Malayalam Movie Review Vivekanandan Viralanu - Cast & Crew

Swasika Vijay is a budding Malayalam actress. She has acted in the serial Dathuputhri which started to air on 2015. She played the lead role in the serial and it was challenging for her since she had to portray two different roles. She won the hearts of the Malayali audiences through that serial. She garnered the best new face award in the function of Drithya TV awards 2015.

Grace Antony is a supporting actress who belongs to the Mollywood Industry. She hails from Ernakulam, Kerala and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Bharatanatyam. Her debut on the silver screen was in the year 2016 as Teena in the movie named Happy Wedding. Grace portrayed the role of Kunjolu in the film called Kambhoji directed by Vinod Mankara, Geethu in Matchbox, etc.

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 the pressure of family friends and relatives, she finally decided to do some roles on TV shows. Apart from serial acting, Manju was also seen as the judge in various reality shows that aired on TV. 

Manju debuted in the serial 'Sathyavum Mithyayum'. She got few other projects as well in TV with some famous directors in cine industry. Her role in TV soaps 'Chila Kudumba Chitrangal' and 'Life Is Beautiful' got well accepted. Her most appreciated role in teleserial was with film actor Jagadeesh in 'Life Is Beautiful'. Her role was a quirky-wit house wife who always love and do quarrel with husband. The presentation with comic touch made the serial one of the family favorite of all time.

'Thatteem Mutteem' was another big success serial that Manju acted along with KPAC Lalitha. They essayed mother-in-law/daughter-in-law characters with names Mayavatiamma and Mohanavalli. Most the episode went high ranking on TRP rating with the comic duo presence of these two leading actresses. 

Manju also acted in few critically acclaimed movies like 'Mazhayethum Munpe', 'Irattakuttikalude Achan', 'Ramanan' and with veteran director Adoor Gopalakrishnan 'Naalu Pennungal'. Manju bagged state television award twice in the year 2001 and 2003 for serial 'Devaranjini' and 'Sundaranmarum Sundarikalum' .

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Sameera Saneesh is a South Indian costume designer and fashion designer who works in the Malayalam film industry. She was born on 27th June 1983. She is well known for designing costumes of Mammootty, Jayasurya, Prithviraj Sukumaran and other stars. Sameera hails from Eroor village of Ernakulam district in Kerala. Her parents are Ibrahim and Jameela. She married a software engineer named Saneesh K. J. on 26th November 2006. She learned drawing and painting from Kalabhavan Kochi during her school years. Sameera did an under graduation course at Bharat Mata College before joining a Fashion Designing diploma at the Nation Institute for Fashion Designing in Panampilly Nagar. After diploma, she worked as an in-house designer for “Raymonds” for some time before becoming a freelance costume designer for ad-films. Her first projects were the advertisements for “Saundarya Silk”. She rose to prominence due to her work in Seemas.

Salish Peringottukara is a still photographer in the Malayalam film industry. He lives in Kerala, India. Salish has worked in the camera and electrical department as still photographer in several films including Sultan (2008), The Hitlist (2012), Blackberry (2013), Njan Samvidhanam Cheyyum (2015), Kambhoji (2017), Sadrishavakyam 24:29 (2017), Deadline (2018), Ooham (2018), Nithyaharitha Nayakan (2018) directed by Binuraj, Chandragiri (2018) directed by Mohan Kuplari, Kuttymama (2019) starring Sreenivasan, Madhu Raja (2019) starring Mamooty, Subharathri (2019) starring Dileep, Cyanide (2020), Bhoomiyile Manohara Swakaryam (2020) starring Lal, The Last Two Days (2021) directed by Santhosh Lakshman, Jamalinte Punjiri (2021) starring Mallika Sukumaran, I Am Sorry (2021), Saturday Night (2022) starring Nivin Pauly directed by Rosshan Anddrews, CBI 5 - The Brain (2022) starring Mamooty, Pathonpatham Nootandu (2022), Sabaash Chandra Bose (2022) directed by V.C. Abhilash, Akaashathinu Thaazhe (2022), Panchayath Jetty (2024) and Vivekanandan Virelanu (2024) directed by Kamal.

Known for capturing enchanting visuals, Prakash Velayudhan is an Indian Cinematographer who predominantly works in Malayalam films. Prakash Velayudhan was born on 14th April in Thrissur, Kerala. He completed his schooling from JTS School, Thrissur, and pursued his Bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Sree Kerala Varma College in Kerala. Prakash went on to complete his Master’s degree in English Literature from St. Thomas College, Thrissur. Prakash married Sreena Kurur in 2010. They have a son named Manjyoth Prakash, born in 2013.

Bijibal Maniyil is an Indian composer and a singer born on 21 May 1973. Bijibal is not only a playback singer but also an expert Keyboardist. Bijibal field of interest includes film scores, classical and dance music. Bijibal is a very renowned composer and has won many prestigious awards including a National Film Award. Bijibal made his debut in the Malayalam film industry as a music director with the film Arabikatha in 2007. The film won him Mullassery Raju Music Award for the best music director in 2007. Some of the remarkable works of Bijibal includes Njaan, Balyakalasakhi, Kaliyachan, Salt N’ Pepper and Arabikatha. Bijibal won the Asiavision Movie Award for the Movie Salt N’ Pepper in 2011. Recently Bijibal is working on some movies My God, Salt Mango Tree, KL. 10 and much more.

Shine Tom Chacko is a renowned film actor in the Malayalam film industry. He was born on September 15, 1983, in Chalakudy, Kerala, India to CP Chacko and Mariya Carmel. He started his career as an Assistant Director to Kamal, a Malayalam filmmaker. After 9 years of working together, he finally laid his hands and venture into acting through Kamal’s 2011 drama film, Gaddama. The same year, he played as dubbing director in Aashiq Abu’s romantic comedy film, Salt N’ Pepper.

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