Asif Ali born February 4 1986 is an Indian actor and producer who works in the Malayalam film industry He started his film career with Shyamaprasads 2009 film Ritu During the subsequent years Asif went on to act in critically and commercially successful films including the romantic thriller Apoorvaragam the road thriller film Traffic the romantic comedy film Salt N Pepper and the period drama movie Ozhimuri which got an official selection in the Indian Panorama section of the 43rd International Film Festival of India His 2013 film Honey Bee was one of the major hits in that year and his 2015 film Nirnayakam won the National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues His success streak continued by starring in the 2016 romantic movie Anuraga Karikkin Vellam the 2017 movie Sunday Holiday the campus thriller Btech 2018 and Vijay Superum Pournamiyum 2019 which produced a hattrick of hits for him with Jis Joy He made his debut as a producer in the 2015 film Kohinoor under his production company Adams World of Imagination which went on to be a success Later he produced the 2016 film Kavi Uddeshichath and distributed various films including Vimaanam and Iblis