Malayalam Movie Review Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum - Cast & Crew

Anjana is a Keralite by origin, was born in Dubai, grew up in the Gulf region. She is a Tamil and Malayalam film actor. After her schooling in Dubai, she moved to India, completed her B.Tech in Fashion Technology at Coimbatore. It would not be wrong to say that she step into acting by chance. In her college days, she used to do modeling for her college fashion shows and designer events.

"Chhaya Kadam is an actress and has done many Marathi films. She is famous for her roles in two Nagraj Majule movies- Fandry and Sairat. Chhaya originally belongs to Karambal, Sindhudurg Taluka in Maharashtra. She was born and spent her childhood in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Her mother’s name is Suhasini Kadam.

Viji Venkatesh is also known by the name Laila Ummachi. She had dedicated her time to caring for cancer patients. Amidst her work, her potential to act was identified by a director who allowed her to act in her first cinema named Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum in 2023. Viji, born TR Vijayalakshmi, is from a mixed family and is married with two children. She wasn't very fluent in Malayalam.

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Akhil Sathyan is a movie director focused on the Malayalam film industry. He was born in 1980, to Satyan Anthikad, a well-known name in the Mollywood film industry and the Indian entertainment industry as a whole. He is the brother of the film director Anoop Sathyan. He is the holder of a postgraduate degree in Computer Science. He has worked as a screenplay writer, editor, and story writer in addition to being a director. His directorial debut was through the short film, That’s My Boy (2015), which was also written by him. However, his most acclaimed work was Paachuvum Albhuthavilakkum (2023), starring Fahadh Faasil. He was the assistant director of Jomon’s Gospels (2017) and Njan Prakashan (2018). He was the associate director of Oru Indian Pranayakadha (2013).

Sharan Velayudhan is a cinematographer working in Mollywood. He completed his graduation at Bharathiyar University with visual communication as his major. He finished his PG Diploma in photography at the National Institute of Creative Communication, Bangalore. Sharan started his career in the film industry as an assistant director and assistant cinematographer. In 2012, he worked as an assistant director to Veye Vinod in ad films. He worked as an assistant director in the film Anju Sundarikal featuring Dulquer Salmaan. He also worked in Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhumi as the 2nd assistant director. In the Anjali Menon venture Bangalore Days, he worked as an assistant cinematographer. In 2015, he worked in a Tamil film, Thoongavanam, as the 2^nd assistant cinematographer to Sanu Varghese. The film was directed by “Rajesh M Selva.”

Justin Prabhakaran is a Tamil soundtrack composer and film score. He is also a forthcoming music director. He marked his debut with Tamil film, Pannaiyarum Padminiyum in 2014. Although, he shot to fame with the film Kunjiramayanam, which was in Malayali. The songs included Ayyayyo Ayyayyo, Salsa, Paavaada and Thumba Poove Sundari. He is also a composer and has penned some songs. In his debut, he also sang the song also debuting as a playback singer. Justin belongs to Madurai and has a resident over there. In his childhood, he was addicted to music and became a keyboard player for his church choir. He had also participated in Television reality show and won the show as a composer for his composing tunes. He also knows hoe to play guitar.

Rajeevan is a prominent Indian Art Director. He was born as Rajeevan Nambiar on December 31, 1969, in Chennai, India. He completed his studies at Loyola College in Chennai. He was the only child of his parents. His father, who is an educationist, wanted him to follow his path. But when Rajeevan chooses to enter the filmdom, his father got so angry that he did not speak with him for six long years. During college, Rajeevan got involved in stage theaters, sketching, and painting. Later, he worked in some agencies and subsequently works in animation and graphics.

Born in 1982, Fahadh Faasil is known for his works in Malayalam cinema. He is the son of renowned Malayalam director Fazil. He debuted in the Malayalam film industry during the year 2002 in his father’s film Kaiyethum Doorath. Unfortunately, his status as star kid didn’t help him and the film bombed at the box office. He was 18-year old then and the audience didn’t accept the image of a chocolate boy with a mustache.

Fahadh was not seen in films for around 7 years. But behold.. he indeed returned only to be accepted by the audience. He had a bald head, but that only favored him, since it provided a professional look. He did a film Kerala Café in the year 2009, in which his role was applauded. Films including 22 Female Kottayam, Chappa Kurishu, Diamond Necklace, North 24 Kaatham etc. gave him the much-needed stardom. Currently, Fahadh is working on many films.

Fahadh Faasil is one of the new breed of actors, who bring the label “New Generation Movies” to the limelight. He was tagged for acting in many kissing scenes, but that didn’t prove to be an obstacle in his career. Within a short span of 3 years Fahad has given many hits and this has made him a star to reckon with in Mollywood. In fact, he is considered to be the Youth Icon of Malayalam film industry.

Fahadh had won the Filmfare award for Best Actor for the film 22 Female Kottayam. He was also recognized by Asiavision Movie Awards, Vanitiha Film Award, Kerala State Award and Asianet Film Award. During the year 2014, when he had already tasted success in Malayalam film industry, he entered into wedlock with actress Nazriya Nazim.

Abdul Hameed Muhammed Fazil Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)

Indrans, who was born as K. Surendran, is a Malayalam actor and costume designer. He has acted predominantly in many comedy films and over 250 films. He is the second child out of the seven children of Gomathi and Palavila Kochuvelu in Thiruvananthapuram, India in the year 1951. Indirans made his schooling at the Government Higher Secondary School in Kumarapuram until his fourth grade. 

Subsequently after, he assisted his uncle in his tailoring business. He participated in amateur arts and performed dramas. After this, he established a tailoring shop called Indrans, from where he got his stage name ever since he started acting in films. Indrans was debuted in Choothattam as a costume designer before he started his acting career. 

He is the cousin of the National award winning costume designer, Indrans Jayan. He got married to Santhakumari on February 23, 1985, and the couple was blessed with two children. When he debuted in the film industry, he had the chance to meet several filmmakers such as Prem Nazir, Jose Prakash, Sattar, Pappu and Jayabharathi, but he focused only in doing costume designing for many years and did small roles on the big screen. 

Later on, he started to receive many opportunities from prominent directors such as Padmarajan, Sibi Malayil, Shaji N. Karun, K. Madhu and Venu Nagavally. The 1994 Malayalam film, CID Unnikrishnan B.A. B.Ed is the turning point of his career, where he acted as the best friend of Jayaram’s character. His comedic action clicked among the audiences, and he became one of Kerala’s mainstream comedians. Since then, he became the busiest till date. 

As an actor, he used his slim and lean figure and his distinctive accent to win the attention of the audience. He made his very own style in cinema, and he never mimic the comedic acts of the veterans, Adoor Bhasi, Jagathi Sreekumar, Bahadoor and Innocent. He won the Special Jury Award at the Kerala State Film Award in 2014. Well-known directors T.V. Chandran and Adoor Gopalakrishnan offered him to appear in their films. Some of Indirans projects as a costume designer were Sammelanam, Namukku Parkkan Muthiri Thoppukal, Season, Njan Gandharvan, Sphadikam and more. He also sang in the 2004 Kadhavaseshan. 

He acted in films like Sammelanam, Aparan, Dhanam, Utsava Melam, Janam, Manathe Kottaram, Street, Mannar Mathai Speaking, The Fire, Kalavarkey, Balettan, Patham Adhyayam, Inganeyum Oral, April Fool, Cheriya Kallanum Valiya Policum, Sandwich, Killadi Raman, I Love Me, Swapaanam, Praise The Lord, Apothecary and Seconds to name a few. This year, he acted in the comical road film, Aadu, which stars Jayasurya and Oru Second Class Yathra.

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