Niyas Backer
Acting
Biography
Niyas Backer is an Indian actor and mimicry artist, primarily known for his work in the Malayalam film and television industry. He is particularly celebrated for his role as "Koya" in the popular Malayalam sitcom Marimayam, which has been airing since 2011.
Known For
Marimayam
Marimayam comedians enact satirical sketches describing the typical scenarios observed at government institutions and societal trials faced by the common man.
Sarvam Maya
A man who loses his belief in God meets the spirit of a young woman unable to remember what happened to her.
Pravinkoodu Shappu
On a rainy night, a toddy shop owner is found hanging after 11 people stayed inside playing cards in the closed shop. SI Santhosh investigates, uncovering secrets to find the killer.
Ishtam
When Pavan realises that his friend Anjana's teacher and his widowed father were in love with each other, he resolves to reunite them.
Gramophone
Sachidanandan (Dileep) runs an antique shop in the Jewish street at Kochi. He is famous for old Gramophone records. Sachi hates music, as he believes that his father has not made any money out of it. Aryadevi, a famous singer, who has been given her first break by Raveendran, comes to Kochi from Bombay with her daughter Pooja (Navya Nair).
Porinju Mariam Jose
Kattalan Porinju and Jose are friends as thick as thieves. Mariyam and Porinju have an unrequited love story that has Jose invested in fulfilling. Chaos ensues when a skirmish pulls in all three of them in a series of violent outbursts.
Ordinary
Iravi works as a bus conductor on a bus that shuttles between a city and a hill station. His life changes when he gets involved in the villager's problems.
Queen
The story starts with the inauguration of the first-ever Mechanical batch in an engineering campus. The batch consists of boys only. Later in the second year of the department, a girl joins and becomes the only girl to be a part of their batch. As the story evolves, the girl grabs all their love and attention and becomes the QUEEN of the batch.
Happy Wedding
The story of an engineering graduate Hari, as he contemplates marriage on his mother's insistence.
Panchayat Jetty
Kudungassery Village, where problems include insufficient public transport and cremation services. As local elections draw near, opposition chief Vallabhan capitalizes on these matters to confront the ruling party head, OK Krishnada.
Filmography
as Ravi
as Ceylon Maman
as CPO Jayan
as Varkey
as Dileep
as Mechanical HOD
as Vasantha Kumar
as Manoharan
as Suseelan
as Earth Biju
as Murugan
as Jackson Kambakkara
as Cook
as Benny
as Manoharan
as College Student
as Shibu
as Sugunan
as Chandran
as Abdu
as Sheethalan / Koya
as Eldho
as Radhakrishnan
as Tinu's Friend
as Ramankutty's Friend
as Ration Store Worker
as Lalappan
as Tea supplier
as Babukuttan