Malayalam Movie Review Kuttanpillayude Sivarathri - Cast & Crew

Sayanora Philip was born on 1st March 1984 in Kannur, Kerala. She started her education at St.Teresas Anglo-Indian girl’s high school. She started her professional degree in Sree Narayana College at Kannur. During her school days, she voluntarily participated in many singing competition and won many prizes. She was well known for her singing capability. Currently, she is living in Chennai. She played the role of playback singer in many Tamil and Malayalam movies. She married Winston Ashley De Cruz and has a daughter. She sang the song “honey honey” in the cinema Ayan which released in the year 2009. AVM was the production company of the talkie. The show released on 3rd April 2009 in Tamil and 1st may 2009 in Telugu. She had participated in several discographies when she started her career in 2004 by the videotape Vettam for the song l love you December.

Prarthana Indrajith is a talented playback singer of Indian origin. She was born on October 29, 2004, in Ernakulam, Kerala, India. She is best known for her work in the Malayalam film industry, although she has also lent her voice to Tamil and Hindi films. Prarthana comes from a family of actors. She is the eldest daughter of Indrajith Sukumaran and Poornima Indrajith. Her grandfather, Sukumaran, and grandmother, Mallika Sukumaran, were also actors, and her uncle, Prithviraj Sukumaran, is an actor as well. Prarthana's debut performance was in the song Ko Ko Kozhi from the Malayalam film The Great Father.

Srinda Ashab is a promising Malayalam movies actress who had made a lasting onscreen impression in a very short time. Srinda was born and brought up in Cochin, Kerala. As a child, she was highly focused on studies as well as extracurricular activities. During her college days, she tried her hands at modeling, documentaries and anchoring which opened up more opportunities for her in the big screen. She has also worked as a stylist and photographer before reaching her true career destination. Srinda graduated with flying colors from sacred heart college. Srinda has modeled for several products like hair oils and cosmetics before making her debut in movies with the Malayalam movie 22 female Kottayam. The movie was well appreciated due to the unique subject and direction. Srinda’s performance was also well received leading to many important roles. This talented actress has also tried her hands at the technical side of films by working as an assistant director. Srinda’s flawless humor sense and energetic personality has assured her a permanent place in the film industry. Srinda’s role as the innocent village woman Susheela in the movie 1983 was widely appreciated. Srinda’s other notable roles were in movies like Annayum Rasoolum, Thattathin Marayathu, 101 Weddings.

Srinda’s family is her support system. Her parents allowed her to pursue her passion. Her husband, inlaws and son are equally supportive. In 2014, Srinda debuted in Tamil movies with Vennnila Veedu.

Asha Madathil Sreekanth is an Indian actress who has mostly worked in the Malayalam movies. She is one of the renowned personalities of the Mollywood film industry. Apart from being an actress, she is well known for her supporting roles. She delivered her artwork by making her contribution to the Mollywood entertainment industry through the drama movie ‘Kuttanpillayude Sivarathri,’ which released in 2018.

Remya Suresh is an eminent fashion designer and actress in the Malayalam movie industry. She has worked in Nizhal, Action Hero Biju, Njan Prakashan, and Kuttan Pillayude Sivarathri. Her craft of acting, as seen in movies like Njan Prakashan, is well appreciated. Fashion designing had always interested her, so she pursued the same in films like Maara, Bolivia. Remya Suresh is a highly underrated artist compared to other mainstream artists working in the South Indian industry. But she is bound to get her due place in the industry because she truly deserves the same.

Rinsa Jacob is an Indian-born film actress. She is a South Indian and hailed in Kerala. She has found opportunities in the Malayalam film industry to demonstrate her talent. She took the roles of side characters in the films Premam released in 2015 and Kuttanpillayude Sivarathri released in 2018. Her performance as Anjali, a college girl in the movie Premam was an adequate role for this young actress. Premam was a blockbuster hit in 2015 for its hilariousness and coming-of-age theme. Later, she enacted as Asma in Kuttanpillayude Sivarathri, a comedy horror film. In it, she showcased a brilliant performance that proved her potential for further films in the future. Her devotion and skills have helped her become a promising emerging star in the South Indian cinema industry, gaining the attention and respect of both the audience and critics.

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Jean Markose, a Radio Jockey turned director, was born in Kollam (Quilon), Kerala, India on 13th May, 1982. Krist Raj Higher Secondary School in Kollam, Kerala, was where he received his education. His higher education was done in Fatima Mata National College in Kollam, Kerala. Jean Markose began his career at Hit 96.7FM in Dubai as a radio jockey and senior presenter. Later, he went to scriptwriting in the Malayalam film business and directed his debut Malayalam feature film, Angels. In 2018, he directed Kuttanpillayude Sivarathri for the Malayalam film industry. Jean Markose is best known for Angels (2014) and Kuttanpillayude Sivarathri (2018).

Nikhil Premraj is an Indian Malayalam director. He worked in the Mollywood film industry. He worked as a director and writer of the movie Aanaparambile World Cup, Produced by Stanley CS and Faisal Latheef. He creatively produced Sajeev MeeraSahib Rawther, starring Saiju Kurup, Manoj K. Jayan, Antony Varghese, I.M. Vijayan, Balu Varghese, Jai Vishnu, and many more, released in the year 2022. Nikhil also worked as a second unit or assistant director in the film Kuttanpillayude Sivarathri, directed and co-written by Jean Markose, starring Cast Srindaa, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Kuttan Pillai, Remya Suresh, Srikant Murali, Dain Davis, Mithun Ramesh, and many more, released in the year 2018.

Fazil Nassar is an Indian Cinematographer born on 27th December 1975 in Malappuram, Kerala, India. He finished his Schooling at AMHS Malappuram. He graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from Vimala College in Thrissur. Nassar was known for his work in Mollywood. He started his career as a cinematographer in the year 2000. His debut film was Niram. Later he worked on several popular films like Vikram Classmates, Manassinakkare, Big B, Urumi, Twenty:20, Picket 43, Charlie, Kunjiramayanam, Traffic, Jallikattu, Sarkar, C/O Saira Banu, Honey Bee, Nidra, Daddy Cool, Sonthavooru and Chaappa Kurish.

Noushad Kannur is an Indian cinematographer who has predominantly worked in the Malayalam Film industry. The artist started as a cameraman to several model shoots and has made numerous portfolios of the actors/actresses. 

Anwar Ali is a famous editor from the Telugu industry. He was born in Vijayanagar in Andhra Pradesh. Currently, he resides in Hyderabad, Telangana. He is a man with great vision. He believes in diversification and brings continuously honed his skills. He has great knowledge of his work and believes in providing quality content to the audience. He is known for his editing skills in Sarkar 3 (2017), Amma Rajyamlo Kadapa Biddalu (2019) and Das Ka Dhamki (2023). Sarkar 3 is the story of an exploited political figure. It was produced by Ram Gopal Verma and starred Yami Gautam, Amitabh Bachchan, Manoj Bajpayee, Abhishek Bachchan, Ronit Roy, Supriya Pathak, Jackie Shroff, Amit Sadh and many more. Film editing was done by Anwar Ali.

Sannidhanandan is an Indian playback singer. He has sung in movies, made his records, and performed at gigs. The young artist has more than twenty-five songs to his name. He came into the limelight in 2007 when he participated in the singing reality show, Idea Star Singer. His hits include songs such as Vel Vel, Onnanam Ambeduthu, Aariyam Nellie, and others. Sannidhanandan took birth in Thrissur, Kerala on 5th March 1980.

Sooraj Venjaramoodu was born on 30th June, 1976 in Kerala. He is an Indian actor, television presenter, and comedian. He has acted in over 250 films. His father is a retired soldier and, his mother is a housewife. Sooraj began his career as a stand-up comedian. He was successful in this and was most famous for his mockery of the Thiruvananthapuram accent. At first, when he started his acting career, he was not well- accepted by the audience.

Born in the quaint seaport town of Kochi, Kerela, Renganaath Ravee is an Indian sound designer and sound editor who has worked on more than eighty films. Even though he currently resides in Mumbai, where he follows his occupation, he did his schooling in Kerala.

Viji Abraham is a film editor in the Malayalam film industry. Coming from the town of Pandalam, Kerela Viji has had a long experience in editing. He is married to Jyothi Viji Abraham and they together have a daughter. He started his film editing career in the year 2010. Nakharam was the first movie in which Viji worked as an Editor.

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.

Mithun Ramesh Chandrashekaran Nair known as Mithun is an actor, Dubbing Artist, Presenter and a Dubai based Radio Jockey at Hit 96.7FM. He was born on 4t May 1981 to C. Ramesh Kumar and Sheela Kumari in Trivandrum. He has now moved to Dubai, due to his work commitments. He has acted in very well-known movies and dubbed for many actors like Unni Mukundan in Mallu Singh, Jishnu Raghavan in Nammal, Richard, Rajiv Pillai and Tom George in Akalae to name a few. He began his acting career through television, with hit serials like Sthreejanmam, Sooryakanthi, and Narmadipudava. His role as the brother of the female lead in Sthreejanmam, who had negative shades in beginning was very well appreciated. He is still remembered in the serial industry even though he has left it after his big screen debut. 

He made his movie debut as Ranjan Panicker in Fazil directed, Mohanlal starrer Life is Beautiful in 2000. That was a big break for Mithun as he was noticed for his acting and his voice. He has appeared in more than 25 Malayalam movies performing character roles. He has done more roles as an antagonist and his features matched with that, giving realness to each character. Mithun appeared as Reji the antagonist in Nammal, a college story about two friends Shyam and Shivan. He also dubbed for the actor who played Shiva and also for his own character. A matured brother to Kavya Madhavan in Gourishankaram, one among the 7 friends in Sevens, a rude guy in Dileep starrer Runway, the absconding lover in Vettam are some of his notable roles in movies. The Dileep starrer recent movie Avatharam had Mithun as the cruelest villain, Karimban Joy was very well appreciated. His movie 100 degree Celsius is ready for release starring Shwetha Menon. 

He moved to Dubai taking up the role of Head of Programming in Hit 96.7 FM. He is a Guinness book record holder for the longest Talkathon in history. He along with his Colleague Sindhu was On Air for 84 hours continuously without taking a break in 2013. He is also one of the highest paid Presenters for Stage shows in Dubai. He is working as RJ in a popular drive time show called Radioactive, and the segment 'Excuse me' on Radioactive is one of the most popular features of the station. 

He is married to Lakshmi Menon in 2008, and they have a daughter Tanvi and are settled in Dubai. He is a Law graduate from Kerala Law academy Law College.

Kochu Preman is a noted, popular and famous actor who acts in the Malayalam films and is mostly seen playing comical characters. Kochu Preman is the actor’s screen name or the stage name and is real recordial name is K.S. Premkumar. Kochu Preman was born on June 1st 1955 to parents Kamaramathil Shivaraman Shastri and T.S Kamalam in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. Kochu Preman completed his education from M.G.College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. From his college days, he became interested in acting and gradually became passionate about the same. After completing his college education, Kochu Preman was associated with a theatre group for 18 long years named Kalidasa Kala Kendram. In the year 1995, he got an offer for acting in films and made his debut as an actor in the Malayalam movie Dilliwala Rajkumaran. Preman’s performances in a character with a comic touch were well liked and appreciated by both the audiences, directors and producers. K.S.Premkumar then took the screen name Kochu Preman and went to star in over 100 Malayalam films till date. In the year 1984, Kochu Preman married another famous Malayalam TV serial actress Girija and together they have a son named Hari Krishnan. Some of the notable Malayalam film of Kochu Preman are- Zachariyayude Garbhinikal, Udayon, Thenkasipattanam, etc.
 

Poojappura Radhakrishnan is a Malayalam serial and cinema actor. He hails from the Poojappura district of the capital Trivandrum. Interested in acting from a young age, he first participated in acting troupes before his debut on the silver screen.

Kaiyum Thlayum Purathidaruthe was released in 1985. His next film was Desatanakkili  Karayarilla (Migratory Birds Don’t Cry). Costarring Mohanlal, the film was critically acclaimed. One of the first films to deal with “womance” or feminine friendships, the plot follows the lives of two schoolgirls who run away during a class trip. Radhakrishan’s character plays a pivotal role. Also released in the same year was Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal and Yuvajanotsavam.

In 1988, he acted with superstar Mammootty in the thriller August 1. The Sibi Malayil directed film was a huge hit and Mammootty has expressed a desire to act in a sequel. Kandathum Kettathum was also released that year. 

He played a security guard in the 1989 film Chanakya, which also starred Kamal Haasan, Urmila Matondkar and Thilakan. In Balachandran Menon’s Samaantharangal, he played Vasu. Radhakrishnan had a minor role as a hotel boy in Jagratha. Manthrikumaran (Minister Kumaran) was also released the same year. 

His next collaboration with Balachandran Menon was in the Srinivasan starring film Krishna Gopalakrishna. 

Radhakrishan has acted in several Malayalam serials such as Sthree Oru Santhwanam (directed by Baby Pallisery) and Madhavam (directed by Saji Surendran).

Radhakrishnan was a friend of the late actress Srividya and had accompanied her for her first checkup for breast cancer. He was deeply saddened by her death in 2006. 

In Pakal Nakshatrangal (Morning Stars) he played T.P. Thodupuzha, an intellectual. The film deals with the life of Malayali intellectuals in the 1990s.

In 2012, he acted in the film adaptation of poet O.N.V. Kurup’s Kunjedathi. Directed by Prasad Nooranad, the Sreelakshmi Creations production also starred Mavelikkara Ramachandran and Girija. Radhakrishnan had a minor role as a house owner in the political drama Left Right Left.

Poojappura Radhakrishnan was a friend of the late director Padmarajan. It was only because Radhakrishan told T.K. Rajeev of the late director’s unspoken desire to offer his scripts to him that the later was able to obtain access to Padmarajan’s stories, culminating in the release of Rathinirvedam.

In 2014 he costarred with K.B. Ganesh Kumar in Santhosh Souparnika’s Mizhi Thurakku. Set in the backdrop of the 1921 Malabar Mapilla rebellion, Poojappura plays a Hindu villager.

Poojappura Radhakrishnan is a recipient of AMMA’s (Association of Malayalam Movie Artists) “Kaineetam” scheme and receives Rs. 5000 per month. The scheme aims to provide financial support to erstwhile stars of Mollywood.

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