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Asif Ali is an Indian actor and producer, who predominantly works only in the Malayalam film industry.[2] He started his film career with Shyamaprasad's 2009 Malayalam Language film, Ritu.[3]

Asif Ali
Asif in 2018
Born	4 February 1986 (1986-02-04) (age 36) [1] Thodupuzha, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Marian College, Kuttikkanam, Idukki
Occupation	Actor Producer
Years active	2009–present
Spouse	Zama Mazreen Ali
Children	2
Parents	M.P. Shoukath Ali (father) Molly Ali (mother)
Relatives	Askar Ali (Brother)

During the subsequent years Asif went on to act in critically and commercially successful films including the romantic thriller, Apoorvaragam, the road thriller film Traffic, the romantic comedy film Salt N' Pepper and the period drama movie Ozhimuri, which got an official selection in the Indian Panorama section of the 43rd International Film Festival of India.[4] His 2013 film Honey Bee was one of the major hits in that year and his 2015 film Nirnayakam won the National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues.[5][6]His success streak continued by starring in the 2016 romantic movie Anuraga Karikkin Vellam, the 2017 movie Sunday Holiday, the campus thriller Btech (2018) and Vijay Superum Pournamiyum (2019), which produced a hat-trick of hits for him with Jis Joy.

He made his debut as a producer in the 2015 film Kohinoor under his production company Adam's World of Imagination, which went on to be a success. Later he produced the 2016 film Kavi Uddeshichath and distributed various films including Vimaanam and Iblis.[7]

Early life and family

Asif Ali was born in Karikode, Thodupuzha, Idukki, India at 4 February 1986. He obtained graduation degree from the Marian College, Kuttikkanam in Business Administration. While studying Ali modelled for ads and worked as a video jockey.

Personal life

Asif married to Zama Mazrin in 2013.[8]They have two children named Adam Ali and Haya Ali.[9]

Acting career

He was selected by Shyamaprasad to play one of the lead roles in his film Ritu and received positive reviews from critics and audiences.[10] He was then approached by Sathyan Anthikkad to play an important role in his film Kadha Thudarunnu. His third film was Apoorvaragam, directed by Sibi Malayil.

Since then, he had acted in the films Best of Luck and Traffic. His next film was Ithu Nammude Katha written and directed by Rajesh Kannankara.[11] In 2011 Ali signed to appear in Aashiq Abu's second movie Salt N' Pepper in which he played the role of Manu Raghav, a carefree youngster character who often puts himself into awkward situations trying to be over friendly.[12]

He played cameo roles in Doctor Love, Indian Rupee, Mallu Singh and Ustad Hotel. In 2013 he appeared In Jean Paul Lal's directorial debut, Honey Bee where he played the role of Sebastian[13] which he followed with debutant Jis Joy's Bicycle Thieves. Ali sang four lines of the song "Aayiram Kannumaai", which was originally featured in Fazil's Nokkethadhoorathu Kannum Nattu.His next releases were Pakida, Mosayile Kuthira Meenukal and Hi I'm Tony. He played the role of Shabab in Sapthamashree Thaskaraha and had a cameo role in Vellimoonga.[14]

In 2015 he appeared In Nirnayakam, Kohinoor and Rajamma @ Yahoo.[15] His movie Anuraga Karikkin Vellam went on to become one of the Superhit of 2016.[16] He reunited with Jean Paul Lal for Honey Bee 2. Sequel of 2013 Box office success Honey Bee.[17] Then he appeared in Mahesh Naryanan's Take Off. The film was shot in various parts of Dubai and released to widespread critical acclaim.[18] In 2018, his major releases were B Tech, Iblis and Mandharam. B Tech became a financial success, running for 100 days in Kerala.[19]

He started the year 2019 with Vijay Superum Pournamiyum, which became a successful venture at box office. He played a critical role in the movie Uyare, which had Parvathy and Tovino Thomas playing other characters. He played another critical role in the film Virus, based on a true story that occurred in Calicut.[20] He later acted in Nissam Basheer's directorial debut Kettyolaanu Ente Malakha, which was a box office success and gained critical acclaim. Director Lal Jose appraised it to be his career's best.

In 2021 His Major Releases were Ellam Sheriyakum and Kunjeldho.[21]

Filmography

As an actor

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Years	Film	Role	Notes	Ref
2009	Ritu	Sunny Immatty	Debut Film	[22]
2010	Kadha Thudarunnu	Shanavas Ahammad		[23]
	Apoorvaragam	Tomy
	Best of Luck	Manu
2011	Traffic	Rajeev		[24]
	Ithu Nammude Katha	Vinod / Appu		[25]
	Violin	Aby
	Salt N' Pepper	Manu Raghav
	Sevenes	Sooraj
	Doctor Love	Narrator	Cameo appearance
	Indian Rupee	Land Broker	Cameo appearance
2012	Asuravithu	Don Bosco		[26]
	Unnam	Aloshy
	Ordinary	Bhadran
	Mallu Singh	Harinder Singh	Cameo appearance
	Bachelor Party	Tony
	Ustad Hotel	Himself	Cameo appearance
	Ozhimuri	Sharath
	Husbands in Goa	Arjun
	Jawan of Vellimala	Koshi Oommen
	916	Prasanth
	Idiots	Messi
	Scene Onnu Nammude Veedu	Himself	Cameo appearance
	I Love Me	Prem
2013	Cowboy	Vinay
	Kili Poyi	Chacko
	Red Wine	Ramesh
	Honey Bee	Sebastian / Seban
	D Company	Chinnan	Segment: "Oru Bolivian Diary 1995"	[27]
	Bicycle Thieves	Kunchakko / Chacko
2014	Pakida	Aadhi
	Mosayile Kuthira Meenukal	Alex		[28]
	Hi I'm Tony	Sameer		[29]
	Apothecary	Prathapan		[30]
	Sapthamashree Thaskaraha	Shabab		[14]
	Vellimoonga	Josootty / Charlie	Cameo appearance
	Mylanchi Monchulla Veedu	Anwar		[31]
2015	You Too Brutus	Abhi		[32]
	Nirnayakam	Ajay Siddharth		[33]
	Double Barrel	He	Cameo appearance	[34]
	Kohinoor	Louis		[35]
	Amar Akbar Antony	Faizal	Cameo appearance	[36]
	Rajamma @ Yahoo	Vishnu Yohannan / Yahoo		[37]
2016	Ithu Thaanda Police	Ramakrishnan		[38]
	Anuraga Karikkin Vellam	Abhilash		[39]
	Kavi Uddheshichathu..?	Kavalam Jimmy
2017	Honey Bee 2	Sebastian		[40]
	Take Off	Faizal	Cameo appearance	[41]
	Adventures of Omanakkuttan	Omanakuttan		[42]
	Avarude Raavukal	Aashik Abu / Aashik Pattavayal	50th film	[43]
	Sunday Holiday	Amal		[44]
	Thrissivaperoor Kliptham	Girija Vallabhan		[45]
	Honey Bee 2.5	Himself	Cameo appearance	[46]
	Kaattu	Nuhukkannu		[47]
2018	B Tech	Anand Subrahmaniam		[48]
	Iblis	Vaishakan
	Mandharam	Rajesh		[49]
2019	Vijay Superum Pournamiyum	Vijay		[50]
	Mera Naam Shaji	Shaji George		[51]
	Uyare	Govind Balakrishnan		[52]
	Virus	Vishnu Bhaskaran		[53]
	Unda	S.I. Rajan	Cameo appearance
	Kakshi: Amminippilla	Adv. Pradeepan Manjodi		[54]
	Under World	Stalin John		[55]
	Kettyolaanu Ente Malakha	Sleevachan
2021	Mohan Kumar Fans	Himself	Cameo appearance
	Aanum Pennum	Kuttikrishnan	Anthology Movie Segment 'Rachiyamma'	[56]
	Ellam Sheriyakum	Vineeth		[57]
	Kunjeldho	Kunjeldho
2022	Kuttavum Shikshayum	C.I. Sajan Philip		[58]
	Innale Vare	Aadhi Shankar		[59]
	Mahaveeryar	Veerabhadran
	Kotthu	Shanu
	Rorschach	Dileep	Cameo appearance
	Kooman	Giri
	Kaapa	Anand Anirudh	Post-production	[60]
	A Ranjith Cinema	Ranjith	Post Production
2023	Kishkindha Kandam	TBA	Announced	[61]
	Kasargold	TBA	Filming
	Maheshum Maruthiyum	TBA	Announced
	Adavu	TBA	Announced
	Otta	TBA	Filming
	Netflix Anthology	TBA	Post production

As producer and distributor

Year	Film	Role	Director	Notes
2015	Kohinoor	Production	Vinay Govind	Debut Venture. Distributed by Time Ads
2016	Kavi Uddheshichath	Production Distribution	Thomas Liju Thomas	[62]
2017	Honey Bee 2	Distribution	Jean Paul Lal
2017	Vimaanam	Distribution	Pradeep M. Nair
2017	Goodalochana	Distribution	Thomas Sebastian
2018	Iblis	Distribution	Rohith V. S.

As playback singer

Years	Film	Song	Ref
2013	Bicycle Thieves	Aayiram Kannumaay
2019	Vijay Superum Pournamiyum	Pournami Superalleda

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result	Ref
2010	Asianet Film Awards	Best Villain	Apoorvaragam	Won	[63]
2011		Best Star Pair	Salt N' Pepper		[64] [65]
2016		Best Star Pair along with Rajisha Vijayan	Anuraga Karikkin Vellam
2019		Performer of the year	various roles
2015	Film Critics Awards	Special Jury for Best Actor	Nirnayakam
2017	Vanitha Film Awards	Best pair	Anuraga Karikkin Vellam
2018			Sunday Holiday
2020		Popular actor	Various films

References

External links

• Asif Ali at IMDb

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