1. Sreevidya
Srividya was a versatile actress who balanced her position well in Tamil and Malayalam movies. She is the daughter of M. L. Vasantha Kumari, the popular carnatic vocalist. Her father Krishnamoorthy was an actor and he quit acting after he was diseased by some skin issues. Srividya made her debut as a child artist in the film Thiruvarutchelvar, which had Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan as the lead. She danced in the Malayalam film Kumarasambhavam at her young age and also entered the Telugu film industry. Srividya’s bigger breakthrough was through the Tamil movie Nootrukku Nooru, in which Jaishankar and Lakshmi did the lead roles. Srividya had her character as a student, who loves her professor madly. Delhi to Madras is her first film as a solo heroine, in which she paired Jaishankar. She had lots of hit films, among which the film Apoor...
2. Anandavally
Anandavally, the veteran Malayalam actress, having crossed the ripe age of 60, she can look back with some satisfaction at a career which has spanned almost 33 years and has included within it almost 46 films, covering roles as varied as that of a doctor, a maid, and also a scheming stepmother. From her own side she would, however, declare that she had derived almost equal pleasure from the numerous dubbing assignments that she had very successfully taken up during this long career of hers. She was perhaps infatuated with her own voice and the modulations and inflexions that she could manage with it. Very early in life she used to act in school plays, and also became well known for her story telling feats (popularly known as Kadhaprasangam). She enjoyed doing this, giving a free rein to her voice modulations to heighte...
3. Shanthi Krishna
Versatile and talented, Shanthi Krishna is an actress who is also one of India’s leading Bharatha Natyam dancers. She is most popular for her exceptional work in the Malayalam, Tamil and Kannada movie arena, having also won the prestigious Kerala State Film Award for best actress in 1994.
Born to parents R. Krishan and Sharada in Mumbai, her Tamil Brahmin roots only strengthened her foray in to Malayalam movies where she earned several accolades. Her career with the movie industry began with the Malayalam movie Shalini Ente Kootukaari. Her success was also seen in movies including Chaoram, Ennum Nanmakal, Pakshe, Visa, Ithu Njangalude Katha, Saagaram Santham, Mangalam Nerunnu among others.
Her career has spanned nearly 32 years, from 1980...
4. KS Chithra
Chithra is a worldwide known Indian soulful singer. Her original name is Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra. Born in July 1963, Chithra has grown into a versatile singer who can sing all variants. Though she is a born Malayali, she sang in more than 13 languages so far, and the number is still going on. She is fondly known as Chinna Kuyil and Keralathinte Vanambadi, which translates into English as Little Nightingale and Nightingale of Kerala. This is due to her exceptionally melodious singing which has never known any boundaries. She made the excellent contribution to the Music industry in languages like Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Odia, Assamese, Hindi, Bengali, Sanskrit, Badaga, Tulu, Punjabi, and Urdu. She has a record of being able to record more than 25,000 songs and the number...
5. Jayaraj
Born in Kottayam, Kerala to a middle-class family, Jayaraj (full name: JayrajRajasekharan Nair) is an Indian filmmaker who specializes in making Malayali films. He has a degree in Bachelors in Technology in Electronics and Communication. He attended the International Kerala Film Festival in Thiruvananthapuram, watching numerous world classics, which immensely inclined him towards directing films. Post Thiruvananthapuram, he has a meeting with one of the directors, Bharathan, who was his sister’s neighbor in Madras, Tamil Nadu.
The director was well impressed with him, so much that he appointed Jayaraj as his assistant director. Henceforth, from “Chilambu”, Jayraj went on to successfully become Bharathan’s assistant director in six more movies, som...
6. Lenin Rajendran
A renowned name in Malayalam cinema, Lenin Rajendran is a film director and screenwriter. He made his debut as a director in 1982 with the movie titled Venal, as an assistant director to P.A. Backer. He does not succumb to market pressure and has been consistent with delivering quality films. Since he is an active member of the Communist party, he inculcated his political knowledge into a film called Meenamasithile Sooryan in 1985.
His other films include Swathi Thirunal, Anyar, Vachanam, Rathri Mazha, and his latest film Edavappathy. His films have received several awards in various categories such as Kerela State Film Award for Best Film, Best Director, Second Best Film and Best Film with Popular Appeal and Aesthetic Value.
...7. Director - Hariharan
Hariharan is a veteran Indian film executive who has coordinated more than 60 Malayalam films. His striking works incorporate Parinayam, Pazhasi Raja, Oru Vadakan Veeragatha, Amrutham Gamaya, Sargam and Nakhakshathangal, which won him national and global acceptance. Hariharan was a student at the St. Thomas College, located in Thrissur. He has even attended the Universal Arts College, Kozhikode. He arrived in the Malayalam film industry in 1965. In 1979 another blockbuster motion picture Sarapanjaram was discharged with Jayan and Sheela. His movies, for example, Nakhakshathangal, Panchagni, Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha, Valarthumrugangal, Sargam, Parinayam and Ennu Swantham Janakikutty have been inducted in the Indian Panorama of International Film Festival.
In the year 1993, the movie Sargam won him the State Award for the position...
8. Murali Malayalam
Murali is a well-known Malayalam film actor who has also acted in Tamil films. Murali pocketed a National Award for playing the role of a communist freedom fighter in the 2002 movie, “Neythukaran.” Murali is considered to be one of the best actors to have blessed Malayalam cinemas and is revered for his character portrayals of playing the lead as well as the villain in his films. Murali was also the chairperson of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy. Murali was a staunch supporter of the Communist Party of India and was the director of Malayalam Communications, which was driven by the Party. Besides cinema, Murali was also a theater actor. Murali was born to Krishna Pillai and Devaki Amma in Kollam, India. Murali pursued his education at the M. G. College in Thiruvananthapuram a...
9. A Sreekar Prasad
Akkineni Sreekar Prasad, also called Sreekar Prasad, is an Indian film developing capable, known for his works in the Indian film industry. He works unpreventably on Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and English movies. His received National Film Award for Best Editing, for his exceptional work on the part motion picture Firaaq (2008), composed by Nandita Das.
He was joined into Limca Book of Records as People of the Year, 2013 for his pledge to the Indian film in a couple of lingos and moreover for holding a record making collection of eight National Awards which includes a Special Jury Award. He was a graduated class in Literature from the University of Madras.
He took in the specialty of film modifying from his father in Telugu films. Notwithstanding the way that he started with Telugu films, he rose to national acknow...
10. Manoj K. Jayan
Manoj Kadampoothramadam Jayan is a South-Indian actor, born on 15 March 1966 in an Ezhava family. His father, Sruthiyil K.G. Jayan, is a famous Carnatic musician, whereas his mother works as a teacher. He completed his schooling from the Government College, Nattika. It is known that since childhood, he was much of an introvert. He made up his mind on pursuing acting as a career. His parents encouraged him by sending him to the Southern Film Institute, Trivandrum to learn to act. His professor at the Institute, Adam Ayub, later directed his debut on television in ‘Kumilakal’, a television serial airing on Doordarshan in 1988.
Manoj debuted with ‘Mamalakalkkappurathu,’ a film by Ali Akbar, who also belongs to the Southern Film Insti...
11. Kaloor Dennis
Kaloor Dennis is one of the most prolific novelists, scriptwriters andartists in Malayalam movies. Starting his career in 1979 was no ordinary task, but he pulled it off, after working for the film ‘Anubhavangale Nandi.’ The movie opened new doors for the debutant. Having worked for more than a hundred Malayalam ventures, his areas of expertise include script, story, dialogue, and more. His most famous works include ‘Paithrikam,’ ‘Gajakesariyogam,’ ‘ThoovalSparsham,’ ‘January OruAmma’ & ‘ParanjuTheeratha.’ His son followed his footsteps andstarred in works like “Ottanayam’ and‘Entum’ in 2005 and2006 respectively. An artist of Indian origin, he wed Seena Dennis shortly before the start of his ...
12. MG Sreekumar
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