Salim Ahamed

Writing

Salim Ahamed

Known for

Writing

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17 titles

Salim Ahamed is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer working in the Malayalam film industry. He made his directorial debut with Adaminte Makan Abu (2011), which received critical acclaim, won multiple national and state awards, and was selected as India’s official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 84th Academy Awards. He later directed Kunjananthante Kada (2013), Pathemari (2015), and And the Oscar Goes To… (2019). In addition to directing, Salim Ahamed has also worked as a producer on select projects.

Known for

Mindiyum Paranjum poster
3.0

Sanal departs Cochin Airport in the rain, journeying through Idukki's landscapes to meet Leena and fulfil their dream, while their hearts weave through shared memories of joy and sorrow.

Mindiyum Paranjum

2025

And The Oscar Goes To... poster
6.9

Isaak Ebrahim, a passionate and a struggling Indian filmmaker produces and directs his first movie which gets officially selected to the Oscars. Once nominated, Isaak gets to know about the hurdles and the unfriendly situations that can shatter his dream of winning the Oscar.

And The Oscar Goes To...

2019

Adaminte Makan Abu poster
6.5

Abu, a poor perfume seller, lives with his wife. The couple strives hard to make an honest attempt to go for the Hajj pilgrimage.

Adaminte Makan Abu

2011

No artwork available
NR

Jeevan leads a serene life with his wife Kaveri and their young son Sayanth in a small town in Southern India. When a revelation shakes the foundations of their family, that calm begins to crack, pulling them into the currents of caste, guilt, and consequence. Amid an ongoing tribal conflict and the echoes of uprisings in the forests, Jeevan is haunted by visions of his schoolmate. What begins as a personal reckoning expands into a confrontation with the fractures of belonging and displacement in a world that decides who gets to stay and who is LEFTOVER.

Leftover

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Pathemari poster
7.6

Pathemari features the life of Pallikkal Narayanan who migrated to the Middle-East in the early 1980s, when the Kerala Gulf boom was at its peak.

Pathemari

2015

1001 Nunakal poster
5.5

Close friends get together and have some good time over food and talks until one of them proposes a game: each of them has to reveal a lie that they have hidden from their partners.

1001 Nunakal

2022

Behind the camera

Mindiyum Paranjum poster
3.0

Sanal departs Cochin Airport in the rain, journeying through Idukki's landscapes to meet Leena and fulfil their dream, while their hearts weave through shared memories of joy and sorrow.

Mindiyum Paranjum

2025

And The Oscar Goes To... poster
6.9

Isaak Ebrahim, a passionate and a struggling Indian filmmaker produces and directs his first movie which gets officially selected to the Oscars. Once nominated, Isaak gets to know about the hurdles and the unfriendly situations that can shatter his dream of winning the Oscar.

And The Oscar Goes To...

2019

And The Oscar Goes To... poster
6.9

Isaak Ebrahim, a passionate and a struggling Indian filmmaker produces and directs his first movie which gets officially selected to the Oscars. Once nominated, Isaak gets to know about the hurdles and the unfriendly situations that can shatter his dream of winning the Oscar.

And The Oscar Goes To...

2019

And The Oscar Goes To... poster
6.9

Isaak Ebrahim, a passionate and a struggling Indian filmmaker produces and directs his first movie which gets officially selected to the Oscars. Once nominated, Isaak gets to know about the hurdles and the unfriendly situations that can shatter his dream of winning the Oscar.

And The Oscar Goes To...

2019

Adaminte Makan Abu poster
6.5

Abu, a poor perfume seller, lives with his wife. The couple strives hard to make an honest attempt to go for the Hajj pilgrimage.

Adaminte Makan Abu

2011

Adaminte Makan Abu poster
6.5

Abu, a poor perfume seller, lives with his wife. The couple strives hard to make an honest attempt to go for the Hajj pilgrimage.

Adaminte Makan Abu

2011

Adaminte Makan Abu poster
6.5

Abu, a poor perfume seller, lives with his wife. The couple strives hard to make an honest attempt to go for the Hajj pilgrimage.

Adaminte Makan Abu

2011

No artwork available
NR

Jeevan leads a serene life with his wife Kaveri and their young son Sayanth in a small town in Southern India. When a revelation shakes the foundations of their family, that calm begins to crack, pulling them into the currents of caste, guilt, and consequence. Amid an ongoing tribal conflict and the echoes of uprisings in the forests, Jeevan is haunted by visions of his schoolmate. What begins as a personal reckoning expands into a confrontation with the fractures of belonging and displacement in a world that decides who gets to stay and who is LEFTOVER.

Leftover

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No artwork available
NR

Jeevan leads a serene life with his wife Kaveri and their young son Sayanth in a small town in Southern India. When a revelation shakes the foundations of their family, that calm begins to crack, pulling them into the currents of caste, guilt, and consequence. Amid an ongoing tribal conflict and the echoes of uprisings in the forests, Jeevan is haunted by visions of his schoolmate. What begins as a personal reckoning expands into a confrontation with the fractures of belonging and displacement in a world that decides who gets to stay and who is LEFTOVER.

Leftover

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Pathemari poster
7.6

Pathemari features the life of Pallikkal Narayanan who migrated to the Middle-East in the early 1980s, when the Kerala Gulf boom was at its peak.

Pathemari

2015

Pathemari poster
7.6

Pathemari features the life of Pallikkal Narayanan who migrated to the Middle-East in the early 1980s, when the Kerala Gulf boom was at its peak.

Pathemari

2015

Pathemari poster
7.6

Pathemari features the life of Pallikkal Narayanan who migrated to the Middle-East in the early 1980s, when the Kerala Gulf boom was at its peak.

Pathemari

2015

1001 Nunakal poster
5.5

Close friends get together and have some good time over food and talks until one of them proposes a game: each of them has to reveal a lie that they have hidden from their partners.

1001 Nunakal

2022

Sundari Gardens poster
7.2

Sundari Sara Mathews, popularly known as Suma, meets Victor, the school's new English teacher and falls for him. However, before expressing her feelings to him, another teacher, Lekha, asks him out and he accepts, leaving Suma heartbroken. While at a low point in her life after losing her mother and arguing with her brother, Suma is consumed by jealousy and plots to break up Lekha and Victor to have him to herself.

Sundari Gardens

2022

Kunjananthante Kada poster
5.8

Kunjananthante Kada is a 2013 Malayalam drama film written and directed by Salim Ahamed. The film stars Mammootty in the titular role, as a shopkeeper, alongside debutante actress Nyla Usha while Salim Kumar and Balachandra Menon play other pivotal roles. The story is about a small-time shopkeeper in Kannur and his attempt to find his own place in a rapidly changing world.

Kunjananthante Kada

2013

Kunjananthante Kada poster
5.8

Kunjananthante Kada is a 2013 Malayalam drama film written and directed by Salim Ahamed. The film stars Mammootty in the titular role, as a shopkeeper, alongside debutante actress Nyla Usha while Salim Kumar and Balachandra Menon play other pivotal roles. The story is about a small-time shopkeeper in Kannur and his attempt to find his own place in a rapidly changing world.

Kunjananthante Kada

2013

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Sorbonne Conspiracy

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