Malayalam Actors & Actresses

Mohan Lal : Biography

Mohanlal Viswanathan Nair (born May 21, 1960), simply known by the stage name Mohanlal, is an Indian actor of mainly Malayalam movies. He is a popular film actor in the state of Kerala and has had striking successes in both mainstream and parallel cinema. Also recognised among the most versatile actors in India, he is a Padmashree awardee. Mohanlal completed 25 years in his acting and continues in the film field with the same image.
Mohan Lal won his first State Award for the film T .P. Balagopal M.A (1986). He has won 4 of them to date. He won his first Film fare Award for the film Sanmasullavarkku Samaadhaanam in 1986. He has won 5 Film fare Awards so far. He won his first National Best Actor Award for the film Kireedam released in 1989-albeit the jury award. Later he won Best Actor National Awards for Bharatham (1991) and Vaanaprastham (1999). He has won numerous awards over the years for various films

Meera Jasmine : Biography

Meera Jasmine is one of the most talented actress in the malayalam cinema world. Meera Jasmine is now the most sought-after heroine in the Tamil film industry. She has the best banners calling her and she stars in films opposite the most popular heroes. she did perform good roles, and that she has been acknowledged as a good actress by the public. However, Meera Jasmine feels from the bottom of her heart, that after ïRunï she has been receiving only insults. Meera Jasmine seems to be a great actress, with immense talent and good looks.

Mammootty : Biography

Mammootty born Muhammed Kutty on September 17, 1953 to Fatima And Ismail in Chempu near Vaikom, Kottayam district, Kerala is one of the most popular film actors in the history of Malayalam films. He has acted in more than three hundred movies, most of them in Malayalam. He also acted in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. He is one of those rare actors who has been successful in both mainstream and parallel cinema. Along with Mohanlal he was the most prominent leading male actor of Malayalam movies through the 80's. He has won thrice the prestigious Bharat Award , the Indian national award for best actor .
He grew up with his two younger brothers Ibrahim and Zakariah; and three sisters, Ameena, Sauda and Shafina. He did his high school (pre-degree) at Maharaja's College, Ernakulam and then studied law at Ernakulam Government Law College. It was during his days at Maharajah's that he got his first role a bit part in the film Anubhavangal Paalichakal in 1971. He practised as a lawyer in Manjeri for 2 years. He got married in 1980 to Sulfaath. He has a daughter, Surmi (b. 1982) and a son, Dulquar Salman (1986).

Shobhana : Biography

Shobhana Chandrakumar (born March 21, 1970) is an exponent of the Bharatanatyam dance and a leading actress of South Indian motion pictures. She was born into a Malayalam speaking family from Kerala, India. Shobhana is the niece of the Travancore sisters Lalitha, Padmini and Ragini, all of whom, who were renowned for their skill in classical Indian dance. She has acted in over 150 movies in 5 languages.
Shobana is an accomplished Bharatanatyam dancer who runs a dance school and has worked on collaborative ventures with the likes of tabla maestro Zakir Hussain, Vikku Vinayakram and Mandolin Srinivas. Mitr: My friend is Malayalam actress Shobhana's first English film. She plays a self-sacrificing housewife, who finds her own identity later. She have won the Best actress national award in that movie. As a Bhartanatyam dancer, Shobana is renowned for her fine dedication to the classical art form.

Innocent : Biography

Innocent, full name Innocent Vincent, is a Malayalam actor born in Irinjalakuda in Thrissur district of Kerala, India. He is one of the most successful comedy actors of Malayalam cinema. His witty mannerisms and dialogue delivery in the typical Thrissur accent has created ripples of laughter in the audience and has made him more popular . He has proved his acting skills in serious and character roles too in quite a few films. Some of his popular movies are 'Gajakesariyogam', 'Ramjirao speaking', 'Mannar Mathai speaking','Kilukkam' etc to name a few. He is the current president of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists

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Prithviraj : Biography

Prithviraj, son of the famous Malayalam actor the late Sukumaran and actress Mallika, is being touted as the next big thing in Malayalam cinema after Mohanlal and Mammootty.
Prithviraj did his schooling from Sainik School, Thiruvananthapuram and Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan School, Thiruvananthapuram. He pursued his Bachelor's degree in Engineering/IT from the University of Tasmania, Australia. While vacationing in Thiruvananthapuram, he was grabbed by director Renjith to act in Nandanam (2002). It was director Fazil who persuaded Prithviraj to act, and who showed the results of the screen test to Renjith. He was then flooded with other tempting film offers that Prithviraj, then in his second year in Engineering, decided to take a break from studies to concentrate on acting.

Dileep : Biography

Dileep or Dilip (born October 27, 1968 in Desom, Aluva, Ernakulam, Kerala, India), whose real name is Gopalakrishnan, is one of the most successful comedic actors in Malayalam films. 
Dileep was born in Alwaye near Ernakulam to Padmanabhan Pillai and Sarojam. Dileep did his pre-degree days at U.C. College and graduated from Maharajas College, Ernakulam. He is happily married to Manju Warrier and has a daughter, Meenakshi. He got 'Mathrubhumi' popular actor of the year 2002 award. Dileep won the 'Mathrubhumi' popular actor of the year award at Kochi. Manju Varier, his wife, received the award on his behalf. Dubai Atlas film awards: DILEEP selected BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Sreenivasan : Biography

Sreenivasan is one of the most talented Malayalam movie star. Sreenivasan won several State awards as actor, script writer and director. After completing his course in acting at Adayar Film Institute, Sreenivasan started his film career with a role in P.A.Backer's Manimuzhakkam. He took up script writing with Odarathu Ammava Aalarayam directed by Priyadarshan. Latter he teamed up with directors Priyadarshan and Sathyan Anthikkadu as both actor and script writer in creating several comedies, which became huge successes.

Suresh Gopi : Biography

Suresh Gopi's first appearance on silver screen was as a child artiste in Odayil Ninnu (1965), In 1997 National Award was shared by Suresh Gopi and Balachandran. Suresh Gopi turned 45 on June 25th.Having acted in 80 odd films. Suresh made his rounds of production offices and came up with only yes boss type of roles, the notable of them being Rajavinte Maghan. He graduated to doing villain roles and then his first break was in Thalasthanam directed by ShajiKailas and written by Renji Panicker. Next were Comissioner and Ekalavyan after which he was known as the `roaring lion of Kerala'. Powerful dialogues and good action scenes with a big physique Suresh filled the void left behind by Late Jayan. Apart from action roles he has done serious movies too and even got the state and national award for best acting for the film Kaliyattom

Thilakan : Biography

He is one of the Malayalam actor and winner of many awards, holds a special place in malayalam film industry. Before coming to the film field he played as a theater artist. There he got the training and experience to become a perfect actor in all fields of acting. Thilakan now speaks about the ills plaguing the film industry and Adoor Gopalakrishnan's much publicised criticism of the National Jury.

Jayasurya : Biography

Jayasurya is an upcoming SouthIndian actor. He started his career as a comedian and then turned to an actor. He had played several films in Malayalam and Tamil. His first film is Oomapenninu Uriyaadapayyan in Malayalam. He worked with great actors of Indian film including Kamal Hassan,Mammootty etc.

Jayaram : Biography

Jayaram is an award-winning film actor from Kerala, India. Jayaram is one of the stars of Malayalam cinema industry and has been active in film since the 1980's. He is a tamil brahmin hailing from Perumbavoor near Ernakulam.He is known for his great mimic ability and his very good looks. 
He is married to actress Parvathi who is not active in films now.Their son Kalidas who is a child artist has won National award for Best Child Artist for the year 2003.They have a daughter, Malavika ,too. Jayaram is settled in Chennai. Jayaram is very well known for his interest in Elephants and is a good Chenda performer

Kunchacko Boban : Biography

Kunchacko Boban is a popular Malayalam actor. He is the grandson of famous actor Boban Kunchacko.He started his career through a superhit Malayalam film Aniyathipravu in 1997.His role in the famous film Harikrishnans made him one of the top actors of Malayalam industry.He got married to Priya Ann Samuel in 2-April-2005.He had acted about 30 films in Malayalam. 
He became an instant teenage heartthrob after his first film, the Fazil directed Aniyathi Pravu (1997), was released. Was a favorite among Kerala's college-campus scene after starring in numerous love stories, but once he finished college, he decided to focus on character roles with more scope. 
Part of the Maliampurakal family, who are credited with having the first Film Studio in Kerala called "Udaya". The Studio has produced and released many popular movies.Favorite dish is Karimeen (fried fish).

Manoj K Jayan : Biography

Manoj K Jayan is a famous Malayalam film actor, born in Kottayam district in Kerala to the famous Carnatic musician Jayan of the Jaya-Vijaya fame. He has excelled in various roles in quite a few Malayalam movies. He won the Kerala State Film Award for the best actor for his performance in the movie 'Sargam'. He captured the audience hearts by immortalising the character named Kuttan Thamburan by his incomparable acting skills. He is married to the famous Malayalam/Tamil actress Urvashi. He has a daughter named Thejalakshmi. He also performed splendidly in Ananthabadram as Digambaran, released in 2005.

Mukesh : Biography

Mukesh (who’s boyhood name was Mukesh Babu) is the son of famous stage actor, director and drama troupe organiser, the late O. Madhavan. Mukesh’s mother Vijayakumari was also a popular stage actress and once winner of the Kerala State award for best stage actress. Mukesh, who hails from Pattathanam in Kollam town, did his schooling at Infant Jesus Anglo Indian High School in Tangasseri, and took his Batchelor of Science degree from Sree Narayana College in Kollam. He is also a Law graduate from the Law Academy, Thiruvanathapuram.

Mukesh’s wife is Saritha, a once leading lady and famous Tamil film actress who acted in several roles in South Indian films including the national award winning film “Thaneer Thaneer” in 1981.

Kalabhavan Mani : Biography

Kalabhavan Mani is one of the BEST and Talented actor in the Indian movie history. Kalabhavan Mani is a special individual in Kerala social scene. From a mimicry artist to a hero of a different kind, Mani with his folksongs spread all over through audiocassettes satisfies a great chunk of Malayalam film audience.

The actor who is famous for his rendering of Malayalam folk songs has this time taken to singing Ayyappa devotional songs in Tamil.