Asif Ali malayalam actor - Profile and biography

Full Name: Asif Ali
Date of Birth: 4th Feb 1986
Native Place: Thodupuzha, Kochi, Kerala, India
Occupation: Film Actor
Years of Active: 2009 to present
Father: M.P. Shoukath Ali
Mother: Molly
Brother: Askar Ali
Debut Film: Ritu(2009)
Awards: Asianet Film Award, Vanitha Film Award, Jay Hind TV film award, Kairali Film Award, Kanyaka Minnale Award

Early life and family life of Malayalam film actor Asif Ali

Asif Ali is a young talented Malayalam film actor who was born in Ranni on 4th February 1986 as the eldest son of M.P. Shoukath Ali and Molly. Later, the family shifted their residence to Karikkode near Thodupuzha. Mr. M.P Shoukath Ali was the former Municipal chairman of Thodupuzha municipality. Asif Ali completed his School education in De Paul Public School at Thodupuzha and Rajarshi Memorial School at Puthankurishu. He did graduation in Business Administration from Marian College, Kuttikanam. Asif’s parents dreamt to make him an Engineer or a business man but Asif wished to become an actor. Before entering the film field, Asif has an acting experience in an album named 'Himamazhayil'. During his college days Asif had done modeling for an advertisement and also had worked as a video Jockey(VJ). His debut Malayalam movie was a musical film named Ritu directed by Shyamaprasad which gave him a break to keep his foot strong in the movie industry.

Acting career of Malayalam actor Asif Ali

Asif Ali’s entered in to malayalam film field through Shyamaprasad's musical film Ritu co- starring with famous artists Rima Kallingal and Nishan. After the debut film Ritu, Asif acted in a super hit movie ‘Kadha Thudarunnu’, co starring with Padma Shri Jayaram and Mamta Mohandas. The movie Kadha Thudarunnu was a box office hit. His third film was Apoorvaragam, directed by Sibi Malayil. Then he had acted in a number of movies like Best Of Luck, Ithu Nammude Kadha, Traffic, Violin, Salt N' Pepper, Sevens, Indian Rupee, Doctor Love and Asuravithu. Most of the movies were big success in box office. The super hit film Salt N' Pepper made him a permanent figure to be one of the upcoming stars in Malayalam movie Industry. Now he has become one of the busiest actors in malayalam with hand full of movies. In Salt N’ Pepper Asif Ali paired with actress Mythili and co- starring with Lal and Swetha Menon. His roles in Kadha Thudarunnu, Violin, Salt N' Pepper etc reveals his talents and also to be one of the upcoming super star in malayalam film field.

Awards and gifts won by the Malayalam film actor Asif Ali

In the Film Apoorvaragam, his Villain performance was excellent. The film Apoorvaragam helped him to win some awards:-

1. Asianet Film Award for best actor in a Villain role -2010
2. Vanitha Film Award for Best Villain role – 2010
3. Kairali Film Award for best Villain role- 2010
4. Kanyaka Minnale Award – Special Jury Award – 2011

For his performance in the films like Traffic, Salt N' Pepper,Sevenes and Violin , Asif was selected as the Youth Icon of the Year by Asianet while Jai Hind T V gave him the ‘Upcoming Talent’ award.

Filmography of Malayalam film actor Asif Ali

1. Ritu – Directed by Shyamaprasad -2009
2. Kadha Thudarunnu- Directed by Sathyan Anthikkad- 2010
3. Apoorvaragam – Directed by Sibi Malayil – 2010
4. Best of Luck – Directed by M.A.Nishad- 2010
5. Traffic – Directed by Rajesh Pillai- 2011
6. Ithu Nammude Katha – Direted by Rajesh Kannamkara- 2011
7. Violin – Directed by Sibi Malayil – 2011
8. Salt N' Pepper- Directed by Aashiq Abu -2011
9. Sevenes – Directed by Joshy- 2011
10. Doctor Love- Directed by K.Biju – 2011
11. Indian Rupee – Directed by Ranjith – 2011
12. Asuravithu – Directed by A. K. Sajan- 2012

Upcoming movies of Malayalam actor Asif Ali in 2012

1. Unnam- Directed by Sibi Malayil – Co – starring with Sreenivasan, Lal, Nedumudi Venu, Rima Kallingal
2. Ordinary – Directed by Sungeeth – Co –staring with Kunchacko Boban, Biju Menon, Ann Augustine
3. Cowboy – Directed by P .Balachandrakumar- Co –starring with Bala, Mythili, Shwetha Menon
4. Thalsamayam oru Penkutty- Directed by K Rajeevkumar- Co –starring with Unni Mukundan, Nithya Menon