Ali Akbar (Director),

Some Lesser Known Facts About Ali Akbar

• Ali Akbar is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and lyricist who predominantly works in Malayalam Film Industry. Grama Panchayath (1998), Bamboo Boys (2002), Junior Mandrake (1997), Kudumba Vaarthakal (1998), and Pai Brothers (1995) are some popular Malayalam movies that are directed by Ali Akbar. He is known for being the director of more than twenty Malayalam movies.

• In 1988, Ali Akbar made his debut as a film director with the movie Mamalakalkkappurathu.

  

• Ali Akbar worked as a lyricist for the movies Senior Mandrake in 2010 and Bamboo Boys in 2002.

• In 2014, Ali Akbar joined Indian politics and contested from the Koduvally constituency in Kerala as an Aam Aadmi Party candidate. In the same year, he shifted to Bharatiya Janata Party and contested the municipal corporation elections from Kozhikode Corporation and was elected as the committee member. In October 2021, Ali Akbar quit the post due to some disagreements with the Bharatiya Janata Party members. ^[5]News18

  

• In 2015, Ali Akbar gave a public statement that when he was eight years old, he was sexually abused by an ustad (teacher) at his school (madrasa) at Meenangadi in Wayanad, Kerala. Ali Akbar added that he was the victim of child abuse in childhood.

  

• In 2020, Ali Akbar directed the movie which was based on the Malabar Rebellion that happened in Northern Kerala in 1921. This movie titled ‘1921: Puzha Muthal Puzha Vare’ was directed through crowdfunding and gained immense popularity.

  

• In August 2020,  a film production company named ‘Mama Dharma’ was founded under the leadership of director Ali Akbar. The head of Kolathur Advaithasramam named Swami Chidanandapuri inaugurated his production house.

• Various renowned Indian newspapers often cover the life journey of Ali Akbar in their articles.

  

• Ali Akbar remains very active on his social media accounts. He has more than 173k followers on his Facebook account.

• Ali Akbar is a dog lover. He often posts pictures of his pet dog on her social media accounts.

  

• In 2021, Ali Akbar stated on his Facebook account that he and his wife were converting their religion from Islam to Hinduism as a protest against a particular section on social media that posted jubilant reactions after the death of General Bipin Rawat. Ali Akbar changed his name to Ramasimhan from Ali Akbar. ^[6]India Today He criticised those who belonged to a particular community and reacted smiling and laughing emoticons on the death post of General Bipin Rawat who died in a helicopter crash on 8 December 2021 in Nilgiris. He said,
  

  I am not a Muslim from today onwards. I am an Indian.  I could not stand with the anti-nationals anymore. Today, I am throwing away an attire I received by birth. Ramasimhan is a person who was killed while adhering to the culture of Kerala… Now Ali Akbar will be called Ram Singh. That’s the best name.”

  He further stated that he could not stand with the anti-nationals anymore. He further asked the religious leaders,

  It’s a protest against those who were putting smileys on posts related to the death of CDS General Bipin Rawat. Why are religious leaders not correcting them?”

• In December 2021, Ali Akbar posted a video on his Facebook account soon after the death of General Bipin Rawat while criticizing the Islamists who mocked the death of General Bipin Rawat online. Soon after posting the video, he received hateful comments on video that led to the suspension of his account. Soon, he opened another account and posted on it that he was changing his religion from Islam to Hinduism. ^[7]Op India He wrote,
  

  Within five minutes of speaking out against those who put up emojis, the account was blocked. I can not accept it, I can not agree with it, so I’m leaving my religion. I or my family no longer have a religion. That is the decision. That is my reply to those people who posted thousands of smiling emoticons against India.”

  He further demanded punishment to those who posted smiling emoticons on the death of Bipin Rawat. ^[8]India Times He said,

  The nation should identify those who smile at the death of the CDS and punish them.”

• In 2021, Ali Akbar posted the screenshot picture of those names who mocked on the death of Bipin Rawat along with the announcement that he was converting his religion from Islam to Hinduism.