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Parvathy Thiruvoth Kottuvata (born 7 April 1988), known mononymously as Parvathy, is an Indian film actress from Kozhikode, Kerala, who appears in South Indian films. She made her debut in the Malayalam film Out of Syllabus in 2006.


Parvathy was born in Kozhikode, Kerala, to P Vinod Kumar and T K Usha Kumari, both Lawyers. She has a brother, Karunakaran. Her initials come from her mother's family name, Thiruvoth Kottuvata. During her schooling years, her family moved to Thiruvananthapuram and she pursued her studies there. She finished her schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pangode. She is a Bharatanatyam dancer. After finishing her B.A. in English Literature from All Saints' College at Trivandrum, Kerala, she is currently pursuing her M.A. through distance education. She was a successful television anchor at Kiran TV, a full-time music channel based in Thiruvananthapuram.

Prajin Padmanabhan, popularly known as Prajin is an Indian film actor concentrating in Tamil and Malayalam language films. He started his career as a VJ with Sun TV.

Prajin started his career in films with Dishyum followed by Saboothiri. Now he is doing the lead role in Manal Nagaram, a Tamil-Malayalam bi-lingual based at U.A.E. directed by Oru Thalai Ragam Shankar.

irruppam Veedu Sasidaran, better known as I. V. Sasi, is an Indian film director who has made over 150 Indian films in various languages and genres. He is known for his South Indian films of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, primarily Malayalam films, although he directed Hindi films during the 1980s as well.

He is also the winner of J. C. Daniel Award for the year 2015.


I. V. Sasi is married to Malayalam actress Seema on 28 August 1980. He met her on the set of his film Avalude Raavukkal. Ever since, she has been his favorite heroine. They have worked together in more than 30 movies. He has two children, daughter Anu and son Ani. Anu has acted in Symphony, directed by her father.Anu got married to Milan Nair on 10 December 2010. Ani completed Visual Communication from Loyola College, Chennai and is an budding director himself. I. V. Sasi lives with his family in Chenna.

I. V. Sasi started his film career as an art director. Later, after working as an assistant director in some films, he directed his first film at the age of 27. Though his name was not mentioned in the credits, the film turned out to be a huge success. He started his directorial career officially with his first film Ulsavam. Soon he carved out a name for himself in the Malayalam film industry. His films were known for their uniqueness and always contained a stamp of his directorial style. I. V. Sasi has directed more than 170 odd films over a span of 34 years and has constantly delivered super hits and some of them classified as classics or good cinema. His Malayalam film Avalude Raavukal permanently established his name in the industry. This film was later dubbed into many other Indian languages including Hindi. It was the second film in Malayalam to be rated as "Adults only" even though it was a drama.

One of Mohanlal's first breaks as a co-hero Ineyengillum was also directed by I. V. Sasi.He introduced Mammootty as a hero in his film Thrishna. He also introduced Jose. Other collaborations such as M.T. Vasudevan Nair-I. V. Sasi, Padmarajan-I. V. Sasi, and T.Damodaran-I. V. Sasi are well remembered. He worked with Mammootty on more than 35 films. He went on to direct one of Mohanlal's biggest hits, Devaasuram, which was scripted by Ranjith. He has directed films in several other languages, such as Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil. He has directed Kamal Haasan in films like Guru, Allauddinum Arputha Vilakkum, Karishma and Eeta. He was the one who introduced Rajinikanth to Malayalam film industry through Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum in 1979. Other films with Rajinikanth include the Telugu-Tamil bilingual film Kaali and Ellam Un Kairasi. He has directed Hindi movies as Patita (Mithun Chakraborty), Anokha Rishta (Rajesh Khanna and Smita Patil), Pratishodh (1980), Karishma etc. He has directed Malayalam movies in many genres. His war-themed movie 1921, written by screenwriter T. Damodaran, was the first Malayalam movie to be nominated in the Italian Film Festival. His Ina was the first Malayalam movie about child marriage. In 1982, he shared The Indian National film Awards' "The Nargis Dutt award" for the best feature film on national integration for his film Aaroodam with its producer Rosamma George. I.V. Sasi is the festival director of the second edition All Lights India International Film Festival.The event will be held at Ramoji Film City, the world’s largest film studio at Hyderabad, India from 24th to 27th Sept 2016.

Vijayan was an Indian actor, primarily concentrated in Malayalam and Tamil films. He was a saleable hero of Tamil films in late 70s. 

Later he was a much sought after character actor. Post 2000, most the films he appeared crossed 100 days. 

He died following a cardiac arrest at a private hospital in Chennai in 2007, at this moment, he was shooting for Aayudham Seivom.

He was not only one of the more popular actors in Tamil cinema of his time, but also a scenarist and had also edited a magazine. 

Vijayan was married end was the father of a daughter.

Hareesh Peradi is an Indian actor who predominantly acts in Malayalam and Tamil films.He is also a well-known theatre artist in Kerala, having made a mark in stage and also in TV and cinema. Even though he has acted in 36 films so far, it was Malayalam film, Left Right Left (2013), that gave him a break. In the film, he played the lead role, that of a leftist politician with shades of grey. Vikram Vedha (2017) gave him his big break in Tamil cinema.

He was seen in the Tamil Movie, 'Sulthan', directed by Bakkiyaraj Kannan and co-starring Karthi, Rashmika Mandanna, Yogi Babu, Lal, Ponnambalam.He was praised for the portrayal of Mangattachan in the movie Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea released in 2021. Sajin Srijith of the The New Indian Express wrote that, "Hareesh Peradi, the veteran character artiste proves once again that he can completely disappear into a role, be it negative or positive. Mammotty appreciated him for the same during AMMA's General Body Meeting.