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1. Manju Warrier

Manju Warrier is a South-Indian film actress, born on November 1, 1978, in Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, to an accountant father and a homemaker mother. She completed her schooling from Chinmaya Vidyalaya and further from Chovva Higher Secondary School, both situated at Kannur. She graduated from SN College, Kannur. Manju was only seventeen when she made her debut in the film industry with ‘Sakshyam’, a classic Malayalam drama directed by Mohan.At the age of eighteen, she worked in ‘Sallapam’, a love story by Sundar Das. In the first three years of her career, she was awarded for her work in four major films. First is with the film ‘Ee Puzhayum Kadannu’, a drama t...

Date of Birth: 01-11-1978

Age: 45

Star Sign: Scorpio

Gender: Female

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Model, Movie Actress

Manju Warrier Biography

Date of Birth: 01-11-1978

Age: 45

Star Sign: Scorpio

Gender: Female

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Model, Movie Actress

2. Poornima Indrajith

Poornima Mohan, now Poornima Indrajith is a dancer, television anchor, actress, model and a fashion designer. She is born to Mohan and Shanthi into a Tamil Pillai family settled in Kerala. She is a recipient of National scholarship for Mohiniyattam when she was studying in her eighth standard. She has made her foray into modelling while studying at St. Teresa's, with national campaigns for BPL mobile, HMT watches and Coconut Development Board. Ad campaigns for V-Star Churidars, Seemati textiles, Bharani Silks and Jayalaksmi Textiles followed. It was compering that made Poornima a household name. She anchored for the Pepsi Top Ten in Asianet, which gained her popularity and the name `Pepsi Poornima'....

Date of Birth: 21-05-1980

Age: 43

Star Sign: Gemini

Gender: Female

Language: Malayalam

Skills: TV-Actress, Supporting Actress, Anchor

Poornima Indrajith Biography

Date of Birth: 21-05-1980

Age: 43

Star Sign: Gemini

Gender: Female

Language: Malayalam

Skills: TV-Actress, Supporting Actress, Anchor

3. Mohanlal

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.

Date of Birth: 21-05-1960

Age: 63

Star Sign: Gemini

Gender: Male

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Movie Actor

Mohanlal Biography

Date of Birth: 21-05-1960

Age: 63

Star Sign: Gemini

Gender: Male

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Movie Actor

4. Priyadarshan

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 a...

Date of Birth: 30-01-1957

Age: 67

Star Sign: Aquarius

Gender: Male

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Director, Producer

Priyadarshan Biography

Date of Birth: 30-01-1957

Age: 67

Star Sign: Aquarius

Gender: Male

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Director, Producer

5. Mammootty

Muhammed Kutty Ismail Paniparambil is the original name of Mammootty, the Malayalam superstar. Having working in more than 300 movies he is still a star to reckon with, in Malayalam film industry. Apart from acting, he was also a lawyer. Currently he is busy with philanthropic works too. Born on 7th September 1951, Mammootty also donned the role of a producer. He has worked in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada, other than Malayalam films. He garnered the National Award for his acting skills, thrice in his career. He shares this feat with veteran actor Kam...

Date of Birth: 07-09-1951

Age: 72

Star Sign: Virgo

Gender: Male

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Movie Actor

Mammootty Biography

Date of Birth: 07-09-1951

Age: 72

Star Sign: Virgo

Gender: Male

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Movie Actor

6. Anil Murali

Anil Murali is an Indian film actor in Malayalam cinema. He has completed over 100 films in Malayalam. He started out in the film industry as a villain before taking on character roles. Anil Murali began his acting career as a positive character in director Vinayan’s film Kanyakumariyil Oru Kavitha in 1993. He acted in Lenin Rajendran's off beat movie Daivathinte Vikrithikal in 1994. He acted in Mammootty film Stalin Sivadas in 1999. It was Valkkannadi by Anil Babu in 2002 which gave him a real villain role. He was an integral part of Malayalam movies since 2002. He is continuing his journey doing some of the best villain characters in Malayalam films. His villain role Nenja...

Date of Birth: 12-08-1968

Date of Death: 30-07-2020

Age: 55

Star Sign: Leo

Gender: Male

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Movie Actor, Supporting Actor, Villain

Anil Murali Biography

Date of Birth: 12-08-1968

Date of Death: 30-07-2020

Age: 55

Star Sign: Leo

Gender: Male

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Movie Actor, Supporting Actor, Villain

7. Suresh Gopi

Malayali by birth, Suresh Gopinath, also known as Suresh Gopi, is a homebound film actor and also shows keen in music, and is a singer by profession too. Suresh was born into a Hindu Nair family. He was born in Kollam to Gopinathan Pillai and Gnanalakshmi Amma. Suresh has featured in about 200 Malayalam Films. The movie Kaliyattam in the year 1997 had got him the National Film Award for the best actor category. Later on, he became the host of the show named Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran, which was aired on Asianet. This show was very popular in the year 2012. He was seen in T.P. Balagopalan M.A in the year 1986, where he was given the role of a prospectiv...

Date of Birth: 26-06-1958

Age: 65

Star Sign: Cancer

Gender: Male

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Movie Actor

Suresh Gopi Biography

Date of Birth: 26-06-1958

Age: 65

Star Sign: Cancer

Gender: Male

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Movie Actor

8. Shaji Kailas

Shaji Kailas is an Indian film director who directs predominantly Malayalam movies and known for his commercially successful movies in Kerala circuit. He had a long association with screenwriters Renji Panicker and Ranjith. With his association with both the screenwriters, he directed most successful movies in Mollywood. Shaji Kailas started ‘News’ simultaneously with ‘Sunday 7 PM’, but ‘News’ (1989) became his debut release followed by ‘Sunday 7 PM’. These films did not get wider acceptance. There was a magic touch in screenwriter Renji Panicker and as many as five films Shaji and Renji go...

Date of Birth: 15-08-1965

Age: 58

Star Sign: Leo

Gender: Male

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Director

Shaji Kailas Biography

Date of Birth: 15-08-1965

Age: 58

Star Sign: Leo

Gender: Male

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Director

9. Sathyan Anthikad

Sathyan Anthikad is a film director who has even tried his hands at writing lyrics. He also has been an eminent screenwriter in Malayalam movies. He has a long association with Mohanlal, Jayaram, and even Mammootty. He has made 19 movies with Mohanlal, 17 movies with Jayaram, and eight movies with Mammootty. Hence, he has given the most successful movies in Kerala. He even tried to make some low-budget movies too and was moderately successful. He chose to direct ‘Pappan Priyappetta Pappan’ which was the 100th film of Mohanlal. In 2015 Sathyan’s much-awaited film ‘Ennum Eppozhum’ created a buzz in the industry as it...

Date of Birth: 03-01-1955

Age: 69

Star Sign: Capricorn

Gender: Male

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Director, Lyricist

Sathyan Anthikad Biography

Date of Birth: 03-01-1955

Age: 69

Star Sign: Capricorn

Gender: Male

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Director, Lyricist

10. Sreenivasan

Actor Sreenivasan is a Malayalam actor who had ruled the regional cinema graph for over 25 years and has earned the credit of having acted in over 200 films so far. But he never attributes his success even once for the quantity of films that he had done so far. He is an actor who lacked star appeal always. Instead of relying on his looks, he concentrated more on his talent that helped him carve a niche in Mollywood. He could perform any character on screen whether it is a villain role or a comedy role which drew a parallel recognition when compared with the ranks of superstars. His comedy role gave Malayalam cinema some of its finest films. Though...

Date of Birth: 06-04-1956

Age: 68

Star Sign: Aries

Gender: Male

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Director, Movie Actor, Comedian

Sreenivasan Biography

Date of Birth: 06-04-1956

Age: 68

Star Sign: Aries

Gender: Male

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Director, Movie Actor, Comedian

11. Dileep

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 Kunjikoon...

Date of Birth: 27-10-1968

Age: 55

Star Sign: Scorpio

Gender: Male

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Movie Actor, Comedian

Dileep Biography

Date of Birth: 27-10-1968

Age: 55

Star Sign: Scorpio

Gender: Male

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Movie Actor, Comedian

12. Lal Jose

Best known in Malayalam cinema, Lal Jose is a film director and producer. He was born on 11th January 1966, in Thrissur district of Kerala. Lal started his career in the film industry as an assistant director to Kamal. In 1998, he made his directorial debut with the film titled Oru Maravathoor Kanavu. His other notable works include Classmates, Immanuel, Meesa Madhavan, Neelathaamara, etc. amongst many others. His parents are Jose and Lily and he finished is schooling from NSS KPT School and NSS College. He has two daughters with his wife, Leena. His daughters are Irine and Catherine. After he had finished graduation, he went to Chennai to pursue his goal of being in the film industry. <...

Date of Birth: 11-01-1966

Age: 58

Star Sign: Capricorn

Gender: Male

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Director, Producer

Lal Jose Biography

Date of Birth: 11-01-1966

Age: 58

Star Sign: Capricorn

Gender: Male

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Director, Producer

13. Dulquer Salmaan

Dulquer Salmaan is a popular Malayalam actor, who appears in Tamil films too. He is the son of the Malayalam Super Star Mammooty. Dulquer Salmaan is married to Amal Sufiya in the year 2011, before his film entry. Dulquer Salmaan has plans to act in Telugu films too, and discussions are going on. Dulquer wanted to make his debut through his friend’s film and hence rejected many opportunities. His debut was through the film Second Show by Srinath Rajendran in the year 2012. His second movie was Ustad hotel by Anwar Rasheed and the film was a hit. In the year 2013, he starred in ABCD American Born Confused Desi. This film revealed his singing talent too. Dulquer Salmaan sang a song Johnny Mone in this film ABCD. He en...

Date of Birth: 28-07-1986

Age: 37

Star Sign: Leo

Gender: Male

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Model, Movie Actor

Dulquer Salmaan Biography

Date of Birth: 28-07-1986

Age: 37

Star Sign: Leo

Gender: Male

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Model, Movie Actor

14. Sunny Wayne

Sunny Wayne is a Malayalam movies’ actor. His birth name is Sujith Unnikrishnan, which was given to him on the occasion of his birth, on 19th of August, 1983. His childhood was spent in Wayanad. He graduated from the Calicut University Institute of Engineering and Technology, in the field of Information Technology. He also worked in Bangalore as an IT professional, for a while. Wayne was first launched in the movie “Second Show” in the year 2012. He has acted in various other films, such as “Annayum Rasoolum” and “Thattathin Marayathu”.

Date of Birth: 19-08-1983

Age: 40

Star Sign: Leo

Gender: Male

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Movie Actor

Sunny Wayne Biography

Date of Birth: 19-08-1983

Age: 40

Star Sign: Leo

Gender: Male

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Movie Actor

15. Nivin Pauly

Nivin Pauly is predominantly a Malayalam actor. Born on 11 October 1984, his debut film was Malarvaadi Art Club. The direction of this film was by Vineeth Sreenivasan and production by Dileep. Some of the other films of Nivin Pauly include Bangalore Days, Thattathin Marayathu, Premam, Oru Vadakkari Selfie etc..The films 1983 and Bangalore Days fetched him the Best Actor Award from Kerala State Film Award. Nivin holds a degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering. He is happily wedded to Rinna Joy since 2010, and they are blessed with a boy. Before taking up acting as his profession Nivin was working in Infosys for two years.

Date of Birth: 11-10-1984

Age: 39

Star Sign: Libra

Gender: Male

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Movie Actor

Nivin Pauly Biography

Date of Birth: 11-10-1984

Age: 39

Star Sign: Libra

Gender: Male

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Movie Actor

16. Alphonse Puthren

Alphonse Puthren is a versatile Indian director, actor, producer, playback singer, screenwriter and editor. He was born on 10 February 1984 in Aluva, Kerala to Puthren Paul and Daisy Chacko. He completed his schooling from Amrita Vidyalayam in Kochi and his graduation from M.E.S. College in Aluva with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Applications. He later joined the S.A.E. College in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, where he received his diploma in filmmaking. His earliest works were short films “Arkan” and “Sutrum Vizhi” which he shot during his college years. On the big screen, he made his directorial debut with the black comedy and thriller “Neram” (2013), starring Nivin Pauly and Nazriya Nazim.

Date of Birth: 10-02-1984

Age: 40

Star Sign: Aquarius

Gender: Male

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Director

Alphonse Puthren Biography

Date of Birth: 10-02-1984

Age: 40

Star Sign: Aquarius

Gender: Male

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Director

17. Vineeth Sreenivasan

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 s...

Date of Birth: 01-10-1985

Age: 38

Star Sign: Libra

Gender: Male

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Writer, Playback Singer, Director, Producer, Movie Actor, Song Writer, Singer

Vineeth Sreenivasan Biography

Date of Birth: 01-10-1985

Age: 38

Star Sign: Libra

Gender: Male

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Writer, Playback Singer, Director, Producer, Movie Actor, Song Writer, Singer

18. Shaan Rahman

Shaan Rahman is a widely recognized personality in the Indian film Industry due to his various talents. He is an Indian music composer, cinematographer, and singer who has worked extensively in the Malayalam film industry. He has given a lot of commendable works which are acclaimed by superiors till now. His notable credits include Malarvaadi Arts Club (2010), Thattathin Marayathu (2014), and Ormayundo Ee Mukham (2014). He was born on 30 December 1979, in Ras AL Kaima, UAE, to a well-do family. He was brought up in Thalassery, Kannur district, Kerala, by his parents. His father works in a Union Cement Company (UCC), and his mother is a full-time housewife. Also, he has a younger sister named Sherry, a doctor, and his brother, Shaheer is ...

Date of Birth: 30-12-1979

Age: 44

Star Sign: Capricorn

Gender: Male

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Singer, Music Director

Shaan Rahman Biography

Date of Birth: 30-12-1979

Age: 44

Star Sign: Capricorn

Gender: Male

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Singer, Music Director

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