Malayalam Awards MINNALAI Film And Television Awards 2014 - Cast & Crew

Carrying the acting tradition in the family is nothing uncommon in the film industry, and so it was almost natural for Anate Augustine one of the current crop of promising Malayali actresses to have chosen an acting career following in the footsteps of her father Augustine, who himself had acted in more than 100 films in his lifetime. While entering films, however, she chose to abbreviate her name from Anate to ‘Ann’ and this change may have brought her luck as her current standing in the industry bears out, having been a recipient of so many awards right from her debut film in 2010. Like many others in the current generation of actor and actresses, Ann too comes with a solid educational background, having earlier studied in Calicut and Thiruvananthapuram, and then graduated in psychology from Bangalore. Wh...

Varada is an Indian model, TV anchor and budding actress from Kerala, now known for her title role in  Malayalam Serial Amala, aired on Mazhavil Manorama. She is a model turned TV anchor to film actress and now, mini screen actress. Emi, who is better known by her stage name Varada, hails from Thrissur district, Kerala. She did her schooling in Thrissur and has completed BA in Economics. During her school and college days, she was active on stage as dancer and performer. During her 12th grade, Varada did model for a calendar and advertisements, which opened ways for her to get into the field of anchoring. She was initially an anchor in local cable vision in Thrissur but soon started anchoring programs in reputed  Malayalam channels like Jeevan TV and Kairali TV. In 2008, Varada debuted Malayalam films as a heroine for th...

Suhasini R. Naidu, more popularly known by her screen name ”Sneha” is a south Indian actress who works in the Tamil and Malayalam Film Industry.

She was born on the 12th of October, 1981, to parents Rajaram Naidu and Padmavathy Rajaram. She began her career in the year 2000, debuting in the Malayalam film Ingane Oru Nilapakshi where she played the role of an aspiring dancer, where she performed for 7 classical songs. Her first commercial hit was the 2001 movie Aanandham, a family drama by the hugely successful director N. Linguswamy.

Due to her appearance in several commercially successful movies in the 2000’s, she has become one of the most contemporary lead actresses in the Tamil movie industry. Her debut in Kollywood was in the movie Ennavale where she...

Jeeja Surendran is a Malayalam movie and serial actress. Jeeja has been a classical dancer since her school days. She was the ‘Kala Tilakam’ during her college days. Jeeja is married to Surendran, who is her eternal support system. They have a grown-up son. After her marriage, Jeeja moved to Ooty with her husband and started working in a company. Later she had to leave her job and relocate to Coimbatore due to health issues. Jeeja’s husband encouraged her to move on to acting. Her first serial was directed by Shyam Sunder. Jeeja was selected after a tough audition. Jeeja moved to a villain track with the serial Chandrodayam. She received many awards for her role in Chandrodayam. Her other notable roles include Talolam, Dream City, Sree Krishna Leela, Kumkuma Poovu, etc. Jeeja won the 2014 Manappuram...

Beena is a Malayalam Tele and Film Actress. Born in the year 1972 in Thrissur, Kerala, she is the youngest daughter in the family. Her parents are Antony and Soshamma.  She started her acting career first in the year 1991 with Godfather. She has mainly appeared in supporting roles in the movies.

With more than fifty movies to her credit, Beena has essayed the supporting casts with ease and proficiency. She only acts in Malayalam movies. Sarathi and Dhanayathra are the films lined for her. Spanning a career of more than two decades, this actress is still doing a remarkable job. 

Not only does she have a good number of movies, she equally has tele serials in her name. More than two hundred serials, she is seen on Asianet, Kairali T.V, Surya T.V, Amrita T.V and Doordarshan wit...

Son of an extraordinarily talented actor Aboobacker, Niyas Backer, is a famous South Indian comedian actor. Niyas followed his father’s footsteps and became a renowned comedian of the south Indian film industry. Niyas started his career as a mimicry artist and performed various stage shows with his younger brother Navas Backer, who is also a well-known stage actor. Niyas Backer is one hell of a comedian who lives in the Aluva district of the Cochin city.

Niyas is inspired by some of the great mimicry artists of his times such as Sainuddin and Jayaram. Niyas started doing stage shows when his brother started working with Kalabhavan. Niyas did theatre shows for two years and learnt a lot from the Mala Aravindan’s Valluvanadan Theatres. After th...

Born in 1982, Fahadh Faasil is known for his works in Malayalam cinema. He is the son of renowned Malayalam director Fazil. He debuted in the Malayalam film industry during the year 2002 in his father’s film Kaiyethum Doorath. Unfortunately, his status as star kid didn’t help him and the film bombed at the box office. He was 18-year old then and the audience didn’t accept the image of a chocolate boy with a mustache. 

Fahadh was not seen in films for around 7 years. But behold.. he indeed returned only to be accepted by the audience. He had a bald head, but that only favored him, since it provided a professional look. He did a film...

A well-known name in Malayalam movie and television industry, Prem Prakash is an actor and a successful producer. He is also known to Malayalam industry through his sons Sanjay and Bobby, the successful scriptwriters of Malayalam movies. He is also known as the younger brother of the beautiful, cruel villain of Malayalam in the 70’s to 90’s, Jose Prakash.

Prem Prakash had a great attachment towards the entertainment industry since a very young age. His debut to the industry was as a play back singer for the movie Karthika in 1968. But more than a singer he established himself as an actor. His first screen presence in a small role was in Ara Nazhika Neram in 1970, a film by director K. S. Sethumadhavan based on a novel of the same name written by the notable writer Parappurat...

Ibrahim Kutty is a famous actor from Kerala, and he is the brother of Mammootty, the mega star of Malayalam cinema. Ibrahim’s son, Makbul Rahman, is also stepping into Mollywood, following his uncle, cousin, and father. Makbul’s first movie was, “Asura Vittu”, and Ibrahim also has a daughter named Asha. Ibrahim decided to follow the successful path of his elder brother. He started his career in serials and later moved on to movies. He played a very critical role in the serial, “Paethu Ozhiyate” as Jayabharathi’s son-in-law. In the super hit serial, “Amma”, he plays the role of a retired judge, Govintha Menon.

The story is about Menon’s wife, Subadra, their sons, and families. “Amma” is already touchi...

Sanoop Santhosh is an Indian famous, brilliant child artist. He is from Malayalam film industry. He was born on December 12, 2004, in Kannur. He does his schooling currently in Sreepuram English Medium and Junior College. Now he is a 6th-grade student. In 2013, at the age of 9, he started his acting career by performing a center role in Malayalam language children’s movie ‘Philips and the Monkey Pen’. In this film, he performed the role of Ryan Philip, a wicked 5th-grade school boy, poor in Mathematics. Sanoop says that in reality he is poor in Hindi but not in Mathematics.

 The critics highly appreciated this movie as well as won numerous awards at Kerala state awards. All children’s performance was wonderful, but Sanoop mad...