Sreenivasan (born 6 April 1956) is an Indian actor, screenwriter,

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, dubbing artist and producer who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. Sreenivasan has starred in over 225 films. Sreenivasan wrote the screenplays of films such as '' Odaruthammava Aalariyam'' (1984), ''

Sanmanassullavarkku Samadhanam ''Sanmanassullavarkku Samadhanam'' () is a 1986 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film directed by Sathyan Anthikkad and written by Sreenivasan from a story by Anthikkad. The film stars Mohanlal, Karthika, Sreenivasan and M. G. Soman. The ...

'' (1986), ''

Gandhinagar 2nd Street ''Gandhinagar 2nd Street'' is a 1986 Indian Malayalam-language comedy drama film directed by Sathyan Anthikad and written by Sreenivasan from a story by Anthikad. It stars Mohanlal in the lead role, with Karthika, Seema, Sreenivasan, Thilak ...

'' (1986), ''

Nadodikkattu ''Nadodikkattu'' () is a 1987 Indian Malayalam-language satirical comedy film directed by Sathyan Anthikad and written by Sreenivasan based on a story by the Siddique–Lal duo. It stars Mohanlal and Sreenivasan in the lead roles, along with an ...

'' (1987), ''

Pattanapravesham ''Pattanapravesham'' () is a 1988 Indian Malayalam-language detective comedy film directed by Sathyan Anthikad and written by Sreenivasan. It stars Mohanlal, Sreenivasan, Karamana Janardhanan Nair, Ambika and Thilakan in the lead roles. It is a ...

'' (1988), ''

Varavelpu ''Varavelpu'' () is a 1989 Indian Malayalam-language black comedy film directed by Sathyan Anthikad and written by Sreenivasan, starring Mohanlal, Revathi, Sreenivasan, Thilakan, Murali, Innocent, and Jagadish. The film was produced by K. Rajag ...

'' (1989), '' Thalayanamanthram'' (1990), '' Sandesam'' (1991), '' Midhunam'' (1993), ''

Mazhayethum Munpe ''Mazhayethum Munpe (Before the Rain Comes)'' is a 1995 Malayalam romantic drama film directed by Kamal and written by Sreenivasan. The film stars Mammootty, Shobhana, Annie and Sreenivasan in the lead roles. The plot is centered upon a coll ...

'' (1995), ''

Azhakiya Ravanan ''Azhakiya Ravanan'' (Handsome Ravanan) is a 1996 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy-drama film directed by Kamal and written by Sreenivasan. The film has an ensemble cast of Mammootty, Bhanupriya, Sreenivasan, Innocent, Biju Menon, ...

'' (1996), ''

Oru Maravathoor Kanavu ''Oru Maravathoor Kanavu'' is a 1998 Malayalam comedy-drama musical film directed by Lal Jose and written by Sreenivasan. It stars Mammootty, Biju Menon, Mohini, Divya Unni, Sreenivasan, Kalabhavan Mani, Sukumari and Nedumudi Venu. The musi ...

'' (1998), ''

Udayananu Tharam ''Udayananu Tharam'' () is a 2005 Indian Malayalam-language black comedy satire film directed by Rosshan Andrrews and written by Sreenivasan based on a story he had co-written with the director. The film stars Mohanlal, Sreenivasan, Meena, Mukes ...

'' (2005), ''

Katha Parayumpol ''Katha Parayumpol'' () is a 2007 Indian Malayalam-language comedy drama film directed by M. Mohanan, written by Sreenivasan, and co-produced by Sreenivasan and Mukesh. It stars Sreenivasan, Meena and Mammootty. The film was a commercial success ...

'' (2007), and ''

Njan Prakashan ''Njan Prakashan'' (') is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language satirical comedy film directed by Sathyan Anthikad and written by Sreenivasan and starring Fahadh Faasil in the titular role. Sethu Mannarkkad produced the film under the banner of Full ...

'' (2018) among which the latter is one of the highest-grossing Malayalam films of all time. He has won two Kerala State Film Awards for Best Screenplay, for ''Sandesam'' and ''

''. As a writer and actor he has frequently collaborated with directors such as

Priyadarshan Priyadarshan (born 30 January 1957) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer who works predominantly in Malayalam and Hindi films, while also having done six films in Tamil and two films in Telugu. He has done about 31 films in ...

Sathyan Anthikad Sathyan Anthikad is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and lyricist who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. In a career spanning five decades he has directed more than 50 films, been the lyricist for 12 films and been the scriptwriter ...

and Kamal. As a

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, he scripted and directed '' Vadakkunokkiyanthram'' (1989) and ''

Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala ''Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala '' (English language, English: ''Shyamala lost in thought'') is a 1998 Malayalam cinema, Malayalam black comedy, black comedy film written and directed by Sreenivasan, starring Sangita Madhavan Nair, Sangita, Sreeniva ...

'' (1998). While '' Vadakkunokkiyanthram'' (1989) won the

Kerala State Film Award for Best Film The Kerala State Film Award for Best Film is an award presented annually at the Kerala State Film Awards of India to the best film in Malayalam cinema. The awards are managed directly by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy under the Department ...

, ''

'' (1998) won the National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues and Best Popular Film Award at the 29th Kerala State Film Awards. He co-produced ''

'' (2007) and ''

Thattathin Marayathu ''Thattathin Marayathu'' () is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Vineeth Sreenivasan, starring Nivin Pauly and Isha Talwar. The supporting cast includes Aju Varghese, Manoj K. Jayan, Sunny Wayne, Sreer ...

'' (2012) under the banner Lumiere Film Company, along with actor

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Early life

Sreenivasan was born in Patyam, a village near

Thalassery Thalassery (), formerly Tellicherry, is a municipality, Commercial City on the Malabar Coast in Kannur district, in the state of Kerala, India, bordered by the List of districts of India, districts of Mahé, India, Mahé (Pondicherry), Kozhikode ...

in Kannur, North Malabar region of

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. He has a sister and two brothers. His mother was a homemaker and his father a school teacher. Sreenivasan completed his formal education at

Kuthuparamba Kuthuparamba is a town and a municipality in the Kannur district, state of Kerala, India. It is about 24 km south east of Kannur and 14 km east of Thalassery. History Kuthuparamba was part of Kottayam dynasty under the reign of P ...

Middle School and Government High School, Kadirur. He received a bachelor's degree in economics from PRNSS College, Mattanur. In 1977, Sreenivasan studied at the

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Career

Sreenivasan debuted in the 1976 P. A. Backer movie '' Manimuzhakkam''. His first hero role was ''

Sanghaganam ''Sanghaganam'' () is a 1979 Indian Malayalam-language political drama film directed by P. A. Backer based on a story by M. Sukumaran and starring Sreenivasan, Ramu Karyat, P. R. Nambyar and Madhu Master. Plot An unemployed youth decides to pr ...

'' (1979). At film school, he was enrolled by Aniyeri Prabhakaran, who later cast him in '' Mela'' (1980). In 1984, Sreenivasan wrote his first film, '' Odaruthammava Aalariyam''. He both wrote and acted in ''

'', ''

'' and its two sequels, ''

,'' and ''

Akkare Akkare Akkare ''Akkareyakkareyakkare'', also known ''Akkare Akkare Akkare'' () is a 1990 Indian Malayalam-language buddy cop comedy film directed by Priyadarshan and written by Sreenivasan. It stars Mohanlal, Sreenivasan, M. G. Soman, Mukesh, Maniyanpilla Ra ...

''. As a director he filmed '' Vadakkunokkiyanthram'' and ''

''. His comedies include ''

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'', ''

Kinnaripuzhayoram ''Kinnaripuzhayoram'' is a 1994 Malayalam romantic comedy film directed by Haridas and screenplay written by Girish Puthenchery and story by Priyadarshan. It stars Sreenivasan, Siddique, Thilakan, Devayani, Jagathy Sreekumar, Mukesh and Janar ...

'', ''

Mazha Peyyunnu Maddalam Kottunnu ''Mazha Peyyunnu Maddalam Kottunnu'' () is a 1986 Indian Malayalam-language comedy film directed by Priyadarshan and written by Sreenivasan from a story by Jagadish. It stars an ensemble cast led by Mohanlal, Mukesh, Sreenivasan, Jagathi Sreekum ...

'', Ponmuttayidunna Tharavu,

Artham ''Artham'' () is a 1989 Indian Malayalam-language crime film directed by Sathyan Anthikkad and written by Venu Nagavally. It stars Mammootty, Sreenivasan, Murali, Saranya, in lead roles along with Parvathy, Mamukkoya, Philomina, Mohan Raj, Thi ...

Chithram ''Chithram'' () is a 1988 Indian Malayalam-language screwball comedy film written and directed by Priyadarshan. The film was produced by P. K. R. Pillai under his production house Shirdi Sai Creations, and stars Mohanlal, Ranjini, Nedumudi V ...

etc.'

Personal life

His younger son,

Dhyan Sreenivasan Dhyan Sreenivasan (born 20 December 1988) is an Indian actor, and film director who works in Malayalam films. He made his acting debut with ''Thira'' (2013), directed by his elder brother Vineeth Sreenivasan.

, made his debut in ''

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'', a thriller movie directed by his brother.

Awards and honours

Filmography

References

External links

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