Malayalam Movie Review Kozhipporu - Cast & Crew

Vaikom Vijayalakshmi, is a singer and a musician, specialized in playing a rare and a beautiful instrument, Gayatri Veena. She was born on 7th of October, 1981, with visual impairment. Gifted with a beautiful voice, but she was deprived of the pleasure of seeing the world. And that hasn't stopped her ever from reaching high and chasing her dreams. She won special jury mention for her very first song Katte Katte for the movie Celluloid. She learned about 100 ragas in just a year, all by herself from listening to them, and started making her compositions. Though all the great musicians of all times have said music requires having training from a knowledgeable teacher. But this lady, surprised everyone with her talent and lust for learning, all by herself by getting better and better. Within ten years, she had performed over 400 stages in Chennai, Madurai, Tanjore, Coimbatore and many major cities all over the country. She also played and sung in many temple festivals. But that wasn't enough to get her going, so she started her career in movies. She has sung in over 20 movies and has grabbed a handful of awards for them. She even acted and appeared in a movie called Ezhu Deshangalkkum Akale. And not just Malayalam, she even sang in some Tamil movies as well. Her wish is to be able to see at least once in her lifetime. She's been looking for ways to have operated and installed with Bionic Eyes. After that, she hopes to live a peaceful and settled life.

Anjali Aneesh Upasana is an actress, who predominantly works in South Indian movie Industry. It was while pursuing a degree that she started doing advertisements and modeling. Anjali was noticed by the producers working in the entertainment industry and was offered roles in programs of reputed channels, like Asianet, Kairali and Jeevan TV. She is married to Aneesh Upasana, who is a director and screenwriter in Malayalam Film Industry. Anjali was born in the Ernakulam district of Kerala in the year 1984. She did her schooling from a reputed educational institution in Tripunithura. She is an alumnus of NSS College, Tripunithura. Anjali changed her on-screen name to Bhagyanjali to attract the luck goddess. She has also acted in several albums like LA Cochin. She has acted in more than 75 albums and advertisement campaigns. That is how Anjali got a chance to enter into the world of cinema. She made her debut through Seniors, a film starring Kunchako Boban, Biju Menon, Manoj K Jayan, Ananya and Jayaram. Afterward, she acted in films like Scene 1 Nammude Veedu, Venicile Vyaapaari, 5 Sundarikal and ABCD.

Veena Nandakumar is a well-acclaimed actress in Malayalam films. She is 5.2 feet tall. Veena is born and brought up in Mumbai, Maharashtra. She finished her school from St. Therese Convent High School, Mumbai, and graduated from the University of Mumbai in English literature.

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.

Jolly Chirayath is an Indian supporting actress. She works for Malayalam Cinema World. Jolly was born at Kochi in India. She has also worked for Inner Science Films Inc. Chirayath has appeared in many Malayalam movies. Some of such films are; June (Role: Alex’s Mother, Year: 2019), Angamaly Diaries (Role: Vincent Pepe’s Mother, Year: 2017), Virus (Role: Pradeep’s Mother, Year: 2019), Eeda (Role: Upendra’s Mother, Year: 2018), Raghavan (Role: Raghavan’s Wife, Year: 2018), Koode (Role: Doctor, Year: 2018), Aadu 2 (Role: Stella’s Mother, Year: 2017), and Ka Bodyscapes (Year: 2016). Jolly has done the role of mother in most of her movies.

Nandini Sree is an Indian Film Actress, Disc Jockey, Video Jockey, and TV Presenter. She works in the Malayalam Film and Television Industry. Her full name is Nandini Sree Nair. She was born in Thiruvilla, Kerala. Nandini worked as a Disc Jockey initially.

Pauly Valsan is an Indian film and theatre actress who mainly showcases her talent in regional Malayalam movies. She is most well-known for playing Mariam Thressia (Pennamma) in the Malayalam blockbuster “Ee. Ma. Yau” (2018) and was honored with the Best Character Actress award at the 48th Kerala State Film Awards for her performance. The film also won the best director and actor awards at the 49th International Film Festival of India. Pauly was born and raised in the coastal region of Vypin, Kochi along with her six siblings. She is one of the eldest members of her house and has two children from her husband Valsan, a theatre actor. She married Valsan against the wishes of their families since they belonged to different castes but their families eventually came around.

Navajith Narayanan is an Indian film actor who works predominantly in the Malayalam movie industry. He was born in Nileshwar, Kerala. He graduated from Payyanur College and then became an acting trainer for a couple of years from 2010. After that, he began his work in the film industry as an actor. He has a brother and a sister, Navaneeth and Navaneetha, respectively. He got married to Greeshma, his girlfriend, whom he so loved on 9th April 2017 and has a son. He now resides in Kochi with his wife.

Eldho Selvaraj is a production manager who has worked for the film industry for over ten years. He began working as a production manager in 2006. The same year, he worked as a production manager for three films. The names of the films are Achanurangatha Veedu, Classmates, and Oruvan. In 2007, he again came up with three films. The names of the films are Avan Chandiyude Makan, Nadiya Kollappetta Rathri, and Veeralipattu. He has worked as an executive in charge of the production department for the film Salute. He has 27 film credits in his name, working as a production manager. As a producer, he has four films in his name. Besides working as a producer and production manager, he worked as an actor. He worked on the films Mohanlal (2018) and Bhramaram (2009).

Jibit George is a Malayalam personality who died young, at the age of 31, in May 2020. He was a filmmaker and was survived by his parents, Angamaly Kidangoor Kalathipparambil George and Bensi, and his sister Jibina. Jibit George's directorial debut with the film Kozhipporu (March 2020) was released a few months before his death. He co-directed the film Kozhipporu with Jinoy Janardhanan. The film was released a few days before the government of India announced the lockdown, and because of this, the film could not have a big hit in the theatres. He also acted in the movie Kozhipporu, portraying the role of Kevin. He has also worked in another film, Final Over (released in 2016).

Ragesh Narayan is an Indian cinematographer and editor who works primarily in the Malayalam film and entertainment industry. He is proficient in the camera and electrical department. His first major professional project was the film White Boys, which was directed by Melila Rajasekharan and released in 2015. Then he worked on the film Lokha Samastha, which was released in 2015. In 2016, he worked in the movie Hallelooya directed by Sudhi Anna. Also, he worked in the movie, Anyarku Praveshanamilla directed by Vs Jayakrishna. In 2020, he also worked in the film Kozhipporu, which followed the story of two families and their relationship over time. Additionally, he worked on the short film L.I.B- Life Is Beautiful, directed by Baijuraj Chekavar. This short film was released in 2023. His other notable works include the movie Neeraja, which was released in 2023.

Bijibal Maniyil is an Indian composer and a singer born on 21 May 1973. Bijibal is not only a playback singer but also an expert Keyboardist. Bijibal field of interest includes film scores, classical and dance music. Bijibal is a very renowned composer and has won many prestigious awards including a National Film Award. Bijibal made his debut in the Malayalam film industry as a music director with the film Arabikatha in 2007. The film won him Mullassery Raju Music Award for the best music director in 2007. Some of the remarkable works of Bijibal includes Njaan, Balyakalasakhi, Kaliyachan, Salt N’ Pepper and Arabikatha. Bijibal won the Asiavision Movie Award for the Movie Salt N’ Pepper in 2011. Recently Bijibal is working on some movies My God, Salt Mango Tree, KL. 10 and much more.

Vinayak Sasikumar is a well-known personality in the Indian Film Industry who has made his name with great masterpieces. He is a talented Music Director, Music Composer, and Lyricist who has acquired fame worldwide. His notable works include Karalil Ozhukum, Oru Kadha Parayunnu, and Medapoo Pattum Chuti.

"Appu N.Bhattathiri is an editor and actor in Malayalam Film Industry. He started in the Malayalam cinema as an Assistant Director for the Crime-Drama film “Second Show” (2012). Later he worked for an independent film “Oraalppokkam” (2014) which was marked his editorial debut. He was noticed for his editorial talent and bagged about a dozen films as an editor.

Indrans, who was born as K. Surendran, is a Malayalam actor and costume designer. He has acted predominantly in many comedy films and over 250 films. He is the second child out of the seven children of Gomathi and Palavila Kochuvelu in Thiruvananthapuram, India in the year 1951. Indirans made his schooling at the Government Higher Secondary School in Kumarapuram until his fourth grade. 

Subsequently after, he assisted his uncle in his tailoring business. He participated in amateur arts and performed dramas. After this, he established a tailoring shop called Indrans, from where he got his stage name ever since he started acting in films. Indrans was debuted in Choothattam as a costume designer before he started his acting career. 

He is the cousin of the National award winning costume designer, Indrans Jayan. He got married to Santhakumari on February 23, 1985, and the couple was blessed with two children. When he debuted in the film industry, he had the chance to meet several filmmakers such as Prem Nazir, Jose Prakash, Sattar, Pappu and Jayabharathi, but he focused only in doing costume designing for many years and did small roles on the big screen. 

Later on, he started to receive many opportunities from prominent directors such as Padmarajan, Sibi Malayil, Shaji N. Karun, K. Madhu and Venu Nagavally. The 1994 Malayalam film, CID Unnikrishnan B.A. B.Ed is the turning point of his career, where he acted as the best friend of Jayaram’s character. His comedic action clicked among the audiences, and he became one of Kerala’s mainstream comedians. Since then, he became the busiest till date. 

As an actor, he used his slim and lean figure and his distinctive accent to win the attention of the audience. He made his very own style in cinema, and he never mimic the comedic acts of the veterans, Adoor Bhasi, Jagathi Sreekumar, Bahadoor and Innocent. He won the Special Jury Award at the Kerala State Film Award in 2014. Well-known directors T.V. Chandran and Adoor Gopalakrishnan offered him to appear in their films. Some of Indirans projects as a costume designer were Sammelanam, Namukku Parkkan Muthiri Thoppukal, Season, Njan Gandharvan, Sphadikam and more. He also sang in the 2004 Kadhavaseshan. 

He acted in films like Sammelanam, Aparan, Dhanam, Utsava Melam, Janam, Manathe Kottaram, Street, Mannar Mathai Speaking, The Fire, Kalavarkey, Balettan, Patham Adhyayam, Inganeyum Oral, April Fool, Cheriya Kallanum Valiya Policum, Sandwich, Killadi Raman, I Love Me, Swapaanam, Praise The Lord, Apothecary and Seconds to name a few. This year, he acted in the comical road film, Aadu, which stars Jayasurya and Oru Second Class Yathra.

Sankar Induchoodan, who is also known as Shankar, is an Indian actor who was born on 14th January 1996 in Ernakulam, Kerala. He currently resides in Cochin. Shankar is 23 years old as per 2019 with height 5 feet 10 inches approx. He did his primary schooling from Bhavans Vidya Mandir, Elamakkrara.

Sohan Seenulal is a Mollywood movie actor and director; He has worked in films like Thoppil Joppan in 2016, Vanyam in 2016 and Doubles in 2011. He has also appeared in a few movies like Oru Kuttanadan Blog and Parole .

Manu Jagadh is a Malayalam Art Director, active since 2007. He worked as an Art Director for more than a dozen films. He started his career with Mission 90 days(2007) in Malayalam. He had also worked in Kamala in 2019. 

Bio coming soon...

Bio coming soon...

Bio coming soon...

Bio coming soon...