Rosshan Andrrews

Rosshan Andrrews (born 6 January 1975) is an Indian film director who mainly works in Malayalam cinema.^[1][2][3]

Rosshan Andrrews
Born	Roshan Andrews (1975-01-06) 6 January 1975 (age 50) Thrissur, Kerala, India
Occupation	Director
Years active	1997–present
Spouse	Ancy Joseph
Children	3

Biography

Rosshan Andrrews was born to Burney and Andrews of the Moolakuzhi Nedumparampil house in Thrissur.^[4] He attended St. Aloysious Thrissur and Cochin College, Ernakulam.^[2]

Personal life

Rosshan is married to Ancy Joseph and the couple has three children: Anjelina, Ryan and Ana Bella.^[2]

Career

His debut film was the 2005 Malayalam film Udayananu Tharam^[5][6] starring Mohanlal and Meena. After the success of the film, Rosshan Andrrews directed his next film in 2006 named Notebook.^[7][8][9] The film had newcomers Mariya Roy, Parvathy, Roma and Skanda Ashok.^[10]

He made his Hindi debut with Deva (2025) starring Shahid Kapoor and Pooja Hegde and produced by Roy Kapur Films and Zee Studios.^[11] It was a remake of his own film Mumbai Police (2013) with the story written by Bobby–Sanjay, who returned as screenwriters for Deva.

Awards

Kerala State Film Awards

• 2005 – Kerala State Film Award for Best Debut Director – Udayananu Tharam^[12]
• 2006 – Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Film – Notebook^[12]
• 2009 – Kerala State Film Award for Best Popular Film – Evidam Swargamanu^[13]

Filmfare Awards South

• 2006 – Filmfare Award for Best Film – Malayalam – Notebook^[14]
• 2006 – Filmfare Award for Best Director – Malayalam – Notebook^[14]

Filmography

As director

Year	Film	Writer	Language	Notes
2005	Udayananu Tharam	Sreenivasan	Malayalam
2006	Notebook	Bobby-Sanjay
2009	Evidam Swargamanu	James Albert
2012	Casanovva	Bobby-Sanjay
2013	Mumbai Police
2014	How Old Are You?
2015	36 Vayadhinile		Tamil	Remake of How Old Are You?[15]
2016	School Bus		Malayalam
2018	Kayamkulam Kochunni	Bobby-Sanjay
2019	Prathi Poovankozhi	Unni R.		Also acted in the film
2022	Salute	Bobby–Sanjay		[16]
	Saturday Night	Naveen Bhaskar		[17]
2025	Deva	Bobby–Sanjay	Hindi	Remake of Mumbai Police[18]

Writer

Year	Film	Other notes
2005	Udayananu Tharam	Story
2008	Velli Thirai
2012	Casanovva
2014	How Old Are You

Actor

Year	Film	Role
2006	Pachakuthira	as Himself
2019	Prathi Poovankozhi	Antappan

Television shows as judge

• Tharolsavam^{[citation needed]}
• Nakshatradeepangal^{[citation needed]}

Recurring collaborators

Films	Mohanlal	Bobby-Sanjay	Gopi Sunder	R. Diwakar	Mahesh Narayanan	Ranjan Abraham
Udayananu Tharam (2005)	Y					Y
Notebook (2006)		Y	Y	Y		Y
Evidam Swargamanu (2009)	Y		Y	Y		Y
Casanovva (2012)	Y	Y	Y		Y
Mumbai Police (2013)		Y	Y	Y	Y
How Old Are You (2014)		Y	Y	Y	Y
Kayamkulam Kochunni (2018)	Y	Y	Y
Deva (2025)		Y