Vinayan
Born	Kuttanad, Alappuzha district, Kerala, India
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1989 - Present

Vinayan is an Indian film director, mainly of Malayalam movies. He started his career with the film Super Star, in which he used a Mohanlal look-alike in the lead role.^[1]

Vinayan is noted for the films Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum, Karumadikkuttan, Oomappenninu Uriyadappayyan, Dada Sahib, Vellinakshatram,^[2] Aakasha Ganga and Sipayi Lahala. He has directed both comedy and serious films.

In 2005, Vinayan created history by writing and directing the film Albhuthadweep (Wonder Island) which cast around 300 midgets for the first time in a film. The two-foot-high hero of the film Ajayan found place in the Guinness Book of Records and India's Limca Book of Records. The film was immensely successful, especially among children, besides garnering the FilmFare and the Cinema Express awards. The film was successfully remade in 2007 in the Tamil language by Vinayan himself.^[3]

Vinayan has also remade a few of his films into Tamil. He is also a script writer and lyricist.

Vinayan is the founder/president of the MACTA Federation. He has also launched a co-operative society (with the assistance of the Government of Kerala) for the benefit of film workers. Vinayan is also the Advisory Member of the Cine Workers Welfare Board, sponsored by the Government of India.^[4]

Filmography[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Vinayan

• Vinayan at the Internet Movie Database

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Ajay Kumar, known as Undapakru or Guinness Pakru, is a popular Malayalam comedy actor. He has made an entry into the Guinness Book of Records for being the shortest actor (2 ft 6 in (76 cm))^[1] to play a character in a full-length film. He played the lead role in Albhutha Dweep, a Malayalam movie directed by Vinayan. The movie was later dubbed in Tamil.

The film Albutha Dweep starred him as dwarf prince Gajendra of the kingdom Vamanapuri on a fantasy island, where the men were cursed to be dwarfs and women were of normal height. Around 300 dwarfs acted in that film.^[2][3]

Early/Family life[link]

He hails from Aymanam, Kerala in India. He is a BA graduate with economics and has a diploma in computer science. He started his career as a mimicry artist and later moved to films. He debuted through the children’s film Ambili Ammavan (The Moon) in 1984. He now also acts in TV serials. He married Gayatri Mohan in March 2006.^[4][5] They have a daughter.

Honours and awards[link]

He has made an entry into the Guinness Book of Records for being the shortest actor (2 ft 6 in (76 cm))[1] to play a character in a full-length film.His accomplishment is cited on the 167th page of the 2008 edition of the Guinness Book of Records. Apart from this world record, he was also presented with a Kerala State Film Award and a special Tamil Nadu State Film Award for his performance in the film Dishyum in 2006.^[6][7]

Filmography[link]

Malayalam

• Killadi Raman (2011)
• Rathinirvedam (2011)
• Venicile Vyapari (2011)
• Payyans(2011)
• Note Out (2011)
• Swantham Bharya Zindabad (2010)
• My Big Father (2010)
• Bodyguard (2010)
• Loudspeaker (2009)
• Puthiya Mukham (2009)
• Sivapuram (2009)
• Ee Pattanathil Bhootham (2009)
• Twenty:20 (2008)
• Mulla (2008)
• Athisayan (2007)
• Kilukkam Kilukilukkam (2006)
• Athbhutha Dweepu (2005)
• Meesha Madhavan (2002)
• Kunjikoonan (2002)
• Joker (2000)

Tamil

• 7aum Arivu (2011)
• Kaavalan (2011)
• Arputha Theevu (2007)
• Dishyum (2006) - Tamil Nadu State Film Award (Special Prizes)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Ajaykumar at the Internet Movie Database

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