Rosshan Andrrews (born 6 January 1975) is an Indian

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who mainly works in

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Biography

Rosshan Andrrews was born to Burney and Andrews of the Moolakuzhi Nedumparampil house in

Thrissur Thrissur (, ), Renaming of cities in India, formerly Trichur, also known by its historical name Thrissivaperur, is a city and the headquarters of the Thrissur district in Kerala, India. It is the List of most populous urban agglomerations in Ke ...

. He attended St. Aloysious Thrissur and Cochin College, Ernakulam.

Personal life

Rosshan is married to Ancy Joseph and the couple has three children: Anjelina, Ryan and Ana Bella.

Career

His debut film was the 2005 Malayalam film ''

Udayananu Tharam ''Udayananu Tharam'' () is a 2005 Indian Malayalam-language black comedy satire film directed by Rosshan Andrrews and written by Sreenivasan based on a story he had co-written with the director. The film stars Mohanlal, Sreenivasan, Meena, Muke ...

'' starring

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. After the success of the film, Rosshan Andrrews directed his next film in 2006 named ''

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''. The film had newcomers Mariya Roy, Parvathy,

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. He is working on his Hindi debut, ''

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'', starring

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; with the story written by

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. It is produced by Roy Kapur Films and

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Awards

;

Kerala State Film Awards The Kerala State Film Awards are the film awards for a motion picture made in Kerala. The awards started in 1969 by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala and since 1998 the awards have been bestowed by Kerala State Cha ...

* 2005 –

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– ''

'' * 2006 –

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'' * 2009 –

Kerala State Film Award for Best Popular Film The Best Film with Popular Appeal and Aesthetic Value is an award, begun in 1976, presented annually at the Kerala State Film Awards of India to the best film with popular appeal and aesthetic value in Malayalam film industry. Until 1997, the awa ...

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Evidam Swargamanu ''Ividam Swargamanu'' () is a List of Malayalam films of 2009, 2009 Indian Malayalam cinema, Malayalam-language family drama Thriller film, thriller film directed by Rosshan Andrrews and written by James Albert (screenwriter), James Albert. It wa ...

'' ;

Filmfare Awards South The Filmfare Awards South are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Telugu cinema, Tamil cinema, Malayalam cinema and Kannada cinema. They are presented by ''Filmfare'' magazine of The Times Group. When it was intr ...

* 2006 –

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– ''

'' * 2006 –

Filmfare Award for Best Director – Malayalam The Filmfare Best Director Award is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the u ...

– ''

Filmography

As director

Writer

Actor

Television shows as judge

*Tharolsavam *Nakshatradeepangal

Recurring collaborators

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Andrrews, Rosshan Malayalam film directors Film directors from Thrissur Malayali people Living people 21st-century Indian people Kerala State Film Award winners Filmfare Awards South winners 1975 births