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B. Unnikrishnan is a Director, Scriptwriter and Executive producer Indian born on 14 august 1970 at Pathanamthitta (Inde)

B. Unnikrishnan

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Birth name Unnikrishnan Bhaskaran Pillai
Nationality Inde
Birth 14 august 1970 (53 years) at Pathanamthitta (Inde)

B Unnikrishnan (born August 14, 1970) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Malayalam cinema. After completing his post graduation in English Literature, he took M.Phil from M G University with first rank in 1991. He started publishing his writings on literature, politics and culture during the early 90's. He, along with Dr.V C Haris, edited a series of books on postmodernism which was published by DC Books. He started his career as a screenwriter in 2000 by writing Jalamarmaram which won him the Kerala State Award for the best screenplay in 2000. This was followed by Cover Story and two films directed by Shaji Kailas: Sivam and The Tiger. The Tiger is considerted by many as one of the most brilliant suspense thrillers in malayalam. He made his directorial debut in 2006 with the action film Smart City. He went on to direct more films including, Madambi and Grandmaster.

Unnikrishnan is involved in various organisational activities in Malayalam cinema and was the General Secretary of Film Employees Federation of Kerala (FEFKA) for a long time before resigning from the federation But his resignation was rejected by the General Council of FEFKA and he was asked to continue till the next election in 2013. But, in 2013, the newly elected General Council of FEFKA unanimously elected him again as the General Secretary. Unnikrishnan is a member of the advisory committee of Cine Workers' Welfare Board and the director of Saamskaarika Khemanidhi in Kerala.

Usually with

Siddique
Siddique
(10 films)
Suresh Gopi
Suresh Gopi
(6 films)
Shamdat Sainudeen
Shamdat Sainudeen
(3 films)
Saikumar
Saikumar
(5 films)
M. Jayachandran
M. Jayachandran
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of B. Unnikrishnan (12 films)

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Director

Mr. Fraud
Mr. Fraud (2014)
, 2h18
Directed by B. Unnikrishnan
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Heist films
Actors Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi, Dev Gill, Mukesh, Miya George, Vijay Babu
Rating46% 2.3164252.3164252.3164252.3164252.316425
The film begins with a flashback where two brothers Ravindra Varma(V. K. Sreeraman) and Mahendra Varma(Kalasala Babu) fighting for the royal family treasure along with their sons. During the fight a prism from the idol of the goddess breaks. The brothers get frightened and immediately stop the fight. After conducting certain rituals they find that the goddess is angry because of the bloodshed that happened and it is decided that the treasure will be locked for 41 years.
Grandmaster
Grandmaster (2012)
, 2h10
Directed by B. Unnikrishnan
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Mohanlal, Priyaman, Vega Tamotia, Andrea Jeremiah, Narain, Anoop Menon
Rating68% 3.4451653.4451653.4451653.4451653.445165
Chandrasekhar (Mohanlal) is made the head of the Metro Crime Stopper Cell in Kochi. Chandrasekhar arrests Jerome, a psychologically deviant man and rescues three girls he had kidnapped, but his ex-wife Deepthi (Priyamani) manages to get Jerome sent to treatment in a psychiatric facility, rather than a prison sentence. It turns out that the three girls had been mocking Jerome, which had led to his actions of kidnapping them in the first place.
I Love Me
I Love Me (2012)

Directed by B. Unnikrishnan
Genres Thriller
Actors Unni Mukundan, Asif Ali, Isha Talwar, Anoop Menon, Rupa Manjari, Biju Pappan
Rating39% 1.956771.956771.956771.956771.95677
Ram Mohan (Anoop Menon), a high profile businessman, brings two criminals - Xavi (Unni Mukundan) and Prem (Asif Ali) from Kochi to Bangkok to kill a person, so that he can save his sinking business empire. The situation gets complicated when Samantha (Isha Talwar) enters the equation.
Pramani
Pramani (2010)

Directed by B. Unnikrishnan
Genres Drama
Actors Mammootty, Sneha, Fahadh shanu, Lakshmi Narayan, Siddique, Janardhanan
Rating41% 2.0979452.0979452.0979452.0979452.097945
Viswanatha Paniker (Mammootty) is a corrupted Panchayat president of Thazhe Keezhppadam grama panchayath in Kuttanad for 25 years. He earns a lot of wealth through his corruption and by cornering his village people to hand over their lands to him. But he never acquires in his name, instead he gives them to his relatives. He has also been nicknamed 'America' for his tricky ways to play the big brother and thereby getting control over the issues where he gets involved. Panicker's dealings are done through his cousin brother and confidant, Somasekharan (Siddique). On the other hand Castro Vareeth (Janardhanan) is totally different man from Viswanathasa Paniker. He wants his village people to have a peaceful life.
The Thriller
The Thriller (2010)

Directed by B. Unnikrishnan
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Prithviraj Sukumaran, Catherine Tresa, Siddique, Lalu Alex, Sampath Raj, Shivaji Guruvayoor
Rating45% 2.289432.289432.289432.289432.28943
The film is based on the murder case of a business man which formed the headlines in the media of Kerala for more than three months. The case had attracted attention for its mysterious planning and execution. Prithviraj plays the role of investigating officer DCP Niranjan IPS.
IG: Inspector General
IG: Inspector General (2009)

Directed by B. Unnikrishnan
Genres Thriller
Actors Suresh Gopi, Kausalya, Rajan P. Dev, Lakshmi Narayan, Siddique, Jagathy Sreekumar
Rating44% 2.2109552.2109552.2109552.2109552.210955
IG is an action movie which Suresh Gopi dons the role of I.G. Durga Prasad. He is the head of Traffic Police. One day during his duty time he takes into custody a gang of criminals who involved in hawala transactions. Chief Minister calls a meeting to ascertain the source of the money. Actually the money is intended to terrorist activities. Knowing the serious situation, Chief Minister orders to form an Anti Terrorists Squad.
Madambi
Madambi (2008)
, 2h19
Directed by B. Unnikrishnan
Genres Drama
Actors Mohanlal, Jagathy Sreekumar, Kavya Madhavan, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, Ajmal Ameer, Innocent
Rating63% 3.192443.192443.192443.192443.19244
Gopalakrishna Pillai (Mohanlal) is a money-lender in a village called Elavattom in Pathanamthitta district. People misunderstand him to be money-minded, without having any emotional bond even towards his mother or younger brother Ramakrishna Pillai (Ajmal Ameer).
Smart City
Smart City (2006)
, 2h
Directed by B. Unnikrishnan
Genres Action
Actors Suresh Gopi, Jayasurya, Gopika, Murali, Lakshmi Gopalaswamy, Manoj K. Jayan
Rating49% 2.465362.465362.465362.465362.46536
A 10-year-old orphan raises his hand against a police officer who commits an act of injustice. Impressed, Sekharan (Murali), the godfather-like gang leader who cares for the poor, gives him shelter. The boy grows up to be Sekharan's most trusted associate, Madhavan (Suresh Gopi). Sekharan's daughter Sarada (Lakshmi Gopalaswami) is married to Sarath Chandran (Manoj K. Jayan), a town planning officer. A real-estate group, Kottooran Group, in collusion with finance minister Reghuram (Shammi Thilakan), wants to forcibly evict over 6,000 families from the land for a Smart-City-type industrial project. Sekharan is able to foil the plans of the Kottoorans with the help of the Chief Minister (Rajan P. Dev). Thus begins the feud between the Kottoorans and Sekharan. The real brain behind the Kottoorans and the person who remained in the background now comes out into the open.

Scriptwriter

Mr. Fraud
Mr. Fraud (2014)
, 2h18
Directed by B. Unnikrishnan
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Heist films
Actors Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi, Dev Gill, Mukesh, Miya George, Vijay Babu
Roles Writer
Rating46% 2.3164252.3164252.3164252.3164252.316425
The film begins with a flashback where two brothers Ravindra Varma(V. K. Sreeraman) and Mahendra Varma(Kalasala Babu) fighting for the royal family treasure along with their sons. During the fight a prism from the idol of the goddess breaks. The brothers get frightened and immediately stop the fight. After conducting certain rituals they find that the goddess is angry because of the bloodshed that happened and it is decided that the treasure will be locked for 41 years.
Grandmaster
Grandmaster (2012)
, 2h10
Directed by B. Unnikrishnan
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Mohanlal, Priyaman, Vega Tamotia, Andrea Jeremiah, Narain, Anoop Menon
Roles Writer
Rating68% 3.4451653.4451653.4451653.4451653.445165
Chandrasekhar (Mohanlal) is made the head of the Metro Crime Stopper Cell in Kochi. Chandrasekhar arrests Jerome, a psychologically deviant man and rescues three girls he had kidnapped, but his ex-wife Deepthi (Priyamani) manages to get Jerome sent to treatment in a psychiatric facility, rather than a prison sentence. It turns out that the three girls had been mocking Jerome, which had led to his actions of kidnapping them in the first place.
Pramani
Pramani (2010)

Directed by B. Unnikrishnan
Genres Drama
Actors Mammootty, Sneha, Fahadh shanu, Lakshmi Narayan, Siddique, Janardhanan
Roles Writer
Rating41% 2.0979452.0979452.0979452.0979452.097945
Viswanatha Paniker (Mammootty) is a corrupted Panchayat president of Thazhe Keezhppadam grama panchayath in Kuttanad for 25 years. He earns a lot of wealth through his corruption and by cornering his village people to hand over their lands to him. But he never acquires in his name, instead he gives them to his relatives. He has also been nicknamed 'America' for his tricky ways to play the big brother and thereby getting control over the issues where he gets involved. Panicker's dealings are done through his cousin brother and confidant, Somasekharan (Siddique). On the other hand Castro Vareeth (Janardhanan) is totally different man from Viswanathasa Paniker. He wants his village people to have a peaceful life.
The Thriller
The Thriller (2010)

Directed by B. Unnikrishnan
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Prithviraj Sukumaran, Catherine Tresa, Siddique, Lalu Alex, Sampath Raj, Shivaji Guruvayoor
Roles Writer
Rating45% 2.289432.289432.289432.289432.28943
The film is based on the murder case of a business man which formed the headlines in the media of Kerala for more than three months. The case had attracted attention for its mysterious planning and execution. Prithviraj plays the role of investigating officer DCP Niranjan IPS.
IG: Inspector General
IG: Inspector General (2009)

Directed by B. Unnikrishnan
Genres Thriller
Actors Suresh Gopi, Kausalya, Rajan P. Dev, Lakshmi Narayan, Siddique, Jagathy Sreekumar
Roles Writer
Rating44% 2.2109552.2109552.2109552.2109552.210955
IG is an action movie which Suresh Gopi dons the role of I.G. Durga Prasad. He is the head of Traffic Police. One day during his duty time he takes into custody a gang of criminals who involved in hawala transactions. Chief Minister calls a meeting to ascertain the source of the money. Actually the money is intended to terrorist activities. Knowing the serious situation, Chief Minister orders to form an Anti Terrorists Squad.