Actor. Director. Ad Filmmaker. Kathakali Artist. A storyteller who doesn't just tell stories — he becomes them.
Every frame is a breath. Every story, a life lived in someone else's shoes.
Srikant Murali was a teenager when he first walked onto a film set — not as an actor, not yet as a director, but as a curious apprentice under the tutelage of the legendary K.G. George. That encounter with one of Malayalam cinema's greatest minds planted a seed that would take decades to fully bloom.
From a traditional Kerala family, Srikant carried two worlds within him: the classical grandeur of Kathakali, which he trained in rigorously, and the modern cinematic language he absorbed through every film set he visited. After graduating in Chemistry from MG University, he chose stories over science.
Associated with Mindscape Productions in Kochi, he has shaped narratives across features, short films, documentaries, and advertising — always with the soul of an artist who first learned to express himself through the ancient dance-drama of his roots.
A decade with Priyadarshan across Malayalam and Bollywood gave Srikant not just technical mastery, but an intuition for the invisible thread that holds a story together. When he finally stepped into the director's chair, he brought all of it.
His directorial debut — a tender, soaring story of Saji Mathew who dreams of flying a plane. Starring Vineeth Sreenivasan. The first Malayalam film to feature a 3D advertisement billboard and first to partner with an airline (AirAsia). Rated 3.5/5 by The Times of India.
Second directorial venture starring Indrajith Sukumaran, produced by Vijay Babu under Friday Film House. Two storytellers whose depth is impossible to overstate — already a film worth waiting for.
Ten years. Thirteen films. Five in Malayalam, eight in Bollywood — including Chandralekha, Hulchul, and Garam Masala. A masterclass in production, human stories, and the architecture of comedy-drama.
Associated with Mindscape Productions, Kochi — the creative studio behind his body of commercial work. Multi-lingual. Multi-genre. Every frame unmistakably human.
Since 2016, Srikant Murali has built a formidable acting career alongside his work behind the lens. With over 40 film credits, he has inhabited lawyers, police officers, professors, and fathers — always with the quiet authority of a man who has spent a lifetime understanding human emotion from every angle of a set.
His Kathakali training — the ancient Kerala art of storytelling through gesture, eye movement, and expression — gives his performances a physical intelligence that is rare and unmistakable on screen.
Associated with Mindscape Productions, Srikant has directed advertising content across multiple Indian languages — blending storytelling instinct with commercial precision. Each campaign is a short film with a heartbeat.
His ad films are archived on his personal Vimeo channel — a body of work that speaks for itself.
↗ View Ad Films on VimeoCampaigns crafted in Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil and other Indian languages — with cultural sensitivity baked into every frame.
Every commercial begins with a human truth. The brand follows the story, never the other way around.
Decades of Kathakali training inform how emotion is choreographed on camera — in the pause before a word, in light, in silence.
Long before Srikant ever held a clapperboard, he learned how stories live in the body. As a trained Kathakali artist from Kerala's traditional schools, he absorbed a performance tradition over 400 years old — where every finger position, every micro-movement of an eye, carries narrative weight.
This classical foundation is not a footnote in his biography. It is the source code. It explains why his directing is so physically aware, why his acting feels inhabited rather than performed, and why his ad films carry an emotional density unusual for the genre.
Art, literature, performance — Srikant excelled in all of them during his school days in Elanji and his college years in Kuravilangad. The cinema came later. The artist was always there.
Srikant's creative instincts extend naturally into television. As Eviction Director for Bigg Boss Malayalam Seasons 1 and 2 on Asianet — one of Kerala's highest-rated reality shows — he brought cinematic craft to live television, shaping the most emotionally charged moments of each season.
Early in his career, he also produced short films and documentaries for DD TVM and worked with Kairali TV, establishing his versatility across formats long before such portfolio-thinking became fashionable.
The most compelling narratives are made by people who live fully. Srikant Murali's personal world is as layered as his creative one — a story of love, music, family, and roots.
Srikant met his wife Sangeetha Srikant — acclaimed playback singer and fashion designer — during a reality show on Amrita TV, where she performed "Tharam Valkannadi Nokki." A quiet romance bloomed. Both families embraced the match — a love story as gently cinematic as any he has directed.
Sangeetha is a celebrated voice in Malayalam cinema — known for "Theliveyilazhakum" in Mahesinte Prathikaram and "Paripparakku Kili" in Aby, the very film her husband directed. Art and life, beautifully intertwined.
The couple's son Madhavan is the third pillar of their world. In a household where cinema, music, and classical art intersect every day, one can only wonder what stories he will one day tell.
Srikant studied at St. Peter's HSS, Elanji and graduated from Devamatha College, Kuravilangad. His Chemistry degree from MG University is a curious artefact — a life that could have gone towards molecules but chose, instead, the chemistry of human stories.
Flat No. 5, Plackatt Colony
Kaloor, Kadavanthra Road
Cochin – 682017
The Kochi base where many of his finest ad films were conceived and crafted.
Multi-lingual campaigns, brand films, and commercial storytelling across Indian languages — archived on Vimeo.
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