Muhsin Parari

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Muhsin Parari
Born
Muhsin Parari

(1988-09-23) 23 September 1988 (age 35)
Edavanna, Kerala, India
Other namesMu.Ri
Occupations
Years active2012–present
OrganisationThe Writing Company [1]
SpouseAmeera Ibrahim
Children2
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]

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Career

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 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 do the script part only, and Khalid Rahman would be the director. [21] The movie was big commercial success and turned out to be 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]

Filmography

Movies

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2013 Dayom Panthrandum HarshadDialogues only
2015 KL 10 Patthu HimselfDebut 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 ParariProducer

Other works

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009TerriKiddoDirectorShort film
2013Native BapaDirectorMalayalam hip-hop album [31] [32]
2016Funeral of a Native Son [33] DirectorMalayalam hip-hop album; sequel to Native Bappa [34] [35] [36] [37]
2020KozhiPunk - music video [38] Producer
202203:00 AM - music video [39] Producer and director

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As lyricist

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. [42] Muhsin was asked to complete the lines of Paadi Njan, an incomplete Mappilappaattu written by Pulikkottil Hyder into a full-length song. [43] 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. [44] In 2020, he wrote Chayappaattu, an installment in Sithara Krishnakumar's Project Malabaricus [45] and two songs for the movie Halal Love Story . [46] He has won Best Lyricist award at 10th South Indian International Movie Awards for penning "Sundaranayavane" from Halal Love Story. [47] 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.

YearSongMusic director(s)Film/albumRef.
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" [48] Sithara Krishnakumar Project Malabaricus
"Sundaranayavane" [46] 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 [49]
2023"Puthuthayorith" Jakes Bejoy Iratta [50]
"Chewing Gum" Ayalvaashi [51]
"Jil Jil Jil"Vishnu Vijay Sulaikha Manzil [52]
"Haalaake Maarunne" [53]
"Premakkathu Pattu" Govind Vasantha Kadina Kadoramee Andakadaham [54]
"Kotha Raja"Jakes Bejoy King of Kotha [55]
"Manjeera Shinjitham"Vishnu Vijay Falimy [56]
"Mazhavillile" [57]

Awards

YearAwardCategorymovie
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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