Sajid Yahiya (born 20 December 1984) is an Indian

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and

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who works in

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. His directorial debut was in 2016 with the film ''

IDI - Inspector Dawood Ibrahim ''Inspector Dawood Ibrahim'', also known as ''IDI'', is a 2016 Indian Malayalam Language dystopian action comedy film directed by Sajid Yahiya, who co-wrote the film with Arouz Irfan. It stars Jayasurya in the lead role with Sshivada, Joju Geor ...

''. He is the founder of a film production company, CP Film Productions. Sajid Yahiya is known for his roles in the films Collector,

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and

Bangalore Days ''Bangalore Days'' is a 2014 Indian Malayalam-language coming of age romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Anjali Menon, and co-produced by Anwar Rasheed and Sophia Paul under the banner Anwar Rasheed Entertainments and Weeken ...

. He also directed mainstream films IDI – Inspector Dawood Ibrahim (2016),

Mohanlal Mohanlal Viswanathan (born 21 May 1960), known mononymously as Mohanlal, is an Indian actor, film producer, playback singer, film distributor, and director who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema besides also having sporadically appeare ...

(2018) and

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(2020).

Career

He made his acting debut in '' Collector'' directed by Anil C. Menon. His second film,''

''. Apart from acting he was also the executive producer of the film. He was then approached by

Roopesh Peethambaran Roopesh Peethambaran is an Indian film director and actor working in Malayalam cinema. As an actor, he first appeared as a child artist in the 1995 film ''Spadikam'' (as Thomas Chacko). In 2012, he made his directorial debut through ''Theevram' ...

to play a role in

Theevram ''Theevram'' () is a Malayalam-language crime thriller film written and directed by Roopesh Peethambaran in his directorial debut, and starring Dulquer Salmaan, Shikha Nair, Sreenivasan, Vinay Forrt, Vishnu Raghav, Riya Saira and Anu Mohan. The ...

. After this, he acted on ''

Kaashh ''Kaashh'' is a 2012 Malayalam crime comedy film written and directed by debutant filmmakers Sujith and Sajith. The film is about the abduction of an industrialist's daughter by a team of four friends. Cast * Rajeev Pillai as Sarath * Bineesh K ...

'', ''

Arikil Oraal ''Arikil Oraal'' (English: Someone In The Distance) is a 2013 Malayalam psychological thriller film scripted and directed by Sunil Ibrahim. The central character played by Indrajith Sukumaran is a creative ad director, Siddharth, with Nivin Paul ...

'', and ''

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''. Other notable films Include ''

Pakida ''Pakida'' () is a 2014 Indian Malayalam-language road movie directed by Sunil Karyattukara, written by Rajesh Rajendran and Sreejith N., and starring Asif Ali and Biju Menon, with Malavika Nair, Shine Tom Chacko, Aju Varghese, Vishnu Raghav, an ...

'' and''

''. He made his directorial debut in 2016 through the

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film ''

''. He also directed

starring

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in 2018, which was a tribute to actor

. The film gained recognition among the

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audience and the song ‘''Laletta''’ composed by Tony Joseph from the film was a major hit. In 2019, he began shooting for ''Qalb'' starring

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, Siddique, and

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. The film remains unreleased.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yahiya, Sajid 1980 births Male actors from Alappuzha Living people 21st-century Indian male actors Indian male film actors Male actors in Malayalam cinema