Malayalam Movie Review Naalu Pennungal - Cast & Crew

Kavya Madhavan is an Indian artist but shines in the Malayalam cinema. She made her debut in “Pookkalam Varavayi” in the year 1991 when she was a child. As a lead actress she made her appearance in Lal Jose’s “Chandranudikkuna Dikhil” on the silver screen in the year 1999. It was a great hit. She was crowned twice as the best actress for her outstanding performance in “Perumazhakkalam” & “Gaddama” in the year 2004 & 2010 respectively. She was born September 19, 1982 in Nileashwaram in city, Kasargod district in Kerala.

She did her schooling in Nileshwaram GLP School and stepped in the film industry as a child artist. She was skilled in dancing in her school da...

Nandita Das is an actress and director extremely popular in art cinema differentiating from the escapist Bollywood cinema that dominated the Bollywood for long. Her screen persona in films like Bawander, Earth 1947, Fire caught regional filmmakers eyes, and she acted even in English, Bengali, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Marathi, Oriya and Kannada languages too. The success of these films in Bollywood has paved the way for the development of the specialized cinema( the art- house cinema) in international film festivals that helped her to get audiences in the large cities and metro towns. She also acted in a Pakistani film, Khuda Kay Liye. This actress had never acted in films that produced a galaxy of commercial film stars. Hence, she was closely associated with Mrinal Sen, Deepa Mehta and Mani Ratnam.

Geetu Mohandas is an Indian Filmmaker cum Actress who is now familiar for her Hindi film such as Liars Dice, which the made an official entry to the Oscars. Geetu born as Gayathri Haridas in Kannur district of Kerala in 1981.Geetu is married to cinematographer Rajeev Ravi and both had a girl child Aradhana. She started her acting career at the age  of 5 in the movie En Bommukutty Ammavukku in Tamil. In the film Onnu Muthal Poojayam Vare, she acted as a child artist with Mohanlal in the lead role. The film was directed by Ragunath Paleri. Her performance as a child artist was remarkable. She got Kerala state film award for best child artist  for her performance in the movie Onnu  Muthal Poojyam Vare .Later she did many roles in Malayalam and Tamil movies.

Padma is an Indian actress and model. She was born on 28 February 1980 in Delhi and brought up in Punjab by her Tamil parents. She completed her schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Trimulgherry, Secunderabad (Andhra Pradesh) and graduated from Loyola Academy, Alwal. She has a bachelor’s degree in Commerce and also a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies, Harihar.

She also has a Post Graduate Diploma in Environmental Law from National Law School of India University, along with possessing a Masters in Public Administration from New York University. She ventured into modeling hoping it would give way to a career in the film industry. She worked for a music album during her class 12th an...

Manju Pillai famous for her comic role in Malayalam TV serials and films is the grand daughter of yesteryear actor S.P Pillai. She is famous for her role in 'Life is Beautiful' and the TV series 'Chila Kudumba Chitrangal'.

Manju used to act in Drama competitions during her school days. She acted in 'Sthree Parvam' directed by famous play writer Soorya Krishnamurthy while she was in 10th standard. By seeing little Manju's performance on Drama's her teachers used to congratulate her and always used to bless her on her skills. As she was the granddaughter of S.P Pillai, she used to get many 'big fans' on her performance while on-stage

Manju, who never thought to get into the cine field, planned to do her graduation in Law. But with t...

Born into a family in Kerala, Adoor Gopalakrishnan started doing amateur plays at a young age. Later, he wrote and helmed few plays. His interest in this field was imbibed in him by his family. He had studied Economics, Political Science and Public Administration at Gandhigram Rural University in 1961. Then he studied screenwriting and filmmaking at the Pune Film Institute. His debut film was Swayamvaram, which became a milestone in the history of the Malayalam cinema. The film won four National Awards including Best Script, Best Film, Best Actress and Best Director. His third film Elippathayam fetched him the British Film Institute Award for Most Original and Imaginative Film in 1982. The International Film Critics Prize (FIPRESCI) was offered to him six times with great honour. For his work in Indian Cinema, he was h...

Manoj Kadampoothramadam Jayan is a South-Indian actor, born on 15 March 1966 in an Ezhava family. His father, Sruthiyil K.G. Jayan, is a famous Carnatic musician, whereas his mother works as a teacher. He completed his schooling from the Government College, Nattika. It is known that since childhood, he was much of an introvert. He made up his mind on pursuing acting as a career. His parents encouraged him by sending him to the Southern Film Institute, Trivandrum to learn to act. His professor at the Institute, Adam Ayub, later directed his debut on television in ‘Kumilakal’, a television serial airing on Doordarshan in 1988.

Manoj debuted with ‘Mamalakalkkappurathu,’ a film by Ali Akbar, who also belongs to the Southern Film Insti...

Jagathy Sreekumar, a famous Indian film actor known for his comedy roles. His original name is Sreekumar Achary known by his screen name Jagathy. Sreekumar was born in 1951 in Jagathy, Trivandrum.His father was a drama artist, and he worked for all India radio. He did his schooling in Trivandrum and completed his graduation from Mar Ivanious College Trivandrum. He first started his career as a medical representative and due to his immense passion towards the film, he turned to the film industry and became an actor.

During his school and college days itself, he acted in dramas and play and became a theater artist. He started his film career in the movie Chattambi Kalyani directed by J Sasikumar in 1975.After that, he did small roles, and later he became popular for his comedy roles. In 1...

Nedumudi Venu was born on 22nd May 1948. He is commonly known as Kesavan Venu Gopal. His parents are PK Kesavan Nair and Kunjikkuttiyamma in Nedumudi Alappuzha in Kerala. He had four siblings, all brothers. His father was a schoolmaster. Nedumudi completed his primary education at NSS Higher Secondary School and St Mary's Higher Secondary School, Champakulam. During school days, he was interested in music and arts.

He graduated from Sanatana Dharma College in Alappuzha. After graduation, he started his career as a journalist and also worked as a teacher in a tutorial institute. While staying in Trivandrum, he became friends with Padmarajan, Bharath Gopi, Aravindan which made him expose his talent and enter into the domain of movies. In his married life with TR Sushil...

He is a Malayalam actor and producer, famous for his comedy and drama roles. He was initially a theater artist, writer, and started Kalidasa Visual Magic to produce plays. His first play was Chayanmukhi, directed by Prasanth Narayan, which say him essay Keechaka’s role. He completed his schooling from Infant Jesus School Kollam and BSc from Sree Narayana College, Kollam and also has an LLB degree from Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram. He married twice. His first wife was actor Saritha with whom he has two sons Shravan and Tejas, who are pursuing their academics from Dubai and New Zealand respectively. His second wife is Methil Devika, dancer, whom he married in 2013.

He started his movie career with the film Baloon in the year 1982. His movies Odaruthammava Aalariyam in 1984, Boeing Boeing the year after, Shyama...

Vijayaraghavan is an Indian actor from Kerala, who mainly acted in Malayalam films. He is popular for his versatility playing different character and villain roles. He is the son of great Malayalam drama writer and director N. N. Pillai, who is known to many by his role Anjooran in the Malayalam movie Godfather.

Vijayaraghavan was born in Malasia in 1951 and brought up there until he was six months old. Being from a drama family Vijayaraghavan had the acting talent inherited from his father. Vijayaraghavan debut in Malayalam movies was in 1973 through Kaapaalika, a film based on N N Pillai’s famous drama with the same name. He did a small role in this movies. A decade later he did a throughout role in movie Surumayitta Kannukal (1983). The 1987 Mamooty-Joshi movie New Delhi was the real breakthrough...