List of Mappilas
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This is a list of notable people belonging to the Mappila
Mappila
Mappila or Moplah refers to a Muslim community of Kerala, primarily in the northern region called Malabar, which arose in Malabar as a result of the pre and post Islamic Arab contacts. Significant numbers of the community are also present in the southern districts of Karnataka and western parts of...

 (Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...

) community of Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

 and Coorg (Southern district of Karnataka
Karnataka
Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...

) India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

.

Cinema

  • Prem Nazir
    Prem Nazir
    Abdul Khader , better known by his stage name Prem Nazir , was an Indian film actor. He is considered one of the all time super stars in Malayalam cinema...

  • Mammootty
    Mammootty
    Mammootty is an Indian film actor and producer who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in a few Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada films. During a career spanning more than three decades, he has acted in more than 360 films, and is only next to Prem Nazir in the number of lead roles...

  • Jamshad Cethirakath (Arya)
    Arya (actor)
    Arya is an Indian film actor who mainly appears in Tamil films. He is best known for his roles in the films Pattiyal , Naan Kadavul , Madrasapattinam , and Boss Engira Bhaskaran.-Personal life:...

  • K. P. Ummer
    K. P. Ummer
    K. P. Ummer was a Malayalam cinema actor from Thekkepuram quarter of Kozhikode, Kerala, India. He was active in cinema from early sixties until late nineties. He was the most successful villains of his time. He played opposite Prem Nazir, who was the hero in many films, which the audience liked to...

  • Siddique (director)
    Siddique (director)
    Siddique is an Indian film director and screenwriter who mainly works in Malayalam cinema.He started his career as an assistant director to Fazil. The duo of Siddique and Lal was spotted by Fazil when he saw them performing in the Cochin Kalabhavan troupe. Siddique later teamed up with Lal to...

  • Fazil
    Fazil
    A. M. Fazil is an Indian filmmaker, producer, and screenwriter of Malayalam cinema.His father wanted him to be a doctor, but in school and college, extra curricular activities engulfed him. He wrote plays, enacted them with his friends A. M. Fazil (born 1953, in Alleppey, Kerala) is an Indian...

  • Anwar Rasheed
    Anwar Rasheed
    Anwar Rasheed is a Malayali Indian film director notable for his debut film Rajamanikyam starring Mammootty. His second feature film was Chotta Mumbai , which had Mohanlal in the lead role...

  • Mamukkoya
    Mamukkoya
    Mamukkoya is a popular Malayalam comedian actor. His unique usage of Mappila dialect and style marks his presence in the industry. He has acted in more than 450 Malayalam films and is the first winner of State award for Best Comedian in malayalam films, the category introduced in 2009- Career...

  • Siddique
    Siddique (actor)
    Siddique is a Malayalam film actor, producer, and television compere. He started his film career doing comedy roles and later performed in a variety of roles.-Early career:...

  • Cochin Haneefa
    Cochin Haneefa
    Mohammed Haneefa, better known by his stage name Cochin Haneefa was an Indian film actor, director, and screenwriter. He started his career in the 1970s mainly portraying villainous roles, before going on to become one of the most popular comedians of Malayalam cinema...

  • Zainuddin
  • Siddique
    Siddique (actor)
    Siddique is a Malayalam film actor, producer, and television compere. He started his film career doing comedy roles and later performed in a variety of roles.-Early career:...

  • Kamaluddin Mohammed
    Kamaluddin Mohammed
    Kamaluddin Mohammed, usually credited as Kamal, is a Malayali Indian film director. His first film was Mizhineer Pookkal in 1986 and to date, he has directed more than 32 movies, among which include 2 non-malayalam movies, one each in Tamil and Hindi...

  • Bahadoor
    Bahadoor
    Bahadoor , born P. K. Kunjalu, was a Malayalam film comedian who, along with Adoor Bhasi, redefined the way in which comedy and funny scenes were perceived in Malayalam cinema. They made a significant contribution toward establishing comedy as the predominant genre of Malayalam cinema...

  • M. S. Baburaj
    Baburaj
    Mohammad Sabir Baburaj , also known as M. S. Baburaj, was a Malayalam music composer. He is often credited for the renaissance of Malayalam film music. Baburaj has rendered music to many evergreen Malayalam film songs.-Early years:...

  • Afzal
    Afzal
    Afzal is a surname. People with this surname include:* Mo Afzal, Cancer researcher at University of Warwick, England* Qassim Afzal , British politician*Mohammad Afzal, Indian convicted terroristSee also...


Literature

  • Moyinkutty Vaidyar
    Moyinkutty Vaidyar
    Moyinkutty Vaidyar , often referred to as Mahakavi , is historically considered as one of the most renown and authentic poets of the Mappila pattu genre of Malayalam language songs in Kerala state, South India.-Personal life:...

  • Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
    Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
    Vaikom Muhammad Basheer was a Malayalam fiction writer from the state of Kerala in India. He was a humanist, freedom fighter, novelist and short story writer. He is noted for his pathbreaking, disarmingly down-to-earth style of writing that made him equally popular among literary critics as well...

  • Anvar Ali
    Anvar Ali
    Anvar Ali is a Malayalam poet who wrote Mazhakkalam, which is a collection of 27 poems. This book won the Kanakasree Award of Kerala Sahithya Academy in 2000 . Further, Ali is a film writer who has co-written the scenario of Maargam, a version of the famous Malayalam short fiction Pithrutharppanam...

  • N. P. Muhammed
  • Punathil Kunjabdulla
    Punathil Kunjabdulla
    Punathil Kunjabdulla is a well known Malayalam language novelist and short story writer from Kerala state, South India. He is a medical doctor by profession. Kunjabdulla is a modernist in Malayalam literature...

  • K. T. Muhammed
    K. T. Muhammed
    K. T. Muhammed , popularly known as KT, was a famous Malayalam playwright and screenwriter. He had scripted about 40 stage plays, including Idhu Bhumiyanu , considered to be his masterpiece...

  • U.A.Khader
  • Akbar Kakkattil
    Akbar Kakkattil
    Akbar Kakkattil is a Short-story writer and Novelist from Kerala state, South India. He is noted for his story narration with humor element.-Life:...

  • M.A.Rahman

Mappila songs

  • A. T. Ummer
    A. T. Ummer
    A. T. Ummer , was a noted Malayalam music composer from Kerala, India. He is known for composing many soft melodies for Malayalam movies.Born in Thalasserry in Kannur district, Ummer made his debut in the 1967 film Thalirukkal. It was director A. Vincent who first recognized musical talents of Ummer...

  • V M Kutty
  • Azeez Thayineri
  • Eranholi Moosa
  • Kozhikode Abdul Kader
    Kozhikode Abdul Kader
    Kozhikode Abdul Kader, born Leslie Andrews was a Malayalam playback singer.-Biography:Born to J. S. Andrews and Manini on February 19, 1916, Andrews converted to Islam and rechristened himself as Abdul Kader when he landed up in Burma. He was first noticed by the music director V. Dakshinamoorthy....

  • Vilayil Fazila
    Vilayil Fazila
    Vilayil Fazila is a popular Mappila songs singer from Kerala. Previously she was known as Vilayil Valsala prior to her conversion to Islam....

  • P T Abdul Rahman

Politics

  • Thalekunnil Basheer
    Thalekunnil Basheer
    Thalekunnil Basheer is one of the senior politicians in the state of Kerala, India. He was member of parliament . He was also an office bearer of the Kerala Pradesh congress committee. He is also an author and a columnist with several newspapers. He is also the brother-in-law of the evergreen...

  • Vakkom Majeed
    Vakkom Majeed
    S. Abdul Majeed known as Vakkom Majeed, was a veteran Freedom fighter and a former member of Travancore-Cochin State Assembly. Majeed was a politician-extraordinary in the socio-political realm of Kerala in the 20th Century...

  • C. H. Mohammed Koya
  • M. M. Hassan
    M. M. Hassan
    M. M. Hassan is a leader of Indian National Congress and a former Minister in the Government of Kerala.- Biography :He was born on 14 May 1947 in Thiruvananthapuram. He came to active politics through Kerala Students Union and became the State president of KSU. He was the elected as the Senate...

  • M. K. Muneer
    M. K. Muneer
    M. K. Muneer is the Minister for Social Welfare and Panchayat in the present UDF Ministry of the South Indian state of Kerala, headed by Sri Oommen Chandy. He was also the Minister for Public Works in both A K Antony Ministry 3 and the previous Oommen Chandy Ministry...

  • E. T. Mohammed Basheer
    E. T. Mohammed Basheer
    E. T. Mohammed Basheer is a Member of India's Parliament who was elected to Lok Sabha from the Ponnani constituency, Kerala, with a margin of 86,000 votes...

  • Aryadan Mohammed
  • K. Kunhali
    K. Kunhali
    Karikadan Kunhali , popularly known as Sakhavu Kunhali , was a malayali communist leader and a two time MLA of Kerala Legislative Assembly...

  • Elamaram Kareem
    Elamaram Kareem
    Elamaram Kareem is an Indian politician, trade unionist, and a member of Communist Party of India . He was the Minister for Industries & Commerce in the Left Democratic Front government under V. S. Achuthanandan from 2006-2011...

  • Paloli Mohammedkutty
  • E. Ahammed
    E. Ahammed
    E. Ahamed is the Minister of State for the Ministry of External Affairs and minister of state for Human Resource Development of the Republic of India. He represents the Malappuram Lok Sabha constituency of Kerala and is a member of the Indian Union Muslim League...

  • A. P. Abdullakutty
    A. P. Abdullakutty
    Aruvanpalli Puthiyapurayil Abdulla Kutty was a member of the 13th and 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Kannur Lok Sabha constituency of Kerala and was a member of the Communist Party of India for over two decades. He had his collegiate education from S. N...

  • P. M. Aboobacker
  • Abdul Wahab Peevee
    Abdul Wahab Peevee
    Abdul Wahab Peevee is a politician from Muslim League. He is a Member of the Parliament of India representing Kerala in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament.-External links:*...

  • Shihab Thangal
    Panakkad Sayeed Mohammedali Shihab Thangal
    Panakkad Syed Mohammedali Shihab Ba-Alawi Al-Hussainy was a politician who dominated Kerala politics for over three decades, the former supremo of the E. K. Sunni faction of Muslims of Kerala and one of the most famous Islamic scholars from the Indian state of Kerala. He was the President of the...

  • P. P. Ummer Koya
    P. P. Ummer Koya
    P. P. Ummer Koya was an Indian politician, Gandhian, freedom fighter and educationist. He was the second Education Minister of Government of Kerala headed by Pattom Thanu Pillai. He also served as the Minister for Public Works in government headed by R...


Social Activism

  • K. M. Maulavi
    K. M. Maulavi
    K. M. Maulavi is the first president of Kerala Nadvathul Mujahideen, an Islamic organization established in 1950 in the south Indian state of Kerala....

  • Abbas Musliyar
    Abbas Musliyar
    Abbas Musliyar is the founder of Al Madeena Islamic complex, Manglore. He is also known as Abbas Ustad. He is one of the Sunni Muslim leader of Karnataka and North Kerala. He was born in Madikeri, India.-External links:* *...

  • Vakkom Abdul Qadar Moulavi
  • Aboobacker Ahmad
  • K. V. Rabiya
    K. V. Rabiya
    Kariveppil Rabiya is a physically challenged social worker from Vellilakkadu, Malappuram, Kerala in India who rose to prominence through her role in the Kerala State Literacy Campaign in Malappuram district in 1990. Her efforts were recognized at a national level by the Government of India on...

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