Malayalam Movie Review Uyare - Cast & Crew

Date of Birth: 25th October 1988 Shakthisree Gopalan is an Indian singer. She is also a lyricist and performer. Her genres are Soft Rock, Jazz, Western Classical Music and Pop. She was born and raised in Kochi, Kerala. She completed her schooling from Rajagiri Public School, Kalamassery. She completed her graduation in Architecture at the Anna University's School of Architecture and Planning after she moved to Chennai. In 2008, she won SS Music's Voice Hunt – second season. She was auditioned in November 2008.

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.

Samyuktha Menon is an actress who mostly works in the Malayalam film industry. Initially she was a model and later, she ventured into acting. She is active in the industry from 2016. The budding actress was born and raised in Kerala, the God’s own country. She completed her primary education from an institution near her home.

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Manu Ashokan is a well-known personality in the Malayalam Film Industry. He is a Director and has worked with major movies in the industry. Manu completed his degree in Visual Communication from the School of Media Studies in 2008 and has also received a Master's degree in Theatre art from Kalady.

Bobby is the son of the legendary film actor and producer Prem Prakash and nephew of the veteran star Jose Prakash. He is a noted script writer of Malayalam movies. Bobby is also a practising physician and is settled in Kottayam. He started his career as a scriptwriter with Sibi Malayil’s Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum in the year 2003, which did well commercially and was also critically applauded. Bobby along with his brother Sanjay also scripted the serial television Avicharitham in 2004 which was telecasted for the period of 40 days in Asianet, breaking the stereotypical Gaga of never-ending serials. It attracted a large number of audiences and also won TV Critics award.

Sanjay is an Indian Film Screenplay Writer. He works in the Malayalam Film Industry. He usually works with his brother Bobby. They both form a duo named Bobby-Sanjay. They are sons of the Malayalam Television and Film Actor Prem Prakash. Prem Prakash appeared in more than 50 films and produced about 20 films. Sanjay started his career as a Screenplay writer with a Malayali TV series named Avasthantharangal (2001) by Jude Attipetty. He worked on this show with his brother. They later worked on more TV serials like Avicharitham (2004), Aagneyam (2009), Eshwaran Saakshiyayi (2015), and Avaril Oraal (2017-2018).

The precious icon of the Indian music industry, Gopi Sundar has composed his soulful music for more than fifty movies to date. In 2014, he composed the songs & background score for the Malayalam movie "1983" and was awarded the National Award.the movie got a good critic rating of 3.5 out of 5.abrid shine, the debut director of the movie was awarded the Kerala State Awards in the category of the best debut director. Alongside the film bagged two more awards for the category of best & second best actor in the same award ceremony of 2014. He was born in Kochi & opted for joining the music industry for his career. Gopi has a good knowledge of instruments like Tabla & keyboard & has worked as a keyboard programmer in some of Bollywood hit films.

Hari Narayanan is a Tamil and a Malayali song lyricist. It is hard to find a native Malayali who has never heard any music composition or song made by this famous lyricist. They are very fond of his music and almost hear him regularly. The most popular and famous Malayalam music and song of 2014 was composed and written by Hari. The name of the song was Olenjali Curuvi. The lyrics of the song were so touching and soothing that it captured the attention of not only the young generation, but also the old people couldn’t resist themselves from loving this composition. Even the song Kaatumooliyo Pranayam was a great hit.

Mohan Sithara is a Malayalam music composer who made his debut into movie world in 1986. Since his childhood, he was deeply interested in music. At the age of 14, he became an expert violinist, and he began his music career as a violinist. He joined a music troupe ‘Mohan Sithara’ and got his name credited as Mohan Sithara too later in his career. Later he engaged himself playing violin with leading music composers such as M G Radhakrishnan, Shyam, etc. He even played orchestra in music composer Perumbavoor G Raveendranath’s film ‘Thoovanathumbikal’ which became a hit. 

Vijay Yesudas (Born: 23rd March, 1979) is an Indian classical musician and playback singer from Chennai. He is known for his work predominantly in the south Indian film Industry, especially Malayalam, and Tamil films as well as in other Indian Languages such as Telegu, Kannada, and Hindi.

Vishnu Govind is a sound designer. He was born in India. He mainly works with the Tamil and Telugu Film Industry. He has Indian Nationality. He had appeared in the film industry various times. He is an actor of versatile talent. He has worked with several artists. He has associated with the actors and directors of versatile performance. He did multiple movies. He has designed the sound for movies like 144, 2403 ft, Athadey, Aval, Enakkul Oruvan Ente Ummante Peru, Guru Telugu, Indru Netru Naalai, Irudhi Suttru, Maayavan, Massu, Meyaadha Maan, Njandukalude Naattil Oridavela, Parava, Poomaram, Premam, Solo Malayalam, Thobama, and Y. He did the 144 in the year 2015. Its release date is November 27 and in the year 2015. It has a genre comedy and drama. It's run time is two hours and thirteen minutes.

Mahesh Narayanan is an Indian writer and film editor, popular amongst the regional audience for his work in movies like Take Off (2017), Traffic (2011), Vishwaroopam (2013), and Ennu Ninte Moideen (2015). Mostly known for his predominant involvement in Mollywood movies and Malayali TV shows, he has been working in the film industry for more than ten years now.

Asif Ali is a model –turned actor who was brought into the film by iconic director Shyamaprasad and Sathyan Anthikkad. Later on, he featured in some successful Malayalam movies and made his way to stardom. Though he was not a superstar, his image of a chocolate boy in a movie ‘Salt N Pepper' seems to be best suited to him as he is very cute and innocent-looking. But unfortunately, he was given to play scary characters that had gray and negative shades. 

Known for his good looks and easy-going personality, the actor did not get box office success for his films like 'Hi I'm Tony’, ‘Mosayile Kuthirameenukal’ and ‘Pakida' which is supposed to be his best films. That is one reason he could not be graded as a superstar. Known for his handsome looks, the actor had graduated from foreign university and had previously appeared in video commercial and small film roles. This actor had too many dramatic projects too such as Siby Malayil’s ‘Violin' that marked a milestone for the actor as he played the solo lead for the first time in his career. Even in S Siby Malayil ‘s ‘Apoorvaraagam' and Sathyan Anthikkad ‘s ‘Kadha Thudarunnu' and Aashiq Abu's ‘Salt n' Pepper, he got raving reviews from critics and audiences, as all these films were family-oriented dramas on screen. 

The actor has done cameo roles in five films. In between 2012-14, he had signed maximum film projects that made him a very star which went to earn him many buzzworthy roles which put him in the club of established actor in Mollywood. In 2015, he appeared in four successful movies such as Double Barrel, You Too Brutus, Kohinoor and Nirnayakam, which allowed him to try something new in commercial cinema. In 2013, he tied his knot with Zama Mazreen, and now the couple is blessed with a boy. The actor was born on 4th February 1986, to M. P. Shoukath Ali and Molly in Kerala.

Tovino Thomas is a well-known face in the Malayalam Film Industry. He is an eminent model and actor in Mollywood. He has a huge female fan following owing to his muscular physique and smart personality. He was voted as the most desirable man in the newspaper Kochi Times, a subset of the Times of India. He was born into a Roman Catholic family in Irinjalakuda, Kerala. His father, Ellikal Thomas, is an advocate, and he has an elder brother, Tingston, and a sister, Dhanya. Tovino studied in Irinjalakuda at the Don Bosco High School and then moved to Coimbatore to finish his college. He obtained his graduation degree in engineering, majoring in the field of electronics in Coimbatore from the Tamil Nadu College of Engineering. After finishing college, he started working as a software engineer at Cognizant Technology Solutions for a few years. Thomas is a fitness freak and has been modeling since his college days. He has also done endorsements for a few top brands of Kerala such as Silver storm Theme Park in Athirappilly, Indulekha Hair Care Oil, and a few others. He has also done a few short films among which his roles in Grisaille and Jaalakam were appreciated widely. Sajeevan Anthikad spotted him upon seeing these short movies and advertisements and cast him in his first movie Prabhuvinte Makkal in the year 2012.

Bhagath Manuel is an Indian actor known for his roles in Malayalam movies. Manuel was born in the town of Muvattupuzha in Kerala. Manuel is also recognized for his work in Thattathin Marayathu and Doctor Love. Manuel made his big screen debut in 2010, alongside Nivin Pauly and Ajju Varghese in the Vineeth Srinivasan-directed, “Malarvadi ArtsClub.” The screenplay of the film was also conducted by Vineeth Srinivasan. 2011 saw Manuel feature in the Bipin Prabhakar-directed, The Metro, which also featured Sharath Kumar and Nivin Pauly. In the same year, Manuel was also cast alongside Kunchako Boban and Bhavana in K. Biju’s, Doctor Love. In 2012, Manuel featured in four movies. Johny Antony’s “Masters,” saw Manuel cast alongside Prithviraj and Sasikumar. Anwar Rasheed’s “Ustaad Hotel” featured Manuel in a supporting role. Dulquer Salman and Nithya Menon were cast as the protagonists in the film. In the same year, Manuel featured in Vineeth Srinivasan’s “Thattathin Marayathu,” and played the role of Hamza.

A well-known name in Malayalam movie and television industry, Prem Prakash is an actor and a successful producer. He is also known to Malayalam industry through his sons Sanjay and Bobby, the successful scriptwriters of Malayalam movies. He is also known as the younger brother of the beautiful, cruel villain of Malayalam in the 70’s to 90’s, Jose Prakash.

Prem Prakash had a great attachment towards the entertainment industry since a very young age. His debut to the industry was as a play back singer for the movie Karthika in 1968. But more than a singer he established himself as an actor. His first screen presence in a small role was in Ara Nazhika Neram in 1970, a film by director K. S. Sethumadhavan based on a novel of the same name written by the notable writer Parappurath. The Film was a multi starrer with Prem Nazir, Sathyan and actress Sheela.

He debuted as a producer in 1979 through the film Peruvazhiyambalam, marking the launch of director Padmarajan, one of the legends of Malayalam Cinema. He has produced more than 10 films till date, and these films have been the all-time hits of Malayalam. Koodevide, Akashadoothu, Johnnie Walker, Ayalum Njanum Thammil, Ente Veedu Appuntayum are some of his notable films. He has also acted in many movies in character roles.

He established himself as an actor through his roles in his serials. He has acted in about 15 serials till date and his serial Avicharitham in Asianet, which he also produced, marked him as a great actor. Avicharitham is a 40 episode serial penned by Sanjay and Bobby with Prem Prakash as Aravindan an enterprising Journalist. The story revolves on the life of Aravindan, married but with an ailing wife and a college going daughter ends up in an extra marital affair with Devika, a competent Journalist.

His character role in his previous serial Swapnam in Asianet paved way for strong and deep roles. Many of the serials directed by K.K Rajeev had prominent roles played by Prem Prakash. Some of his other serials are Roses in December in 1995, Mandaram directed by Saji Surendran , Amma Manasu, Akashadoothu the sequel of his movie of the same name in 1993, depicting the sorrowful separation of a mother and her children. His last serial was Avalude Katha by K. K. Rajeev where he portrayed the father of the central character. He has also produced television serials like Avasthantharangal penned by his sons, and his brother Jose Prakash appeared in an important role; Agneyam directed by K.K Rajeev had received many awards.

He is a recipient of many awards, best film, best actor, best popular film, best tele serial from the state government. His first award was the Rajat Kamal Award for Best Malayalam Feature Film for Peruvazhiyambalam in 1979.

He lives in Kottayam with his wife and children. He is married to Daisy Luke who is a retired English professor from BCM College Kottayam. Apart from his two sons he also has a daughter named Thankam. He is currently serving as the treasurer of Kerala Film Producers Association.

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.

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