Muhsin Parari | |
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Born | Muhsin Parari 23 September 1988 |
Other names | Mu.Ri |
Occupations | |
Years active | 2012–present |
Organisation | The Writing Company [1] |
Spouse | Ameera Ibrahim |
Children | 2 |
Awards | Kerala State Film Award for Best Screenplay [2] |
Muhsin Parari, known professionally as Mu.Ri is an Indian film director, writer, producer and lyricist who works in Malayalam films. [3]
He started his career by directing the music album Native Bapa (2012), [4] [5] [6] [7] in which actor Mamukkoya played the lead. He worked as assistant director in the feature films 5 Sundarikal (2013) and Last Supper (2014). His first movie as a director was KL 10 Patthu (2015). [8] [9] In 2016, He returned with Funeral of a Native Son, a sequel to Native Bappa. [10] Muhsin co-wrote the movie Sudani from Nigeria with director Zakariya Mohammed in 2018. [11] [12] The movie received five Kerala State Film Awards including the one for Best Screenplay. [13] His next release was Virus , directed by Aashiq Abu. The movie was set against the backdrop of the 2018 Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala. Muhsin co-wrote the screenplay with the duo Suhas-Sharfu. [14] [15] [16] His 2020 release was Halal Love Story , second feature by Zakariya Mohammed after Sudani from Nigeria. Zakariya and Muhsin again joined to write the script and also credited as co-producers of the movie. [17] [18] [19]
Muhsin is the writer and creative director of 2022 movie Thallumaala (dir:Khalid Rahman). [20] The movie was announced in 2019 as his second directorial venture, but later in February 2020, Muhsin Parari announced that he would only do the script part, and Khalid Rahman would be the director. [21] The movie was a big commercial success and turned out to be the ninth-highest grossing Malayalam film. [22]
He is also a noted lyricist, [23] [24] [1] and has penned songs in movies such as Thamaasha , Halal Love Story , Bheemante Vazhi , Thallumaala and Sulaikha Manzil . [25] [26]
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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2013 | Dayom Panthrandum | Harshad | Dialogues only |
2015 | KL 10 Patthu | Himself | Debut movie as director [27] |
2018 | Sudani from Nigeria | Zakariya Mohammed | Writer |
2019 | Virus | Aashiq Abu | Writer |
2020 | Halal Love Story [28] | Zakariya Mohammed | Writer, producer |
2022 | Thallumaala [29] [20] | Khalid Rahman | Writer and creative director |
2023 | Ayalvaashi [30] | Irshad Parari | Producer |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2009 | TerriKiddo | Director | Short film |
2013 | Native Bapa | Director | Malayalam hip-hop album [31] [32] |
2016 | Funeral of a Native Son [33] | Director | Malayalam hip-hop album; sequel to Native Bappa [34] [35] [36] [37] |
2020 | KozhiPunk - Music video [38] | Producer | |
2022 | 03:00 AM - Music video [39] | Producer and director | |
2024 | Panthal Chant - Music video [40] | Producer and director |
Muhsin has earlier penned lyrics for Music Albums Native Bappa and Funeral of a Native Son, directed by himself. His film debut as a lyricist was through 2019 movie Thamaasha, directed by his friend Ashraf Hamza. [43] Muhsin was asked to complete the lines of Paadi Njan, an incomplete Mappilappaattu written by Pulikkottil Hyder into a full-length song. [44] He also wrote three other songs for Thamaasha. Later in the year he wrote Malayalam lines for Spread Love, a promotional track for the movie Virus along with English lyrics provided by Shelton Pinheiro. [45] In 2020, he wrote Chayappaattu, an installment in Sithara Krishnakumar's Project Malabaricus [46] and two songs for the movie Halal Love Story . [47] He has won Best Lyricist award at 10th South Indian International Movie Awards for penning "Sundaranayavane" from Halal Love Story. [48] In 2021, He joined again with Ashraf Hamza by penning all songs on Hamza's second film Bheemante Vazhi .
He wrote all the songs in 2022 movie Thallumaala , directed by Khalid Rahman and written by himself.
Muhsin often prefer a pen name "Mu. Ri" for songwriting credits. In 2024, he announced his debut music album "Muriginals" Vol. 1, featuring songs written by him and performed by artists including Shahabaz Aman, Sithara Krishnakumar, Vishnu Vijay, Govind Vasantha, Sekhar Menon, Arivu, Dabzee, M.H.R, Joker, Wraith V., Babyjean, 6091, Fathima Jahan, Indrans and Chemban Vinod Jose. [49] [50] The first song "Jilebi", featuring Sithara Krishnakumar and music produced by 6091 was released on 1 April 2024. [51] The second song "Panthal Chant" featuring M.H.R, Wraith V., Dabzee, Babyjean and Joker was released on 8 September 2024. [52]
Year | Song | Music director(s) | Film/album | Ref. |
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2013 | "Native Bappa" | Roy George, Street Academics | Native Bappa | |
2016 | "Funeral of a Native Son" | Bijibal, Street Academics | Funeral of a Native Son | |
2019 | "Paadi njan" | Shahabaz Aman, Rex Vijayan | Thamaasha | |
"Kaanumbol ninne" | Rex Vijayan | |||
"Aham Brahmasmi" | ||||
"Masala Chaya" | ||||
"Spread love" [25] | Sushin Shyam | Virus | ||
2020 | "Chaayappaattu" [53] | Sithara Krishnakumar | Project Malabaricus | |
"Sundaranayavane" [47] | Shahabaz Aman, Rex Vijayan | Halal Love Story | ||
"Bismillah" | ||||
2021 | "Oruthi" | Vishnu Vijay | Bheemante Vazhi | |
"Bheemante Vazhippattu" | ||||
"Pale Pole" | ||||
2022 | "Kannil Pettole" | Thallumaala | ||
"Ole Melody" | ||||
"Thallumaala Paattu" | ||||
"Ndaakkippattu" | ||||
"Tupathu" | ||||
"Thoottikkanoda Patha" | ||||
"50 Cent" | ||||
"Target Locked" | ||||
"Wrath of Jemshi" | ||||
"Kafkaesque" | ||||
"Wedding Bells" | ||||
"03:00 AM" | Sekhar Menon | 03:00 AM | [54] | |
2023 | "Puthuthayorith" | Jakes Bejoy | Iratta | [55] |
"Chewing Gum" | Ayalvaashi | [56] | ||
"Jil Jil Jil" | Vishnu Vijay | Sulaikha Manzil | [57] | |
"Haalaake Maarunne" | [58] | |||
"Premakkathu Pattu" | Govind Vasantha | Kadina Kadoramee Andakadaham | [59] | |
"Kotha Raja" | Jakes Bejoy | King of Kotha | [60] | |
"Manjeera Shinjitham" | Vishnu Vijay | Falimy | [61] | |
"Mazhavillile" | ||||
"Karayaruthe" | ||||
"Karunarasam" | ||||
"Alaye" | Kasargold | [62] | ||
2024 | "Viduthal" | Santhosh Narayanan | Anweshippin Kandethum | [63] |
"Pennayippetta" | Gopi Sundar | Perumani | [64] | |
"Ya Wali Allah" | ||||
"Jilebi" | Sithara Krishnakumar | Muriginals vol.1 | [65] | |
"Panthal Chant" | M.H.R, Wraith V., Dabzee, Babyjean, JOKER | [40] | ||
"Marannadu Pulle" | Vishnu Vijay | Pani | ||
"Readya Maaran" | Jakes Bejoy | Hello Mummy | ||
"Dhurooha Manthahasame" - Promo song | Christo Xavier | Sookshma Darshini |
Year | Award | Category | movie |
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2018 | Kerala State Film Award | Best Screenplay | Sudani from Nigeria |
CPC Cine Awards | |||
2020 | South Indian International Movie Awards | Best Lyricist | Halal Love Story |
2022 | Bheemante Vazhi |
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