The encyclopedia of cinema
Vinayak Sasikumar: Words That Travel Between Generations Born in Trivandrum and brought up in Chennai, Vinayak Sasikumar’s journey into cinema feels less like a calculated career choice and more like a slow, inevitable gravitation towards words and music. His formative years in Chennai, coupled with his education at Loyola College, became the ground where his…
Jimshi Khalid : A Cinematographer Who Chose People over Scripts, and Cinema over Everything Jimshi Khalid, the cinematographer of Alappuzha Gymkhana, belongs to a rare breed of filmmakers whose journey into cinema was not planned—but destined. Born and brought up in Fort Kochi, Kerala, Jimshi’s life has always been surrounded by images, stories, and human…
Noufal Abdullah: From the Edit Room to the Director’s Vision Noufal Abdullah’s journey into cinema is one shaped by instinct rather than intention. Born in Ottapalam, Palakkad he grew up in a place that frequently became a shooting location. Though he had no formal exposure to filmmaking at a young age, the constant presence of…
Sooraj S Kurup: A Journey Tuned by Curiosity, Cinema and Sound In an industry where many are pressured to define themselves by a single title, Sooraj S Kurup stands apart as an artist who has allowed curiosity to shape his journey. Composer, lyricist, occasional actor and a silent observer of cinema, Sooraj’s path has never…
CUTTING STORIES, CREATING VISIONS: THE CINEMATIC JOURNEY OF NIKHIL VENU There are people who step into cinema by accident, and then there are people who simply grow into it. For Nikhil Venu, born and raised in Kothamangalam, storytelling wasn’t something he discovered one fine morning, it was something that quietly shaped him from childhood itself….
Varun Unni: A Musical Journey across Languages, Landscapes and Limitless Passion From a young boy in Cochin surrounded by melodies to a multi-industry composer shaping soundscapes across Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada cinema Varun Unni’s musical journey is one of grit, instinct and unshakeable passion. Born and raised in Cochin, Varun completed his schooling at…
Gayathri Kishore’s career is proof that some paths in life unfold naturally, even without planning. Born and raised in Cochin, she began her journey far away from the world of cinema. An engineering graduate who later studied fashion design, she worked as a design faculty member and explored different cities and industries in search of…
Anees Nadodi – Biography (Production Designer) Anees Nadodi is an acclaimed Indian Art director and Production designer, hailing from Chelari, Malappuram, Kerala. He completed his M.A. in Mass Communication and Journalism from the SAFI Institute of Advanced Study (SAFI IAS), University of Calicut, where his deep interest in the world of visual arts started taking…
Mridul George Mridul George is an emerging Malayalam writer and screenwriter from Muvattupuzha, whose journey into cinema stands as an inspiring example of passion, consistency, and dedication. Although he spent more than a decade working in the IT sector, his love for writing — rooted deeply in his school days — eventually shaped his identity…
Arun Bose – Director of Luca Meet the writer-director who began his filmmaking journey by self-shooting an entire Tamil feature film with a two-member crew — just himself, his Canon 60D camera, and his actor friend — while travelling on a Honda Activa scooter from Chennai to Rameswaram. That same actor, Nithin George, later went…
