Ebbey Abraham (born 1 June 1980), better known by his

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Vysakh, is an Indian film director who works in

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. He began his career as a television anchor and later as an associate director to

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and

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. He debuted as an independent director in 2010 with '' Pokkiri Raja'' starring

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and

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. In 2016, his directorial ''

Pulimurugan ''Pulimurugan'' is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film directed by Vysakh and starring Mohanlal in the title role. It was produced by Tomichan Mulakuppadam through Mulakuppadam Films and was written by Udayakrishna—half of ...

'' starring

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and

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became one of the first Malayalam film to gross around crore at the box office.

Early life

Ebbey Abraham was born in 1980 at Kalliot,

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Kasaragod district Kasaragod ( and Malayalam: , English: ''Kassergode'', Tulu: ''Kasrod'', Arabic: ''Harkwillia'') is one of the 14 districts in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Its northern border Thalappady is located just 10 km south to Ullal, whi ...

, as the son of K. C. Abraham and Mariyamma Abraham.

Career

He took the name Vysakh for anchoring the television show ''Ponpulari'' aired on Surya TV. Later he began working as an associate director to

in films such as'' CID Moosa'','' Kochi Rajavu'','' Thuruppugulan'' and ''

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''. He worked with

for '' Naran'','' Twenty:20'' and ''

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''. He debuted as an independent director in 2010 through the action masala film '' Pokkiri Raja'' starring

, Prithviraj which grossed ₹25 crore and became the top grosser of the year 2010 in Malayalam. His next venture was the comedy thriller '' Seniors'' starring

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, and

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. His third film was ''

Mallu Singh ''Mallu Singh'' () is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language action comedy film written by Sethu and directed by Vysakh. The film stars Unni Mukundan, Kunchacko Boban, Biju Menon Manoj K. Jayan and Samvrutha Sunil. The film is credited as 50th film ...

'' in 2012. All the three films were commercial success at the box office. He also wrote the screenplay for the drama film ''Vishudhan''. In 2016, ''

'' with

and

in the lead role became the highest-grossing Malayalam film ever and the first film to gross 100 and 150

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at the box office in Malayalam film history. His following film was '' Madhura Raja'' (2019) with

a spin-off of '' Pokkiri Raja''. Madhura Raja got mixed reviews and grossed more than 100 crore worldwide. He has announced a number of films after that with the same actors. On 2022, he directed '' Night Drive'' starring

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and

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in lead roles. His upcoming films are

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starrer ''

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'' (2023),

starrer ''

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'' (2022) and

-starrer ''New York'' (2023).

Personal life

He married Neena from Udayapuram,

, Kerala, a nurse on 12 November 2007. They have two children.

Filmography

Director

Producer

* '' Ira''

Assistant Director

Television

* Kadamattathu Kathanar (Television series)

Film

*'' C.I.D. Moosa'' *'' Naran'' * '' Kochi Rajavu'' * '' Thuruppugulan'' * ''

'' * ''Twenty:20'' * ''Bhagavan'' * ''Robin Hood''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vysakh Malayalam film directors People from Kasaragod district Living people Malayalam screenwriters Film directors from Kerala 21st-century Indian film directors Screenwriters from Kerala 1980 births