Prasanth Mambully

Prasanth Mambully
Born23 February
Guruvayur, Thrissur, Kerala, India
Occupation(s)Film director,
screenwriter,
actor
Years active2008 – present

Prasanth Mambully[1] is an Indian film director, screen writer and actor from Guruvayur, Kerala. He started his movie career by acting in Malayalam films, and later in 2008, made his directorial debut with Bhagavan. Bhagavan was completed in 19 hours, which was a world record at that time in Malayalam film industry.[2]

Biography

Prasanth was born in Guruvayur, Thrissur, Kerala, India.[citation needed] He began his movie career with stage shows, television programs and small roles in movies.[citation needed]

In 2008 Prasanth made his debut in directing. Bhagavan was Prasanth's first movie with Malayalam super star Mohanlal in lead role. The movie was completed within a time span of 19 hours which was a world record. While his second movie was in Kannada, the movie Sugreeva[3] with Kannada superstar Shivarajkumar in lead. Prasanth broke his own record and completed the movie Sugreeva with in 18 hours, for this achievement he was included Limca Book of Records[4] as the fastest film maker of Indian film industry.

In 2012 he marked his debut in Tamil with the film unka veettu pillai.[citation needed] His next movie Pachakallam was released in 2016 with Maqbool Salmaan nephew of actor megastar Mammooty in lead role along with actors Abbas and Thiagarajan. In 2017 movie Sadrishavakyam 24:29 was released under prasanth's direction, where Manoj K. Jayan and Sheelu Abraham have done the lead roles.[citation needed]

In 2018 he announced his Hindi-language debut, Sreedevi Bungalow. The movie is titled as Sridevi Bungalow[5] starring Priya Prakash Varrier[6] in lead role with a budget of 70 crores[7] the movie is planned to be shot in London.

Filmography

Year Film Cast Language Notes
2009 Bhagavan Mohanlal, Daniel Balaji, Lakshmi Gopalaswamy Malayalam Debut movie as director
2010 Sugreeva Shivarajkumar, Yagna Shetty, Dilip Raj Kannada Kannada debut
2012 Unka veettu pillai Harshika Poonacha Tamil Tamil directional debut
2016 Pachakallam Maqbool Salmaan, Afreen Bhutt, Mamukkoya Malayalam
2017 Sadrishavakyam 24:29 Manoj K. Jayan, Sheelu Abraham Malayalam
2019 Sridevi Bungalow Priya Prakash Varrier Hindi Hindi-language Debut
2024 META - The Dazzling Girl Hindi No dialogue single character survival film [8]

Awards and Accolades

Limca Book of Records
  • National Record 2011 for fastest film maker in India.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Mohanlal's Bhagavan on May 15!". Sify. 15 May 2009. Archived from the original on 28 July 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Mohanlal's Bhagavan sets new record". Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
  3. ^ "Film to be shot in 18 hours!". The Times of India. 7 October 2009.
  4. ^ "Sugreeva – Kannada film Prashant Mampully entered the Limca Book of record". amazingworldrecords. 12 May 2011. Archived from the original on 9 January 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Priya Prakash Varrier plays an actress in her Bollywood debut". The Times of India. 19 December 2018.
  6. ^ "The Wink girl- Priya Prakash Warrier debut as an actress in Bollywood!". dailyhunt. 19 December 2018. Archived from the original on 9 January 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Priya Prakash Varrier is all set to make her Bollywood debut". The Times of India. 16 December 2018.
  8. ^ "'META-The Dazzling Girl', world's first faceless, languageless". ANI news.in. 28 October 2024.
  9. ^ "Sugreeva – Kannada film Prashant Mampully entered the Limca Book of record". amazingworldrecords. 12 May 2011. Archived from the original on 9 January 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2019.