Benny P. Nayarambalam

Benny P. Nayarambalam
Born	Nayarambalam, Kerala, India
Years active	1992–present
Spouse	Fulja Benny
Children	2, including Anna Ben

Benny P. Nayarambalam is an Indian screenwriter who works in Malayalam films and theatre. He wrote his first theatrical play Athyunnathangalil Deivathinu Sthuthi at the age of 19, for the production company owned by Rajan P. Dev, in which he also performed as Rajan's son. He has a post-graduate degree in Malayalam literature. He made his debut in films as screenwriter through First Bell (1992), directed by P. G. Viswambharan. ^[1]

Benny had a successful career as a screenwriter, with most of his films turning into blockbusters. And two of his theatre plays Vikalanga Varsham and Arabikkadalum Adbudavilakkum were made into films, Kunjikoonan (2002) and Chanthupottu (2005) respectively. ^[2] In Chanthupottu, Dileep and Lal played the roles Benny and Rajan P. Dev portrayed in the original play. ^[3]

Personal life

He is married to Fulja and has two children Anna Ben and Susanna Ben. ^[4] Anna Ben debuted in Madhu C. Narayanan's first directorial Kumbalangi Nights (2019) as Babymol and received critical acclaim for her commendable performance.^{[ citation needed ]}

Filmography

Year	Title	Story	Screenplay	Dialogue	Actor	Director	Language	Notes
1992	First Bell	Y				P. G. Viswambharan	Malayalam
1993	Koushalam		Y	Y		T. S. Mohan
1995	Keerthanam		Y	Y		Venu B Nair
1997	Manthramothiram		Y	Y		Sasi Shanker
	Junior Mandrake		Y	Y		Ali Akbar
	Five Star Hospital		Y	Y		Thaha
1998	Gramapanchayath		Y	Y		Ali Akbar
	Achaammakkuttiyude Achaayan	Y	Y	Y		Rajan P. Dev
1999	Aakasha Ganga	Y	Y	Y		Vinayan		Adapted from his drama Ente Ashamsakal
	Vazhunnor	Y	Y	Y		Joshiy
2002	Naranathu Thampuran	Y	Y	Y		Viji Thampi
	Kalyanaraman	Y	Y	Y		Shafi
	Kunjikoonan	Y	Y	Y		Sasi Shanker		Adapted from his drama Vikalanga Varsham
2004	Perazhagan						Tamil	Remake of his movie Kunjikoonan
2005	Thommanum Makkalum	Y	Y	Y		Shafi	Malayalam
	Chanthupottu	Y	Y	Y		Lal Jose		Adapted from his drama Arabikkadalum Adbudavilakkum
	Majaa	Y				Shafi	Tamil	Remake of his movie Thommanum Makkalum
2006	Pothan Vava		Y	Y		Joshiy	Malayalam
2007	Chotta Mumbai		Y	Y		Anwar Rasheed
2008	Annan Thambi	Y
	LollyPop	Y				Shafi
2009	Chattambinadu		Y
2010	Marykkundoru Kunjaadu	Y
2012	Puthiya Theerangal	Y				Sathyan Anthikkad
	Spanish Masala	Y				Lal Jose
2013	Sound Thoma	Y				Vysakh
	Daivathinte Swantham Cleetus	Y				G. Marthandan		Directional debut of G. Marthandan
2014	Bhaiyya Bhaiyya	Y				Johny Antony
2016	Welcome to Central Jail		Y			Sundar Das
2017	Velipadinte Pusthakam	Y	Y	Y		Lal Jose
2021	Sara's				Y	Jude Anthany Joseph		As actor
2023	Anchu Centum Celeenayum				Y	Jexson Antony
	Enthada Saji				Y	Godfy Xavier Babu
	Voice of Sathyanathan				Y	Rafi

References

1. "Movies | Interviews". Manorama Online. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
2. "വിജയത്തിന്റെ ഫസ്റ്റ് ബെല്‍ , Interview – Mathrubhumi Movies". Mathrubhumi.com. 29 October 2008. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
3. "പൈലി മുതല്‍ കുഞ്ഞാടുവരെ , Interview – Mathrubhumi Movies". Mathrubhumi.com. 10 December 2010. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
4. "കഥ കടന്ന്‌ പ്രേക്ഷകഹൃദയത്തിലേക്ക്‌". mangalam.com. 8 April 2013. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.

External links

• Benny P. Nayarambalam at IMDb
• Hindu.com
• Villagevoice.com
• Hindu.com