Ebbey Abraham (born 1 June 1980), better known by his

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Vysakh, is an Indian film director who works in

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. He began his career as a television anchor and later as an associate director to

Joshiy Joshiy (born 18 July 1952) is an Indian film director and producer from Varkala in Kerala who works predominantly in the Malayalam film industry. He made his debut with ''Tiger Salim'' (1978) and has directed over 80 films. He has also directe ...

and Johny Antony. He debuted as an independent director in 2010 with '' Pokkiri Raja'' starring

Mammootty Muhammad Kutty Panaparambil Ismail (; born 7 September 1951), known mononymously by the hypocorism Mammootty (), is an Indian actor and film producer who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam films. He has also appeared in Tamil l ...

and Prithviraj Sukumaran. In 2016, his directorial '' Pulimurugan'' starring Mohanlal and Jagapathi Babu became one of the first Malayalam film to gross around crore at the box office.

Early life

Ebbey Abraham was born in 1980 at Kalliot, Kanhangad, Kasaragod district, as the son of K. C. Abraham and Mariyamma Abraham.

Career

He took the name Vysakh for anchoring the television show ''Ponpulari'' aired on Surya TV. Later he began working as an associate director to Johny Antony in films such as''

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'','' Kochi Rajavu'','' Thuruppugulan'' and '' Inspector Garud''. He worked with

for '' Naran'','' Twenty:20'' and '' Robin Hood''. He debuted as an independent director in 2010 through the action masala film '' Pokkiri Raja'' starring

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which grossed ₹25 crore and became the top grosser of the year 2010 in Malayalam. His next venture was the comedy thriller '' Seniors'' starring Jayaram, Kunchacko Boban,

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, and

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. His third film was ''

Mallu Singh ''Mallu Singh'' () is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language action comedy film written by Sethu and directed by Vysakh. The film stars Unni Mukundan, Kunchacko Boban, Biju Menon Manoj K. Jayan and Samvrutha Sunil. The film is credited as 50th film ...

'' in 2012. All the three films were commercial success at the box office. He also wrote the screenplay for the drama film ''Vishudhan''. In 2016, '' Pulimurugan'' with Mohanlal and Jagapathi Babu in the lead role became the highest-grossing Malayalam film ever and the first film to gross 100 and 150

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at the box office in Malayalam film history. His following film was '' Madhura Raja'' (2019) with

, Jagapathi Babu a spin-off of '' Pokkiri Raja''. Madhura Raja got mixed reviews and grossed more than 100 crore worldwide. He has announced a number of films after that with the same actors. On 2022, he directed '' Night Drive'' starring Indrajith Sukumaran,

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and Roshan Mathew in lead roles. His upcoming films are Unni Mukundan starrer ''

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'' (2023), Mohanlal starrer ''

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'' (2022) and

-starrer ''New York'' (2023).

Personal life

He married Neena from Udayapuram, Kanhangad, Kerala, a nurse on 12 November 2007. They have two children.

Filmography

Director

Producer

* '' Ira''

Assistant Director

Television

Kadamattathu Kathanar Kadamattathu Kathanar ( a Syrian Orthodox Church priest of Kadamattom church) also known as Kadamattathachan (Father Kadamattom) was a priest (Kathanar) who is believed to have possessed supernatural powers and whose legends are closely related ...

(Television series)

Film

*'' C.I.D. Moosa'' *'' Naran'' * '' Kochi Rajavu'' * '' Thuruppugulan'' * '' Inspector Garud'' * ''Twenty:20'' * ''Bhagavan'' * ''Robin Hood''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vysakh Malayalam film directors People from Kasaragod district Living people Malayalam screenwriters Film directors from Kerala 21st-century Indian film directors Screenwriters from Kerala 1980 births