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Udaykrishna–Sibi K. Thomas is an Indian screenwriting duo known for their works in Malayalam cinema.[1] Most of their works are in the comedy genre. They wrote films such as Mattupetti Machan (1998), Udayapuram Sulthan (1999), Dhosth (2001), C.I.D. Moosa (2003), Runway (2004), Kochi Rajavu (2005), Thuruppu Gulan (2006), Twenty:20 (2008), Pokkiri Raja (2010), Christian Brothers (2011) and Mayamohini (2012); all commercial hits.[2]

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Udaykrishna–Sibi K. Thomas
Born	Kerala, India
Occupation	Screenwriters
Years active	1995 – Present

The duo parted in 2015. Udayakrishna continued as a scriptwriter while Sibi K. Thomas became a filmmaker. Udayakrishna's first independent script was Pulimurugan (2016) which became the first Malayalam film to gross over ₹100 and ₹150 crore at the box office, the highest-grossing Malayalam film at that time.[3]

Career

Both Siby and Udayakrishna started their career as assistant directors. Siby assisted Balu Kiriyath and Sandhya Mohan, while Udayakrishna assisted screenwriter A.R.Mukesha and was assistant director under Balu Kiriyath, Ali Akbar, K. Madhu and Venu B. Nair.[4] Manoj K. Jayan prodded them into a partnership and agreed to star in their directorial debut.[4] However, that project did not work out. Subsequently, they wrote their first script, Hitler Brothers (1997), for Sandhya Mohan, followed by Mayajalam for Balu Kiriyath. Both films failed at the box office.[4] The duo's first hit came through Mattuppetti Machan directed by Jose Thomas, followed by Udayapuram Sulthan.[4] Then came Sundrapurushan, which was a moderate success. It was followed by Rajasenan's successful movies, Darling Darling and Malayalimamanu Vanakkam. C.I.D. Moosa, was a success. They associated with Johny Antony in most of his directorial ventures thereafter, including the commercially successful Kochi Rajavu and Thuruppu Gulan.^{[citation needed]}

They worked with veteran director Joshiy in Runway, Lion and July 4, and in the landmark Malayalam film Twenty:20. Twenty:20 was produced by Association of Malayalam Movie Artists in association with Dileep's Grand Productions and starred most major actors of Malayalam cinema. The film became the highest grossing Malayalam film of all time and brought appreciations for Siby and Udayakrishna.[5] Twenty:20 was followed by Ee Pattanathil Bhootham, which was panned by the critics and an average grosser. In 2010, they made a comeback with Pokkiri Raja, which went on to become a big success and the highest-grossing film of the year.[6] However, critical responses for Pokkiri Raja were mostly mixed. They scripted debutante Thomson K. Thomas's Kaaryasthan. Despite negative reviews from critics, the film closely followed Pokkiri Raja in collection records of the year.[6] Their only film in 2011 was Christian Brothers with Joshiy, which became a success.[7][8][9] They scripted two films in 2012, Mayamohini and Mr. Marumakan. The former was a success and was among the highest-grossing films of the year while the latter, despite heavy criticism, became an average hit. The last release in their combination is Ivan Maryadaraman.^{[citation needed]} Later in 2016 Udaykrishna wrote script for Pulimurugan directed by Vysakh which was second highest-grossing Malayalam film of all time.Then he wrote scripts for Masterpiece(2017) directed by Ajai Vasudev and Aanakkallan(2018) directed by Suresh Divakar both received mixed reviews but were commercial success. In 2019 he scripted Madhura Raja which was a spin-off to Pokkiri Raja. Even though it received mixed reviews it grossed 100 crores from box office.[10] In 2022, he wrote scripts for two Mohanlal starring films Aaraattu directed by B. Unnikrishnan and Monster directed by Vyshakh but both received mixed to negative reviews and were box-office failures.[11][12]

Personal life

Udaykrishnan is married to Manju and has a son. Siby is married to Jisha and has a son and daughter.[13]

Filmography

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Udaykrishna–Sibi K. Thomas (as writer duo)

Year	Film	Director	Notes
1997	Hitler Brothers	Sandhya Mohan	Udayakrishna acts in this film as a thief.
1998	Meenakshi Kalyanam	Jose Thomas
	Mayajalam	Balu Kiriyath
	Amma Ammaayiyamma	Sandhya Mohan
	Mattupetti Machan	Jose Thomas	Udayakrishna acts as a driver.
1999	Udayapuram Sulthan	Jose Thomas	Both act as dileeps collegemate
	My Dear Karadi	Sandhya Mohan
	Tokyo Nagarathile Viseshangal	Jose Thomas	Udayakrisha acts as TV Anchor
2000	Darling Darling	Rajasenan
2001	Sundara Purushan	Jose Thomas
2001	Dhosth	Thulasidas
2002	Malayalimamanu Vanakkam	Rajasenan
	Snehithan	Jose Thomas
2003	C.I.D. Moosa	Johny Antony
	Pulival Kalyanam	Shafi
2004	Runway	Joshiy
	Vettam	Priyadarshan
2005	Kochi Rajavu	Johny Antony
2006	Lion	Joshiy
	Kilukkam Kilukilukkam	Sandhya Mohan
	Thuruppu Gulan	Johny Antony
	Chess	Raj Babu
2007	Inspector Garud	Johny Antony
	July 4	Joshiy
2008	Magic Lamp	Haridas
	Twenty:20	Joshiy
2009	Ee Pattanathil Bhootham	Johny Antony
2010	Pokkiri Raja	Vysakh
	Kaaryasthan	Thomson K. Thomas
2011	Christian Brothers	Joshiy
2012	Mayamohini	Jose Thomas
	Mr. Marumakan	Sandhya Mohan
2013	Kammath & Kammath	Thomson K. Thomas	Udayakrishna and Sibi K. Thomas appear in a song.
	Sringaravelan	Jose Thomas
2014	Avatharam	Joshiy	Produced by Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas
	Rajadhi Raja	Ajai Vasudev
	Mylanchi Monchulla Veedu	Benny Thomas
2015	Ivan Maryadaraman	Suresh Divakar

Udaykrishna (as solo writer)

Year	Film	Director	Notes
2016	Pulimurugan	Vysakh
2017	Masterpiece	Ajai Vasudev
2018	Aanakkallan	Suresh Divakar
2019	Madhura Raja	Vysakh
2022	Aaraattu	B. Unnikrishnan
2022	Monster	Vysakh
2023	Christopher	B. Unnikrishnan
2023	Bruce Lee	Vysakh
2023	Bandra	Arun Gopy

Udaykrishna (as actor)

Year	Film	Director	Notes
2012	Mallu Singh	Vysakh	Actor Only
2017	Ramante Edanthottam	Ranjith Sankar	Actor Only
2017	Masterpiece	Ajai Vasudev	Cameo appearance as himself
2020	Shylock	Ajai Vasudev	Actor Only
2022	Aaraattu	B Unnikrishnan	Cameo appearance as himself
2022	Monster	Vysakh
2022	Christopher	B Unnikrishnan
2022	Bandra	Arun gopy

References

External links

• Udayakrishna at IMDb
• Siby K. Thomas at IMDb
• "Interview: Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas". Varnachithram.
• "Video interview: Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas". IndiaGlitz. 14 April 2007.

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