Anwar Rasheed is an Indian
film director
A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...
and
producer who works in
Malayalam film
Malayalam cinema, also referred to as Mollywood, is a segment of Indian cinema dedicated to producing films in the Malayalam language, primarily spoken in Kerala and the Lakshadweep islands. It encompasses both the mainstream film industry ...
s. He made his debut in 2005 with ''
Rajamanikyam''. He continued to do successful
action-comedy films, such as ''
Chotta Mumbai'' (2007) and ''
Annan Thambi'' (2008). His directorial drama ''
Ustad Hotel'' (2012) won the
. He has produced critically and commercially successful films like ''
Bangalore Days'' (2014), ''
Premam'' (2015) and ''
Parava'' (2017) under the banner Anwar Rasheed Entertainments.
Career
Rasheed started his career by assisting director
Ranjith in his films. After Ranjith withdrew his decision in directing the film ''
Rajamanikyam'', Rasheed was called on to do the same project. Rasheed debuted as a director in 2005 with ''
Rajamanikyam'' in which
Mammootty
Muhammad Kutty Panaparambil Ismail (born 7 September 1951), known mononymously by the hypocorism Mammootty (), is an Indian actor and film producer who works predominantly in Malayalam-language films. He has also appeared in Tamil, Telugu, ...
played the lead role. In 2007, he directed the action-comedy ''
Chotta Mumbai'' starring
Mohanlal
Mohanlal Viswanathan (; born 21 May 1960), known mononymously as Mohanlal, is an Indian actor and filmmaker who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam cinema besides also having sporadically appeared in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Hin ...
in the lead role. It was followed by the action-comedy
Annan Thambi (2008), the drama ''Bridge'' in ''
Kerala Cafe'' (2009) and ''
Ustad Hotel'' (2012), the latter won the
. In 2013, Anwar directed the segment ''Aami'' in the
anthology film
An anthology film (also known as an omnibus film or a portmanteau film) is a single film consisting of three or more shorter films, each complete in itself and distinguished from the other, though frequently tied together by a single theme, premise ...
''
5 Sundarikal''. His latest movie as a director is
Trance
Trance is a state of semi-consciousness in which a person is not self-aware and is either altogether unresponsive to external stimuli (but nevertheless capable of pursuing and realizing an aim) or is selectively responsive in following the dir ...
, starring
Fahadh Faasil. Anwar also produced the movie under his banner ''Anwar Rasheed Entertainments.''
Filmography
As director
As producer
As actor
* ''
Ee Parakkum Thalika'' (2001)
References
External links
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Artists from Kollam
Living people
Malayalam film directors
Malayalam film producers
1976 births
Film directors from Kollam district
21st-century Indian people
Film producers from Kerala
Directors who won the Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment National Film Award