Vysakh | |
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Born |
Ebbey Abraham Kanhangad, Kerala, India |
Occupation | Film director |
Years active | 2010–present |
Spouse(s) | Neena |
Children | 2 |
Vysakh (born Ebbey Abraham) is an Indian film director known for his action and masala films in Malayalam film industry. He began his career as a television anchor and later as an associate director to Johny Antony. He debuted as an independent director in 2010 with Pokkiri Raja starring Mammootty and Prithviraj Sukumaran. In 2016, his directorial Pulimurugan starring Mohanlal became the first Malayalam film to gross ₹100 and ₹150 crore at the box office globally.
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 Kochi Rajavu and Inspector Garud and so on. He debuted as an independent director in 2010 through the action masala film Pokkiri Raja which became the top grosser of the year in Malayalam. His next venture was Seniors which was a comedy thriller, also a commercial success, starring Jayaram, Kunchacko Boban, Biju Menon, and Manoj K. Jayan. Indiaglitz said the film "opened to fine responses". His third film was Mallu Singh (2012), a masala film was also a commercial success and followed by another financial success comedy film Sound Thoma and then Vishudhan in 2013. He also wrote the screenplay for Vishudhan, drama film which "links psalms from the Bible to the deeds of characters," and "dabbles in profound issues of morality, chastity and sin. The film failed at the box office despite receiving good critical reviews."