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Prasanth Mambully | |
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| Born | 23 February |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, actor |
| Years active | 2008 – present |
Prasanth Mambully [1] is an Indian film director, screen writer and actor from Guruvayur, Kerala. He started his movie career by acting in Malayalam films, and later in 2008, made his directorial debut with Bhagavan . Bhagavan was completed in 19 hours, which was a world record at that time in Malayalam film industry. [2]
Prasanth was born in Guruvayur, Thrissur, Kerala, India.[ citation needed ] He began his movie career with stage shows, television programs and small roles in movies.[ citation needed ]
In 2008 Prasanth made his debut in directing. Bhagavan was Prasanth's first movie with Malayalam super star Mohanlal in lead role. The movie was completed within a time span of 19 hours which was a world record. While his second movie was in Kannada, the movie Sugreeva [3] with Kannada superstar Shivarajkumar in lead. Prasanth broke his own record and completed the movie Sugreeva with in 18 hours, for this achievement he was included Limca Book of Records [4] as the fastest film maker of Indian film industry.
In 2012 he marked his debut in Tamil with the film unka veettu pillai.[ citation needed ] His next movie Pachakallam was released in 2016 with Maqbool Salmaan nephew of actor megastar Mammooty in lead role along with actors Abbas and Thiagarajan. In 2017 movie Sadrishavakyam 24:29 was released under prasanth's direction, where Manoj K. Jayan and Sheelu Abraham have done the lead roles.[ citation needed ]
In 2018 he announced his Hindi-language debut, Sreedevi Bungalow. The movie is titled as Sridevi Bungalow [5] starring Priya Prakash Varrier [6] in lead role with a budget of 70 crores [7] the movie is planned to be shot in London.
| Year | Film | Cast | Language | Notes |
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| 2009 | Bhagavan | Mohanlal, Daniel Balaji, Lakshmi Gopalaswamy | Malayalam | Debut movie as director |
| 2010 | Sugreeva | Shivarajkumar, Yagna Shetty, Dilip Raj | Kannada | Kannada debut |
| 2012 | Unka veettu pillai | Harshika Poonacha | Tamil | Tamil directional debut |
| 2016 | Pachakallam | Maqbool Salmaan, Afreen Bhutt, Mamukkoya | Malayalam | |
| 2017 | Sadrishavakyam 24:29 | Manoj K. Jayan, Sheelu Abraham | Malayalam | |
| 2019 | Sridevi Bungalow | Priya Prakash Varrier | Hindi | Hindi-language Debut |
| 2023 | Juliana |
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