Muhsin Parari is an Indian film director, writer and lyricist, who works in

Malayalam film Malayalam cinema is an Indian film industry of Malayalam-language motion pictures. It is based in Kochi, Kerala, India. The films produced in Malayalam cinema are known for their cinematography and story-driven plots. In 1982, ''Elippathayam ...

Career

He started his career by directing the music album ''Native Bapa'' (2012), in which actor

Mamukkoya Mamukkoya (born 5 July 1946) is an Indian actor known for his work in Malayalam cinema, and has also appeared in French film ''Flammens of Paradise''. He has mostly appeared in comedic roles. His unique usage of the Mappila dialect and style ma ...

played the lead. He worked as assistant director in feature films ''

5 Sundarikal ''5 Sundarikal'' ( en, 5 Beautiful Women) is a Malayalam romantic anthology film. It contains five short stories on love about five types of women. The stories are directed by Shyju Khalid, Sameer Thahir, Aashiq Abu, Amal Neerad and Anwar Rashe ...

'' (2013) and ''Last Supper'' (2014). His first movie as a director was ''

KL 10 Patthu ''KL 10 Patthu'' is a 2015 Malayalam romantic comedy film written and directed by debutant Muhsin Parari. Unni Mukundan and Chandini Sreedharan portrays the lead characters in the film, along with Saiju Kurup, Aju Varghese, Neeraj Madhav, M ...

'' (2015). In 2016, He returned with ''Funeral of a Native Son'', a sequel to ''Native Bappa''. Muhsin co-wrote the movie ''

Sudani from Nigeria ''Sudani from Nigeria'' is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language sports drama film written and directed by Zakariya Mohammed , with dialogues co-written by Muhsin Parari. Shyju Khalid was the cinematographer, who also produced the film with Sameer T ...

'' with director

Zakariya Mohammed Zakariya is an Indian film director, screenwriter, actor and producer who works in Malayalam Films. Hailing from Valanchery, Malappuram, Zakariya is best known for his directorial debut Sudani from Nigeria, which won several awards and accola ...

in 2018. The movie received five

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including the one for

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. His next release was ''

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'', directed by

Aashiq Abu Aashiq Abu (born 12 April 1978) is an Indian film director, producer, actor, and distributor, who works in Malayalam cinema. He is best known for his films such as '' Daddy Cool'' (2009), '' Salt N' Pepper'' (2011), ''22 Female Kottayam'' (20 ...

. The movie was set against the backdrop of the

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. Muhsin co-wrote the screenplay with the duo

Suhas-Sharfu Suhas and Sharfu are an Indian screenwriter duo working in Malayalam cinema. They wrote a total of five films, beginning with ''Varathan'' in 2018. Career They were both engineers before their film careers and met through the short film netw ...

. His 2020 release was ''

Halal Love Story ''Halal Love Story'' is a 2020 Malayalam-language comedy drama film directed by Zakariya Mohammed. The movie is scripted jointly by Zakariya and Muhsin Parari, with Ashif Kakkodi credited as co-writer. The film is bankrolled by Aashiq Abu und ...

'', second feature by

after ''Sudani from Nigeria''. Zakariya and Muhsin again joined to write the script and also credited as co-producers of the movie. Muhsin is the writer and creative director of 2022 movie ''

Thallumaala ''Thallumaala'' () is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language action film directed by Khalid Rahman and produced by Ashiq Usman. It is written by Muhsin Parari and Ashraf Hamza. The film stars Tovino Thomas, Kalyani Priyadarshan and Shine Tom Chacko. ...

'' (dir:

Khalid Rahman Khalid Rahman is an Indian film director who works in the Malayalam film Industry. He made his debut with the film ''Anuraga Karikkin Vellam''. His other works include ''Unda'', ''Love'' and ''Thallumaala''. Family Noted director-cinematograph ...

).. The movie was announced in 2019 as his second directorial venture, but later in February 2020, Muhsin Parari announced that he would do the script part only, and

would be the director. The movie was big commercial success and turned out to be ninth-highest grossing Malayalam film. He is also a lyricist, and has penned songs in movies such as ''

Thamaasha ''Thamaasha'' () is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language film written and directed by Ashraf Hamza and produced by Sameer Thahir, Shyju Khalid, Lijo Jose Pellissery and Chemban Vinod Jose.The film stars Vinay Forrt, Chinnu Chandhini, Divya Prabha a ...

'', ''

'', '' Bheemante Vazhi'' and ''

''.

Filmography

Movies

Other works

Ad films

* ''Tales of love'' - Madhyamam Kudumbam * ''Entri App''

As lyricist

Muhsin has earlier penned lyrics for Music Albums ''Native Bappa'' and ''Funeral of a Native Son'', directed by himself. His film debut as a lyricist was through 2019 movie

, directed by his friend Ashraf Hamza. Muhsin was asked to complete the lines of ''Paadi Njan'', an incomplete Mappilappaattu written by

Pulikkottil Hyder Pulath Pulikkottil Hyder (born in 1879 at Wandoor) was a popular poet who composed short songs in Arabi-Malayalam on topics of common interest, often attacking social evils. His simple lyrics on ordinary life of the Mappilas defied the traditional ...

into a full-length song. He also wrote three other songs for Thamaasha. Later in the year he wrote Malayalam lines for ''Spread Love'', a promotional track for the movie

along with English lyrics provided by Shelton Pinheiro. In 2020, he wrote ''Chayappaattu'', an installment in

Sithara Krishnakumar Sithara Krishnakumar (born 1 July 1986) is an Indian playback singer, composerlyricist classical dancer and an occasional actor. She predominantly works in Malayalam cinema in addition to Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. Sithara is a well kno ...

's ''Project Malabaricus'' and two songs for the movie ''

''. He has won Best Lyricist award at

10th South Indian International Movie Awards The 10th South Indian International Movie Awards is an awards event that took place at Bengaluru, India on 10–11 September 2022. The ceremony (10th SIIMA) recognized and honored the best films and performances from the Telugu, Tamil, Mala ...

for penning ''Sundaranayavane'' from Halal Love Story. In 2021, He joined again with Ashraf Hamza by penning all songs on Hamza's second film Bheemante Vazhi. He wrote all the songs in 2022 movie

, directed by

and written by himself. Muhsin often prefer a

pen name A pen name, also called a ''nom de plume'' or a literary double, is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name. A pen na ...

''"Mu. Ri"'' for songwriting credits.

Awards

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Parari, Muhsin Malayalam film directors 1988 births Malayali people Film directors from Kerala Living people People from Malappuram district