Malayalam Movie Review Anuragam - Cast & Crew

Gouri G Kishan is an upcoming actress who was born on the 17th of August 1998 to Geeth Kishan and Veena Kishan at Ernakulam, Kerala. She has a brother named Govind G Kishan, and they hail from Kochi, Kerala. She did her schooling at The Hindu Higher Secondary School and Sri Sankara Senior Secondary School at Chennai. Gouri speaks Tamil, Malayalam, English, and Kannada. She graduated in Journalism from Christ University, Bangalore. Her debut on the silver screen was in the year 2018 with the movie named 96 directed by C. Prem Kumar, starring Vijay Sethupathi and Trisha Krishnan in the lead roles.

Devayani, born as Sushma Jayadev on June 22, 1974, is one of the leading television actresses in Tamil small screen now. She has acted in more than 75 films alongside stars like Vijay, Surya, Kamal Haasan, etc. She is currently settled in Mumbai with her husband, Rajakumaran. She has won two Tamil Nadu state film awards for her brilliant portrayal of characters in the late 90’s movies: ‘Surya Vamsam’ in 1997 and ‘Kaadhal Kottai’ in 1996. She says her life changed after ‘Kaadhal Kottai’ opposite Ajith Kumar. The movie also earned her a title ‘the homely heroine’. She has also played small cameos in hit movies like Panchathanthiram alongside Kamal Haasan and also pulling off comedy easily in ‘Thenali’ where she played opposite Jayaram. She also received many accolades for her lead roles in movies like Friends, Appu, Bharathi (for which she won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress), Aanandham, etc. 

Shahad Nilambur was born on February 4, 1994 in Nilambur, Malappuram, Kerala. He completed his primary edu-cation at Kavalamukta LP School and Paramba GUP School and Higher Secondary education at Palemedu SHSS and Paramba GUP School. He also studied Computer Science and Engineering at Erode Nanda Polytechnic College.  His career started as a short film director in 2009 - 2010. The short film Motta, directed by him with the help of a local businessman when he was a plus-one student, became sensational news. Thus, locals collected money and urged him to do more short films.

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.

Anees Nadodi is a Malayalam Art Director. He worked as an Art Director for the movies, is Sudani from Nigeria, directed by Zakaria Mohammad, and Varathan directed by Amal Neerad, in 2018, Thamaasha directed by Ashraf Hamza, and Luca in 2019, Kappela directed by Muhammad Musthafa, and Halal Love Story, directed by Zakariya Mohammed in 2020. He worked as a Production Designer in Saturday Night, Tha Thavalayude Tha directed by Francis Joseph Jeera, Eeyal, directed by Askar Amir, Jackson Bazar Youth, directed by Shamal Sulaiman, Mlndiyum Paranjum, led by Arun Bose, and Mahaveeryar directed by Abrid Shine in 2022. He won the National Best Production Design Award for the Kappela movie, at 68th National Film Awards.

Lijo Paul is an Indian film editor. He was born on 18 October 1984. His Sun Sign is Libra and he is 32 years old. He is happily married to Sherin and blessed with a baby whose name is Ryan Ritchie. Lijo completed his schooling and Bachelors in commerce from St. Aloysius High School and College, N. Paravur. He lives in Kalloor, India and is originally belongs to Nayarambalam, India. He is an esteemed and outstanding personality in the Malayalam film industry. He is also a video editor and has been successfully working from past few years in movies. Some of his hit movies are Ohm Shaanthi Oshaana (2014), Romans (2013) Last Bench (2012) and, Oru Muthassi Gada (2016).

Aswin Jose is an actor known for his acting in Malayalam Cinema. He was born in Thiruvalla, Kerala, India. And currently, he is living in Ernakulam, Kerala. He studied at The Sree Narayana Mangalam Institute of Management and technology. He debuted as an actor in the movie ‘Queen’ in 2018, and it became a super hit.

Gautham Vasudev Menon is known for his directional capabilities and bringing his intense films to life in the Tamil Industry. He was born on 25th February and has established himself as a heroic director. He is most known for his work where he, portrayed the life of real men on screen. One of such work named Vaaranam Aayiram was a blockbuster and won him the prestigious National Film Award for the category of Best Feature Film in the Tamil Language. And since then, he started his try to produce such films in multiple languages. He got much acclaim when another of his film Thanga Meengal, brought him another very prestigious and devoured National Film Award for Best Feature Film in the Tamil Language.

However Gautham Menon, has not always been a film personality, he has completed Mechanical Engineering from Trichy, where he was highly influenced by English movies to bring the characters to celluloid that he has dreamt of. He has been an avid movie buff and has celebrated the growth of his cinema from one genre to another. He has been at the helm of Tamil direction for much longer now. He is married to Preethi Menon and is also known by a short form GVM. He is loved for his work not just in Tamil Cinema, but his work is appreciated by throughout the country.

Born to C. J. Antony and Liduwa Antony in Changanassery in Kerala, Johny Antony is an Indian film director. He is well known for his comedy movies in the Malayalam film industry. Having assisted various talented directors like Thulasidas, Taha, Kamal, Jose Thomas, etc. Johny Antony has been active in Indian cinema since 1991. Johny is married to Shyni Antony since 2002 and has two beautiful daughters- Aswathi and Lakshmi with her. He completed his initial school education from St. John’s Baptist High School in Nedumkunnam and his higher education from NSS College in Changanassery. Johny started his career by assisting acclaimed Malayalam director Thulasidas in 1991 in the movie Chanchattam starring Jayaram, Urvashi, Jagathy and Manoj K Jayan.

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