Hindi Television Serial. He started his career in the year 2010, with a movie named 'Tum Milo To Sahi’. His career took a hype when he started acting in the most loved and highly appreciating TV serial named as ‘Saath Nibhana Sathiya’. This serial started in the year 2012. Due to this serial, he got nominated and won many awards. In the year 2011, he gets into the lead role of Dev, in a serial which is named as ‘Tujh Saang Preet Lagai Sajna’.

Jayan Krishna, also known as P.K. Jayakumar, is an associate director in the Malayalam film industry. Jayan died at the age of 45 after suffering cardiac arrest on August 28, 2021. He has worked as an associate director in many films and was a well-known associate director in the Malayalam film industry. Jayan was a member of the Film Employees Federation of Kerala, Director Union. He has worked with B.Unnikrishnan, Amil C. Menon, Sunil Karyattukara, Jibu Jacob, and Rohit VS. Jayan is known for being the associate director on the films Valliyum Thetti Pulliyam Thetti, Kodathi Samaksham Balan Vakel Forensic, etc. Aarattu was the last film he worked on, where he worked along with B.Unnikrishnan.

Navis Xaviour is an Indian producer who has predominantly worked in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, and Telugu language films. Xaviour’s journey started briefly in 2016. He was the executive producer of the Malayalam drama mystery movie “Kattumakkan.” The movie is directed by Shalil Kallur. It stars Anju Nair and Mukesh Babu. In 2017 Xaviour’s career went ahead with the movie “Aana Alaralodalaral.” The film was directed under the guidance of Dileep Menon and starred by Vineeth Sreenivasan, Anu Sithara, and Suraj Venjaramoodu. In 2018, Navis Xaviour produced two Malayalam movies. The adventure thriller movie “Carbon” was released on 19 January 2018. It was written and directed by Venu. The movie stars Fahadh Faasil and Mamta Mohandas in the lead roles.

Siju Mathew is an Indian film Producer, who has worked predominantly in Malayalam movie industry. Siju has worked in popular movies like Forensic (2020) and Kala (2021). Forensic is a 2020 Indian Malayalam-language psychological thriller film co-written and co-directed by Akhil Paul and Anas Khan in their directorial debut, starring Tovino Thomas, Mamta Mohandas, Saiju Kurup, Renji Panicker, Dhanesh Anand and Reba Monica John. The film released on 28 February 2020. The film was a financial success at the box office despite theater shutdowns all over India due to Covid-19, collecting INR 15 Crores in 13 days from Kerala alone and INR 25 Crores worldwide, including Satellite and other Digital rights.

Akhil George is a well-known director of photography and cinematographer, working primarily in the Malayalam Film industry. His marvelous work is constantly being reflected in the movies that he has been part. Akhil started his career by being a part of Bhavam Kiratham movie’s crew as a Cinematographer.

Navin Murali is a renowned photographer known for his stunning and thought-provoking work. He was born and raised in India and later moved to the United States to pursue his passion for photography. Navin's work spans a wide range of subjects, from landscape and wildlife photography to portraiture and documentary photography. Navin Murali has won numerous awards for his photography, including the prestigious National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year award. His work has been published in various magazines and publications, including National Geographic, Conde Nast Traveler, and Time Out.

Jakes Bejoy is a film score composer who was born in Thrissur, Kerala. He was first heard in 2007’s Malayalee for which he composed the songs Malayalee, He Naade, and Pranaamam. He also composed the song Pulari Pon Praave in this year. Following that, he was heard in the song Swapnam in 2012 and Piravi’s soundtrack in 2013. For this original motion picture soundtrack, he composed the songs Thedi Thedi, and Yaar Ivanoo.

Sree Shankar is one of the most celebrated sound editors in India. Born in the southern state of Tamil Nadu in India, Sree was interested in sound and music from a very early age. He did little tasks of creating, editing, and mixing tones in his college days.

Vishnu Govind is a sound designer. He was born in India. He mainly works with the Tamil and Telugu Film Industry. He has Indian Nationality. He had appeared in the film industry various times. He is an actor of versatile talent. He has worked with several artists. He has associated with the actors and directors of versatile performance. He did multiple movies. He has designed the sound for movies like 144, 2403 ft, Athadey, Aval, Enakkul Oruvan Ente Ummante Peru, Guru Telugu, Indru Netru Naalai, Irudhi Suttru, Maayavan, Massu, Meyaadha Maan, Njandukalude Naattil Oridavela, Parava, Poomaram, Premam, Solo Malayalam, Thobama, and Y. He did the 144 in the year 2015. Its release date is November 27 and in the year 2015. It has a genre comedy and drama. It's run time is two hours and thirteen minutes.

Sameera Saneesh is a South Indian costume designer and fashion designer who works in the Malayalam film industry. She was born on 27th June 1983. She is well known for designing costumes of Mammootty, Jayasurya, Prithviraj Sukumaran and other stars. Sameera hails from Eroor village of Ernakulam district in Kerala. Her parents are Ibrahim and Jameela. She married a software engineer named Saneesh K. J. on 26th November 2006. She learned drawing and painting from Kalabhavan Kochi during her school years. Sameera did an under graduation course at Bharat Mata College before joining a Fashion Designing diploma at the Nation Institute for Fashion Designing in Panampilly Nagar. After diploma, she worked as an in-house designer for “Raymonds” for some time before becoming a freelance costume designer for ad-films. Her first projects were the advertisements for “Saundarya Silk”. She rose to prominence due to her work in Seemas.

Shameer Muhammed is Malayalam Film industry editor who did his independent debut as an editor from movie Charlie in 2015. This romantic drama was directed by Martin Prakkat and was written by Prakkat and Unni R. This movie won 7 state awards in Kerala. He was born in Thrissur, Kerala, India. He started his career as an editor in 2012 by ad films and albums.

Tovino Thomas is a well-known face in the Malayalam Film Industry. He is an eminent model and actor in Mollywood. He has a huge female fan following owing to his muscular physique and smart personality. He was voted as the most desirable man in the newspaper Kochi Times, a subset of the Times of India. He was born into a Roman Catholic family in Irinjalakuda, Kerala. His father, Ellikal Thomas, is an advocate, and he has an elder brother, Tingston, and a sister, Dhanya. Tovino studied in Irinjalakuda at the Don Bosco High School and then moved to Coimbatore to finish his college. He obtained his graduation degree in engineering, majoring in the field of electronics in Coimbatore from the Tamil Nadu College of Engineering. After finishing college, he started working as a software engineer at Cognizant Technology Solutions for a few years. Thomas is a fitness freak and has been modeling since his college days. He has also done endorsements for a few top brands of Kerala such as Silver storm Theme Park in Athirappilly, Indulekha Hair Care Oil, and a few others. He has also done a few short films among which his roles in Grisaille and Jaalakam were appreciated widely. Sajeevan Anthikad spotted him upon seeing these short movies and advertisements and cast him in his first movie Prabhuvinte Makkal in the year 2012.

Anil Murali is an Indian film actor in Malayalam cinema. He has completed over 100 films in Malayalam. He started out in the film industry as a villain before taking on character roles. 

Anil Murali began his acting career as a positive character  in director Vinayan’s film Kanyakumariyil Oru Kavitha  in 1993. He acted in Lenin Rajendran's off beat movie Daivathinte Vikrithikal in 1994. He acted in Mammootty film Stalin Sivadas in 1999. It was Valkkannadi by Anil Babu in 2002 which gave him a real villain role. He was an integral part of Malayalam movies since 2002. He is continuing his journey doing some of the best villain characters in Malayalam films. His villain role Nenja Hakkim in Ivar (2003), as Raghu in Kayam (2010),  and Podiyadi Soman in City of God (2011) were appreciated very well. He also did many character roles in some of the recent hit movies like as S K in Manikyakallu in 2011 and as Davis in Amen in 2013. He is also part of many of the recent Malayalam movies like At Andheri , Double Barrel, Dollphin Bar, Polytechnic etc.

Recently in 2013 Anil Murali has made his debut in Tamil movies through V Z Durai's crime thriller 6 Melugu Vathigal. Anil is playing an interesting villain Diwakar, who is a bit feminine in his mannerism, oppossite Shaam and Poonam Kaur. Anil has also played an important role of Anil Menon in bilingual Tamil movie Nimirndhu Nil (Janda Pai Kapiraju in Telugu) starring Jayam Ravi in Tamil and Nani in Telugu. The Telugu version has Amala Paul in the lead role.

Anil is married to Suma who is working in Bharath Matrimonial. They have a son, Adithya and a daughter, Arundathi. Anil and family live in Edappally, Cochin.

Anil had also played important roles in the hit films, Avatharam, 100 Degree Celsius, Iyobinte Pusthakam, Ramaleela, Aakashamittayee, Shadow, Joseph, Uyare, Brother's Day, Moonam Pralayam, Forensic and Professor Dinkan. He had also played in the super hit Tamil movies, Thani Oruvan, “Kanithan,” “Appa,” “Kodi,” Enga Amma Rani, “Thondan,” Nagesh Thiraiyarangam, Mr Local, Jiivi, “Nadodigal 2” and his last film “Walter” that released in 2020. Anil had been suffering from liver ailments. He had been getting the treatment at a private hospital in Kochi. His body could not recuperate to the medications and the 56-year-old actor had his last breath on 30^th July 2020.

Anwar Shereef is an Indian film actor who acts predominantly in Malayalam cinema. The actor had a supporting role in a Malayalam movie 'Ben' that released in November 2015. The film had Suraj Venjaramoodu, Anjali Aneesh Upasana, Gaurav Menon, Anwar Shereef in lead roles. Child actor Gaurav Menon won the national award for his role in the film. The film was an Official Award Winner of the 2016 ‪"Honolulu‬ ‪Film‬ ‪#‎Awards‬" too! Also, the film found an entry into Madrid International Film Festival. The film depicts some controversial issues in our educational system.

Dhanesh Anand is an Actor and Assistant Director in the Malayalam Film Industry. He was born on the 7th of August in Kozhikode, Kerala. He later moved to Kochi, Kerala to pursue a career in the Industry. He was a computer science student initially. He also worked as a self-employed person who develops web pages before he joined the Malayalam Film Industry.

Giju John is an Indian-Actor. He is born and brought up in India. The Genre of his songs is Latin and World. Along with being an actor, he is also a Singer and a Producer. He is an American songwriter based in California. He works in the International and National level. He is known for Indian Fusion Music Genre. He has received the credit for being the producer in many active movies and TV series. He has also worked in the movie, and TV series as an Actor. In the year 2015, he is selected in the International Song Writing Competition. He has written Bachata Indu in the year 2017 under the label Beyond Dreamz Entertainment, Mas Bhangraton in the year 2015 under the label Beyond Dreamz Entertainment, Love, Wrinkle-free in the year 2015 under the label Beyond Dreamz Entertainment, Rang Rangeeli Ye Duniya in the year 2007 under the label Beyond Dreamz Entertainment.

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.

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