Nithish Sahadev (born 1 March 1991) is an

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

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 ...

who primarily works 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 is well known for his directorial debut ''

Falimy ''Falimy'' is a 2023 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film written and directed by Nithish Sahadev in his directorial debut. The film stars Basil Joseph, Jagadish, Manju Pillai and Sandeep Pradeep. It narrates the journey of a dysfunctio ...

(2023).''

Early life

He was born in

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Thiruvananthapuram ( ), also known as Trivandrum, is the capital city of the Indian state of Kerala. As of 2011, the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation had a population of 957,730 over an area of 214.86 sq. km, making it the largest and ...

. He pursued a degree in

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at Mohandas College of Engineering and Technology. Later, he attended Chennai Film Industrial School.

Career

He started his career in the film industry as an

assistant director The role of an assistant director (AD) on a film includes tracking daily progress against the filming production schedule, arranging logistics, preparing daily call sheets, checking cast and crew, and maintaining order on the set. They also have ...

. His debut as an assistant director was in ''Mudhugauv'' (2016), the directorial debut of

Vipin Das Vipin Das is an Indian film director, screenwriter in the Malayalam film industry. He is best known for the films ''Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey'' (2022) and ''Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil'' (2024). Career Vipin Das debuted as a director with the Malay ...

, who is known for films such as ''

Antakshari Antakshari, also known as Antyakshari (अंताक्षरी ) is a spoken parlor game played in India. Each contestant sings the first verse of a song (often Classical Hindustani or Bollywood songs) that begins with the consonant of H ...

'' and ''

Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey ''Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey'' is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language black comedy film directed by Vipin Das. The film stars Darshana Rajendran and Basil Joseph. ''Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey'' was released theatrically on 28 October 2022. A satire on ge ...

''. He also worked with director

Jude Anthany Joseph Jude Anthany Joseph (born Sijo Joseph) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and actor, who works in Malayalam film industry. His directorial debut was with '' Ohm Shanthi Oshaana'' in 2014, which won the Best Film with Popular Appeal and ...

, serving as an assistant director on ''Oru Muthassi Gadha'' (2016). In 2019, Sahadev directed the short film ''Magneto,'' starring

Anand Menen Anand Menen is an Indian film director who primarily works in the Malayalam film industry. He is well known for his works in ''Gauthamante Radham'' (2020) '' Vaazha – Biopic of a Billion Boys'' (2024). Career Anand was born in Vaikom, Kera ...

. In 2020, he worked as the

creative director A creative director is a person who makes high-level creative decisions; oversees the creation of creative assets such as advertisements, products, events, or logos; and directs and translates the creative people who produce the end results. Creat ...

for the film ''

'', starring

Saiju Kurup Saiju Govinda Kurup (born 12 March 1979) is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam and Tamil Tamil may refer to: People, culture and language * Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia **Sri ...

and

Priyanka Nair Priyanka Nair is an Indian actress who predominantly works in the Malayalam film industry. She made her debut in the Tamil film '' Veyyil'' in 2006. She won the 2008 Kerala State Film Award for best actress for her role in '' Vilapangalkappur ...

. The following year, he produced the short web series ''Kalyana Kacheri''. In 2023, Sahadev made his directorial debut with the Malayalam-language comedy-drama ''

''. The film, starring

Basil Joseph Basil Joseph (born 28 April 1989) is an Indian film actor and director who works in the Malayalam film industry. He started his film career as an assistant director of Vineeth Sreenivasan in the 2013 film ''Thira''. He has directed three films ...

Jagadish P. V. Jagadish Kumar, Born On (12 June 1955) mononymously as Jagadish, is an Indian actor, screenwriter, and television presenter. He has starred in over 400 Malayalam films and two Hindi films. He is best known for his comic and character rol ...

, and

Manju Pillai Manju Pillai is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam films and television shows. She is best known for portraying comedic roles to character roles. Personal life Manju Pillai is the granddaughter of Malayalam film actor S. P. Pillai. S ...

, follows the journey of a dysfunctional middle-class family on a trip to Varanasi, exploring the personal growth and realizations they experience along the way. Following the success of ''

'', Sahadev announced his upcoming directorial project, which will star the renowned Malayalam actor

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, ...

Filmography

References

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