Vijay Babu

Long before he produced films, Vijay Babu spent a long career in television. It started at STAR India in Mumbai, took him to Hyderabad as COO of Asianet and Sitara TV, and brought him back to Kerala in 2009 as vice president of Surya TV. He comes from Kollam and studied at American College, Madurai. In 2013 he left broadcasting for films, as both actor and producer, and co-founded the production house Friday Film House with actress Sandra Thomas. He is a businessman as well. His producing credits include Philips and the Monkey Pen, Peruchazhi, Aadu, Adi Kapyare Kootamani, Mudhugauv, Angamaly Diaries, Aadu 2, June, Sufiyum Sujatayum and Home. Philips and the Monkey Pen won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Children's Film, and Home received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam in 2023. Sufiyum Sujatayum was the first Malayalam film to premiere directly on an OTT platform, Amazon Prime Video. As an actor, audiences connect him with Vinay Paniker in Nee-Na and Sarbath Shameer in the Aadu series. He was the antagonist, Idukki MP Stephen, in Oru Anweshanathinte Thudakkam (2024), and he both produced and acted in Aadu 3 (2026). Coming up are Jithin K Jose's Mayan, with Jayasurya, and Bouma.