Thesni Khan
Kalpana
Surya S Nair
Raja Sahib
Suresh Mathew
Sajan Sagara
Venu Nariyapuram
Kalabhavan Abi
Kottayam Nazeer
Tini Tom
Suraj Venjaramoodu
Saju Kodiyan
Kalabhavan Joshi
Kollam Ansar
Alex Kottayam
Viju Kodungallur
Shan Kadavathoor
Thirumala Chandran
Kollam Siraj
1. Thesni Khan
Known in the Malayalam movie industry for her comic timing and impeccable work ethic, Thesni Khan is one of the more prominent comedian and character actors’ within the movie scene. Born on the 5th April, 1970 to parents Alikhan and Rukhiya, Thesni studied at the famous Cochin Kalabhavan. She also studied and performed magic under her father’s tutelage on several stages.
...2. Kalpana
Kalpana Priyadarshini or Kalpana was born in 1965 in Kerala. She is one of the most popular actresses in comic roles in Malayalam. She won the National Award for the Best Supporting Actress for the movie Tanichalla Njan in 2012. Her parents were theatre artists and her sisters Kalaranjini and Urvashi are both famous actresses in South Indian Films. She started acting as a child artist. Kalpana’s journey as a heroine in films started in 1983 in the movie Manju directed by M.T. Vasudevan Nair. She then acted along with Bhagiyaraj in the Tamil Movie Chinnaveedu, which was a super hit. Later on, she began getting more comedy characters in supporting roles. She has done many combination roles with Jagathy Sreekumar, which was well received by the audience. Her popular movies include Perupennapurathe Visheshangal, Dr. Pashupathy, Injakkadan Mathai & Sons, Kaabuliwala, Pidakozhi koovunna Nootandu, Salt n Pepper, Spirit, Bangalore days to name a few. She has acted in more than 170 films in Malayalam and Tamil. She became a favorite among television audience after acting in the serial Sathi Leelavathi as Leelavathi on Amritha TV. Her other popular serials are In Panchali House and Kudumbasametham Manikutty. She also appears as a judge in many Comedy reality shows on television.
...3. Surya S Nair
4. Raja Sahib
Raja Sahib is an actor predominantly working in the Malayalam Film Industry. He made his debut in the industry in 2001 with the movie named Aparanmaar Nagarathil with Kottayam Nazeer; V Mohanachandran, and Navas as the producers; Nissar as the Director. The actors in the film are Kottayam Nazeer, TS Raju, Raja Sahib, Kalabhavan Shajon, VD Rajappan, "Jayasurya," Suresh, Saju Kodiyan, Sonia, Subi, Nimmi, Beena, and Bindu Ramakrishnan.
...5. Suresh Mathew
Suresh Mathew resides in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He completed his education at Kerala Education Society Senior Secondary School. For Higher Studies, he chose History Hons and did it from St. Stephen College, Delhi, India, in 1993-1996. Mathew also did a Film and TV production course from Xavier's Institute of Communication, Mumbai, India. Suresh Mathew is currently working as a Writer, Producer in Digital, Films & TV. He worked as Executive Producer in a film named ‘Biscut’ (2019), the winner of New York Movie Awards, Florence Film Awards, Indie Short Fest, and Delhi Shorts International Film Festival.
...6. Sajan Sagara
Sajan Sagara is a well-known actor and mime artist working predominantly in the Kannada film industry. He is known as the shortest man in Kerala. He was a part of the famous Malayalam movie ‘Athbhutha Dweepu’ directed by Vinayan and produced by T K Appukuttan and P. A Phillipos in 2005. The story is about an island where all men are dwarfs and women are of standard height. The film was also dubbed in other languages like Tamil and named as ‘Arputha Theevu’ and released in 2007. The film holds a Guinness Book Record for the most numbers of dwarves featuring in a single movie. There were almost 300 dwarves starred in the movie.
...7. Venu Nariyapuram
Venu Nariyapuram is a widely known comedy actor born in the Pathanamthitta district in Kerala, India. He has acted in several movies and soap operas in the Malayalam entertainment industry. Venu completed his schooling at St. Paul's Higher Secondary School, Pathanamthitta. He did his graduation from NSS College, Pandalam. Venu began his professional career at local theatrical events. He slowly started to gain recognition after featuring in several comedy television reality shows. He has been part of several soap operas aired on major Malayalam networks such as Asianet, Surya, and Mazhavil Manorama.
...8. Kalabhavan Abi
Kalabhavan Abi was an Indian comedian, singer and film actor, remembered by the audience for his work in movies like Koothara, Happy Wedding, For Sale, etc. Mostly known for his predominant involvement in Mollywood movies and Malayali TV shows, he has also worked in the industry as a dubbing artist. Born on 28th February 1965 as Habeeb Muhammed, he chose the stage name Kalabhavan Abi before starting out with his career.
...9. Kottayam Nazeer
Kottayam Nazeer is an actor-cum-director in Malayalam cinema. He is also screenplay writer and dialog writer and even a well-known stage performer. He is also a popular Malayalam-language mimicry artist, comedian, and actor. He has worked in over 50 films in Mollywood. He is popular for his imitation of popular film actors and politicians too. He is one of the top mimicry artists in Kerala and had done several supporting roles in Malayalam cinema. He kickstarted his career as a mimicry artist and went to achieve name and fame in Mollywood. He had stepped up the ladder of success by doing small roles in movies and later bagged some prominent roles in cinema.
...10. Tini Tom
Tini Tom is a famous Indian movie actor, TV awards presenter and also a mimicry artist. He was born on 1 February in 1972, and his birthname was Devassy. He began his profession as mimic.
...11. Suraj Venjaramoodu
Sooraj Venjaramoodu was born on 30th June, 1976 in Kerala. He is an Indian actor, television presenter, and comedian. He has acted in over 250 films. His father is a retired soldier and, his mother is a housewife. Sooraj began his career as a stand-up comedian. He was successful in this and was most famous for his mockery of the Thiruvananthapuram accent. At first, when he started his acting career, he was not well- accepted by the audience.
...12. Saju Kodiyan
Saju Kodiyan is a famous comedy actor in Malayalam television and film industry. He started his acting career through dramas and stage shows and now is a very popular actor in Malayalam film industry. Saju started with acting in dramas and through one of his drama “Swathanthrintynte Sangaganam” by Sangeetha Nadaka academy, he entered into the mimcry field. The drama was a political one and the chief minister E K Nayanar at that time gave the troop permission to perform that drama throughout different stages in Kerala. During their travelling from one stage to another Saju tried to make everyone happy by imitating sounds. At first he didn’t imitated the sounds of actors and one of his friends suggested him to mimcry field, later he tried and successfully rendered all of them.
...13. Kalabhavan Joshi
14. Kollam Ansar
15. Alex Kottayam
16. Viju Kodungallur
17. Shan Kadavathoor
18. Thirumala Chandran
19. Kollam Siraj