Omar Abdul Vahab, professionally credited as Omar Lulu, is an Indian film director who works in

Malayalam cinema Malayalam cinema is an Indian film industry of Malayalam-language motion pictures. It is based in Kochi, Kerala, India. The films produced in Malayalam cinema are known for their cinematography and story-driven plots. In 1982, ''Elippathayam' ...

. He made his directorial debut in 2016 with '' Happy Wedding''.

Career

His debut film '' Happy Wedding'' starring

Sharafudheen Sharafudheen, professionally credited as Sharaf U Dheen, is an Indian actor who appears in Malayalam films. He made his acting debut in 2013 with ''Neram''. He got his breakthrough by portraying the role of ''Girirajan Kozhi'' in ''Premam'' (20 ...

, Soubin Shahir, Siju Wilson and Justin John had a good run at the Kerala box-office and crossed 100 days run, it grossed at the box office. His second film, ''

Chunkzz ''Chunkzz'' () is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language comedy film directed by Omar Lulu and produced by Vyshak Rajan. It was written by debutants Joseph Vijeesh, Sanoop Thykoodam, and Aneesh Hameed from a story by Lulu. The film stars Balu Varghes ...

'', starring

Honey Rose } Honey Rose Varghese is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Malayalam films. She has also appeared in a few Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films. She made her acting debut with the 2005 Malayalam film ''Boyy Friennd''. Her breakthrough role came ...

and

Balu Varghese Balu Varghese is an Indian actor and singer who predominantly works in the Malayalam film industry. He began his acting career as a child actor in Chanthupottu (2005). Early life and Career Balu Varghese was born in Kochi . He is the son of E. ...

, released in August 2017 and was a commercial success at the box-office, which collected around 20 crore at the box office. His third movie ''

Oru Adaar Love ''Oru Adaar Love'' () is a 2019 Malayalam-language romantic comedy film. The screenplay was written by Sarang Jayaprakash and Lijo Panadan from a story by Omar Lulu, and produced by Ousepachan Vaalakuzhy under his production company Ousepachan ...

'' was an international sensation which made Priya P Warrier an internet sensation by a wink scene from the film. It is also the first ever Malayalam film that got released in four different language (Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada and Tamil) simultaneously all around the world in more than 2000 theatres. The film made a box office hit for Omar and it is dubbed into Chinese, English, Arabic and all Indian languages. '' Dhamaka'' was his last movie released on theatres. New movies in planning are ''Power Star'' starring Kannada actor Shreyas Manju, Babu Antony and freshers' ''LoveYathra''. Besides making films, Omar started directing musical albums by the year 2020. His last two albums, Tu Hi Hai Meri Zindagi and Jaana Meri Jaana starring Ajmal Khan and Jumana Khan was shot in Dubai in 2021.

Filmography

Music videos

* ''Tu Hi Hai Meri Zindagi'' (2021) *''Jaana Meri Jaana'' (2021) *Kaanan Thonnununde (2021)

Personal life

Controversy

In December 2022, Kerala Excise Department registered a case against makers of

Nalla Samayam Nalla Samayam is an upcoming Indian Malayalam-language film directed by Omar Lulu starring Irshad Ali, Vijeesh (Noolunda), Shalu Rahim in lead roles. The film is scheduled to be released in theatres on 30 December 2022. Plot Nalla Samayam wil ...

, movie directed by Omar Lulu for allegedly promoting the use of

MDMA 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), commonly seen in Tablet (pharmacy), tablet form (ecstasy) and crystal form (molly or mandy), is a potent empathogen–entactogen with stimulant properties primarily used for Recreational dru ...

in movie's teaser. "Besides the substance, the trailer also had the scenes blindly promoting alcoholism and the makers of the movie did not even bother to show the statutory warning on the screen"; said officials.

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