Malayalam Movie Review Ravana Prabhu - Cast & Crew

Chithra is a worldwide known Indian soulful singer. Her original name is Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra. Born in July 1963, Chithra has grown into a versatile singer who can sing all variants. Though she is a born Malayali, she sang in more than 13 languages so far, and the number is still going on. She is fondly known as Chinna Kuyil and Keralathinte Vanambadi, which translates into English as Little Nightingale and Nightingale of Kerala. This is due to her exceptionally melodious singing which has never known any boundaries. She made the excellent contribution to the Music industry in languages like Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Odia, Assamese, Hindi, Bengali, Sanskrit, Badaga, Tulu, Punjabi, and Urdu. She has a record of being able to record more than 25,000 songs and the number...

Radhika Thilak was Born in 1969, a well-known Malayalam playback artist and devotional vocalist. She studied at St. Teresa's school and Chinmaya Vidyalaya in Ernakulam. She won first prize in her school’s youth celebration in light music years prior. She picked up consideration through light music and later entered standard silver screen as a singer. She worked with All India Radio too. The beautiful vocalist married Mr. Suresh Krishna, and the couple have a girl called Devika Suresh. Radhika, with her family, was in Dubai for a couple of years because of her significant others’ employment. "Pulkodithumbilum", for the motion picture “Sanghaganam” by P. A. Backerwas, was her debut tune in 1979. However, the sentimental "Maya manchalil" song from the film “Ottaya...

Sujatha Mohan (Sujatha or Baby Sujatha) is one of the most prolific singers after S. Janaki, P. Susheela, and K.S. Chitra. She has sung nearly 10,000 songs in many Indian languages and has performed over 5000 live concerts in her career. She came to spotlight while singing songs with K.J. Yesudas in musical concerts. This fetched her recognition, and she got her first break as a playback singer when she was in the sixth standard. 

Sujatha’s debut was in the year 1975 when she sang for a Malayalam movie ‘Tourist Bungalow.' She then sang for two other movies ‘Kamam Krodham Moham’ (music composer Shyam) and ‘Aparadhi’ (music composer Salil Chowdhury ). During this time, she also sang non-filmi songs. In 1998, she...

Revathi is a popular south Indian actress, who has appeared in Hindi films too. Born as Asha Kutty, she changed her name to Revathi, for the stage. Right from the beginning of her career, she did not lose her popularity, because of her excellent performances. Mann Vasanai, directed by Bharathi Raja is her first movie. Pudhumai Penn was the movie that showed her in a different angle and she was praised for her performance. Pagal Nilavu is one of her top snatched films and in Aan Pavam she acted as a dumb girl, who lost her voice in an accident. In this film, she paired with Pandiya Rajan and the movie was a super hit. Kai Kodukkum Kai is the only film, she paired Rajini Kanth. She has acted with Kamal Hassan in a number of films, among which Oru Kaidhiyin Diary, Magalir Mattum, Thevar Magan and Punnagai Mannan are memorable. In Magalir ...

Kashmira Shah or also known as Kashmera or Kash, is a renowned Indian model and film and television actress. She was born on December 2, 1971 in Mumbai, India. She is a half Gujarati and half Maharashtrian and the granddaughter of Anjanibai Lolekar, a notable classical singer. Kashmira used to participate in many beauty pageants including Miss India Talent and Miss University World.

She started her career in doing theater plays until she became a model and later entered the television industry. She first appeared in the mini-series, Hello Bollywood in 1994 and was seen in the box-office Telugu film, Intlo Illalu Vantintlo Priyuralu in 1996, where she also did an item number in the song Pappa Ro Paap. The following year, she acted in the television series, Private Detecti...

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...

Rajshri Nair is a Bollywood actress as well as a Malayalam actress. She has shown her talent in every part of the country that has importance for cinema, from making a mark in Hindi movie to classy acting in South Indian films; Rajshri has done it all.

She too births in the city of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. Her most notable Bollywood film is Hyderabad Blues. Born in the city of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, Rajshri belongs to a middle-class family. Right from her childhood years she was interested in acting, she also took theatre lessons.

She is an alumnus of the Kesari High Secondary School situated in Mylapore, Andhra Pradesh. At school, she took part in dramatics, and it helped her lot to improve her acting. In 1984, Rajshri Nair became a part of the movie Abodh. It was also the debut film of superstar Madhuri Dixit. D...

Vasundhara Das is better known as Shakalaka Baby in celluloid. She made the audience dance to her tune by her song ‘Shakalaka Baby’ which she had sung for music composer A R Rahman for Shankar’s film ‘Mudhalvan.' The song was featured on actress Sushmita Sen in the film. For this item song, she even got her first Filmfare award as a playback singer. But she is also a gifted Indian actress who made her debut in a Tamil film ‘Hey Ram’ opposite Kamal Haasan where she played the role of Mythili Iyengar as a wife of Kamal Haasan. For an actress to get a chance of debut role in Kamal Haasan’s film itself is a milestone in any actress career. But that was not everything for this actress. She got her biggest break in international filmmaker Mira Nair’s project &ls...

A great Indian film director Mr.Ranjith Balakrishnan Nair was born on 4^th September 1964 in Balussery Kerala. Apart from directing Malayalam Cinema he is also known for variegate aspects of filming like screen writer , producer as well as actor. Two of his most famous film ventures are “Thirakkatha “ and “Indian Rupee “that  won the National Film Award for the Best Feature Film in Malayalam in 2008 and 2011 resp.

When he graduated from THE School  Of Drama And Fine Arts,Thrissur, he tried his luck at skits and t.v serials as an actor for Doordarshan. His debutant films were OruMaymasPulariyil . Later on he made his ingression by writing stories for a fun- adventure film directed by Kamal. The success of the story eventually lead to the commencement of omnifarious script writing for s...

. Padmakumar is a film director mainly based in the Malayalam industry. He has also worked as an assistant director to several leading directors in many movies. He later on, established himself as an independent director after he directed Ammakilikkoodu in 2003. He was born on 1st January 1980 in Kerela, India. He was nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Director-Malayalam. Some of his best-known works include Vaasthavam (2006), Shikhar (2010), Jalam (2015), Joseph (2018), and Mamangam (2019). He has been active since the year 1988. There are several other notable directorial experiences.

He debuted as a writer in Vargam (2006). His other ventures include Kerala Cafe (2009), Ithu Pathiramanal (2013), D Company (2013), and Kanal (2015). He directed Aakashamittayee (2017), a Malayalam drama that featured Jayaram Subramaniam and ...

Antony Perumbavoor was a driver earlier in his life (he had been a driver to veteran actor Mohanlal) and later became a famous producer in the film industry. Eventually, his life took a drastic change, and he became Mohanlal’s business partner. Antony Perumbavoor owns a production house named Ashirvad Cinema and the first film that this production Studio produced was Narsimha.

Antony Perumbavoor is famous for producing movies like Drishyam in which he has not just played the role of a producer but has also acted in it. He also has bagged himself a Best Film Award for this movie in the year 2013. Antony is a very successful producer and has given to the movie industry various films like Spirit, which won the National Award for the Best film. The fil...

P Sukumar is a cinematographer, supporting from the Mollywood entertainment industry. He was born in Palakkad Kollengode. His siblings are Chandrasekharan and P. Gopikumar. He has performed in movies such as Haram, released on 20 February 2015, and is a romantic-drama genre. The film was produced by Vinod Sukumaran. Other films in which he has produced are Chettayees, Swa Le(2009, cinematographer), Twenty: 20(2008, cinematographer), Lion(2006, cinematographer), and The Speed Track(2007, cinematographer). Awards obtained by him are Kerala State Film Award for Best Cinematography and Kerala State Film Award for Best Debut Director.

No doubt he stays behind the scenes, but for music his contribution is far from unseeable. Suresh Peters is a kind of person who finds himself crazy for music since his childhood. He recalls his first live concert at the age of 4years, which was broadcasted on radio and since then the process begins – of the formation of veteran music director. A. R. Rahman and Shivamani are the childhood friends of Suresh Peters. Suresh Peters is a renowned music director and playback rapper/singer for the movies in India. His notable and renowned songs include “Chikku Bukku Rayile" from Gentleman and "Style" from the movie Sivaji: The Boss. Peters first worked in a Malayalam movie “Punjabi House” being the music director.

This was his first break in his career. In this movie, he composed both melody and ...

Gireesh Puthenchery is one of the most prolific lyricists of Malayalam cinema. Over the last two decades, he has penned about 2000 songs that had been just like a poetic flow out of his mind. He has won the Kerala State Award seven times, of which four were given to him for consecutive years (2001-04). Besides being a lyricist, he tried his hand even as a screenwriter.

He was successful in scripting story for four films of which ‘Pallavur Devanarayanan’ (1999), ‘Vadakkumnadhan ‘(2006), and ‘Kerala House Udan Vilpanakku’(2004) were the average success in the box-office. He was born on 1 May 1961, in Kozhikode. He has worked for about 328 Malayalam films. This lyricist had a good association with two music composers, and...

Mohan Lal is the Super Star of the Malayalam film industry. He is the Son in Law of a famous producer cum veteran actor Balaji. Mohan Lal is married to Suchithra, the elder daughter of Balaji. Mohan Lal was born in the year 1960 in Elanthoor in Kerala. He is very popular for his natural acting and simplicity. The first movie, he committed was Thiranottam, but the first to release was Manjil Virinja Pookal. This movie had Poornima Jayaram as his pair and that is the debut movie in Malayalam for her too. Rajavinte Makan was the movie that made him to reach super heights. Mohan Lal is not choosey in particular character; but he acts in all types of film that give him a good performance scope.

Till now he did not show him as a Super Star. His humbleness is r...

Nikhil Mathew is an Indian playback singer, who usually works for Tamil and Malayalam films and is known for his award winning hit song , Azhanlinte Azhangalil. Born to a Christian family on 23rd October 1983, he hails from Kottayam, Kerala. In 2006, he won the Airtel Super Singer on Vijay, which earned him his breakthrough song Enayudhire, under music composer Harris Jayaraj for the Tamil film Bheema. Nikhil Mathew’s parents are Dr. A.V. Mathew and Saly Mathew who currently live in Kottayam. He married Meena, who comes from a Brahmin family, and lives with her in Chennai. Mathew completed his school and graduation in Kerala before moving to Chennai for MBA at Satyabhama Deemed University. Mathew was passionate about music from a very young age and had a habit of memorizing Tamil songs.

He even received training in classi...

An award-winning celebrity who belongs to the South-Indian cinematic universe, Ranjan Abraham is known for his work in many highly acclaimed Malayalam films. Having edited over a hundred Malayalam movies, several of his works have won numerous awards at the national level. The respected filmmaker has thousands of fans all across Kerala as well as most of the South-India. Born in 1977, Thuruppugalaan, Kerala, India he has played the role of producer & director on more than a few occasions. He has been an active member of the Malayalam film industry since 1999.

In a career that has spanned almost two decades, notable awards of the filmmaker include Kerala State Film Award for Best Editor, Asianet Film Award for Best Editing, etc. Other achievements of the director include Kerala State Film Award for Best Editor for ‘CID...

Srinivas Mohan is an India based visual effect designer and supervisor. He has worked in the almost various type of film industry whether it is Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada or Malayalam. He is the leader in the field of visual effects and has been hired by some of the highest budget film productions houses across the country. Born as Vadlamudi Srinivas Murali Mohan to a Telugu family, he was raised and brought up in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. After completing his schooling and graduation, he started working as a software programmer. He saw a colleague of his working on an animated logo, and it inspired him to work on it. From there his animation career started, and he began working on advertisement and television projects which finally landed him in films. He says that it took him ten years to change his ...

Innocent Vareed Thekkethala is the real name of popular Malayalam actor Innocent Vincent. Born on 28 February 1945, Innocent is also a politician. He is an accomplished actor of Malayalam films and comedy is his strength. He delivers witty gestures, and his dialogues in the Thrissur accent is noteworthy. In fact, it is no exaggeration to tell that, Inncoent is a phenomenon in Malayalam films. Mimicking his mannerisms is like tasting sugar for mimicry artistes. His reputation is such that, he is a frequent actor of many Malayalam film directors’ films.

Whether it is comic or serious role, Innocent is very much at comfort. He was such a legend that, he held the position of President of the Associati...

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...

Joju George was born on 22nd October in 1977. He was born in Mala, Trichur, in Kerala. He was originally named Joseph George but is known in the industry by the name Joju George. He is a Malayalam actor who made his debut in the year 2003. Early Life George was born in Mala, a village in Kerala. He was born to Malayali parents, George and Rosy. He completed his schooling from GHS in Kuzhur. He later joined the Christ College before dropping out to pursue a career in acting. He started his career as an assistant director in 1991. His acting career began later in 2003. He holds a degree from Christ College in Irinjalakuda. Work Joju George started his career has a director. He has assisted for films like Friends and Dada Sahib. After a short stint in direction, Joju turned to acting. He made ...

Siddique, who is a Malayalam film actor, producer, and a television host started his film career initially with comedy roles, and later he continued performing a variety of roles. Born at Edavanakkad, in Ernakulam Kerala, Siddique is the youngest child with two other siblings. Completing his primary schooling in his hometown, Siddique later took Diploma in Electrical Engineering. He worked as an Electrical Engineer at Kerala and worked for a few more years in Saudi Arabia. Later he quit his job and started exploring his inner talents. He started his artistic career as a mimicry artist. Married to Seena, Siddique has two sons. Shaheen Siddique is his eldest son from previous marriage, and he made his debut in the movie Pathemari.

Siddique started his...