Malayalam Movie Review Jacobinte Swargarajyam - Cast & Crew

Aima Rosmy Sebastian is an Indian Malayalam film actress who is a newcomer to the silver screen. She was born in Kottayam, Kerala. In 2014, she made her debut through the movie ‘Dooram’. ‘Dooram’ is a romantic movie directed by Manu Kannanthanam, featuring Bhagath Manuel and Maqbool Salmaan in the lead roles. Aima’s twin sister Aina Elsmy Sebastian is also a heroine in ‘Dooram’.

The shift from acting to direction is becoming more popular today – with actresses jumping the fence at an increasing rate. Lakshmy Ramakrishna’s first attempt as a director was noticed in ‘Aarohanam’ in 2012 which was lauded by audiences as well as by the critics. The apparent ease with which actor becomes directors is not very popular amongst actresses. Hence, she caught the media attention in India and her second film "Ammini" was based on a 79-year-old woman rag-picker, whom she met in a TV show. When she got this idea, she did not waste her time and narrated the story to producer Ven Govind and felt that the rag-picker woman will remain as a theme of her film. In this film, she also plays a very important role.

Earlier, in 2014, she made another attempt in her directorial venture. She made ‘Nerungi Vaa Muthamidathe’ which was based on a journey to Trichy and Karaikal and had dealt with petrol issues witnessed in the society. The film was low budgeted and the film was also appreciated by critics, and could not capture the minds of viewers.

Before making her debut as a director, she had acted in TV serials (Aval in STAR Vijay) and was seen in the reality show ‘Solvathellam Unmai’ in Zee Tamil. She has tried a couple of Tamil films as a supporting actress and even performed extremely well in a film Yuddham Sei, where this noted actress had shaved her head for her lifetime role
Interestingly, the first film that came her way was also by a chance. It was director A. K. Lohithadas, who wanted to use Ramakrishnan's house for shooting his Malayalam film ‘Chakkara Muthu’ (2006). This film gave her first break in a supporting role. Later, she also played Sneha’s mother role in another film and after acting in supporting actress’ role, she stepped behind the camera to direct actors now.

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.

Vineeth Srinivasan is known to the music industry for his popular and hit song, Karale, karalinte. Being the son of film star Sreenivasan, he never had even thought of singing as a career. But of course, he likes popular Hindi songs and admires voice of K.J. Jesudas, Brad Paisley, and Udit Narayan.

Nivin Pauly is predominantly a Malayalam actor. Born on 11 October 1984, his debut film was Malarvaadi Art Club. The direction of this film was by Vineeth Sreenivasan and production by Dileep. Some of the other films of Nivin Pauly include Bangalore Days, Thattathin Marayathu, Premam, Oru Vadakkari Selfie etc..The films 1983 and Bangalore Days fetched him the Best Actor Award from Kerala State Film Award. Nivin holds a degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering. He is happily wedded to Rinna Joy since 2010, and they are blessed with a boy. Before taking up acting as his profession Nivin was working in Infosys for two years.

Nivin’s selection for the Malarvaadi Arts Club was not that easy. He was not one among the shortlisted actors for the audition, but when one person eventually left, Nivin was provided with a chance. Later he became an actor. From then on, Nivin worked in the movies Sevenes and Metro and some short roles in Spanish Masala and Traffic. He also worked in the music video Nenjodu Cherthu. This was a great hit in YouTube. It was the 2012 flick Thattathin Marayathu which was a turning point in Nivin’s career. It was a great hit and he was labeled the present youth sensation. Directors like Sathyan Anthikad, Aashiq Abu, Rajesh Pillai and Shyamaprasad directed Nivin. Neram was the debut film of Nivin in Tamil. Later he acted in some Malayalam films, including Bangalore Days.

The beard is a regular in some of Nivin’s films. Nivin has worked with his colleague Dileep in several Malayalam films. Nivin confesses that he was good at knowing dialogues of films by heart and telling them just like the original. Before taking up acting Nivin had no stage experience and he knew only to dance. Nivin focuses on giving his best to his films.

The Pauly Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)

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.

Saikumar is a renowned Malayalam actor born in Kollam district of Kerala. Born to actor father Kottakaram Sreedharan Nair, he married Prasanna Kumari in the year 1988. After ten years long marriage he divorced her, making Actress Bindu Panicker his wife in the year 2009. However, his previous marriage did not end on good terms facing a lot of legal difficulties. He also had a daughter, Vaishnavi with Prasanna Kumari. His ex- wife had also blamed actress Bindu on worsening their marriage.

Sreenath Bhasi is a heart throb of many girls. He was born on May 29, 1988. He is a model and a Malayalam actor. His birthplace is Palluruthy in Kochi, India. He graduated from MG University. He got married to Reethu Zachariah on December 9, 2016. Their marriage was held at Bolgatty Palace in Kochi. His wife hailed from Trivandrum. He began his career as an RJ (Radio Jockey). He worked in 93.5 Red FM. Consequently, he worked in Kiran TV as a VJ (Video Jockey). Sreenath Bhasi was a part of "Crimson Wood", the Christian Alternative Metal Band. Now he is a part of an experimental band from Kerala named "Djent Band" as a vocalist. Sreenath Bhasi has also appeared in few short films like "the Iced Tea". His career as an actor in films started in the year 2012. He made his debut in the feature film "Pranayam" in 2012. He appeared in the role named Arun.

T. G. Ravi is one of the most well-known actors in the history of Malayalam cinema and is popular for his villainous roles in films during the 70s and 80s. He was born as T. G. Ravindranathan to Ezhuthachan’s literary heritage-filled family on May 16th in 1944. He was born to Kalyani and T. R. Govindan Ezhuthachan in the village of Moorkanikkara in Thrissur in Kerala. Ravi was initially into engineering and went on to obtain a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Government Engineering College in Thrissur and also from Mar Athanasius College of Engineering in Kothamangalam.

Ashwin Kumar is a young boy who belongs to a non-filmy family. He did his education from a college in Coimbatore, a place where he got his MBA degree from. He doesn’t have anyone from the film industry due to which he had to face a lot of rejections and struggle before he stumbled into a small role in a romantic film O Kadhal Kanmani, which was in Tamil.

Directed by Mani Ratnam, this film was released on 17th of April 2015 in which he played a very insignificant role of Dulquer’s friend. He has no one that can guide him into a correct direction which is why he was clueless about his next step in his career. It was only after days of struggle that he got the main lead in a serial that is aired on the channel Star Vijay named Rettai Vaal Kuruvi in which he plays the role of Bala. He is paired opposite Pavani Reddy and the director of this TV serial is Jerold. It first aired on 1st of June 2015.

According to Ashwin, this serial isn’t anywhere close to a usual love story that we see almost everywhere. He plays the role of a divorcee in the show who is left dumbstruck when his newly appointed boss turns out to be his ex-wife. Ashwin claims that he gained a lot of experience and confidence after he started doing the serial. He shall miss the show because it gave him a bundle of unforgettable memories which is soon reaching its end says the actor. The biggest addiction that is hard for him to overcome is the addiction of his PlayStation. He confesses his adoration for Shah Rukh Khan, Madhavan and Deepika Padukone who are his favorite actors and an all-time sport that he loves is football.

Dinesh Prabhakar, whose birth name is Dinesh Nair, is predominantly a Malayalam actor who has also acted and worked as a technician in movies of other languages. He was born in Perumbavoor, Ernakulam, Kerala, India. From an early age, he was interested in performing arts and would watch movies on Doordarshan Channel and at cinema halls in his vicinity.

Shaan Rahman is a widely recognized personality in the Indian film Industry due to his various talents. He is an Indian music composer, cinematographer, and singer who has worked extensively in the Malayalam film industry. He has given a lot of commendable works which are acclaimed by superiors till now. His notable credits include Malarvaadi Arts Club (2010), Thattathin Marayathu (2014), and Ormayundo Ee Mukham (2014). He was born on 30 December 1979, in Ras AL Kaima, UAE, to a well-do family. He was brought up in Thalassery, Kannur district, Kerala, by his parents. His father works in a Union Cement Company (UCC), and his mother is a full-time housewife. Also, he has a younger sister named Sherry, a doctor, and his brother, Shaheer is studying B.A. Visual Effects at ICAT.

Jomon T. John lives up to the uniqueness of his name. As a graduate of the Government Film and Television Institute in Bangalore, he started off as a part of advertisement industry. He transitioned to the film industry when he was casted as a cinematographer in Chaapa Kurishin 2011. It was followed by ‘Beautiful' in the same year and later, Thattathin Marayathu. All three films were not only box office hits but were also appreciated because of their beautiful shots and cinematography. Jomon T. John was born in the year 1982. His diploma, he says, allowed him to meet all kinds of people from different parts of the country. "I realized that a man from UP or MP will have an amazingly different sense of aesthetics." After that, Mr. John went on a spree of films that constantly saw him rightly nominated for awards.

An award-winning celebrity who belongs to the South-Indian cinematic universe, Ranjan Abraham is known for his work in many highly acclaimed Malayalam films. Having edited over a hundred Malayalam movies, several of his works have won numerous awards at the national level. The respected filmmaker has thousands of fans all across Kerala as well as most of the South-India. Born in 1977, Thuruppugalaan, Kerala, India he has played the role of producer & director on more than a few occasions. He has been an active member of the Malayalam film industry since 1999.

.Noble Babu Thomas is an Indian actor, producer, and screenwriter who works in Malayalam movies. He started his journey as a film producer and established the film production company "Big Bang Entertainments." His debut production was Jacobinte Swargarajyam (2016), starring Nivin Pauly and directed by Vineeth Sreenivasan. The film rake in ₹25 crores (approx. It earned US$3.6 million (US$3.6 million) at the box office and finished off 100 days in Kerala. He was born to Babu Thomas and Suma Babu. Since their college days, he was upstanding in acting. Later on got into the modeling field. He had done his Electrical and Electronics Engineering from KCG College of Technology, Chennai.

Vinod Shornur is a South Indian producer who works in the Malayalam film industry. His production company is known as "Cast N' Crew." He produced the Malayalam comedy thriller "Oru Vadakkan Selfie" in 2015, starring Nivin Pauly, Aju Varghese, and Manjima Mohan. Vinod Shornur has also worked as a production controller in films such as Thattathin Marayathu, Homely Meals, and Thira. Some of his peers and co-producers are Sophia Paul, Deepan Bopathy, and Ashiq Usman. He has also produced the films Richie (2017), a Tamil action thriller directed by Gautham Ramachandran, and Visudha Mejo (2022), a Malayalam drama starring Mathew Thomas and Lijo Mol Jose. He also produced the movie Pookkalam starring Basil Joseph and Roshan Mathew.

Harris Desom is an Indian Film Producer/Production controller who has worked primarily in the Malayalam Film Industry. He was born on 26th October 1977 in Kochi, India. He has a brother (Asaf Desom) and a sister (Fiza Zainu). He went to St. Sebestian's High school in Kanjoor and later pursued B.sc. From M.G. University. He is at present married and has two kids (a daughter and a son). He has worked in a variety of fields, including Service Engineer at Speed Computers. He then later switched his profession as a production executive of Malayalam Movies such as Haram, Thira Vikramaditya, Ayaalum Njanum Thammil, Diamond Necklace, Spanish Masala, Doubles.

Ashwin Goapkumar is an Indian singer. He is also the frontman of the famous South Indian band named When Chai Met Toast. He has contributed to movies such as Jacobite Swargarajyam, Aanandam, Solo, and others. The vocalist is a sensation in Kerala’s music circuit, and his band is one of the promising groups in the country. Till now they have released an album named The Joy of Little Things.

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.

Manu Manjith who was born in the year 1986 on 23rd of January in Atholi, Kozhikode, Kerala, India. He is currently 31 years of age. He is married to Hima Hemaraj. He is currently living in Kazhikode in Calicut, India. After completing his high school from St. Joseph's Boys' Higher Secondary School which is situated in Calicut, he did a course of Bachelor in Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery from Government Homeopathic Medical College which is situated in Calicut. He is a poet and lyricist in the Malayalam Cinema. He was passionate about writing since his childhood and has taken part in many writing competitions in his school and college days.

Born on August 24, 1987, in Trivandrum, Kerala, Suchith Suresan is a South Indian playback vocalist who is a part of Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu Industry. He is the son of K.P. Sucheeta, a resigned broker and C. Suresan, a resigned government worker and a presumed painter who centers in oil-around cavas. His sister is a musician and cousin is a mridangam artist. His father was a fan of famous artist Mohammad Rafi and brought his records home. Suchith heard the melodies often and became interested in music. He then shifted to Chennai to finish his degree at Madras Christian College in visual communications. He has a senior sibling, Dr.Surej, who plays the drums for another musical gang situated in Trivandrum called SPASM and is likewise an aide specialist in wellbeing administration department for Government of Kerala.

Unni Menon is a veteran playback singer who had enthralled the audiences with his melodious voice. He has sung in many Indian languages and he was one of the best classical singers who had a good combination with A R Rahman. He was born in Temple town of Guruvayoor in a middle class family. He had done schooling in Guruvayoor and went to Palakkad to continue his degree. Although this singer had shown a great enthusiasm in signing right from his childhood days, it was just a co-incidence that brought him to Indian film industry.

This god-gifted singer might not have hoped to become a singer at all although he used to sing right from he was young. As a commoner, he also did find a job in a vehicle factory in Chennai. Nothing was pre-planned. Neither, he had a formal training in singing nor any godfather, but his journey as a playback singer in Malayalam and Tamil movies were really path-breaking one. He had a journey of three decades in playback singing which even surprises him at times, but he considers it as total coincidence, as he grew up hearing songs of K.J. Yesudas and M. Jayachandran. He was never too ambitious to achieve a glory in playback singing. That makes him a total different from other singers of his era. He had done 26 songs for A R Rahman. His career too had benefitted from association with Rahman. Many of Rahman songs from films like ‘Roja’ still remain in minds of his audiences. Unni Menon has never been too ambitious but whatever he has achieved in his life makes him a very happy and satisfying person.

The only regret he has in the new generation music world that technology has taken over the music industry so much that quality level has gone down. This singer had always wanted to do quality work and he is indebted to all kinds of help he received from maestros of music world such as A R Rahaman or even Ilaiyaraaja. It was Kunjunni, a violinist in camp of music director Ilaiyaraaja who had introduced him to B. A. Chidambaranath, a music director, and Unni's musical career got launched in 1981–82.

If in Tamil movies he had a good combination with Rahaman, in Malayalam cinema, he had a good track with music director Shyam. Unni also turned music composer for the movie’ Sthithi’(2003), which still remains deep in the heart of music lovers even after a decade even. The good quality in his voice that it had deep melody and his pronunciation is always very much perfect. Whether it is for Ilaiyaraaja for 'Oru Kaidhiyin Dairy' or A R Rahaman for ‘Roja’, every song that he had got to sing, he had done full justice to it. He was born on December 2, 1955, and quite obviously this year (2015) turns out to be his 50th anniversary too. A remarkable feat indeed!

Balakesavan Shanmugam is a sound effects editor predominantly working in the Tamil and Telugu Film Industries. He hails from Erode, Tamil Nadu. Balakesavan was inclined towards cinema from a very young age. He debuted as a sound editor in the 2016 horror-comedy “Jackson Durai.” Dharani Dharan directed the motion-picture. Sibiraj, Bindu Madhavi, and Sathyaraj played prominent roles in the flick. The movie released on 16^th June 2016 to average reviews from critics and audiences alike. Balakesavan has served as a sound designer for several films that have been critically acclaimed and commercially successful. Some of his prominent works include Vikram Vedha (2017), Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru (2017), Taxiwaala (2018), Nota (2018), Yatra (2019) and Mafia (2020). Balakesavan resides in Chennai.

Prajith is an acclaimed film director mainly working in the Malayalam Industry. He has worked in chartbuster movies such as Meda Meedha Abbayi, Benz Vasu, Sathyam Paranja Viswasikkuvo, Oru Vadakkan Selfie etc. He is an expert in making comedy and satire, adapting it to the current world scenario. He wants his movies to be educational and entertaining but not preachy.

Dinesh Nair is an Indian casting director and production manager who introduced the world to Andria D’Souza in the English erotic drama “Kamasutra 3D” (2013). Screened at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, it is the only Indian movie with five songs to be nominated for an Oscar for the Original Song category.

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.

Aju Varghese is an Indian film actor, born to Varghese PK and Celiene Susan in the year 1985. He has a younger sister named Anju. He was born in Thiruvalla city located in Kerala. Aju completed his schooling in Rajagiri High School and further continued his studies in Bhavan’s Vidyalaya located in Ernakulum.

Ashwin Kumar is an actor and writer who is known for movies namely - Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru (2016), Ranam (2018), and Silent Heroes (short film). Ashwin Kumar is a well-known mimicry artist and a short film actor.

He was born on July 27, 1960 in Vijayanagaram, Andhra Pradesh. His original name was Pudipeddi Saikumara Sarma. 

His father P.J.Sharma was a leading dubbing artist and actor. Sai Kumar also followed him starting as a child dubbing artist. He has very exceptional command on Telugu language, he has marvellous calibre in Dialogue delivery and clarity in Telugu diction. He dubbed for leading Telugu actors like Suman (top Telugu hero in 1990’s) and Rajashekar. Later he himself became an actor and played lead roles in many movies. Presently he was acting in important supporting characters.

He was married to Surekha kumar and couple have a son and a daughter. His son Aadi is presently a budding film hero in Tollywood. His brother is also a famous actor and dubbing artist, he is prominent in Kannada industry.

He acted in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada. In adolescence he started his career through Chiranjeevi’s ‘Challenge’ movie. In initial days he got tremendous fame through Police characters. Later on he started acting as a Villain. He got many awards which include Nandi awards for best supporting character and also South film fare awards for supporting artist.

Presently he was busy in Television reality shows. He was hosting, “Deal or No Deal” (A game format which is famous around the globe) on Gemini TV and “WOW-Manchi Kick Ichche Game Show” on ETV Telugu. He is hosting WOW-2 in ETV. He recently started another show “Luck unte Lakshmi” on ETV. All the game shows he is dealing with have bumper prizes in cash.

He also won many awards for TV anchoring like TV9 award 2009, Tata Docomo media award and AP Cine goers' 6th Annual TV Awards – 2009.

Stacen Varghese is an Indian actor. He is a child actor. He started working in films at a young age. He is a popular child actor in the Malayalam film industry. He is known for playing the role of Chris Jacob in the film Jacob’s Kingdom of Heaven. This film was directed by Vineeth Sreenivasan and G. Prajith and produced by Noble Babu Thomas. This film was written by Vineeth Sreenivasan and edited by Ranjan Abraham. Apart from Stacen Varghese, the other leading actors in this film were Nivin Pauly, Renji Panicker, Lakshmy Ramakrishnan, Sreenath Bhasi, Ashwin Kumar, Saikumar, Dinesh Prabhakar, T.G. Ravi, and Aima Sebastian. 

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