Unnimaya Prasad

Unnimaya Prasad is an Indian actress and director who works in Malayalam cinema. She worked as the casting director[1] of the commercially successful and critically acclaimed Maheshinte Prathikaram (2016), and as assistant director of the equally welcomed Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum[2] (2017). She is associated with the new wave of Malayalam cinema. She is also a practicing architect[3].

Unnimaya Prasad
Born
Kochi, Kerala, India
Occupation
  • Assistant director
  • Actress
Years active2013 – present
Notable work
Maheshinte Prathikaram, Mayanadi, Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum, Kumbalangi Nights, Anchaam Pathiraa
MovementNew wave of Malayalam cinema
Spouse(s)
Syam Pushkaran (m. 2012)

Early life

Born and brought up in Kochi, Unnimaya studied architecture at the College of Engineering, Thiruvanthapuram[4], and then at Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal. She is married to director and screenwriter Syam Pushkaran.[5][6]

Career

She debuted as an actress with the character Sethulakshmi in the critically acclaimed film 5 Sundarikal[7]. Her portrayal of a class teacher in a minor role in Soubin Shahir's Parava gained applause. She played the central character of Deputy Commissioner of Police Catherine Maria in Anjaam Pathiraa' (2020)[8]. She has acted in minor roles in movies including Maheshinte Prathikaram (2016), Mayanadi(2017), Varathan(2018), Oru Kuprasidha Payyan(2018) and Virus (2019).[9]

She worked as the casting director of Maheshinte Prathikaram and assistant director of Mayanadi (2017),Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum and Kumbalangi Nights(2019)[10], all critically acclaimed and commercially successful.

Filmography

Assistant director
Film Notes
2016 Maheshinte Prathikaaram Also casting director
2017 Mayanadi
2017 Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum
2019 Kumbalangi Nights

Actress
Year Film Character Director Notes
2013 5 Sundarikal (Segment:Sethulakshmi) School teacher Shyju Khalid
2016 Maheshinte Prathikaaram Sara Dileesh Pothan
2016 Anuraga Karikkin Vellam Thanka's(Sudhi Koppa) Wife Khalid Rahman
2017 Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum Thaatha (Woman in bus) Dileesh Pothan
2017 Parava Maya Soubin Shahir
2017 Mayanadi Assistant Director / Herself Aashiq Abu
2018 Varathan Preman's mother Amal Neerad
2018 Oru Kuprasidha Payyan Adv. Vanaja Madhupal
2018 French Viplavam Patta's wife Maju
2019 Virus Dr. Nirmala Aashiq Abu
2020 Anjaam Pathiraa DCP Catherine Mariya Midhun Manuel Thomas
2020 Trance Shani Anwar Rasheed

References
  1. Nagarajan, Saraswathy. "Malayalam actor Unnimaya Prasad on her cool cop act in the thriller 'Anjaam Pathiraa'". The Hindu. The Hindu. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  2. "Thondi Muthalum Driksakshiyum (2017) Full Cast & Crew". IMDb. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  3. Nagarajan, Saraswathy. "Malayalam actor Unnimaya Prasad on her cool cop act in the thriller 'Anjaam Pathiraa'". The Hindu. The Hindu. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  4. Nagarajan, Saraswathy. "Malayalam actor Unnimaya Prasad on her cool cop act in the thriller 'Anjaam Pathiraa'". The Hindu. The Hindu. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  5. "We took her wrong! Eldhochayan's Sara is the most chilled out actress in M-town". Manorama Online. 18 October 2017.
  6. "Unnimaya Prasad is known for Oru Kuprasidha Payyan(2018),Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum(2017)". Cinestaan. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  7. Nagarajan, Saraswathy. "Malayalam actor Unnimaya Prasad on her cool cop act in the thriller 'Anjaam Pathiraa'". The Hindu. The Hindu. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  8. Nagarajan, Saraswathy. "Malayalam actor Unnimaya Prasad on her cool cop act in the thriller 'Anjaam Pathiraa'". The Hindu. The Hindu. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  9. "'അതുകൊണ്ടാ എനിക്കെന്റെ മരുമോളെ പെരുത്തിഷ്ടം':ഉണ്ണിമായയെക്കുറിച്ച് ശ്യാം പുഷ്‌കരന്റെ അമ്മ പറയുന്നു". Mathrubhumi (in Malayalam). Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  10. Varkey, Jess. "A Night at Kumbalanhgi: കുമ്പളങ്ങിയിലെയീ രാത്രി". തമസോമ (in Malayalam). Retrieved 22 May 2020.


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