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Srinda Arhaan 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 Masala Republic.  Srinda Arhaan was born into a Muslim family. She did her schooling at St. Mary’s Anglo Indian Girls High School, Fort Kochi up to Class X before moving to a school in Palluruthy for her Plus Two. She later studied at the Sacred Heart College, Thevara.

Srinda was passionate about films and photography since she was young and said that films were always on mind even after she started working. Bored with her job, she started her film career as an assistant director.  She then briefly worked as a television anchor, but felt that "my heart wasn’t in it. I felt like something was missing which I found in films".  She went on to model for products such as hair oils and jewellery brands before appearing in a documentary which eventually led her to feature films: she was noticed by director Dileesh Nair who introduced her to Aashiq Abu. Her cinematic debut was Abu's 22 Female Kottayam, in which she played a friend role of the lead character, with Srinda stating that the film "shaped her as an actor".  In the following months, she was part of several popular films such as Thattathin Marayathu, North 24 Kaatham, 101 Weddings, Artist and Annayum Rasoolum although she played only minor supporting roles in them. 2014 she had a lead role in the sports film 1983 and her character Susheela was noticed.  Later that year, she played a police officer in the political satire Masala Republic,and had two releases on one day, Tamaar Padaar and Homely Meals, both of which had her in a starring role.  She made her Tamil debut in Vennila Veedu, in which she portrays a character with negative shades.

Personal life

Srinda is married to Ashab but is currently living separated, and they have a son named Arhaan.  Srinda changed her surname as Srinda Arhaan.  She started her acting career after marriage.

Remya Nambeesan is an Indian film actress. She made her career debut in 2000 with Sayahnam.  Following performances as a child artiste in several Malayalam films during the early 2000s, she went on to play minor supporting roles, before essaying starring roles since 2006. In 2008, she appeared in her first non-Malayalam project, while receiving critical acclaim for her performances in the films Traffic (2011) and Chaappa Kurish (2011). Besides acting, Remya has occasionally worked as a television presenter and singer as well.

Remya Nambeeshan was born to Subrahmaniam Unni and Jayasree.  Her father is a former theatre artiste, who was an active member of troupes such as "Jubilee" and "Harishree". She has a brother, Rahul, who has also worked as a playback singer in the film Thattathin Marayathu.  Remya studied Communicative English at the St. Teresa's College, Ernakulam.  She went to Mahatma Gandhi Public School in Ambadimala near Chottanikkara.

Remya first appeared as a child artiste in the critically acclaimed drama film Sayahnam in 2000, directed by R. Sarath.  She further essayed minor supporting roles in the following years in films including Sathyan Anthikad's satire film Narendran Makan Jayakanthan Vaka (2001), the art film Sthithi (2002), under R. Sarath's direction again, and Gramaphone (2003) and Perumazhakkalam (2004), both directed by Kamal.  She collaborated a third time with Sarath for the short film Bhoomikkoru Charamageetham (2006), a cinematic version of a poem by O. N. V. Kurup.

She played her first leading role, as a bold dance teacher, in the 2006 film Aanachandam; it was a highly unsuccessful venture, which went unnoticed soon after its release.  Regarding to her performance in the film, a critic from Rediff noted that she was "refreshing in bits", while another reviewer cited that she was "refreshing enough for a village based flick".  Her subsequent projects, Changathipoocha (2007) and Panthaya Kozhi (2007) released to mixed reviews and offered hardly any scope for her, failing to propel her career.

The next release, Chocolate (2007), which featured Remya as one of three leading females, gained her considerable attention, after the film went on to become a high commercial success.  In 2008, she accepted her first non-Malayalam project, Andamaina Mansulo in Telugu, which was followed by her first Tamil film, the romantic drama Raman Thediya Seethai. Anthiponvettam was her only Malayalam film of 2008, which opened to largely negative reviews, while Remya received positive feedbacks on her performance, with a critic from IndiaGlitz describing her as "a saving grace in the entire movie".

In the following two years, she appeared in just three films. She played the female lead in Saarai Veerraju (2009; Telugu) and Aattanayagann (2010; Tamil) and essayed a minor supporting role in Nammal Thammil (2009; Malayalam)—all of which proved critically and commercially unsuccessful, although her performance in the former was lauded. IndiaGlitz claimed that she was the "best performer" in the film, further adding that she had "raised to the occasion and carried the deglamorised role perfectly".

In 2011, Remya who till then had appeared in a series of repetitive roles as a village belle, undergoing an image makeover, choosing more serious, substantial and versatile roles.  Her first release of that year was Traffic, starring an ensemble cast. Remya portrayed Shwetha, a "stylish seductress", a character with negative shades.  Although her role in the film was short, her performance was appreciated by critics. She next appeared in the thriller film Chaappa Kurish as Sonia, a secretary who has an affair with her colleague. She shot a long kissing scene with her co-star Fahad Fazil in the film – supposedly the first ever in Malayalam cinema — which upon release was termed as controversial, causing a great stir in the industry.

Remya later stated: "An actress should always be ready to take risks if her character demands so. Even when I was aware that the two-minute intense scene could create waves, I was sure that it was inevitable as it suited the plot. A sense of necessity made me accept that scene. I think director Sameer Tahir brought out the best in me. In fact, I enjoyed doing the scene".

She went on to state that she did not regret "doing it"; she further creditted the Tamil film industry for "propelling" her image makeover.  She was part of two Tamil productions, Ilaignan, scripted by former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. Karunanidhi, and the romantic comedy Kullanari Koottam. She performed a comical role as Priya, a zoology student, in the latter, and received positive feedback. Pavithra Srinivasan from Rediff noted that she was "pretty, expressive, and does well with what she's been given".  She next appeared in a low-budget Telugu flick by Ravi Babu, Nuvvila, featuring a cast of almost all newcomers, in which she played a "girl with a fetish for cooking".

She is currently filming for one Telugu project, Salamath and three Malayalam films, Pigman, Bachelor Party, in which she will be seen in a "very stylish role", and Ivan Megharoopan that features her in a cameo appearance.  She has also signed up Saji Surendran's comedy flick Husbands in Goa, the sequel to Happy Husbands, in which she will play a "docile wife", and has completed shooting for an offbeat flick by Priyanandan, titled Oru Yathrayil.  Besides, she would reprise her role from the original in the Tamil remake of Traffic.  Her Tamil film, Kavithalayaa Productions' Muriyadi, a remake of the Malayalam sleeper hit Passenger (2009), has been long delayed.

Before her entry into the film industry, she was hosting a phone-in music show Hello, Good Evening on the Malayalam channel Kairali TV.  Having learned carnatic music from her childhood, she has sung several numbers for devotional albums on Chottanikarai Bhagavathi Amman.  In 2011, composer Sharreth called Remya to record a song for the upcoming Malayalam biographical film on P. Kunhiraman Nair, Ivan Megharoopan, after she had expressed her desire to sing to Sharreth at a reality show.  She has further sung playback for her own film Bachelor Party and for a composition by Shaan Rahman for the film Thattathin Marayathu.  She has recently sung for the film "Arikil Oraal".

Dulquer Salmaan is an Indian film actor known for his Malayalam films.

The son of film actor Mammootty, Dulquer made his debut with the Malayalam film Second Show (2012) and later starred in the film Ustad Hotel (2012) which won the National Award for Best Popular Film. He was awarded with Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut and SIIMA Award for Best Male Debutant for the performance in the film Second Show and nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Actor for his performance in Ustad Hotel.

Dulquer Salmaan was born to actor Mammootty and Sulfath. He has an elder sister, Surumi. He studied in Toc-H Public School, Kochi, Kerala, till primary classes, after which he joined Sishya School in Chennai. He received his bachelor's degree from Purdue University, U.S.

He married Chennai-based architect Amal Sufiya on 22 December 2011.

Fahadh Fazil is an Indian film actor and producer known for his work in Malayalam cinema.

Fahadh made his debut at the age of 19 in his father Fazil's film Kaiyethum Doorath (2002) which was a commercial failure. After a gap of six years, Fahadh made his comeback with the anthology film Kerala Cafe (2009). His most notable films include Chaappa Kurishu (2011), 22 Female Kottayam (2012), Diamond Necklace (2012), Annayum Rasoolum (2013), Amen (2013), North 24 Kaatham (2013), Oru Indian Pranayakatha (2013), Bangalore Days (2014), Iyobinte Pusthakam (2014), and Maheshinte Prathikaaram (2016).

Fahadh Faasil has been honored at the Kerala State Film Awards twice, in 2011 as Second Best Actor for his roles in Chaappa Kurishu and Akam and in 2013, he was adjudged Best Actor for his performances in Artist and North 24 Kaatham.

Fahadh is the son of film director Fazil and his wife Rozina. He has two sisters, Ahameda and Fatima, and a brother, Farhaan Faasil. He completed his schooling from SDV Central School Alleppey, Lawrence School Ooty and Choice School in Thripunithura. He went on to pursue his degree from Sanatana Dharma College, Alleppey and a M.A. in philosophy from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, United States.

Fahadh's first film, Kaiyethum Doorath (2002) was directed by his father, director Fazil and failed at the box office. Fahadh later defended his father, stating "don't blame my father for my failure because it was my mistake and I came into acting without any preparation of my own". After his debut, he moved to the United States for five years, where he pursued his studies, before returning in 2009 to act in the film Kerala Cafe (2009), conceived by director Ranjith. At Ranjith's behest, director Uday Ananthan cast Fahad in his Mrityunjayam, one of the 10 shorts in the film.He played the role of a journalist in the Mrityunjayam, a ghost film set on a spooky old 'Mana'. He was chosen to costar in B. Unnikrishnan's Pramani. He then appeared as a business head in the thriller Cocktail (2010). His next film Tournament was also a thriller .

His performance in Sameer Thahir's directorial debut Chappa Kurishu, a thriller in which he appeared as the head of a construction business was much appreciated. "Arjun – my character in Chappa Kurishu is not a role that an actor gets often. I am very lucky and very fortunate," Fahad said. He shot a long kissing scene with his co-star Remya Nambeesan in the film — supposedly the first ever in Malayalam cinema — which upon release was termed controversial.

Fahadh's next film, Akam, a contemporary adaptation of Malayatoor Ramakrishnan's psycho-thriller novel Yakshi, had him playing Srinivas, a young architect, who starts suspecting that his beautiful wife is a yakshi. "Playing Srinivas was like re-inventing myself. We had a workshop before shooting began and I had ample opportunity to explore the nuances of the character. In the process of re-inventing Srinivas, I re-invented myself," said Fahadh.The film premiered at the Dubai International Film Festival.

22 Female Kottayam, a revenge film had him playing a negative character. In his next film, Lal Jose's Diamond Necklace, he played the role of an oncologist working in Dubai and the film centred on the doctor's relationship with three different women.
In June 2012, a case was registered against Fahadh by the Kochi Town Central Police for violation of the rule against public display of images of smoking. A poster of Diamond Necklace that showed him smoking a cigarette had been on display before the Kavitha Theatre in Kochi since the film was released.

In his next film, Lijin Jose's Friday, he acted as an auto rickshaw driver.The same year, he appeared in The Day of Judgement, one of the three featurettes from the portmanteau film D Company. His other films were cinematographer Rajeev Ravi's directorial debut Annayum Rasoolum, Lijo Jose Pellissery's Amen, V. K. Prakash's Natholi Oru Cheriya Meenalla and Salam Bappu's directorial debut Red Wine. Amen was named as one of the best films of the year by Khaleej Times while Annayum Rasoolum managed to be a hit.

In 2014, he acted in the big budget movie, Iyobinte Pusthakam which has produced by himself.He also played a major role in the blockbuster movie Bangalore days . 2015, was a dull year for him, as he was unable pull of a successful project. In 2016, his first release, Monsoon Mangoes failed at the box office, even though his performance was highly praised and the movie gathered good crictic responses. His next release was on 5 February 2016 Maheshinte Prathikaaram which went on to become a blockbuster. It was highly applauded by both audience and critics.

After the release of Annayum Rasoolum (2013), the lead actor Fahadh Faasil openly declared to the media that he was in love with the actress Andrea Jeremiah. Andrea rejected reports that the pair were seeing each other. On 20 January 2014, he got engaged to Malayalam and Tamil film actress Nazriya Nazim whom he married on 21 August 2014. The pair had gotten to know each other more on the sets of Anjali Menon's Bangalore Days (2014), in which they were playing husband and wife. Fahadh revealed that their parents had been pivotal in arranging the marriage.

Sheetal Menon is an Indian model and actress. She hails from Kerala.

Menon is trained as a Bharatanatyam dancer and began her career as a model with the agency headed by Atul Kasbekar.  During her final year in college she joined Anupam Kher’s course, Actor Prepares. Her first acting role came in Nari Hira's Bhram – An Illusion directed by Pawan Kaul.  Her films include the Indo-Chinese joint release, The Desire (2009) and Karan Johar's My Name Is Khan.

The tall, confident lady, best known for her role in 'Julie' in the year 2004. Neha Dhupia was born on 27th August, 1980 in a Sikh family at Kochi, Kerala. She belongs to the naval background, her father Pradip Singh Dhupia, being a naval officer and mother Manpinder, is a homemaker. Hailing from naval service family, she resided at number of places due to her father's posting. She has completed her schooling from Army Public School, New Delhi and holds a History (Hons.) degree from Delhi University.

Neha started her career by acting in a play called 'Grafitti', she featured in a music video for an indi-pop band, Euphoria. Her bold and confident personality made her the face of number of advertisements, for the brands like, Reebok, Mitsubishi Lancer, Wagon R, Airtel, National, Maxim magazine. She started acting on-screen with the TV serial, 'Rajdhaani', which also starred Randeep Hooda and Saakshi Tanwar. She attained wide fame with the crowning of Femina Miss India Universe 2002. Following year, she participated in Miss Universe pageant of 2002, where she was amongst the top 10 finalist.

Title of Miss Femina caught her the film director's eyes. Neha debuted in Bollywood in the year 2003 with an action-thriller 'Qayamat' and in the same year, she ventured into Telugu films with 'Ninne Istapaddanu'. Her phenomenal acting skills got appreciated in 2004 film, 'Julie'. She has appeared in the multi-starrer hits, such as 'Kyaa Kool Hai Hum' and 'Shootout At Lokhandwala'. And she has done supporting role in the movies like, 'Chup Chup Ke', 'Ek Chalis Ki Last Local', 'Singh Is Kinng', 'Action Replay' and 'De Dana Dan'. Neha has also acted in critical movies like 'Dus Kahaniyaan', 'Mithya', 'Dasvidaniya', 'Maharathi' and 'Gandhi to Hitler'. Her upcoming projects being, Dharma Productions' 'Ungli' and a Punjabi movie, 'Rangeelay'.

Neha has lend her helping hand to charitable causes, where she is attached with Concern India Foundation that supports children, elderly and lower income group women and has also raised funds for earthquake victims of 2011 Sikkim.

Gopi Sunder is a National Award winning Indian musician, film score composer, programmer and singer. He has composed music for more than 5000 advertisements, programmed music for many major composers and composed the music for nearly 50 Indian films to date.

He has composed the background score and songs for films like Flash (2007), Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded (2009), Anwar (2010), Ustad Hotel (2012), 1983 (2014). He has also done the background score for Notebook (2006), Big B (2007), Mission 90 Days (2007), Poi Solla Porom (2008), Evidam Swargamanu (2009), 1983 (2014), Bangalore Days (2014).

He got his first Filmfare Award for Best Music Director in the 58th Filmfare Awards South for Anwar (2010).

Bejoy Nambiar (born 12 April 1979) is an Indian film director, and screenwriter known for his works in bollywood. He is mostly known for his critically acclaimed short films, Rahu and Reflections, starring Mohanlal.  He was the winner of Sony PIX’ s Gateway to Hollywood, as the best director judged by Ashok Amritraj, Rajat Kapoor and Anurag Basu.  He marked his feature film debut with the thriller Shaitan (2011). His second feature film was a bilingual gangster-comedy film called David.  His latest Bollywood flick was Amitabh Bachchan, Farhan Akhtar starred Wazir (2016). He has also directed a short video 'Sachinocalypse' for All India Bakchod. He was one of the jury member for India Film Project in 2013.

He was married to Juhi Babbar on 27 June 2007 after a two-year courtship; the couple divorced in January 2009. He then married his long-time girlfriend Sheetal Menon in a traditional Malayali wedding in Kerala on 27 December 2015.

Asha Sarath is an Indian dancer and actress. She received a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the Malayalam movie Drishyam.


Asha Sarath was born in Perumbavoor as the daughter of V.S.Krishnan Kutty Nair & renowned classical dancer Kalamandalam Sumathy. She has two brothers, Balagopal and Late Venugopal.


Asha is married to Sarath. They have two daughters Uthara and Keerthana. They are settled in Dubai.


She was trained by her mother in Bharathanatyam, Mohiniyattam and Kuchipudi. She bagged the top prize at an all-India dance fete in Benares in 1992. Film offers poured in, but chose to act in a few serials and telefilms, before she got married and shifted to Dubai.


She acted in a telefilm Nizhalum Nilavum Parayunnathu, which won her the State television award for the second best actress and fetched her the role of Jayanthi in the serial Kumkumapoovu. In 2013, she played a police officer in the film Drishyam which was well received and became her first commercial hit.She has acted in few advertisements.

Gopi Sunder is an Indian musician, film score composer, programmer and singer. He has composed music for more than 5000 ad jingles, programmed music for many major composers and composed the music for nearly 50 Indian films to date.
He has composed the background score and songs for films like Flash (2007), Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded (2009), Anwar (2010), Ustad Hotel (2012), 1983 (2014). He has also done the background score for Notebook (2006), Big B (2007), Mission 90 Days (2007), Poi Solla Porom (2008), Evidam Swargamanu (2009), 1983 (2014), Bangalore Days (2014).
He got his first Filmfare Award for Best Music Director in the 58th Filmfare Awards South for Anwar (2010).


Gopi is married to Priya & have two sons Madhav & Yaadav.



Gopi Sunder, born into a musical family, was an associate to the composer Ouseppachan for long time. Sunder's father was a friend of Ouseppachan, which made Sunder a leading member in the troupe of the prolific composer. In the popular songs like "Aankhon mein teri'" (Om Shanti Om) and "Ek Main Aur Ek Tu Hai" (Bluffmaster), keyboard programming was done by him. His break in films came when director Roshan Andrews approached him with an offer to compose the Background score for his movie Notebook which made him one of the most demanded background scorers in the Malayalam movie industry. He then went on to compose the background score for the super hit movie Big B, starring Mammootty, which lead to a big break in film industry for him. Noted director Sibi Malayil approached him for composing the soundtrack and BGM for his Mohanlal starrer Flash. His next project as a composer was in Amal Neerad's big budget movie Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded. His work in this movie was praised well by the audience. The songs he composed for Amal Neerad's Anwar rocked the charts for many continuous weeks. His critically and commercially acclaimed songs and BGMs in the Malayalam Film Ustad Hotel made him one of the leading composers in the film industry.