Ranjith Balakrishnan is a veteran Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor who works in Malayalam cinema. Ranjith made his directorial debut in 2001 with Ravanaprabhu, a sequel to Devaasuram. His films Thirakkatha and Indian Rupee won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam in 2008 and 2011 respectively.
Jayasurya is an Indian actor, distributor, film producer, playback singer, and impressionist, who works in the Malayalam films. He has appeared in more than 100 films and has won several awards, including two National Film Awards, three Kerala State Film Awards, two Filmfare Awards South for acting and Best actor at the Cincinnati Film Festival held in Cincinnati, US. Jayasurya has also appeared in a few Tamil films.
Vinodaythra is a 2007 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Sathyan Anthikkad, and starring Dileep, Meera Jasmine and Mukesh with Murali, Innocent, Ganapathi S Poduval, KPAC Lalitha, Nedumudi Venu, Seetha and Parvathy Thiruvothu in supporting roles. The film was a hit at the box office. Few scenes of the movie were reported to be inspired by the 2001 Korean movie My Sassy Girl.
Parvathy Thiruvothu Kottuvatta is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Malayalam films, alongside Tamil and Kannada-language films. Hailing from Calicut, Kerala, she made her debut in the 2006 Malayalam film Out of Syllabus.
Gopi Sundar C. S. is an Indian music director, programmer, playback singer, songwriter, actor and performer who works prominently in Malayalam, Telugu and Tamil film industries. He started his career composing music for television commercials, as has nearly 5,000 jingles to his credit. As a keyboard programmer, he has collaborated with many music directors including the composer duo Vishal–Shekhar. He has won several accolades for his soundtrack albums and film scores, including a National Film Award, a Kerala State Film Award, and two Filmfare Awards South.
Nivin Pauly is an Indian actor and producer who works predominantly in Malayalam film industry. He is a recipient of several awards including two Kerala State Film Awards and three Filmfare South awards.
Chithrasalabhangalude Veedu is a 2008 Malayalam language film for children, directed by Krishnakumar.
Pranchiyettan & the Saint is a 2010 Indian Malayalam-language satirical film written, directed, and produced by Ranjith. The film centres on the fictitious conversation between the Thrissur based businessman C. E. Francis a.k.a. Pranchiyettan (Mammootty) and St. Francis of Assisi. Priyamani, Innocent, Siddique, Khushbu Sundar, Jagathy Sreekumar, Ganapathy, Sasi Kalinga, Tini Tom and Biju Menon play the other important roles. It is widely regarded as one of the defining movies of the Malayalam New Wave.
Sujith Unnikrishnan, known by his stage name Sunny Wayne is an Indian film actor who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He made his acting debut in Second Show (2012). Since then, he has appeared in over 40 films.
Thank You is a 2013 Malayalam drama thriller film written by Arunlal Ramachandran and directed by V. K. Prakash, starring Jayasurya, Honey Rose and Sethu. The film is produced by Shahul Hameed Marikar under the banner of Marikar Films and features music composed by Bijibal, whilst cinematography is handled by Arvind Krishna and is edited by Babu Rathnam. Although the film earned back its revenue from satellite rights, it did not run well in theatres.
Anumol is a South Indian film actress, predominantly acting in Malayalam and Tamil films. She appeared in Malayalam movies such as Chayilyam (2014), Ivan Megharoopan (2012), Akam (2011), Vedivazhipadu (2013) and Jamna Pyari (2015).
Srindaa is an Indian film actress, model and dubbing artist who predominantly works in the Malayalam cinema. Her debut film was Four Friends. She is best known for her roles in Malayalam movies 22 Female Kottayam, Annayum Rasoolum, 1983, Tamaar Padaar, and Aadu.
Neeraj Madhav is an Indian film actor, rapper and dancer who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema.
Kalidas Jayaram is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam as well as in Tamil films. The son of film actors Jayaram and Parvathy, Kalidas made his debut in the Malayalam film Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal (2000) at the age of seven. Later, he starred in Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum (2003), which won him the National Film Award for Best Child Artist. In 2016, he made his debut in Tamil cinema with Meen Kuzhambum Mann Paanaiyum (2016) and returned to Malayalam with Poomaram (2018), written, co-produced and directed by Abrid Shine.
Basil Joseph is an Indian film director and actor who works in the Malayalam film industry.He just directed three films, Kunjiramayanam (2015), Godha (2017) and Minnal Murali (2021) and gained much attention and popularity all over India in a short span of 6 years. All these three films were a huge hit in theatres and OTT Platforms. Besides direction, Basil is also a great actor. He has acted in many films as supporting characters. Jan.E.Man(2021) is his first movie in which he has acted in a lead role.
Syam Pushkaran is an Indian scriptwriter who works in Malayalam cinema. He is known for his collaboration with directors Aashiq Abu and Dileesh Pothan. He made his debut with Salt N' Pepper (2011), co-written with Dileesh Nair. He has written screenplays for popular films such as 22 Female Kottayam (2012), Da Thadiya (2012), Idukki Gold (2013), Iyobinte Pusthakam (2014), Rani Padmini (2015), Maheshinte Prathikaaram (2016), Mayaanadhi (2017), and Kumbalangi Nights (2019) and Joji (2021). He also served as co-director and wrote the dialogues for Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum (2017). Pushkaran won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay for Maheshinte Prathikaram at the 64th National Film Awards (2016).
Sajna Najam is an Indian dance choreographer who has worked in all the regional film industries. She started her career in 2000 in television and stage events, before working in films. She won the Kerala state award for best choreographer for 2014, film Vikramadithyan directed by Lal Jose. Veteran film actor Prem Nazir is a relative.
Jan.E.Man is a 2021 Malayalam comedy drama film written and directed by the debutant Chidambaram. It was co-written by Ganapathi, Chidambaram's younger brother and Sapnesh Varachal. The film stars Basil Joseph, Balu Varghese, Lal, Arjun Ashokan and Ganapathi in important roles. The movie was produced by Lakshmi Warrier, Ganesh Menon, Sajith Kookal and Shawn Antony under the banner of Cheers Entertainment.
Chidambaram S Poduval is an Indian film director and writer who works in Malayalam Cinema. He is known for his debut film Jan.E.Man(2021). He was born in Kannur. He is also the older brother of Ganapathi S Poduval who co-written Jan.E.Man along with him.He was also an assistant director to Jayaraj and worked in cinematography with Rajeev Ravi and KU Mohanan.
