Adam Ayub

Adam Ayub is an Indian actor, screenwriter, and film academician, primarily associated with Malayalam cinema for over 25 years. He has also worked as an assistant/associate director with noted film makers, including P. A. Backer, K. R. Mohanan, and A. Vincent.^[1][2][3] Additionally, he served as a film academician at the Southern Film Institute, Thiruvallam, Trivandrum, for several years. Ayub has directed several television serials and documentaries for Doordarshan, including Kumilakal (Bubbles).^[4] Kumilakal marked the debut acting role of Manoj K Jayan, one of Adam Ayub's students at the Southern Film Institute.^[5] He has also written the dialogues for the 2024 Malayalam movie Level Cross (film). Furthermore, Ayub appeared as a judge in the climax scene of 2021 Malayalam movie Drishyam 2.^[6]

Adam Ayub was born as the son of Ayub Adam Sait. He attended SRV High School, Ernakulam (1963–66). In 1972, he graduated with a degree in Applied History from Maharaja's College, Ernakulam.^[7] Thereafter, he joined the M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute in Chennai.^[8] Notably, actors Sreenivasan and Rajinikanth were his classmates at the film institute.^[9] Ayub reportedly persuaded Rajinikanth to resign from his bus conductor job with Bangalore Transport Service (later renamed Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation) and dedicate himself full-time to a career in film acting.^[10][11] Ayub graduated from the institute in 1975.^[12] Filmmaker Arfaz Ayub is his son.