Malayalam Movie Review Idiyan Chandhu - Cast & Crew

Gayathri more popularly known as Gayathri arun, is a popular Malayalam actress who acts mainly in TV serials which are telecasted on Asianet TV. Gayathri is currently seen acting in the hit, successful and popular TV show of Asianet TV, “Parasparam” as the main female protagonist of the show and essaying the role of Deepthi.

Sminu Sijo is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Mollywood. She was born on 31 May 1979. She is a well known name of Malayalam film industry and has done various films in her life. She has a successful career and has done many hit movies in her journey to success including Jo & Jo, Aaraattu.

Lena Abhilash is known for her character Jancy played in the hit mega serial Omanathinkalpakshi where she played along with the famous actress Sreevidya. She has won accolades for playing several characters in Television and Cinema. She won the Kerala State Film Awards in 2013 as Best Actress in supporting role for her roles in Left right Left and Kanyaka Talkies. She won the Filmfare Award and Amrita TV Award in 2011 as Second Best Actress Award for the movie Traffic.

She won the Kerala State TV Award in 2008 for Best Actress for her role in Aranazhika Neram telecasted on Amrita TV, and in the same year, she received Atlas Film Critics TV Award as Second Best Actress for her role in Chilluvilaku. She has been doing plays and films since her school days. Her first movie was Sneham directed by Jeyaraj. In the later years too, she did more movies with Jeyaraj like Karunam, and Shantam. She took a break from acting to complete her education. She is a Postgraduate in Clinical Psychology, and she has worked in a hospital as a Psychologist before reentering movies as a full-time actress.

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Being one of the most appreciated faces in the Malayalam film industry, since 1998, this veteran actress was born to Tina and T.Mohan Kumar. She had been serving the film industry since 1998. Her debut was in the film Sneham by Jayaraj. Her carrier did not seem to look down on her since then. There were rapid follow ups after Sneham in 1998.

Lalu Alex is a famous actor in Malayalam cinema industry. He was born and brought up in Piravam, Kochi. Lalu Alex is born on 30th November 1954. He is married, and the couple has three children named Ben (who acted in a Malayalam movie Orkut Oru Ormakoot), Sen and Siya.  

He started his career in 1978 in a movie Ee ganam marakkumo.  He has been active in the film industry since 1978. Recently he has acted in Villaliveeran starring Dileep and many films like Monsoon, Salam Kashmir, how old are you, etc. in 2014 and many future projects.

He has acted in more than 300 films of which he become very popular by his unique style of acting. He is proven his talent as an actor in police roles, father roles, and many supporting roles. He has acted with almost all famous directors like I V Sasi, Bharathan, Joshi, Thampi Kannanthanam, Sathyan Anthikad and Kamal. His performance in Ee Nadu as a police officer was outstanding. Before acting in character roles, he has acted in villain roles in films like Kanamarayathu by I V Sasi, Karyam nissaram prasnam gurutharam by Balachandra Menon, Mrugaya, etc. He has been a part of popular films as a role of father, priest and supporting roles such as Niram, Seniors, Indian rupee, ABCD, Mummy and me, Ordinary, Neram, etc.

He has won many awards such as Abhinaya Keerthi Puraskaram for his momentous contribution to the Malayalam film industry by Ernakulam District Pravasi Association (EDPA) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia as part of Metro Fest (2014), Kala Ratnam Award of KALA Abu Dhabi(2010), Best Actor award for the movie Evidam swargamanu by Asianet(2009), Best Villain Award (2009) by Amrita Mathrubhoomi film awards and best supporting actor in Manjupoloru penkutty by Kerala state film awards(2004).

Sreejith Ravi is a famous Malayalam movie actor and also an industrialist. He is the child of T. G. Ravi, who was a famous veteran actor. He is a graduate in Mechanical Department from the NIT Surathkal. He got his MBA degree from the ICFAI Business University from the city of Bangalore. He is the child of T. G. Ravi, famous movie actor and late. V.K.Subhadra who was an Associate Teacher of Medicine in the Amala Institute of Medical Sciences in the city of Thrissur. He married Sajitha. The couple has two children, Rijarashwa and Ritunjay.

A Chennai boy born in Karaikal to the immigrants of Vietnam is famous for his stunt sequences and action director and choreography. He was born and brought up in Chennai itself. He belongs to Tamil Chettiar community. He started off as an extra stunt fighter in many regional films. His first venture as a full-time action director is Murari. Earlier he has worked with pioneers like Kanal Kannan, Ram Gopal Verma, Vijayan, etc. he has done quite a plenty of films in Telegu, Tamil, and Malayalam. He earned critical appreciation and fame through his work in films such as Varsham, Anniyan, Athadu, etc. Ram Gopal Verma, impressed by Hein offered him to work for James and thus it was his ticket to Bollywood. His next Bollywood venture was Mani Ratnam’s Raavan.

Arshad Varkala is an Indian makeup artist working in the Mollywood film industry. He has worked on the sets of the famous movies The Arbit Documentation of An Amphibian Hunt: Aavasavyuham in 2022, Charminar in 2018 and Purusha Pretham in 2023.

Salim Kumar is a person who deserves the title of a film legend. He was born on 1969 in Kerala to parents Gangadharan and Kausalya. He has worked in nearly two hundred and fifty films, mostly in Malayalam and is a very popular public figure in Kerala. He did his higher education in BA from Maharajas College in Ernakulam, which has a reputation for nurturing budding artists. During his course at Maharajas, he had won the University title for mimicry three years in a row.

Ramesh Pisharody, a mimicry artist and anchor, was born on October 1, 1983, in Karikode, Kottayam. He is also known as Kannan. He belongs to the Malayalam TV industry. In his career, he has also appeared in a few films as the supporting actor role and also in the lead role. Along with Dharmajan Bolgatty, who supported him as the female lead most of the times, he hosted a comedy show, Bluff Masters, which helped him gain popularity. The awesome duo, Ramesh-Dharmajan, as the lead comic actors, created a great impact on the audience, and the show, Bluff Masters, achieved great success. He is a great anchor, and nowadays, he is anchoring celebrity show like Badai Bungalow, screened on Asianet, which portrays the Malayalam version of Comedy Nights with Kapil.

Vishnu Unnikrishnan works as an actor and screenwriter in the Malayalam film industry. He was born in Ernakulam in Kerala where he currently resides. He debuted as an actor at the age of 16 in the movie ‘Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum’ in 2003. The movie is directed by Sibi Malayil and starring Jayaram, Kalidas Jayaram and Jyothirmayi in lead roles. In 2004, he again worked in the direction of Sibil Malayil in ‘Amrutham’.

Biju Sopanam is a Malayalam actor who caught his break in the Malayalam sitcom Uppum Mulakum for the lead role of Balachandran or Balu. The show is directed by R.Unnikrishnan and currently written by Suresh Babu, Sreerag R.Nambiar, and Afsal Karunagapally. The show premiered on 14th December 2015 and is still on air on Flowers TV. He started his career in 2005 starring in a minor role in the Anwar Rasheed directed Rajamanikyam. He also starred in the 2006 movie Bhargavacharitram Moonam Khandam directed by Jomon starring Mammootty and Padmapriya as well. In 2013, he worked in the Malayalam movie Black Butterfly directed by Rajaputra Ranjith and starring Malavika Nair, Mithun Murali, Samskruthy Shenoy, and Niranjan in the lead roles. His performance in the TV show Uppum Mulakum gave him recognition among his peers as well as created a strong fan base for him.

Kichu Tellus is a Malayalam film industry supporting actor known for films like Angamaly diaries which was released in 2017 and directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery, Maradona released in 2018 and directed by Vishnu Narayan and Swathanthryam released in 2018 which was directed by Tinu Pappachan.

Sooraj Thelakkad is a Malayalam actor known for his performances in Android Kunjappan version 5.25. Sooraj Thelakkad's father, Mohanan, is a collection agent at a bank, and his Mother's name is Jyothilakshmi. His elder sister's name is Swathisree. Sooraj Thelakkad is a mimicry artist and received popularity through social media, which landed him in several Malayalam movies as an actor. The appearance of being short gained him the roles in the films Charlie, Udaharanam Sujatha, Ennodu Para I Love you Ennu, Vimanam, and so on. Sooraj's performances on the Television are also well received by the audiences.

Binu Thrikkakkara, or Binu AS, is a popular Indian actor and writer who has worked predominantly in the South Indian film industry. He was born in Kerala, India. He is a resident of Kochi, Kerala. He has completed his education from Cardinal Higher Secondary School, Thrikkakara. He is married to Honey Binu with whom he has a daughter named Veda. He is known for his works in My Name Is Azhakan (2022), a popular Malayalam comedy film directed by BC Noufa, Oru Yamandan Premakadha (2019), Margamkali (2019) and Randu (2022). He is also a comedian known for his witty gigs and antics.

Engandiyoor Chandrasekharan is a poet and film lyricist based in the Malayalam cinema. He was born in Engandiyur village, Thrissur district, Kerala, India. His father was Mr. Kundur Sridharanchari, and his mother was Lakshmi Narayanan. He completed his junior secondary education at St. Thomas School in Engandiyur but discontinued studies after the 10th Standard. He joined his family business of carpentry. He shares a passion for poetry, songs, temple art, and acting. He started a manuscript magazine, which got him the opportunity to meet Kunjunni Master, who had a significant influence on his literary career. He idolized the trio of Kunjunni-Ravunni-Mulanezhy. His mother, Lakshmi Narayanan, recognized his talent and encouraged him to pursue his interests. He was brought up by listening to songs and stories of activists narrated by his grandmother, his singing habits was influenced by the storytelling, Tullal, and Purattu plays at Ambalaparamas. He stamped his mark by writing songs for films like Japam (2003) and Munna (2007).

Chandu Salimkumar is an actor working in Mollywood. He is the son of actor cum politician Salim Kumar and Sunitha. Chandu has a brother, Aaromal. Chandu completed his post-graduation from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi Campus. In 2024, Chandu made his cinema entry with the industry hit film, Manjummel Boys. The survival thriller directed by Chidambaram S Poduval had Chandu in the role of Abhilash. The film produced by Soubin Shahir had Chandu alongside Soubin, Sreenath Bhashi, Balu Varghese, and Deepak Parambol. The film grabbed Rs 240+ crores at the box office. In the same year, Chandu was seen in the film “Nadikar” directed by Jean Paul Lal. Tovino Thomas, Bhavana Menon, Divya Pillai, and Suresh Krishna are in the cast. Chandu played Tovino’s fan in this movie. His next film is Idiyan Chandu directed by Sreejith Vijayan. Chandu shared the screen space with his father Salim Kumar in this film. Lena, Lalu Alex, Vishnu Unnikrishnan, Johny Antony, and Sminu Sijo are also seen playing pivotal roles with Chandu.

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