Malayalam Movie Review Chandrettan Evideya - Cast & Crew

Anusree is a leading Malayalam actress. She was born in the year 1990 and was brought up in the district of Kollam in Kerala. Anusree’s small family includes her father Muralidaran Nair, mother Sobana and older sibling Anup. Anusree started her career as a television star and later got many opportunities in the big screen. Anusree rose to fame after her stellar performance in the show Active Fair Big Break, telecasted by a leading Malayalam television channel. She eventually won the show and was offered an important role in the movie Diamond Necklace. Anusree’s performance in the show won the hearts of the audience and judges. Active Fair Big Break was a program where young ladies could showcase their acting and dancing skills. 

Anusree debuted in 2012 and has done many interesting movies in the past 2 years. Some of her recent movies are Red Wine, Left Right Left, Pulli Puliyum Attin Kuttiukalum, Vedi Vazhipadu, Life Partner, Nakku Penda Nakku Takka, Angry Babies in Love, Pedithondan, Seconds, Kurutham Kettavan and Ithihasa. Malayalam movie audiences still remember her for the role of Kalamandalam Rajasree in her debut movie opposite Fahad Fasil. It is interesting to know that unlike most of the South Indian actresses, Anusree is not a dancer or a stage performer. It is her unique acting style and dialogue delivery which attracts the audience.

Anusree is very choosy about her roles and insists on scrutinizing the character and the script very well before signing her contract. She is not interested in merely being a heroine who does not have any real scope for performance. She is determined to complete her studies as well along with acting. Anusree is currently pursuing her bachelor’s degree via distance education.

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Anusree Nair was born in the Kollam district of Kerala on July 30, 1990. She was born and brought up in her village, which is a remote place, secluded from the busy cities. From her childhood, was born in the Kollam district of Kerala on July 30, 1990. She was born and brought up in her village, which is a remote place, secluded from the busy cities. From her childhood, Anusree had a deep passion for acting and appearing on T.V. Inorder to realize her dreams, she auditioned for an acting reality show in a Malayalam channel and was selected as a contestant.

Namitha Pramod, born to Pramod and Indu on 19th September 1996 in Thiruvananthapuram is a Malayalam actress who rose to fame through television. She started her acting career when she was in her 7th grade by appearing in the very popular fictional Christian Devotional teleserial  Velankanni Mathavu. She appeared as Mathavu in the serial and was accepted by the Malayalam television viewers. After that she played the role of goddess Devi in Amme Devi, portraying her character through her expressive eyes. She acted as Anjali in Ente Manasaputhri, a very popular serial in Asianet directed by Baiju Devaraj. She chose to play it safe as she did not overwork and put her education at stake. 

She entered the big screen through the movie Traffic, a trend setter movie which revolved aroud the theme of organ donation and heart transplant. She played the character Riya, the dying daughter of Rahman and Lena, which gave a lot for her to perform. Even though it was a short character role, her performance got noticed. Her first lead role, the Sathyan Anthikkad movie Puthiyatheerangal with a coastal lifestyle as the backdrop, brought her back to Malayalam movie industry as a promising heroin. She played the role of Thamara a fisherwoman opposite Nivin Pauly. Later she had a series of movies; in Sound Thoma with Dilip; a Mohiniyattam dancer in Pullipulikalum Aattinkuttiyum; as a modern, city bred college student in Law point with Kunchako Boban. Her very recent movies are Villaliveeran with Dilip in which she plays the character of Namratha, Dilip’s love interest; a Konkani speaking girl Deepika opposite Dulquer Salman in Vikramadithyan, which is still running in the theaters. All of her movies are box office hits and she holds a position among the top 5 actresses of 2013. She appears to be a Promising and Lucky actress in the Malayalam movie industry after her back to back hits. Her movie Ormayundo Ee Mugham with Vineeth Sreenivasan, a romantic comedy musical entertainer, is scheduled for release on 14 November 2014. 

As every other new budding heroines in Malayalam, Namitha has made her debut in Tamil also. Her first Tamil movie is En Kadhal Pudhithu, directed by Maaris Kumar which she had done before becoming popular in Malayalam did not give her promising start. But she says that she has offers pouring in from the Tamil Industry, but she does not have dates for now.

She has won many awards like Amrita TV Film awards for New Face of the Year in 2013 for portraying Thamara, and Asianet Film award for Popular actress for her acting in Pullipulikalum Aatinkuttiyum.   Namitha is continuing her education along with acting. She joined for Bachelor’s degree in sociology at St Theresa’s college in 2014. She says that even though she could not attend classes regularly till now due to her busy schedule, she will not compromise with her studies. She has a younger sister Ankitha who is her very big fan and critic.

K.P.A.C Lalitha is known for her character Mayavathi Amma in the super hit comedy serial ‘Thattiyum Muttiyum.’ She is one of the finest Malayalam Cinema and Serials actors, known for her acting in very distinctive and versatile roles in hundreds of movies. She has won National Award twice for the movies Amaram (directed by her husband) in 1991 and Shantam in 2000. She has also won several state awards and many television awards.

Born on 21 May 1989 Veena Nair is an actress working in films as well as movies. She was born in Kerala. Her Television series Nilavilakku which was aired on Surya TV was quite a hit and made the actress famous.

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Sidharth Bharathan is a Malayali Actor and Director. Born on the 26th of May, 1983, he is the son of prominent film director Bharathan and actress K.P.A.C Lalitha.

Sidharth completed his education from the prestigious SRM university in Chennai, and then made his foray into Malayalam movies, debuting through the movie Nammal in2002. He then proceeded to make movies including Youth Festival, Rasikan, Ennittum and Kaakkakarumban in 2004 following which he took a break for his personal life. Nammal was iconic in that it was shot in the Government Engineering College, Thrissur, and the Holy Trinity School in Palakkad. He played the role of Shyam in Nammal, a romantic comedy drama, featuring him in the second lead role, where he portrays the role of a fun-loving, mischievous student, along with his partner Sivan, both of whom are exceptional hard workers. Shyam and Sivan learn to laugh, live and love, and get in to a bit of trouble ragging the principal’s daughter, after which the principal finds out they are orphans, and one of them is actually her son.

His directorial debut was the movie Nidra, in 2012, where he also played the lead role. Nidra was a remake of a movie directed by his father, having the same name and story line. The movie features the cast of Rima Kallingal opposite Sidharth, and Jishnu. The movie is thought to be part of a wave of a new genre of cinemas in Mollywood, showing the love story between the lead characters, where the male protagonist is pushed to the edge by circumstance, and the only one keeping him grounded is his wife. Although widely received by critics as a beautifully executed movie, the lack of promotion did not allow it to make it big in the box office.

In 2014, he acted in the movies Rebecca Uthup Kizhakkemala and Olipporu. His other roles and activities include being a screenplay writer for the movie Isha, which is a part of the 5 Sundarikal, an anthology.

He is currently working on Chandrettan Evideya, as a director. The movie is due for release on 27th Feb 2015, and features Dileep, Vedhika, Rachana Narayanan Kutty.

Ashiq Usman is a Malayalam producer and acted in a couple of movies during his childhood. He was born on 17th April 1986. He started his career in the film industry very recently. He has done his schooling at Seventh Day Adventist Higher Secondary School in 1999. He has done his high schooling at Sacred Heart Thevara. He graduated from CUSAT in 2008.

Sameer C. Thahir is an Indian writer, cinematographer, and director recognized for his performance in Malayalam cinema. Thahir made his appearance with Big B, the first movie directed by cinematographer Amal Neerad, in the year 2007. Later, he made his writing and directorial debut with the movie Chaappa Kurishu in the year 2011. His second fiction movie, Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi, was out in the year 2013. Sameer Thahir examined in the creative environment of Maharajas College, which is in Eranakulam, and the bonds formed based on creative races during that time are still the driving portion for him in filmmaking.

This 38-year-old cinematographer turned director had a great philosophy behind his frames. Right from his childhood onwards, Shyju Khalid always had an affinity for art. V.P.Khalid, his father was once a theater artist -and he played short roles in many films. He has done his schooling in Santa Cruz High School at Kochi. He took admission at St. Albert's College for graduationbut left the college shortly. He then met Aashiq Abu, and through him Sameer and the rest of film enthusiasts, all of whom are creating a new wave in theMalayalam Cinema. Shyju with Sameer started their career with wedding photography.

Vishnu Thandaserry is a digital photographer based in the Mollywood Film Industry. He has shot the location stills of more than 11 movies in the last few years. Vishnu works as the lens man for Anil Radhakrishnan Menon and Ayal Njanalla’s Lord Livingston 7000 Kandi. The photographer was born on November 19, 1991, in the Indian state of Kerala. He started working for the film industry from the year 2011. Photography was Thandaserry’s passion since his school days. He chose to pursue a multimedia diploma course, instead of a degree course, because of the same reason. He debuted in the Mollywood as an independent photographer via a Fahadh Faasil movie ‘Natholi Oru Cheriya Meenalla.’

Prashant Pillai, born on 8 September 1981, in Pune, Maharashtra, India, is a Music Producer, Composer, Film score writer, and Bandleader. After completing his graduation in Sound Engineering from Chennai, he worked as his guide and mentor A.R. Rahman for a short while and then settled in Pune. In 2004, Prashant got his first ever break to compose a radio jingle. He did his job quite good and was praised for it. He composed music for Bejoy Nambiar’s short movie Rahu in 2007. Pillai got his first break in feature films in 2010 in the Malayalam film Nayakan, directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery, featuring actors like Thilakan, Jagathy Sreekumar, etc.

Santhosh Varma is a well known Tamil Lyricist and has done many movies. He has written the lyrics of many amazing movies and the audience like the songs written by him. Songs are the most important part of the movies as the music attracts the audience the most. Songs of the movies are released even before the movie and most of the people like music a lot. Lyrics that are written by him are appreciated by everyone. He has written the heart-touching lyrics of many Tamil movies. He has written the lyrics of the songs of the film Vetri Nadai. He wrote the lyrics very well and it was very heart touching and was liked by everyone as well.

Haricharan Seshadri is an eminent Carnatic singer who gives his vocal in many Malayalam, Tamil, and other regional movies. He made his debut through the Tamil flick ‘Kadal’, in which he got the chance to sing two solo songs "Unakkena Iruppaen" and the title song "Kaadhal". In the same movie, he also had sung a duet song ‘Thottu Thottu’ with Harini Shankar. 
 

In the Indian film industry, A. V. Gokuldas works as a production designer (Art Director). Three times he has won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Production Design. He received international acclaim for his work in Kammatipaadam. He has established himself as the state's most renowned art director throughout the years. Gokuldas was born in Kerala and went to Ambalapuram School and Aryampadam Sarvodaya High School for his education. He earned his bachelor's degree in fine arts from the Thrissur College of Fine Arts. After completing his fine arts diploma at the Government College of Fine Arts in Thrissur, he was offered the opportunity to do the art direction for R. Sarath's film Sayahnam, which earned him his first Kerala State Award Best Art Direction in 2000. Before pursuing a career as an art director, he began assisting well-known art directors Sabu Cyril and Sunil Babu for a few more years to get experience in the field.

Sameera Saneesh is a South Indian costume designer and fashion designer who works in the Malayalam film industry. She was born on 27th June 1983. She is well known for designing costumes of Mammootty, Jayasurya, Prithviraj Sukumaran and other stars. Sameera hails from Eroor village of Ernakulam district in Kerala. Her parents are Ibrahim and Jameela. She married a software engineer named Saneesh K. J. on 26th November 2006. She learned drawing and painting from Kalabhavan Kochi during her school years. Sameera did an under graduation course at Bharat Mata College before joining a Fashion Designing diploma at the Nation Institute for Fashion Designing in Panampilly Nagar. After diploma, she worked as an in-house designer for “Raymonds” for some time before becoming a freelance costume designer for ad-films. Her first projects were the advertisements for “Saundarya Silk”. She rose to prominence due to her work in Seemas.

Bavan Sreekumar is a South Indian film editor. He mainly works in the Tamil and Malayalam film industries. His first movie as an editor was the Malayalam romantic film ‘Nidra’ in 2012. Initially, in the late 2000s, he started as an associate editor. He’s worked on films like Billa (2007), 13B: Fear Has a New Address (2009), YaavarumNalam (2009), Kerala VarmaPazhassi Raja (2009), AngadiTheru (2010), Savari 2 (2014), VarnyathilAashanka (2015), and so on.

Ronex Xavier is one of the rising makeup artist working in the Malayalam film industry. It has not been much of time that Ronex started working in the industry, but he managed to steal all of his hearts by his makeup skills and techniques. In the span for less than a decade, Ronex had worked in the Malayalam films including, Carbon, Aadu 2, Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum, Maheshinte Prathikaram, and The Great Father to the latest Maradona.

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.

Chemban Vinod, who was originally named Vinod Jose, was born in Angamaly in Kerala. He was born to Maliackal Chemban Jose and Annise as their first child. Chemban got his primary education from a school in his birth town. Later he went to get his degree in Physiotherapy from the Institute of Physiotherapy at Kempegowda. After receiving a professional degree, Chemban started his career as a physiotherapist. He married Sunitha, also a physiotherapist in New York in the year 2010. They have a son named John Chris Chemban.

Dileesh Pothan is a prominent Malayalam film actor-turned-director. He was born as Dileesh Philip on February 19, 1981, in Manjoor, District of Kottayam in Kerala, India. He studied at Emmanuel’s High School in Kothanalloor and later pursued a pre-degree at KE College in Mannanam. Later, he took Bachelor of Science at St. Philomena’s College in Mysore. He showed deep interest in cinema and drama, and so he decided to take a Master of Arts (MA) in Theatre Arts and attended the Sree Sankaracharya University of Kerala and a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Theatre Arts at the MG University in Kottayam. Initially, he has worked as an actor and associate director in several films including director Aashiq Babu’s Salt N’ Pepper (2011), 22 Female Kottayam (2012), Da Thadiya (2012), 5 Sundarikal (2013), Idukki Gold (2013), and Gangster (2014). Dileesh is also the associate director of Dileesh Nair’s Malayalam satirical comedy film,

Saju Navodaya is an Indian Film Actor and Comedian. He works in the Malayalam Film Industry. His actual name is Saju Navodaya, but is often known by his stage name Pashanam Shaji.

Son of the late actor Thilakan, Shammi Thilakan is one of the more versatile actors in the Malayalam movie industry having nearly 30 years of experience as an actor, and as a dubbing artist. He is the recipient of the State Award for Best Dubbing Artist for lending his voice to Nassar in the movie Gazal  in 1993. He also lent his voice for Napoleon in the movie Devasuram.

Shammi Thilakan began his career in 1986, having to work under the shadow of his immensely talented father Thilakan. However, through his quality work and his extremely professional attitude, he has made a name as prominent as his father in the movie industry. His debut was in the 1986 movie directed by K.G. George, Irakal where he performed a supporting role. His acting and skill soon got him noticed and he then began to see a wide variety of roles being offered.

From Jathakam in 1989 to Ottayal Pattalam in 1992, to Thalastaanam and Dhruvam, and Rajakeeyam to Boxer, Sargavasantham, Kaathil Oru Kinnaram to Sulthan Hyderali, Lelam and Bhoopathi Ezhupunna Tharakan & Pathram, Shammi has had over 20 hits in the 1990’s. 

His career took a massive boost from the year 2000 onwards, from where he has completed over 42 movies in the nearly 15 years since, with the total number of movies being made being over 70. Some of his other hits include Praja, Phantom, Kasthuriman and Housefull.

 In 2013, he was also awarded the TTK Prestige – Vanitha Film Awards for Best Comedian for his roles in Neram  and Sringaravelan.

His roles have been varied and interesting, from dark, negative characters that evoke strong emotion, to comedy that usually leaves the audience in stitches. Shammi has truly evolved into a strong and proficient actor stepping out from under his father’s shadow and carving a niche for himself.

Soubin Shahir is a well-known actor and an assistant director in Malayalam films. He assisted many renowned directors in his career before his acting career started. He made his first debut film with Kaiyethum Doorath. He earned wide fame for Alphonse Putharen’s Premam in which he played the role of a P.T Master. Soubin also featured in some of the recent hit movies stealing the hearts of many people. On his foray in direction, he said “I always wanted to be a director.” He believes that director Rajeev Rai brought him in front of arc lights. The actor is still uncomfortable when it comes to facing the camera and says that he becomes a bit nervous when it comes to acting.