Benny P. Nayarambalam is an Indian screenwriter who works in Malayalam films and theatre. He wrote his first theatrical play Athyunnathangalil Deivathinu Sthuthi at the age of 19, for the production company owned by Rajan P. Dev, in which he also performed as Rajan's son. He has a post-graduate degree in Malayalam literature. He made his debut in films as screenwriter through First Bell (1992), directed by P. G. Viswambharan.
Benny had a successful career as a screenwriter, with most of his films turning into blockbusters. And two of his theatre plays Vikalanga Varsham and Arabikkadalum Adbudavilakkum were made into films, Kunjikoonan (2002) and Chanthupottu (2005) respectively. In Chanthupottu, Dileep and Lal played the roles Benny and Rajan P. Dev portrayed in the original play.
Personal life
He is married to Fulja and has two children Anna Ben and Susanna Ben. Anna Ben debuted in Madhu C. Narayanan's first directorial Kumbalangi Nights (2019) as Babymol and received critical acclaim for her commendable performance.
Filmography Year Title Story Screenplay Dialogue Actor DirectorLanguage Notes 1992 First Bell P. G. ViswambharanMalayalam 1993 KoushalamT. S. Mohan 1995 KeerthanamVenu B Nair1997 ManthramothiramSasi Shanker Junior MandrakeAli Akbar Five Star HospitalThaha1998 GramapanchayathAli Akbar Achaammakkuttiyude AchaayanRajan P. Dev1999 Aakasha GangaVinayan Adapted from his drama Ente Ashamsakal VazhunnorJoshiy2002 Naranathu ThampuranViji Thampi KalyanaramanShafi KunjikoonanSasi ShankerAdapted from his drama Vikalanga Varsham 2004 PerazhaganTamilRemake of his movie Kunjikoonan2005 Thommanum MakkalumShafiMalayalam ChanthupottuLal JoseAdapted from his drama Arabikkadalum Adbudavilakkum MajaaShafiTamilRemake of his movie Thommanum Makkalum 2006 Pothan VavaJoshiyMalayalam 2007 Chotta MumbaiAnwar Rasheed2008 Annan Thambi LollyPopShafi 2009 Chattambinadu 2010 Marykkundoru Kunjaadu2012 Puthiya TheerangalSathyan Anthikkad Spanish Masala Lal Jose2013 Sound Thoma Vysakh Daivathinte Swantham Cleetus G. MarthandanDirectional debut of G. Marthandan 2014 Bhaiyya Bhaiyya Johny Antony 2016 Welcome to Central Jail Sundar Das 2017 Velipadinte Pusthakam Lal Jose 2021 Sara's Jude Anthany JosephAs actor 2023 Anchu Centum Celeenayum Jexson AntonyEnthada SajiGodfy Xavier Babu Voice of SathyanathanRafi
References
External links
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