Akku Akbar

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Akku Akbar (also referred to as Akbar Jose) is an Indian film director of Malayalam films. He shot to fame with the 2009 blockbuster film Veruthe Oru Bharya , which had a family theme. [1] He later remade his Bollywood film Gauri: The Unborn in Malayalam as Kana Kanmani (2009). [2] [3]

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Career

Earlier, Akbar had directed three Malayalam films along with Jose, including Sadanandante Samayam (2003) which starred Dileep and Kavya Madhavan. He then directed a Hindi film, produced by Goodnight Mohan,that dealt with abortion with a cast comprising Rituparna Sengupta, Atul Kukarni and Anupam Kher. It was written by K. Gireesh Kumar.

He directed Kana Kanmani (2009), a remake of his Bollywood film, Gouri. He teamed up with Jayaram and the writer K Gireesh Kumar. [4]

He directed Vellaripravinte Changathi (2011) starring Dileep and Kavya Madhavan, [5] produced under the banner of Chandvi Creations by Bijoy Chandran. According to him, "The film talks about a cinema within cinema in true sense." [6]

Filmography

Awards and nominations

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