M. A. Nishad

M A Nishad
M A Nishad
Born	Kollam, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	TKM College of Engineering, Kollam
Occupations	Film Director Producer Scriptwriter Actor
Years active	1997–present

M. A. Nishad is an Indian film director and screenwriter who has worked predominantly on Malayalam films.

Career

Nishad has often made social dramas in Malayalam, starting his career with Pakal (2006) and Nagaram (2007). In 2009, he worked with Suresh Gopi and Pasupathy on Vairam: Fight for Justice , which was later dubbed into Tamil as Ammu Kolai Vazhakku. In the early 2010s, his Gandhi Square featuring Thilakan failed to materialise. ^[1] In 2012, he filed a complaint against actress Padmapriya and her manager for raising the cost of his film, No. 66 Madhura Bus (2012). ^[2]

In 2015, Nishad spoke out against the content from the film, Kohinoor (2015). His actions implied that the makers of the film had tried to make a big film and imitated the style of big films and stars to make it but at last ended up as a mediocre imitation. ^{[3] [4]} In 2018, he made Kinar , a bilingual film focusing on the issue of water scarcity in a town bordering Kerala and Tamil Nadu, and the film starred Jaya Prada and Revathi in the lead roles, with different ensemble casts for the two versions. ^{[5] [6]}

Filmography

• All films are in Malayalam, otherwise noted the language

Year	Title	Credited as			Notes
		Director	Writer	Producer
1997	Oral Mathram	No	No	Yes
1999	Dreams	No	No	Yes
2003	Thillana Thillana	No	No	Yes
2006	Pakal	Yes	No	No	Directorial Debut
2007	Nagaram	Yes	Yes	No
2008	Aayudham	Yes	Yes	No
2009	Vairam	Yes	No	No
2010	Best of Luck	Yes	No	No	[7]
2012	No. 66 Madhura Bus	Yes	No	Yes
2018	Keni	Yes	Yes	No	Bilingual film [8]
	Kinar	Yes	Yes	No
2019	Thelivu	Yes	No	No	[9]
2024	Iyer In Arabia	Yes	Yes	No	[10]
	Oru Anweshanathinte Thudakkam	Yes	Yes	No	[11]

As actor

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
1982	Anthiveyilile Ponnu		Malayalam	Child Artist
2014	Oru Korean Padam	Adv. Prakash Mathew	Malayalam
2015	Valiya Chirakulla Pakshikal	Lawyer of DYFI	Malayalam
2015	She Taxi	SP	Malayalam
2016	Ore Mugham	Juby Ninan(Older)	Malayalam
2017	Vaakku	Chandran	Malayalam
2019	Lessons	Radhakrishnan Nair	Malayalam
2022	Two Men	Abukka	Malayalam	[12]
2022	Bharatha Circus	CI Jayachandran Nair	Malayalam	[13]
2024	Oru Anweshanathinte Thudakkam	DySP Issac Maammen	Malayalam	[14]

References

1. "Thilakan in a 'Gandhi square' - Malayalam News". IndiaGlitz.com. 9 June 2012. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
2. "M A Nishad files a complaint against Padmapriya". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
3. "M a Nishad's diatribe against 'Kohinoor'". Sify . Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
4. Jayaram, Deepika. "Kohinoor gets bashed online by MA Nishad". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
5. "Jaya Prada returns to Tamil cinema with Keni". The New Indian Express. 13 July 2017. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
6. Suganth, M. "Parthiban, Jayaprada in a film on water dispute between TN and Kerala". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 6 June 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
7. "Best of luck review". indiaglitz. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
8. "a grim reminder of what is to come..." onmanorama. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
9. "This MA Nishad film is like a crime novella". Times of India. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
10. "Director M A Nishad To Make His Comeback To Malayalam Cinema With Iyer Kanda Dubai". News18. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
11. Bharat, E. T. V. (5 October 2024). "പിതാവിന്‍റെ ഡയറിയില്‍ എഴുതി ഒരു കേസ്; 'ഒരു അന്വേഷണത്തിന്‍റെ തുടക്കം' ഫസ്‌റ്റ് ലുക്ക് പോസ്‌റ്റര്‍ - M A Nishad Movie First Look Poster". ETV Bharat News (in Malayalam). Retrieved 7 October 2024.
12. "Two Men Movie Review : A uninteresting ride". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
13. "Bharatha Circus". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
14. "Oru Anweshanathinte Thudakkam Movie Review : An investigative thriller that meanders too much". The Times of India. 9 November 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.

External links

• M. A. Nishad at IMDb