Ambili (director)

[1] [2] His notable films are Veena poovu, Ashtapadi, Maunaragam, Swantham Sarika, Chamante Kabani and Samudhayam.

[4] Ambili was born and brought up in ‘Chentrappinni’ a coastal village in Thrissur, Kerala, South India.

Later Ambili discovered that this fat man with a bulgan beard was none other than the director Ramu Karyatt.

During his course, he learned that the famous film directors P. N. Menon and Bharathan were the students of this institution.

During this period, it was Ambili who prepared the notices of the famous dramatist Kaladi Gopi's 'Perumbavoor Nataka Sala'.

His was the hands behind the magnificent backdrops, makeups and other design works in the plays of eminent dramatists K.P.A.C., P. J. Antony, A. N. Ganesh, Sreemoolanagaram Mohan, Kazhimbram Vijayan, and Abdul Chentrappinni.

Realising Ambili's talent as a painter, Chandrakumar recommended him as poster designer and art director in his next film 'Asthamayam'.

He was art director and poster designer for UMA Studios films 'Prabhatha Santhya', 'Sudhi kalasam', 'Archana Teacher' and 'Griha Lakshmy'.

He was art director for the following films: Balachandra Menon's 'Kalika', 'Vaiki vanna vasantham', 'Anayatha vilakkukal', 'Ishtamundu pakshe', etc.

Nedumudi Venu, Sankar Mohan, Babu Namboodiri, Bahadur, Uma, and Sukumari were the main artists in the film - lyrics by Sreekumaran Thampi & Mullanezhi, and music by Vidhyadharan Master.

The song 'Nashta swargangale' won the heart of thousands and the film itself was a great success because of this different and simple style of narration.

Bharath Gopi, Devan, Babu Namboodiri, Premji, Ravi Menon, Adoor Bhavani, Menaka, Uma, Sreemoolanagaram Vijayan were the main actors.

Jagathi Sreekumar, Mala Aravindan, Idavela Babu, Kunjan, Jagannatha Varma, Geetha Vijayan, Meena, and Thrissur Elsy were the main artists.

Lyrics by Kaithapram and Sasi Chittanjoor, music by three great artists, Ravindran, Jerry Amal Dev, and A. T. Ummer.

P. Sukumar, Babloo, Ramraj, Kuthiravattom Pappu, Mala Aravindan, Poonam Das Gupta, etc starred in this film.