Rizabava, the Malayalam actor, started it all with theatre. Even though Rizhabava played the hero in his debut film Dr. Pasupathy directed by Shaji Kailas, his first noticed role in Malayalam films was from the director Duo Siddique-Lal in the movie In Harihar Nagar. His role John Honai became a big time hit and is still one of the golden characters of Malayalam cinema loved by the audience for the villainous nature.He was born in kochi, kerala.He had completed his higher secondary studies in St. Sebastian's HSS, Thoppumpady.