Malayalam Movie Review Kismath - Cast & Crew

Shruthy Menon is an Indian thespian, TV host, Expert Chief of ceremonials and model. Shruthy Menon was born on 21st November 1984. She is presently the announcer for Sonu Nigam's performances internationally as well as the display Ugram Ujwalam. In 2015, a topless photoshoot for a wedding publication led to a dispute in conformist India. The controversy of the photoshoot influenced her profession. Menon was born to father Sreevalsan Unni Menon & mother Shashi Menon in Mumbai. She got affianced to capitalist Shahil Timpadia in 2017, with the pair getting wedded later in the year. Known for her roles in unusual movies, Shruthy Menon finds it difficult to play resilient characters. Currently occupied in a flick titled Kismat, the gifted actress tells about her forthcoming pictures and more.

Surabhi Lakshmi hails from the town of Narikunni in Kozhikode, Kerala. Having passed her BA in Bharathanatyam, with a first rank from the Kaladii Sree Sankaracharya College; she has also completed her MA in Theatre Arts, with a passion for the theatre. She was part of Suvarna Theatre’s award winning play “Yakshikathakalum Naattuvarthamanangalum” which won her the Kerala Sahitya Nataka Academy’s Best Actress Award.

Surabhi caught the attention of the mainstream movie directors after her win in the reality show “Best Actor” in Amritha TV in 2008. Following this, she has performed in several films including the following: Thirakkatha, Gulmohar, Katha Thudarunnu, Pakal Nakshatrangal, Kancheepurathe Kalyanam, Housefull, Ezhu Sundara Rathrikal, Njanum Ente Familiyum, among others.

She currently plays a major character in the hit TV serial M80 Moosa on the Media One channel.

Surabhi has professed to loving theatre more than her blink-and-miss roles in the main stream cinema. Although her first love is theatre, she is currently gaining significant popularity for her performances in the Mazhavil Manorama channel soap, Kadhayile Rajakumari by K. K. Rajeev.

While the actress has portrayed serious roles and characters, her sense of humour is excellent, being able to handle jests from her colleagues about her small town upbringing.  She recalls with fondness and excitement, her journey from Nirakunni, to receiving the Kerala Sangeet Natak Academy award, to the reality show and finally the silver and large screen, and talks fondly of her family, wistfully wishing “Unfortunately, my father isn’t alive to see it all.”

Sajitha Madathil is a veteran Indian film and theatre actress. She was born to Chandrashekharan Menon and Savithri at Tanur. She completed her early education from Kozhikode and later got a Masters degree in Theatre from Rabindra Bharathi University in Kolkata. She was always influenced towards theatre and had a keen interest in acting. She had no one of the acting backgrounds in her family but did wonders in the films as well as theatre. After the inspiration she got from the University, she directed a drama ‘Matsyagandhi’ which earned her many praises. After that, she never looked back and went on to direct as well as acted in various plays. In the times when women working were not even in the picture, she achieved a lot. Rabindra Bharathi University not only gave her experience in her working field but also gave her life partner in the name of Robin D’Cruz whom she met during her post-graduation. They have a beautiful son Aromal. Her career was going well at the theatre level, but she wanted more out of it. She started her quest of working in the mini-screen with a serial by Sara Joseph. Her one of the famous works includes Marthandavarma, which was telecasted on Doordarshan. This serial gave her fame and introduction in the people house. Her acting was loved by everyone and eventually got an offer to work in a cinema.

Rajeev Ravi is an Indian cinematographer from the state of spices, Kerala. He is also a well-established film producer and a director. Though he is from Kochi, yet he studied and completed his graduation from the Film and Television Institute of Pune in the year 1997. He was the one to start his career slowly and gradually. Initially, he worked as an assistant cinematographer and assisted in the Malayalam film ‘Pranayavarnangal’ which was released in the year 1998.

Suresh Rajan is a cinematographer who predominantly is director of photography in Malayalam cinema. The director of photography made his debut in a short film named ‘Macher Kanta’. Later, he was invited to take up a film project which was a 2009 Malayalam anthology film ‘Kerala Café’ which had a team of ten directors. For one part of the movie titled ‘Bridge’, Suresh Rajan was the director of photography which was directed by Anwar Rasheed. In the year 2013, Jayaraj directed a movie named 'Camel Safari' which was extensively shot in Rajasthan. Suresh Rajan captured the locales with amazing cinematography covering the beauty and splendorous of the desert of Rajasthan, its forts, and landscape, colorful clothes and music, legendary Pushkar fare.

Sumesh Parameswar is an upcoming music composer who predominantly works for Malayalam cinema.  He made his debut as a music composer through a film Kismath which released in July 2016. He is a renowned guitarist. But in his first movie 'Kismath' (Malayalam), he got chances to compose music for five songs, and they were sung by K.S.Harishankar & Shreya Raghav, Madhushree, Kabeer Nalialam, and Anwar Ali. He even composed a theme song for the movie which had a voice of Shrey Raghav.

Sushin Shyam is a playback singer. He is related to the Malayalam Music Industry. He has even worked in movies. People loved his performance in the flick Thattathin Marayath. Thattathin Marayath was a musical. The genre of the film was romance. Sushin's appearance in the movie made him famous. Kisa Paathiyil, a song sung by him, got popular. The song Kisa Paathiyil, is included in movie Kismath. The song dealt with the topic of love and romance.

Arun Rama Varma is an Indian sound effects editor who works primarily in the Tamil film industry. Arun was born in Trippunithura and completed his schooling from Chinmaya Vidyalaya from his hometown itself. He then studied in Film and Television Institute of India in Pune and further did the Bachelor of Science in Electronics from the College of Applied Sciences in Puthuppally. He also did different courses from Thames Valley University and MG University. Later he did masters in sound engineering. After completing his studies, Arun started to work as a freelance sound engineer for location sound recording, sound effects editing, and music recording in the Indian film Industry from December 2000 to October 2005. He further worked as a lecturer in sound engineering for a year until June 2006 in ICOM Malaysia.

Pramod Thomas is a renowned Malayali sound engineer from South India. As a teenager, he had a deep fascination for music and musicians. Initially, he wanted to become a singer, but it didn't work out. Thus, Pramod decided to enhance the works of the musicians. He has worked in numerous film industries, including Malayalam, Bollywood and so on.

Vinay Forrt, the Malayalam actor, was born in 1983 as Vinay Kumar in Kochi in Kerala. His parents are M. V. Mani and Sujatha. He has two siblings, Suma, a sister and Shyam, his brother. Vinay did his primary education in Boys School in Fort Kochi. During his first year graduation, he joined Lokadharmi theatre and started acting in the plays. Vinay has an experience of ten plus years in the theatrical activities. He is a postgraduate in acting and got his degree from Film and Television Institute of India in Pune. Vinay was honored as the Best Senior Theatre Actor and received the scholarship from Government of India in 2004 to 2006. He made his debut in “Ritu,” in 2009. He got the opportunity to shine in the cinema by Shyamaprasad. Though he did a small role in “Ritu,” he was noted by the audiences well. Vinay is a classical dancer too.

Abu Valayamkulam is an Indian actor and director. He was born in Kerala, India. Abu Valayamkulam has worked in the Mollywood and Kollywood entertainment sectors, with his artwork appearing in different languages such as Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, and Kannada.

Anand Bal is an actor known for his role in the 2016 film, Kismat. Kismat was a Malayalam romantic drama comedy. Anand's father's name is AP Sai Narayanan. Given that his father was the President of Rotary International,

Anil Nedumangad is an Indian Actor. He primarily works in the Malayalam Film Industry. He is born on 30^th May 1972 in Nedumangad, Trivandrum, Kerala. His parents are C. Peethambharan Nair and Omanakkunjamma. Anand, an ayurvedic doctor is his elder brother. He has completed his schooling from Mancha School. He has completed his graduation from MG College (BA Malayalam) & School of Arts.

Binoy Nambala is an actor, who predominantly acts in Malayalam movies. He is known for few selective moves that were highly critically acclaimed movies of Mollywood. He got his debut in the movie ‘Ithihasa’ which was a 2014 Malayalam fantasy comedy film written by Aneesh Lee Ashok and it was an enjoyable movie. Shine Tom Chacko and Anusree were in the lead roles.

Sreekanth Sreedharan is an actor and director. He has acted in Malayalam movies. He worked in the film Kismat. He played the role of a supporting actor in the cinema. He was an RSS worker. At present, he is directing a movie. The flick's name is Seine. It is a short film. Seine is only 20 minutes long in duration.

Sunil Sukhada is a talented Malayalam actor. He is known for his versatility. He has brought variety to Malayalam cinema. With his colorful roles, he portrayed his artistic skills. He has conquered the industry with magnitudes of movies. He is a dedicated personality who has a passion for acting. He sincerely follows theater. Today, he has over hundreds of film to his credit. Born in Thrissur district to Sudhakara Panikkar and Saraswathiyamma, Sunil was the second child. Although he loved acting, he made into movies at a later stage.

Vijayan Karanthoor is an Indian actor who acts predominantly in Malayalam movies. He has always acted as a supporting actor in Malayalam cinema. He got recognition for a 2013 release ‘Crocodile Love Story’ which was directed by Anoop Ramesh. Vijayan played the role of actor Manikuttan’s uncle. He was asked to do a comedy part in the movie. But his debut movie was released in 2010 when he acted in two movies and they are; Avan’ and 'Puthumukhangal. ‘Avan’ was a debut film of popular playback signer Viajy Yesudas as an actor. In the movie ‘Puthumukhangal’, three newcomers were in lead roles and Vijayan played the role of Pappan in the movie.

Shane Nigam is a Malayali actor. He is the son of the renowned actor and mimicry artist, Abi. Owing to the paternal connection, Shane has always been a part of the Cinema right from childhood. He attended the Vidya Mandir Bhavan school in Ernakulam for his primary education. He is at present pursuing a degree in BE (Bachelor of Engineering) and is in the final semester. Rajagiri College of Engineering and Technology is where he studies.

Shanavas. K Bavakutty is an Indian Film Director. He works in the Malayalam Film Industry. Shanavas was born on the 5th of July in the year 1977. He was born in Ponnani, Malappuram of Kerala. His father’s name is Bavakutty, and his mother’s name is Mariyu. He is married to Sabira. They have three kids whose names are Muhammed Shamil, Muhammed Shasil, and Muhammed Shahil.

Jayaprakash Kulur is a prominent writer and actor. He belongs to Kozhikode in Kerala, India. He had the honor of being born there and continue living in Kozhikode to current times. As a child, Jayaprakash went to St. Joseph's Male High School. He later went on to study at Malabar Christian Missionary College, Government Law College, and Devagiri's St. Joseph's College. He was a class A student everywhere.