Malayalam Awards Asianet Film Awards 2008 - Cast & Crew

Baby Niveditha is a popular child actress who has worked in Malayalam cinema. She is popularly known for portraying the double role in the movie Kani Kanmani. The famous song known as Muthe Muthe was picturised on her. Niveditha's birthplace is in Kannur. She was born to Praseetha and Vijayan. She has a sibling Niranjana. Niranjana, also a child artist, is one year elder to Niveditha and was seen in Bharath Chandra IPS and Thanmatra starring actor Mohanlal. Both Niveditha and Niranjana have appeared in many blockbuster movies in Tamil and Malayalam cinema. Currently, all the family members are settled in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, UAE. Niveditha is currently studying at an Abu Dhabi school, St. Joseph's School. She has appeared in Kakki, starring Prithviraj. The famous sisters have also appe...

Roma Asrani is a Mollywood actress who was a model in her career before making her foray into movies. She also acted in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada language films. But she got maximum offers from Malayalam film industry only. Although she had made her debut with Telugu movie Mr. Errababu (2005), the actress got the offer from other regional languages too and made debut in a Tamil film with ‘Kathale En Kathale’(2006) and her first Kannada film was ‘Aramane’ (2007). Despite having signed different projects in various languages, she shot to fame with a Malayalam movie 'Notebook' which was a film that depicted the life of three students at a boarding school, and how they face up to challenges in their lives. The central plot of the movie was on three students Roma,...

Vimala Raman is a renowned model and actress. She is also known for her skills in Bharatnatyam dance. She is basically from Sydney, Australia. She was born on 23rd January 1982. She basically belongs from south India. Along with her education, she also got trained in an Indian classical dance form, that is, Bharatanatyam. She took her training in Natanalaya Dance Academy which is based in Sydney. She took her lesson in this dance form under the training of Jayalakshmi Kandiah. In the year 2006, she came into the limelight of the Indian cinema with a Tamil film, 'Poi'. After her debut, she went on doing South Indian films like, her first Malayalam film was ' Time'.

Then again, in 2007, she did another movie 'Pranayakalam' with Ajmal Ameer. After getting a huge success, she again appe...

Shweta Mohan is a female playback singer in Indian cinema who is also the daughter of playback singer Sujatha Mohan. Like her mother, she also had sung in various languages such as Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam. She was born on 19 November 1985 in Chennai.  In fact, earlier she was a bit hesitant to take up singing as her career. But as she sung, she enjoyed singing very much. Had not she been in singing, she could have opted for doing MBA and got settled other way. 

Shweta grew up watching her mother sing and eventually looked her as a role model for her life. She has always aspired to be like her. Taking inspiration from her mother’s versatile career in Indian cinema, she eventually made her ground too in film music. She is well...

This Kannur born actress, who made her debut with ‘Rasikan’ in 2004, has ever since been a much-cherished name for the average Malayalee. Her successful eight-year-long career has undoubtedly left a tangible mark in the Malayalam film industry. Samvrutha Sunil was born on October 31, 1986, to Chalatt Sunilkumar and Sadhana. She’s an alumnus of St Theresa’s College and Annamalai University. Under veteran director Lal Jose’ guidance, Samvrutha made her debut with the 2004 Dileep starrer movie Rasikan.

Rasikan was followed by ‘Nerariyan CBI’ and ‘Chandrolsavam’ with Samvrutha in prominent roles beside Mohanlal and Mammootty; the two giants of Malayalam industry. With this, Samvrutha sealed her space and continued to rise...

Born on 26th August 1984, Gopika is a south Indian actress. She has mainly worked in Malayalam films. Before entering the film industry, Gopika was a model. Her debut film was Pranayamanithooval. She has over 35 films to her credit. She has also worked in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. Girly Anto is Gopika’s original name. Hailing form Thrissur, Kerala, she is a Syrian Christian. She graduated in Sociology and also learnt dancing. The turning point in her life was when she was the first runner in Miss Thrissur contest. This fetched her some modeling projects. Gopika once told that her ambition was not to become an actress; she wanted to become an air hostess.Her debut film Pranayamanithooval, which was directed by Thulasi Das didn’t fare well. All the same, her role was acknowledged. It was her second fil...

Sonam Nair is an Indian film writer and director. She was born and brought up in Kolkata. She studied in the US and worked in the city of dreams- Mumbai. Nair never had any plans for entering the B-town. It all happened because she was just interested to work and tell stories. She pursued her filmmaking course at a college in Ithaca in America. Sonam also assisted the cast and administrative department there. Her passion for film was drastically increased only after working with Ayan Mukerji in “Wake Up Sid”.

Earlier, she had worked with Vishal Bhardwaj in “7 Khoon Maaf”. After imbibing the real zest of movie making, Sonam went on to direct a film on her own titled “Gippi”. This flick released on 10 May 2013. It was produced by Karan J...

Meera Nandan also known as Meera Nandakumar is a Malayalam TV actress who mostly hosts television shows in Malayalam language and also appears and features in South Indian Movies including Malayalam movies. Meera Nandan was born as Meera Nandakumar on November 26, 1990, to parents Nandakumar and Maya in Kochi, Kerala, India. Meera did her schooling from Bhavan’s Vidya Mandir in Elamakkara and did her graduation in English Literature from St. Teresa’s College, Ernakulam and she is currently pursuing her Master’s degree from Presidency College, Bangalore. Another famous and noted Malayalam actress Divya Unni is a relative of Meera. During her college days, Meera Nandan got offers for modelling and was first seen in the advertisement for Mohanlal’s Taste buds. In the year 2007, she got the opp...

Dileep was born in Kerala as Gopalakrishnan Padmanabhan Pillai in the year 1968. His career started as an assistant director to Kamal. He was named as Dileep through the character he performed in his debut movie. His debut movie as a hero was in the year 1994 through Manathe Kottaaram as Dileep. Sallapam and Punjabi House made him get popularity among the Malayalam audience. Before his film entry, Dileep was a mimicry artist. He worked in Kalabhavan too.

While assisting Kamal in his films, Dileep showed off his face in some films too. His natural acting skill paved him a way to reach good heights in the Malayalam cinema. One of his best movies is Kunjikoonan, in which he acted as a hunchbacked man. He got the special Jury Award for his performance in thi...

Akku Akbar is an Indian film director primarily working in Malayalam Movie Industry. He made his presence known with the 2008 blockbuster Malayalam family film Veruthe Oru Bharya. He later made another blockbuster film with same cast & crew for another family drama Bharya Athra Pora (2013). Akbar also made critically acclaimed Hindi Film Gauri: The Unborn.

Akbar was born in Thaikulam of Thrissur district, Kerala. He was passionate about films from his childhood; He bunked many classes in school & college days to watch films in cinema halls. After completing his studies in his village he went to Malayalam film industry to kick-start his career. Akku has immense praise for the direction aspect of the film. He started his career as an assistant director under famous...

Santosh Thundiyil is a cinematographer, who keeps on working hard behind the camera without any expectations, and it is the hard work of cinematographers like him, that movie’ s become superhits. We are going to share with you about one of the most popular Cinematographers the industry has ever had. He is a part of many successful films of the cinema world. Some of them are Kuch Kuch Hota Hain starring Shah Rukh Khan against Rani Mukherjee and Kajol, Hello Brother, Pinjar, Kaal, Krrish, Luck, Rowdy Rathore, Jai Ho, Rustom. He was born in Changanassery, Kerala, India. He completed his Schooling from Sacred Heart English Medium School and did his Graduation in Chemistry from St. Berchman’s College, Changanassery.

In 1994, after completing his graduation, he went to the reputed Film and Television Institute of India(FT...

K. Gireesh Kumar is a spectacular screenwriter known for his work in Malayalam films. “Gireesh” means “Lord of the Mountains,” and it justifies the meaning of his name. His mother K. Padmavathy was a teacher by profession so, she knew how to handle him. His father V. Narayanan was a master so, it can be guessed that how his family background went on. Being a part of this kind of family, it was not easy for him to get this much success in cinema.

He has a wife named Sharika, and a son named Satyajit. During his entire lifetime, he has done several Malayalam films as a screenwriter, and various short films as a director, and documentaries too. The various Malayalam films are Amrutham, Alice in Wonderland, Veruthe Oru Bharya, Samastha Keralam Po, Oridathoru Postman, Khaddama, Swapna Sanchari, Bharya Athra P...

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.

In a career that has spanned almost two decades, notable awards of the filmmaker include Kerala State Film Award for Best Editor, Asianet Film Award for Best Editing, etc. Other achievements of the director include Kerala State Film Award for Best Editor for ‘CID...

Vidyasagar is an Indian Playback Singer, Composer, Music Director, Record producer Music director, Arranger, Keyboardist, and Keyboard Programmer with a melodious voice. The particular contributions of the talented Singer and music Editor came in the south Indian movies. He has the unique ability to play all kinds of instruments, particularly Keyboard, piano, guitar, vocal. He has worked dominantly in the Indian Film industry and keeps coming up with some gratifying work. Vidyasagar was born in a Telugu musical family, as the son of a self-led musician and music composer Ramachander, and Sooryakantham. He is also known as "Gaanaa" Vidyasagar, and he is an Indian composer, musician, and singer who is best known for his super hit blockbuster songs. He works predominantly in the Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, and Hin...

Gireesh Puthenchery is one of the most prolific lyricists of Malayalam cinema. Over the last two decades, he has penned about 2000 songs that had been just like a poetic flow out of his mind. He has won the Kerala State Award seven times, of which four were given to him for consecutive years (2001-04). Besides being a lyricist, he tried his hand even as a screenwriter.

He was successful in scripting story for four films of which ‘Pallavur Devanarayanan’ (1999), ‘Vadakkumnadhan ‘(2006), and ‘Kerala House Udan Vilpanakku’(2004) were the average success in the box-office. He was born on 1 May 1961, in Kozhikode. He has worked for about 328 Malayalam films. This lyricist had a good association with two music composers, and...

Salim Kumar is a person who deserves the title of a film legend. He was born on 1969 in Kerala to parents Gangadharan and Kausalya. He has worked in nearly two hundred and fifty films, mostly in Malayalam and is a very popular public figure in Kerala. He did his higher education in BA from Maharajas College in Ernakulam, which has a reputation for nurturing budding artists. During his course at Maharajas, he had won the University title for mimicry three years in a row.

He had wanted to be a singer when he was young, but realizing his latent talent in mimicry and other performance arts; He decided to pursue acting instead. From the late 1980’s, he had been an active figure in the television industry, being the host of a comedy program for a private channel. His first appearance in films was with the 1989 ...

Major Ravi is the penned name for Major A.K. Ravichandran. He is a former Indian Army Officer and presently an actor, writer, and director. He was born in Kerela to Sri. Kuttisankara Perumbara Nair & Smt. AT Satyabhama. He received the prestigious President's Gallantry Medal. After his schooling, he joined the Indian army. He did his further studies from Army Cadet College and did his graduation from the same. In 1985, he became an officer. He was the head in the assassination case of Rajiv Gandhi. He worked for nearly 20 decades in the army.

Later on, he became an army consultant in the films. He has worked on military themes till date, an exception being his debut film.

His debut movie as a feature film was ...

Innocent Vareed Thekkethala is the real name of popular Malayalam actor Innocent Vincent. Born on 28 February 1945, Innocent is also a politician. He is an accomplished actor of Malayalam films and comedy is his strength. He delivers witty gestures, and his dialogues in the Thrissur accent is noteworthy. In fact, it is no exaggeration to tell that, Inncoent is a phenomenon in Malayalam films. Mimicking his mannerisms is like tasting sugar for mimicry artistes. His reputation is such that, he is a frequent actor of many Malayalam film directors’ films.

Whether it is comic or serious role, Innocent is very much at comfort. He was such a legend that, he held the position of President of the Associati...

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.

Till now he did not show him as a Super Star. His humbleness is r...

Jayasurya is a versatile actor who hailed from Kerala. Born in Thrippunithura in 1978, this actor has done varieties of characters in Malayalam films. He has also acted in a few Tamil movies. His parents are Mani and Thankam. His wife is Sarita and this couple has a daughter and a son. Oomapenninu Uriyadapayyan is the debut movie of Jayasuriya. Swapna Koodu with Prithviraj, Meera Jasmine and Bhavana gave him a reputation. His movie Pulival Kalyanam also earned more fans for him. Kilukkam Kilukilukkam was the next version of Mohan Lal movie Kilukkam, and Jayasuriya’s performance was applauded well. Shakespeare M.A Malayalam and De Inkottu Nokkiyae, Bus Conductor, Arabikatha are some of his blockbuster movies. Sankaranum Mohananum was the film by Jayasurya, in which he appeared in 20 different getups. Cocktail was ...

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.

This young lad used to sing a folklore Muslim song often known as ”Mappilapattu” even in youth festivals at school. It was then director Priyadarshan insisted him to render a’’ Mappilapattu’’ for his upcoming flick ‘Kilichundan Mampazham.' After hearing Vineeth’s voice that matches so well with the folk songs sung by Mapillas of Malabar, another Malayalam director, Roshan Chetan gave him the offer to sing for...

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.

Siddique started his...

Priyadarshan Soman Nair is a famous Director, Producer and screen writer. He is awarded the Padma Shri Award by the government in 2012. He has worked for Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi cinema in his career since 1984. Although he began his career from Malayalam movies, he is recognized for his comedy films in Bollywood. He is an extremely versatile director and has films in almost every genre. Priyadarshan was born in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. He graduated from University College in his home town with a M.A in Philosophy.

He was a book worm in his teenage days, and soon he started writing scripts and acts for Akashvani. His first big chance came as an assistant director when his friend Mohanlal got into movies. In 1984, Priyadarshan released his fi...

Kattassery Joseph Yesudas shortly called as K J Yesudas is an exceptional Carnatic singer and playback singer in Indian Cinema. Born on Jan 10 in 1940, he is fondly called as Gana Gandharvan and Dasettan. He has set a record of recording more than 60,000 songs. He is born in a Roman Catholic family, in Kochi. His father was a great classical Malayalam musician. His first song was Jaathi Bhedam Matha Dwesham (music: M B Sreenivasan) recorded on 14 November 1961. This song is so close to Yesudas, that he signs it even today very often in any of the concerts. His journey started with this song. He got his first hit through a movie Bharya under the music direction of G. Devarajan. He made huge hit songs in Tamil and Telugu film industries as well. His first song in Tamil was in a film Bomm...

Born on December 10 1965, Jayaram’s main region of interest is the Malayalam film industry, though he had acted in some Tamil films too. Jayaram entered the Malayalam film industry with “Aparan” which was directed by Padma Rajan. They both worked together in two more films. Jayaram was known for his films Peruvannapurathe Visheshangal, Georgootty C/O Georgootty, Nagarangalil Chennu Raparkam and Thoovalsparsham. 

During the 90s his films with Rajasenan turned to be commercially successful. The family audiences embraced him with both arms. Jayaram has carved a niche for himself in films such as Ayala...