Nisar Rahmath is an Indian costume designer working in the

Malayalam film industry 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 a ...

. He received the

Kerala State Film Award The Kerala State Film Awards are the film awards for a cinema of kerala, motion picture made in Kerala. The awards started in 1969 by the Department of Cultural Affairs (Kerala), Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala and sin ...

for Best Costume Designer in 2015 for his work in ''

Jo and the Boy ''Jo and the Boy'' is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language Musical film, musical Children's film, children's drama film directed by Rojin Thomas. It stars Manju Warrier and Sanoop Santhosh in lead roles. The music is composed by Rahul Subramaniam. Th ...

''.

Career

Nisar Rahmath, originally from Mannarkkad, began his professional journey as a tailor before entering the film industry. His first full-time work in costume design was as an assistant on the 2010 film '' Kadaksham'', under designer S.B. Satheeshan. He went on to work as a costume assistant in around 40 films. He debuted as an independent costume designer with the 2015 Malayalam film ''

''. His work in the film earned him the Kerala State Film Award for Best Costume Designer. Nisar later worked on films such as '' Avarude Raavukal'' (2017), where he created distinctive looks for each lead character. In recent years, Nisar designed costumes for several notable productions including '' Kappela''(2020), the award-winning drama '' Aattam'' (2023), the web series '' Nagendran's Honeymoons'' (2024), and the action film '' Mura'' (2024).

Recognition

Nisar received the

for Best Costume Designer in 2015 for ''

''.

Filmography

References

External links

Nisar Rahmath on IMDb

Instagram Profile
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