# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/aashiq-abu
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:12:48.347Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/aashiq-abu"
name: "Aashiq Abu"
slug: "aashiq-abu"
description: "Aashiq Abu is an Indian film director, producer, cinematographer, and actor working in Malayalam cinema. He is associated with the new generation movement that reshaped Malayalam filmmaking in the early 2010s. He is best known for directing Salt N' Pepper (2011), 22 Female Kottayam (2012), Mayaanadhi (2017), Virus (2019), and Rifle Club (2024). Abu is recognised for his longstanding creative partnerships with screenwriters Syam Pushkaran and Dileesh Nair."
tagline: "Indian film director, producer and actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aashiq_Abu.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1978-04-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.6
  momentum:             3.614137012829823
  historical:           7.269130666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  221
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3351235/"
    handle:    "nm3351235"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%82_%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88"
    title: "عاشق ابو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88"
    title: "اشيك ابو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aashiq_Abu"
    title: "Aashiq Abu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%82_%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88"
    title: "عاشق ابو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%86%E0%B4%B7%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%96%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%81"
    title: "ആഷിഖ് അബു"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0ablon%3AAashiq_Abu"
    title: "Šablon:Aashiq Abu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%B7%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%81"
    title: "ஆஷிக் அபு"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%86%E0%B0%B7%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%85%E0%B0%AC%E0%B1%81"
    title: "ఆషిక్ అబు"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4662709"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/979284"
    title: "Aashiq Abu"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump