Malayalam Movie Review Drishyam - Cast & Crew

Ansiba Hasan is an upcoming actress in the south Indian film industry. She was born on June 18, 1992, in Calicut. She completed her schooling in a reputed school in Calicut and was an active participant in all the competitions and cultural programs organized by the school. She was successful in carrying off her passion and education together. She made her debut with the Tamil movie “Parangjothi”. 

She played an equally important role in the super hit Malayalam movie “Drishyam” which is a drama thriller. The film made a record hit within a month in the history of Malayalam film industry running over 100 days. She started getting many offers from both Tamil and Malayalam movie industry for her performance in “Drishyam”. 

Besides acting, she loves dancing, music, and cooking. She is an obedient learner and invest her free time in the shooting locations by interacting with the senior artists. 

Ansiba is currently doing her final year graduation and is also busy with many projects from both Malayalam and Tamil industry. Her upcoming projects are “Little Superman” which is a 3-D thrilled movie directed by “Vinayan” and “John Honai”. It is expected that the movie would be remade in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and English languages.

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.

Shobha Mohan, the graceful actress of Malayalam movies, has marked her presence in numerous films. Character role gets first preference to her. She was born to the well-known late actor Kottarakara Sreedharan Nair, who won two Kerala state film awards in 1969 & 1970. Sreedharan is still remembered till date for his role as Chempankunju in the National Award winning movie Chemmeen directed by Ramu Kariat. Malayalam actor Saikumar is her brother.

Baby Esther, is an actress in Indian cinema who had shot to fame with her child role and even as promising youngster star too. 

Esther Anil got her first break in Ali John’s 2010 Malayalam Film ‘Nallavan’, where she played the role of childhood of Mythili. Later, she became popular with 2013 success movie Drishyam, where she acted the role of daughter of Mohanlal and Meena. 

With immense talent, she is going to make her place in the industry. Many of us have watched her in suspense thriller Cocktail wherein she played the title role of Susan, the ins-screen daughter of of Anoop Menon and Samrutha Sunil. She also acted as a child star in a film ‘Orunal Varum’ alongside Mohanlal and Sameera Reddy. She then made her presence felt in another movie where audiences have seen her playing the little girl enacting the childhood of Urvashi in a film titled Sakudumbam Shyamala. She got floods of offer as a child artiste now. In the same year (2013), she got a chance to act with the megastar Mammootty in a movie titled, ‘Kunjandente Kada’. For the Telugu version of ‘Drushyam’, she acted as daughter of Venkatesh and Meena (2014) and for Tamil version, she acted as a daughter of Kamal Haasan and Gautami, which was titled as ‘Papanasam’(2015). 

The promising child artiste has acted nearly 20 films to her credit, which is indeed a milestone in her career, which might give her recognition to go ahead with heroine roles later on. 

She is the daughter of Anil Abraham and Manju Anil, She has two brothers who are studying now in school. She never thought that she would be in cinema, but now feels proud to be around many veteran stars like Mammootty, Mohanlal, Dileep, Anoop and others. Well, she is a bright shinning star now in Mollywood.

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Jeethu Joseph is a Malayalam film screenwriter and director. He was born on 10th November 1972 in a politically based family where his father was an MLA of’ Muvattupuzha’. He always wanted to be in entertainment, but his father forced him to become an engineer. He later joined Nirmala College in Muvattupuzha to study economics. Jeethu began his career under the director ‘Jayaraj’ as an assistant. He worked under him for the Malayalam film ‘Bheebhatsam’.

Antony Perumbavoor was a driver earlier in his life (he had been a driver to veteran actor Mohanlal) and later became a famous producer in the film industry. Eventually, his life took a drastic change, and he became Mohanlal’s business partner. Antony Perumbavoor owns a production house named Ashirvad Cinema and the first film that this production Studio produced was Narsimha.

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.

Anil Johnson. One word that is enough to describe this man: Maestro! He is a multitalented, multifaceted artist who has been entertaining audience for over a decade now. He has primarily worked for Malayalam cinema. He was born and raised in Cochin in Kerala. He has a list of specialties under his belt! Some of them are: composer, a lyricist, music director, song writer, keyboard programmer and arranger, producer and sound designer, to name a few. The list is endless. Just like his talents! He can proudly boast of having composed the music for jingles for advertisements, programmed music for several major composers and musicians and also worked on films to provide background scores.

Vinu Thomas is a Malayalam music director in the Indian film industry. He is well known for his dedicated hard work and the fabulous works he comes up with each time. He is known for his music in oru Murai vanthu paarthaya, puthiya niyamam, drishyam, etc. Vinu Thomas was born in a Christian family of thiuvalla in Pathanamthitta, Kerala. His parents were advocates in thiuvalla and also had major expectations from their son in the same field. They got him admitted to the famous school in their hometown and Vinu completed his school years with distinction and then took admission in BA LLB in a local college there. He passed his graduation with fair marks and taking inspiration from his parents started working under a popular lawyer as a junior advocate to fulfill his parent's dreams.

Santhosh Varma is a well known Tamil Lyricist and has done many movies. He has written the lyrics of many amazing movies and the audience like the songs written by him. Songs are the most important part of the movies as the music attracts the audience the most. Songs of the movies are released even before the movie and most of the people like music a lot. Lyrics that are written by him are appreciated by everyone. He has written the heart-touching lyrics of many Tamil movies. He has written the lyrics of the songs of the film Vetri Nadai. He wrote the lyrics very well and it was very heart touching and was liked by everyone as well.

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.

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.

Ayoob Khan is an upcoming Indian film editor who is known for his contribution to Keralite cinema universe. As per his Facebook profile, he has mentioned Kayakulam as his hometown. Ayoob completed his schooling at VHSS Chathiyara, Sooranad, and passed out from the school in 2001. In future, he would go on to take admission in Bishop Moore College, Mavelikara, Alleppy district in the year 2006. Having been involved in low-profile videos and documentaries, he has Sir Laddu and Valkittentha Paripadi to his credit. Sir Laddu is an online comedy directed by Siddique and edited by Ayoob.

Arun Benny is an Indian actor, working in Mollywood. Born on May 21, 1983, he was brought up in the neighbourhood of Murinjappalam in the capital city of Thiruvananthapuram. His original name is Vijachandran Arun. Before joining the world of cinema, he participated in many dramas. He also used to do modelling as one of his hobbies. Arun became an assistant director for Malayalam movies. Despite its short period, he gained invaluable experience and decided to choose to perform as an actor. In 2013, he made his debut in Nee KoNjaa Cha; a flick focused on the lives of young Keralites. He played a supporting character named Pappu.

Balaji Sarma is a popular movie-serial actor from Kerala. He started his acting career on the small screen and is moving to bigger platforms. Balaji was working with the Indian Air force for the initial years of his career. After working for a few years, he decided to chase his acting dreams. Balaji was initially an anchor and host for many programs. He presented a comedy show tamasa.com for Asianet Cable Vision Channel. The program was a hit and Balaji soon got his first mini screen offer for the serial Alakal. Alakal was a mega serial telecasted by Doordarshan in 2003. Balaji's role as a police officer in the mega serial Ammakkili was a huge success. The serial Kayamkulam Kochunni was another achievement for Balaji.

His notable characters in movies like Mr.Fraud, Vedivazhipadu, Perariyatavar, Ozhi Muri, Pullipulikalum Aattinkuttiyum, Avatharam, Pakida, Homely Meals, Fire Man, Hotel California, Left Right Left, Kunju Anantante Kada, Medulla Oblangata. Perariyatavar and Ozhi Muri were critically acclaimed movies which have won many awards at state and national levels. Balaji has been fortunate to play a variety of roles including. The audience mostly remembers him for his police officer roles. Balaji has carved out his niche in the film world, and he is looking forward to future roles.

Kozhikode Narayanan Nair is an Indian Malayalam film actor Born in Kozhikode, Kerala. Nair made his debut in Malayalam film industry as a villain and later as character roles. Nair is a very well-known actor who started his career in 1988 with the film Ulsavapittennu and since then Nair has done 100 of films in the industry.

Do you remember the funny side-kick of Mohanlal from Jeetu Joseph’s brilliant Drishyam (2013)? Yes, it was played by Neeraj Madhav. Today, he is one of the most promising actors. His younger brother Navneeth is also a well-known actor. Before acting, he had started off his career in dance. He is a professional Bharata Natyam artist. So, it was not surprising to see him making into the final round of the first “Super Dancer.” He is an SRM University graduate and an alumni of School of Drama and Fine Arts, Thrissur. Thanks to Drishyam, Neeraj’s comic side is now used in various films. But before, films like Homely Meals and Sapthamashree Thaskaraha (2014) gave him the right experience.

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.

Roshan Basheer is the son of renowned actor Kalanthan Basheer.He was born in the year 1990 to this well to do Muslim family.He used to be a child artist in his adolescence age. Roshan completed his degree in ‘BSc Computer Science’ from Cochin's MG University and had planned to go for MBA Degree. Rohan is a vivid reader as well and was spotted more than once in the Jaipur Literary Festival.

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.

Kunchan, the versatile actor began acting about five decades ago. He did roles in many films, but they were never stereotypes. This enabled him to maintain his identity which mimicry artistes would find it difficult to imitate. He is evergreen actor, who remains unfaded still. This comedy artiste began his career with stalwarts like Prem Nazir, Bahadur, Jaya Bharati and Jose Prakash and he carved niches for himself too, and by this he could do for his own inimitable style, Many does not know that he is very healthy-conscious that keeps him still fit to do any roles. He was recently seen in Kamal Hassan’s Tamil film too. This actor had begun his career in cinema with a basic pay of Rs 75.

He owes greater respect to yesteryears’ actors and actresses and finds that in those days it was difficult to sustain longer. This versatile and genius performer took a great deal of effort to make one laugh or cry onscreen, and always had looked forward to some more serious performances in his career. Although he had performed even in minor roles, he had done even many character roles too. He has done over 650 films in Malayalam language which is a landmark indeed in his career. His wife Sohba, was a well-known beautician and the couple had two daughters, Swetha and Swathi. He was last seen in ‘’Punjabi House-2’’ that had Dileep, playing the lead role. He was never an over-ambitious person and perhaps this mentality had worked with this actor well. Whatever roles he got, he had acted in them. As a person, he can engage anyone for hours in conversation with simplicity and humility. 

He can make even the dullest person laugh. Perhaps this is one reason why he ruled the Malayalam cinema for nearly forty five years- which is a proof of Kunchan’s unfaded charisma

P. Sreekumar is a veteran actor of Malayalam movies. He is a well-known name in Malayalam Film Industry. He was born in 1948 at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. His father's name is Parameshwaran Nair and his mother's name is Parukuttiyamma. He began his acting career in Malayalam films with the movie Kannur Deluxe which was released in 1969.

Mohan Lal is the Super Star of the Malayalam film industry. He is the Son in Law of a famous producer cum veteran actor Balaji. Mohan Lal is married to Suchithra, the elder daughter of Balaji. Mohan Lal was born in the year 1960 in Elanthoor in Kerala. He is very popular for his natural acting and simplicity. The first movie, he committed was Thiranottam, but the first to release was Manjil Virinja Pookal. This movie had Poornima Jayaram as his pair and that is the debut movie in Malayalam for her too. Rajavinte Makan was the movie that made him to reach super heights. Mohan Lal is not choosey in particular character; but he acts in all types of film that give him a good performance scope.

V.K. Baiju is a well known Malayalam actor in the Malayalam industry. He has acted in several Malayalam serials and films and has got a good place in the industry. V.K. Baiju’s father is Vidyadhar Kurup, who was a social activist in a political party. His native is Malapuram in Kerala. During his young age, V.K. Baiju has done a lot of jobs before his entry to the cinema. He was a painter and also had run Auto rickshaws too. He has also worked as a salesman in a medical shop.

Irshad is an Indian actor in Malayalam films. He hails from Kecheri, Thrissur, Kerala. Irshad was so passionate about movies that he left his job to look for a role in Malayalam movies.His family and friends in Thrissur has been his encouragement, according to the actor.

Irshad showed his face on screen in PG Viswambaran’s movie Parvathi Parinayam in 1995, but had a real debut in the role of college union chairman in director Sibi Malayil's campus movie Pranayavarnangal in 1998. He acted in PT Kunju Muhammad’s Garshom, which was an offbeat movie, in 1999 and this led to Irshad being casted in the lead roles in many parallel cinemas. He acted in movies of many acclaimed, award winning directors like T V Chandran, Priyanandanan, Pavithran etc. His  important parallel movies are Neythukaran (2001), Danny (2002), Paadam Onnu Oru Vilapam (2003), Paradesi (2007), Bhoomi Malayalam (2009) etc. His role in Padam Onnu Oru Vilaapam as cruel husband of protagonist Shahina, a 15 year old Muslim girl, gained him a lot of popularity. He has also done noted roles in Priyanandana’s Pulijanmam (2006) and Dr. Biju’s Veettilekkulla Vazhi (2011) and P.K Radhakrishnan’s Mukham Moodikal (2013).

Irshad has also done many supporting characters in mainstream movies, now and then, since Narasiham in 2000. Offlate, he has shifted his focus from parallel movies to mainstream movies. He did the lead role of Maruthapuram Vishwan, alcoholic husband of protagonist Sumangala played by Kavya Madhavan, in director Priyanandana’s mainstream movie Bhakthajanangalude Shradhakku. His recent noted roles are as villain character Chakka Maniyan in Lal Jose’s  Pullipulikalum Aattinkuttiyum (2013), as  Sub Inspector in Drishyam and Issac in Memmories (2013). He has also acted in 6 movies in 2014. His roles were well received in hit movies like Sapthamasree Thaskara and Vikramadithyan. The second mainstream movie in which Irshad has done the lead role opposite Lakshmi Gopalaswami, Yathra Thudarunnu, is expected to hit the theaters by the end of 2014. 

Irshad has acted in many telefilms  like Veyil Thumbikal, Award winning Malayalam telefilm Directed by- Priyanandan. Irshad has done only few Malayalam serials. His character in serial Madhavam directed by Saji Sundaresan telecasted on Asianet during 2007-2008 gained attention. He is not very active in serial  in recent years since he is more concentrating on doing films.

Apart from films the actor is very much socially committed. He has contested and lost in a block Panchayath election in 2000. He is also part of many social movements in Trissur and other parts of Kerala, like the one demanding the ban of the use of endosulfan in the state. 

Irshad is the third son of his parents Abdu and Nafeesa Thrissur. His wife is  Ramseena and has a son, Arshiq.

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.

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