Listin Stephen

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Listin Stephen
Born (1987-06-01) 1 June 1987 (age 36)
Occupations
Years active2011–present
Organization Magic Frames
Spouse
Benitta Jacob
(m. 2015)
Children2
Relatives Justin Stephen (brother)
Awards National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment (2012)

Listin Stephen is an Indian film producer and distributor who works in Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi film industries. He founded the film production company Magic Frames that has produced and distributed a lot of successful movies over a decade. His debut production was Traffic (2011), which heralded in a new age of film-making style and rejuvenated Malayalam cinema. [1]

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Career

His debut production was Traffic (2011), which heralded in a new age of film-making style into Malayalam cinema. [2] His second production was Chaappa Kurish (2011). [3] While it encountered controversies, [4] [5] the film turned out to be a moderate commercial and critical hit. [2] In 2012, he produced Ustad Hotel which won three National Film Awards, including the one for the Best Popular Film. [6] Following the success of his films, he remade all three films in Tamil in association with R. Sarathkumar. [7]

Filmography

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released

As producer

YearTitleLanguageNotes
2011 Traffic Malayalam Filmfare Award for Best Film – Malayalam
Chaappa Kurish Malayalam
2012 Ustad Hotel Malayalam
2013 Chennaiyil Oru Naal TamilRemake of Traffic
Pulivaal TamilRemake of Chaappa Kurish
2014 How Old Are You Malayalam
2015 Chirakodinja Kinavukal Malayalam
Sandamarutham Tamil
Maari Tamil
Idhu Enna Maayam Tamil
2017 Vimaanam Malayalam
2019 Brother's Day Malayalam
Kettyolaanu Ente Malakha Malayalam
Driving Licence Malayalam
2021 Mohan Kumar Fans Malayalam
2022 Jana Gana Mana Malayalam
Kaduva Malayalam
Kooman Malayalam
Gold Malayalam
2023 Selfiee HindiRemake of Driving License
Thuramukham Malayalam [8]
Enthada Saji Malayalam [9]
Ramachandra Boss & Co Malayalam [10]
Garudan Malayalam [11]
2024 Malayalee From IndiaMalayalam [12]
TBAAjayante Randam MoshanamMalayalam
ThaaramMalayalam

As distributor

YearTitleLanguageNotes
2019 Petta TamilKerala Distribution
Bigil
2021 Master
2022 Beast
K.G.F: Chapter 2 Kannada
The Legend Tamil
Nna Thaan Case Kodu Malayalam
Chattambi
Godfather TeluguKerala Distribution
Thiruchitrambalam Tamil
Kantara KannadaKarnataka Distribution
Kumari MalayalamCo-Distributed with Prithviraj Productions
Aanaparambile World Cup
DSP TamilKerala Distribution
Gatta Kusthi
2023 Samara Malayalam

Television

YearTitleLanguageNotes
2017-2018Avaril Oral Malayalam TV series on Surya TV
2021Varnapakittu

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