Abhilash Babu | |
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| Citizenship | India |
| Occupations | Film Director Poet |
Abhilash Babu is an Indian film director, screenwriter and lyricist who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. Krishnashtami: the book of dry leaves , India's first still image film is Babu's third directorial. [1] [2] [3]
Abhilash Babu was born and brought up in Thiruvananthapuram to Babu and Omana Amma. He had his degree and PhD in English Language and Literature from University College Thiruvananthapuram. [4] [5] [6]
Babu made his debut as a feature film director with Aalokam: Ranges of Vision (2023), followed by Maayunnu, Maarivarayunnu, Nisvaasangalil... (2024), a mocumentary premiered at the 29th IFFK, both crowd funded independent films. Jeo Baby, the director of Mammootty starrer Kaathal – The Core , played the lead role in Babu's third film, Krishnashtami: the book of dry leaves (2025), touted as India's first still image film. [1] [7] [8] <
| Year | Title | Cast | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Krishnashtami: the book of dry leaves | Jeo Baby | Based on the poem 'Krishnashtami' by Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon [8] [9] |
| 2024 | Maayunnu, Maarivarayunnu, Nisvaasangalil... | Pradeep Kumar | Premiered at the 29th IFFK. [10] [6] [11] |
| 2023 | Aalokam: Ranges of Vision | Abhijith Chithrakumar | Based on the poems by Robert Browning [12] [13] |