There is only one definition for comedy in Malayalam. That’s Jagathy Sreekumar. Jagathy Sreekumar started his film career in his younger age. From that he proved himself as an inevitable part of the Malayalam film industry. Whatever the roles to be given, it is safe in the hands of Jagathy Sreekumar. He has few equals when it comes to comedy. This ace comedian, who started his career by the movie Chattambi Kalyani in the year 1975, has acted in more than 1000 movies, has made us laugh so much that the mere mention of his name is sure to bring laughter.
Jagathy Sreekumar got the prestigious Bahadoor Award for his contributions to the Malayalam film industry. He won the State Award for Second Best Actor in 2002 for Nizhalkkuthu (2002) and Meesha Madhavan (2002), and for Second Best Actor in 1991 for Apoorvam Silar (1991) and Kilukkam (1988).
His recent movie is APRIL FOOL. Directed by Viji Tampy, the script is written by famous comedy actor Jagadeesh. Other casts are Siddique, Jagadeesh, Biju Menon , K P A C Lalitha, Manoj K Jayan, Maniyanpillai Raju, Indrans, Kaveri and Maidhili. APRIL FOOL’s lyrics are written by late famous lyrist Gireesh Putancheri and music is done by 4 time state award winning musician M Jayachandran.
Siddique is one of the senior and well talented actor of Malayalam. He acted in more than 25 films. He started his career by doing comedy roles then he transformed to into a powerful character and negative roles. Siddique started his career in the late 1980s with minor roles. His major break came in 1990 when along with Mukesh, Jagadeesh, and Asokan he was cast as one of the heroes in In Harihar Nagar. The movie was directed by Siddique and Lal and it became a huge success.
He took a break from films in 1990 and made a comeback in with supporting roles. The notable ones were Asuravamsam,Lelam and Crime File . These films ensured his return to the main stream. In 2002 he stepped in to production with the movie Nandanam, which was a hit in the box office. In 2006 he produced one more movie called Bada dosth.
He got number of awards too. In 2003 he got the best producer award for producing the movie Nandanam. In 2003, 2006, 2008 he won best villan award form Asianet, in 2004 and 2005 he won kerala state film award for best second actor and best tele-film actor respectively.
His recent and latest movie is APRIL FOOL,directed by Viji Tampy,the script is written by famous comedy actor Jagadeesh.Other casts are Jagadeesh,Biju Menon,Jagathy Sreekumar.K P A C Lalitha,Manoj K Jayan, Maniyanpillai Raju,Indrans,Kaveri and Maidhili.