The Filmfare Best Actress Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Malayalam films. The awards were extended to "Best Actress" in 1972. The year indicates the year of release of the film.
Fahadh Faasil is an Indian actor and film producer, who predominantly works in the Malayalam film industry and has also appeared in Tamil films. He has acted in more than 40 films and has received several awards, including a National Film Award, two Kerala State Film Awards and three Filmfare Awards South. Fahadh is the son of filmmaker Fazil.
Aashiq Abu is an Indian film director, producer, actor, and distributor, who works in Malayalam cinema.
Nazriya Nazim is an Indian film actress and producer, who predominantly works in Malayalam Cinema along with a few Tamil films.
Srinda is an Indian film actress, who predominantly performs in Malayalam films. Her first film was Four Friends. Her notable roles includes 22 Female Kottayam, Annayum Rasoolum, 1983 and Tamaar Padaar.
Dileesh Pothan is an Indian film actor and director, who works in Malayalam cinema.
Sajeev Pazhoor is an Indian novelist, screenwriter, director and government employee from Kerala.
Syam Pushkaran is an Indian scriptwriter who works in Malayalam cinema. He's known for his collaboration with directors Aashiq Abu and Dileesh Pothan. He made his debut with Salt N' Pepper (2011), co-written with Dileesh Nair. He has written screenplays for popular films such as 22 Female Kottayam (2012), Da Thadiya (2012), Idukki Gold (2013), Iyobinte Pusthakam (2014), Rani Padmini (2015), Maheshinte Prathikaaram (2016), Mayaanadhi (2017), and Kumbalangi Nights (2019). He also served as co-director and wrote the dialogues for Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum (2017). Pushkaran won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay for Maheshinte Prathikaram at the 64th National Film Awards (2016).
Sakhi Elsa is an Indian costume designer or fashion designer working predominantly in Malayalam films.
Maheshinte Prathikaaram is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film directed by Dileesh Pothan and produced by Aashiq Abu. The film stars Fahadh Faasil, Anusree, Alencier Ley Lopez, Aparna Balamurali, and Soubin Shahir. Written by Syam Pushkaran, its story is based on an incident in the life of Thampan Purushan from Thuravoor, Cherthala. Shyju Khalid was the film's cinematographer, and its soundtrack and score were composed by Bijibal. A remake in Telugu language as "Umamaheshwara Ugraroopasya" is almost done with 30 days of shoot in Araku. Satyadev is playing the lead role and is directed by Venkatesh Maha of C/O Kancherapalem fame.
Alencier Ley Lopez is an Indian film and theatre actor, who appears in Malayalam films. Lopez made his debut in the 1998 film Daya; and he achieved recognition through the films Annayum Rasoolum (2013), Njan Steve Lopez (2013), and Maheshinte Prathikaaram (2016). At the 48th Kerala State Film Awards, he won the Best Character Actor Award for his performance in Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum (2017).
Carbon is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language adventure thriller film written and directed by Venu, starring Fahadh Faasil and Mamta Mohandas. The film follows Sebastian and Sameera on their expedition to find a lost treasure deep inside a forest. K. U. Mohanan was the cinematographer, while Vishal Bhardwaj and Bijibal composed the songs and the score, respectively. Principal photography took place between August and October 2017 in several hilly terrain locations in North Kerala.
Nimisha Sajayan is an Indian actress in the Malayalam film industry. She won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress in 2018 for her roles in the films Oru Kuprasidha Payyan and Chola. Nimisha made her acting debut with the film Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum directed by Dileesh Pothan.
CPC Cine Awards is an annual awards' ceremony for films in Malayalam film industry, which is crowd-sourced and hosted by the Cinema Paradiso Club.
Oru Kuprasidha Payyan is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language thriller film directed by Madhupal and written by Jeevan Job Thomas and produced by V Cinemas. The film stars Tovino Thomas, Nimisha Sajayan and Anu Sithara in lead roles. It was released on 9 November 2018. The film is based on sensational Sundari Amma murder case.
Aanenkilum Allenkilum is an upcoming Indian Malayalam-language film directed and co-written by Vivek and scripted by Arun AR and Ajay Rahul. The film is produced by Raju Malliath of Ragam Movies and was produced in May 2018. It stars Fahadh Faasil, Catherine Tresa and Sharaf U Dheen. PS Jayhari has composed the music and Cyril Kuruvilla handles the art design.
Mangalyam Thanthunanena is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language family satire film directed by Soumya Sadanandan and written by Tony Madathil, starring Kunchacko Boban and Nimisha Sajayan. The film was released on 20 September 2018.
Kumbalangi Nights is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language family drama film directed by Madhu C. Narayanan and written by Syam Pushkaran. It was jointly produced by Fahadh Faasil, Nazriya Nazim, Dileesh Pothan, and Syam Pushkaran under their production houses Fahadh Faasil and Friends and Working Class Hero. The film stars Shane Nigam, Fahadh Faasil, Soubin Shahir, Sreenath Bhasi, Anna Ben, and Mathew Thomas.
Sathyam Paranja Viswasikkuvo is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language family-drama film directed by G. Prajith and written by Sajeev Pazhoor. The film stars Biju Menon and Samvrutha Sunil, with Alencier Ley Lopez, Sudhi Koppa, Dinesh Prabhakar, and Mangal in supporting roles. The film was released on 12 July 2019 to positive reviews from critics.
Mālik is an upcoming Indian Malayalam language Period Political Thriller directed, written and edited by Mahesh Narayan. The film is produced by Anto Joseph under the banner of Anto Joseph Film Company. The film stars Fahad Faasil in the lead role. The film is Mahesh Narayan second directorial after Take Off. Principal photography began on 3 September 2019. Stunt director Lee Whittaker joined the sets on 11 December and is handling the action choreography of the film. The film is scheduled to release in April 2020.
