Rima
Kallingal
-
A
Dancer
By
Profession
Rima
Kallingal
is
a
dancer
by
profession
and
has
performed
on
national
and
international
stages.
Before
entering
film
industry,
the
actress,
who
holds
a
bachelor's
degree
in
journalism
from
Christ
University,
Bangalore,
also
tried
out
her
luck
in
modelling
and
succeeded
to
a
certain
extent.
She
was
spotted
by
director
Lal
Jose
on
a
magazine
cover
and
he
cast
her
for
a
goat
herder
role
in
a
Tamil
film
Mazhai
Varappoguthu,
but
the
project
did
not
materialise.
Rima
Debuted
In
Films
With
Ritu
In
2009,
she
was
offered
the
lead
female
character
of
Varsha
by
director
Shyamaprasad
for
Ritu,
which
marked
her
acting
debut.
Then
onwards,
there
is
no
look
back
for
this
Mallu
beauty.
In
just
four
years,
she
has
starred
in
more
than
20
movies,
including
a
couple
of
Tamil
films.
She
has
bagged
five
best
actress
awards
from
Vanitha,
Asiavision
and
Kerala
state
film
award.
Aashiq
Abu
-
Basically
Ad-Filmmaker
Aashiq
Abu
is
basically
ad-filmmaker
and
has
done
ad
films
for
Joyalukkas
group,
Mathrubhumi,
Panasonic,
Lulu
Group,
Dubai
Gold
and
Jewellery
Group
and
Club
7.
He
debuted
as
film
director
with
Mammootty's
2009
movie
Daddy
Cool,
which
went
to
become
a
big
hit
of
the
year.
Aashiq
Turned
Director
With
Daddy
Cool
In
four
years,
he
has
directed
five
movies
like
Daddy
Cool,
Salt
N'
Pepper,
22
Female
Kottayam,
Da
Thadiya
and
Annayum
Rasoolum,
which
have
become
big
hits
at
the
Box
Office,
besides
being
critically
acclaimed
films.
Two
other
films
Anchu
Sundharikal
and
Idukki
Gold
are
lined
up
to
release
in
2013.
Love
Blossomed
On
22
Female
Kottayam
Sets
Interesting,
Rima
Kallingal
and
Aashiq
Abu
entered
the
film
industry
in
the
same
year
-
2009,
and
hogged
the
limelight
with
their
debut
movies.
Later,
they
worked
with
Malayalam
superstars
like
Mammootty,
Mohanlal,
Dileep,
Prithviraj
and
a
few
others.
The
couple
first
met
each
other
on
the
sets
of
22
Female
Kottayam
and
fell
in
love
there.
Today,
they
are
considered
as
the
hottest
off-screen
couple
in
Mollywood.