N. G. Roshan

N. G. Roshan

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N.G. Roshan is a very successful makeup artist associated with Malayalam cinema. He owns many successful works to his credit, and also Kerala state award for best makeup artist. Viswaroopam, Electra, Kummara Sambhavam, Sound Thoma, Naval Enna Jewel, Pazzassiraja etc are best among his works. One of the leading Prosthetic makeup artists of Indian cinema at present, he is also associated with movies other than Mollywood. He won Kerala state award for best makeup artist for the movie, Naval Enna Jewel in 2016. Roshan was associated with parallel cinema and theater as an actor before he completely switched to makeup artist field. Roshan holds a diploma in film and TV makeup and has also studied at the Grease Paint School of Film Makeup at London.

 

Roshan hails from Balussery of Kozhikode. He started his career with theatre and later moved to films and in both these fields he carried smoothly his role as an actor. His work as a makeup artist for Pazhassiraja changed everything. He chose makeup overacting after he received overwhelming response for his work as a makeup artist for the movie. Till then, Roshan was involved with parallel cinema films like The Virgin Goat by Murali Nair and also worked with directors like K. M. Madhusudan, Paan Nalin and Richie Mehta. He was always fond of sketching. Later he developed an interest in theatre. More than acting, he got attracted to set design, costumes, lighting etc. Slowly he developed an inclination towards trying to understand the role of makeup in a performance.

 

He did advanced studies in Prosthetic makeup in London. Till then he was living in Delhi, where he earned a scholarship of 17 lakhs given by British Council. As he was earlier experienced in making sculptures and statues, he managed to make figures of prosthetic makeup easily. He studied in deep about the job and how to handle the profession, during his stay in London. He did one Sri Lankan film, In the name of Buddha, which gave him the maiden assignment in Malayalam, Pazzassiraja. Very soon he became a leading artist of Malayalam cinema.

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Updated: May 07, 2018

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