Malayalam Movie Review Janaki Jaane - Cast & Crew

Navya Nair is a familiar face on Mollywood. Navya is known for her portrayal as a native Malayali girl in her movies. Navya Nair, also known as Dhanya Veena was born on 14th October 1985. She was born to Raju and Veena in Allepey, Kerala. She is related to the famous director to K.Madhu. She completed her schooling in Bethany Balikamadom High School.

Navya was so passionate about movies that, she started her film career when she was just 16. She debuted with the film Ishtam in 2001, which was a blockbuster. There onwards her career gained a momentum, and she acted with many biggies on Malayalam screen. She shared the screen with Mammootty, Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi, Jayaram, etc., her movie Saira had been displayed at the prestigious Cannes film festival in 2007. She came to lime light as Balamani in Nandanam. She has won Kerala State award for best actress for that movie. Some other notable performances of her can be seen in Chathurangam, Vellithira, Gramophone, Jalolsavam, Parayam. She also acted few movies in Tamil and Kannada, but she has not gained craze in those fields as she gained in Mollywood.

In 2010, Navya married Santosh Menon, a Mumbai based business and they have a child named Sai Krishna. After marriage, she gave a break to movies but participated in many reality shows. She is the judge in Munch Dance Dance and Delishus Star. In 2012, she played a small role in Drishya, a Kannada movie.

Anarkali Marikar was born on February 8, 1997. She is an Indian cinema actress who primarily features in Malayalam films. She made her cinematic debut in 2016 with Aanandam. Nias Marikar and Laila P. M. are her parents. Her father is a photographer, while her mother is a housewife. Lakshmi Marikar, her elder sister, was a child actress in the Malayalam film "No.1 Snehatheeram Bangalore North." Anarkali graduated from Mar Ivanios College in Thiruvananthapuram with a degree in mass communication. Her sister's friend, cinematographer Anand C. Chandran, recommended her in Aanandam.

Shylaja Sreedharan Nair is one of the newest faces in the Malayalam Film Industry. She is the youngest daughter of the late veteran actor Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair and Vijayalakshmi Amma. Shylaja has five sisters and two brothers, namely, Jaysree, Geetha, Laila, Shobha, Beena, and Kala and Saikumar. 

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Aneesh Upasana is a film director, photographer, and screenwriter. He has been recognized by the Limca Book of Records for his photography. Aneesh was born on 25 July, 1979, in Nilgiris in Tamil Nadu, India. Aneesh started his career in direction in 2012, and has been striving hard since then to prove his mettle in filmmaking. Upasana made his debut in filmmaking with the movie, ‘Matinee’. But before this, he started his career in photography and became a professional photographer for a film magazine. He recorded the video album, ‘Mayamadhavam’, on digital still camera and got recognized by Limca Book of Records. Aneesh directed the film, Matinee, on 22 December, 2013. This movie had Maqbool Salman and Mythili in the lead roles. He received mixed responses for the movie. Some people called it “a dark parable that splendidly traces the ever-changing contours of human’s lives.”

Sabi Mathew Alex is a Malayalam music composer based in Ernakulam, Kerala. He works in the Telugu Film Industry. He has studied Music and Fine Arts at Marthoma Higher Senior School, Venmony, Kerala. He started working in 2015 as a freelance music producer for advertisements and films. In 2017, he started working as a musician and music producer. Since 2017, he has been working with the Malayalam music industry as a music producer. Sabi has composed and produced music for various movies, such as Anugraheethan Antony, Major, Peace, Janaki Jaane, and Kushi. Moreover, he is highly skilled in Music Production, Film Scoring, Music Programming, Music Composing, Music Editing, Sound Effects, Audio Editing, etc.

Jothish Shankar is a South Indian art director who works in the Malayalam film industry. He is known for his work in several Malayalam feature films like Valliyum Thetti Pulliyum Thetti and Kaadu Pookkunna Neram. He has worked with directors like Salim Ahmad, Dr. Biju, Anil Radhakrishnan Menon and Sunil Ibrahim. Jothish hails from Alappuzha in Kerala. He currently lives in Ernakulam in Kochi in Kerala. He joined the Raja Ravi Varma College of Fine Arts in Mavelikkara in Kerala on 7th June 1995 from where he graduated on 10th June 2001. Filmmakers and critics first noticed Jothish for his work as an Art Director in the film Adaminte Makan Abu co-produced, directed and written by Salim Ahmad. The film hit the screens on 24th June 2011. It received several awards and accolades.

Saiju Govind Kurup, known for his screen name as Saiju Kurup in the film world. Saiju was born in Aroor Kerala ion 1981 and he is currently a busy actor in the Malayalam industry. He made his debut in the ever hit classic movie Mayoogham directed by the famous director Hariharan. He played the character Unni who was a rebel. The opposite lead to Saiju was Mamta Mohandas .He got two awards for his acting in the movie Mayoogham. The best new comer Bharatan awards and film city awards.

Saiju was working in Birla company there he met his better half Anupama and then both joined in Airtel company. Saiju and Anupama later decided to marry and the couple had a beautiful girl child. He was the direct Sales manager in Airtel. At that time he met the famous singer M G Sreekumar who later introduced him to Hariharan. Mayoogham was a hit and for the memory of his first movie the couple named their daughter as Mayoogha.

Saiju then acted on many films in lead roles, negative roles, supporting roles etc. Some of his movies were box office hits like Munnariyippu, Baba Kalyani, Mulla, Makeup Man, Trivandrum Lodge etc. His role in Mulla was quite different both in looks and attitude. He played the role of a negative police officer.

Saiju was selected in the li9st of Forbes India Magazines most stunning actor. He ranked 12 th out of 100 members in the Forbes list. He has a large fan following and he constantly interacts with the followers in the online portal formkerala.com and because of his sincere attitude towards his fans his fans call him as Saiju Annan.

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.

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.

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