Dileesh Pothan
Filmmaker and actor Dileesh Pothan is one of the most exciting talents to have emerged in the course of the New Generation movement that took Mollywood by storm in the recent years. He started out as an actor, appearing in films like Salt N' Pepper (2011), 22 Female Kottayam (2012) and Iyobinte Pusthakam (2015) before making his directorial debut with the comedy-drama Maheshinte Prathikaaram (2016). The film was a critical and commercial success, and went on to win a Kerala State Film Award and the National Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam.