# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cochin-haneefa
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:27:02.947Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cochin-haneefa"
name: "Cochin Haneefa"
slug: "cochin-haneefa"
description: "Salim Ahmed Ghoush, Better known by his stage name Cochin Haneefa was an Indian actor, film 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. He acted in more than 300 films in Malayalam and Tamil."
tagline: "Indian actor (1951-2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cochin_Haneefa_2008.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: "1951-04-22"
deathDate: "2010-02-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.13
  momentum:             10
  historical:           6.930712
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0359880/"
    handle:    "nm0359880"
sources:
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8A%E0%B0%9A%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%B9%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AB%E0%B0%BE"
    title: "కొచ్చిన్ హనీఫా"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7"
    title: "كوكين هانيفا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochin_Haneefa"
    title: "Cochin Haneefa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochin_Haneefa"
    title: "Cochin Haneefa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%DA%86%DB%8C%D9%86_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%81%D8%A7"
    title: "کوچین هانیفا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8A%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9A%E0%B4%BF%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%B9%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%AB"
    title: "കൊച്ചിൻ ഹനീഫ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8A%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%B9%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%83%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE"
    title: "கொச்சி ஹனீஃபா"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2460693"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/545009"
    title: "Cochin Haneefa"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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