Haneef Adeni (born 30 June 1987) 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

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, who works in

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. Haneef made his directorial debut in the 2017 film '' The Great Father''. His next venture as a screenwriter is ''Ameer'', starring Mammootty.

Career

Haneef Adeni's debut movie was '' The Great Father'' starring

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, ...

in the lead. The film released on 30 March 2017, received positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success. It grossed $960,748 from UAE box office in two weeks. '' Abrahaminte Santhathikal'', his next film as a writer was a production of Goodwill Entertainments and was announced on 7 September 2017 by producer Joby George on

's birthday. It was the directorial debut of Shaji Padoor, an associate director in Malayalam cinema for 22 years. The movie was released on 16 June 2018 in

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. It was released in Gulf countries on 21 June and in rest of India the following day. ''

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'' gave the film positive reviews. On 12 July 2018, he announced his second directorial film '' Mikhael'' produced by Anto Joseph under the banner Anto Joseph Film Company. On 2023, he did his third directional film '' Ramachandra Boss & Co'' starring

Nivin Pauly Nivin Pauly (born 11 October 1984) is an Indian actor and producer who works predominantly in Malayalam films. He is the recipient of two Kerala State Film Awards, three Filmfare Awards South, two Kerala Film Critics Association Awards, and ...

in the lead role, released on 25th August 2023, it received mixed to negative reviews from critics and it turns out to be box-office-bomb. On 2024 film '' Marco'', the standalone spin off '' Mikhael'' on 20th December 2024 to positive reviews from critics. The film grossed ₹104–115 crore worldwide on 12th January 2025.

Filmography

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Adeni, Haneef Malayalam film directors Malayali people 1987 births Living people Film directors from Kochi Malayalam screenwriters 21st-century Indian dramatists and playwrights Screenwriters from Kochi 21st-century Indian screenwriters