Prasanth Mambully

Prasanth Mambully[1] is an Indian screenwriter, actor and director 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,[2] but due to some technical mistakes, the movie did not qualify for the Guinness World Record attempt.

Prasanth Mambully
Born23 February
Guruvayur, Thrissur, Kerala, India
OccupationFilm director,
screenwriter,
actor
Years active2008 – present
Spouse(s)Sinjusha Prasanth

Biography

Prasanth was born in Guruvayur, Thrissur, Kerala, India. Prasanth begin his movie career with stage shows, television programs and small roles in movies.

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. 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.

In 2018 Prasanth has officially announced his latest movie in Hindi, which marks his Bollywood debut too. 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
2009BhagavanMohanlal, Daniel Balaji, Lakshmi GopalaswamyMalayalamDebut movie as director
2010SugreevaShivarajkumar, Yagna Shetty, Dilip RajKannadaKannada debut
2012Unka veettu pillaiHarshika PoonachaTamilTamil directional debut
2016PachakallamMaqbool Salmaan, Afreen Bhutt, MamukkoyaMalayalam
2017Sadrishavakyam 24:29Manoj K. Jayan, Sheelu AbrahamMalayalam
2019Sridevi BungalowPriya Prakash VarrierHindiFilming Bollywood Debut

Awards and Accolades
Limca Book of Records
  • National Record 2011 for fastest film maker in India.[8]

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 30 September 2010. 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. "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.
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