From a superstar’s driver to Malayalam’s most powerful producer: The Antony Perumbavoor story

Whenever a movie becomes a massive success, the lion’s share of credit usually goes to the director and the main cast. The remaining goes to the rest of the technical crew and, sometimes, the supporting actors. Producers rarely receive recognition for bringing a script to life. Yet their role in every film is impossible to overlook. Although the industry has had several prolific producers over the years, Antony Perumbavoor is widely regarded as the most successful Malayalam film producer of all time. And his life story may be even more intriguing than that of his movies.Malekudy Joseph Antony originally hails from Perumbavoor in Ernakulam district and rose to fame through his association with Mohanlal. However, it wasn’t as a producer or even as a film professional that Antony first met th