Asif Ali

Karikode, near Thodupuzha in Idukki district, is where Asif Ali was born on 4 February 1986. While studying business administration at Marian College, Kuttikkanam, he did advertising shoots and worked as a video jockey. Shyamaprasad then cast him in one of the central roles of Ritu (2009), his first film, and Kadha Thudarunnu and Apoorvaragam came soon after. He acts and produces in Malayalam cinema. Traffic, Salt N' Pepper, in which he played Manu Raghav, and Honey Bee (2013) widened his audience. He has taken darker parts too, such as Bhadran, the antagonist of Ordinary (2012). Nirnayakam (2015), which he starred in, won the National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues. Anuraga Karikkin Vellam, Take Off, B.Tech, Vijay Superum Pournamiyum, Uyare (2019) and 2018 (2023), where he played Nixon, are among his later films. His production company, Adam's World of Imagination, began with Kohinoor in 2015 and followed it with Kavi Uddeshichath (2016). Kishkindha Kaandam and Level Cross won him a special jury award at the Kerala State Film Awards. He played police officers in Thalavan (2024) and Rekhachithram (2025). Kottayam Belt, a family thriller he has completed, is his sixth film with director Jis Joy.