Malayalam cinema is an Indian film industry of Malayalam-language motion pictures. It is based in Kerala, India. The films produced in Malayalam cinema are known for their cinematography and story-driven plots. In 1982, Elippathayam won the Sutherland Trophy at the London Film Festival, and Most Original Imaginative Film of 1982 by the British Film Institute. Rajiv Anchal's Guru (1997), Salim Ahamed's Adaminte Makan Abu (2011) and Lijo Jose Pellissery's Jallikkattu (2019) were Malayalam films sent by India as its official entries for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the Academy Awards.
Unni Menon is an Indian film playback singer. He has recorded over 4000 songs in many Indian languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. In the early part of his career, he spent many years as a low-profile playback singer. The turning point in his career came with the song "Pudhu Vellai Mazhai" from Mani Ratnam's award-winning 1992 Tamil film Roja, composed by A. R. Rahman. He has frequently associated with A. R. Rahman, lending his voice to nearly 27 popular songs from films like Karuththamma (1994) and Minsaara Kanavu (1997).
Sukumari Amma was an Indian actress best known for her works in Malayalam and Tamil films. In a career spanning more than five decades, She has appeared in more than 2500 films predominantly in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, along with few Hindi and one each in Sinhala, French, Bengali, Tulu, English and Kannada films. Sukumari began acting at the age of 10. In 2003, she was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India for her contributions toward the arts. She won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the Tamil film Namma Gramam (2010). Sukumari died on 26 March 2013 in Chennai, following a heart attack.
Nanda Nanditha is a 2008 Indian Kannada language film directed by B. N. Vijayakumar starring Yogesh and Swetha. The film was remade into a Tamil and Telugu as a bilingual movie titled as Nanda Nanditha (2012). After the film's success, Swetha appended Nanditha to her stage name.
Commissioner is a 1994 Indian Malayalam-language neo-noir action thriller film directed by Shaji Kailas, written by Ranji Panicker, and produced by M. Mani. It stars Suresh Gopi as police commissioner Bharathchandran IPS, and also features Ratheesh, Shobana, Vijayaraghavan, M. G. Soman, Rajan P. Dev, K. B. Ganesh Kumar, N. F. Varghese, Karamana Janardanan Nair, and Maniyanpilla Raju in pivotal roles. The background score was composed by Rajamani.
Vani Viswanath is an Indian actress who predominantly appeared in Malayalam and Telugu films. In 2000, Vani won the Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress for her performance in Susanna, directed by T. V. Chandran. She was termed as Mollywood's "Action Queen". In 2017, she joined in Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh.
Asif Ali is an Indian actor and producer, who works in the Malayalam film industry. He started his film career with Shyamaprasad's 2009 Malayalam Language film, Ritu.
Asuravithu is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language action film written and directed by A. K. Sajan, starring Asif Ali and Samvrutha Sunil in the lead roles. The film is a sequel to 2002 Indian Malayalam-language action gangster-thriller drama film Stop Violence starring Prithviraj Sukumaran in the leading role. The film opened to mixed reviews and was a box-office flop. This was the debut film of actor Mammootty's nephew Maqbool Salmaan. This Movie Was Dubbed In Hindi As Duniya Meri Mutthi Mein.
Ragini IPS is a 2014 Indian Kannada-language action film directed by Anand P. Raju and produced by K. Manju. It stars Ragini Dwivedi in the lead role and was the first Kannada film to be named after an actress. Avinash, Kavita Radheshyam and Narayanaswamy appear in supporting roles. It was dubbed in Hindi as Hindustani Jaanbaaz 2. It is loosely based on the 1988 Hindi movie Zakhmi Aurat.
Baiju Santhosh Kumar, commonly referred to as Baiju, is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam films. He began his acting career in 1981, as a child artist in the film Maniyan Pilla Adhava Maniyan Pilla. Since then he has acted in more than 300 films.
Aby Tom Cyriac is an Indian composer, arranger and programmer. He is a well known music arranger and programmer to major music composers in the Indian film industry.
Oru Vadakkan Selfie is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language road-comedy film directed by G. Prajith and scripted by Vineeth Sreenivasan. The film features Nivin Pauly, Manjima Mohan, Aju Varghese, Neeraj Madhav and Vineeth Sreenivasan. The music was composed by Shaan Rahman. It was released on 27 March to positive reviews, and became one of the biggest grossing Malayalam films of the year. Some news media and the Kerala Film Producers Association called it the first successful Malayalam film of 2015. This movie marks the debut of Manjima Mohan as an actress in Malayalam movie; earlier, she played a child in films including Priyam and Sundara Purushan. The film was remade in telugu as Meda meedha abbayi and it received good response from critics and audience.
Sandeep Kurissery is an Indian film sound designer, sound editor and location sound recordist. He, along with Jiji P Joseph won the first ever award for location sound recording for the film Oraalppokkam in the 2014 Kerala State Film Awards. The duo won the award again in 2015 with Ozhivudivasathe Kali. Sandeep has worked with some of the leading filmmakers in South India like Girish Kasaravalli, Shaji N Karun, Vipin Vijay and Shyamaprasad.
The following is the partial filmography of Sukumari, an Indian actress who began her career at the age of 10 with a minor role in the Tamil film Or Iravu in 1951. In a career spanning more than six decades, had acted in more than 2500 feature films in various Indian languages, including Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Sinhala, Oriya, English and Bengali.
Hesham Abdul Wahab is an Indian music director, Music Producer, singer and audio engineer. Best known for his compositions for the soundtrack of the 2022 Malayalam film Hridayam and the music album Qadham Badha produced by British singer-songwriter Sami Yusuf. Wahab is the recipient of 2021 Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director for the soundtrack of the film Hridayam.
Nikhila Vimal is a South Indian actress who predominantly works in Malayalam and Tamil films in addition to Telugu films.
Abrahaminte Santhathikal is an Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film released in 2018, directed by debutant Shaji Padoor and written by Haneef Adeni. The film stars Mammootty and Anson Paul in the lead roles and pivotal roles of Kaniha, Tarushi, Renji Panicker, Yog Japee and Kalabhavan Shajon. Shot in Ernakulam, principal photography began on 5 January 2018 and ended in March. Gopi Sundar scores music for the film, and Mahesh Narayan handles editing.
Jubair Muhammed is an Indian music composer and playback singer who works in Malayalam cinema. Jubair has worked on Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi language films, Music Videos and Short Films.
Mera Naam Shaji is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language comedy film directed by Nadirshah and produced by B. Rakesh under the banner of Universal cinemas. The film features Biju Menon, Asif Ali and Baiju Santhosh in titular roles. The film was written by Dileep Ponnan, while music was composed by Emil Muhammed. Nikhila Vimal is the female lead and Sreenivasan also plays an important role.
Nanda Nandhita is a 2012 Indian romantic drama film directed by Ramshiva. The film was made simultaneously in Tamil and Telugu with Hemachandran, Surya Pratap, and Meghana Raj. The film is a remake of the 2008 Kannada film Nanda Loves Nanditha. In the Tamil version, Hemachandran portrays the protagonist and Surya Pratap portrays the antagonist. In the Telugu version, the roles are reversed.
