Riya Shibu

Riya Shibu

Riya Shibu is the daughter of acclaimed film producer Shibu Thameens, who owns Thameens Films, a Chennai-based production company, along with Thameens Maax Theatre and Thameens Release, which handle the exhibition and distribution of Tamil and Malayalam films. Her mother Mumthaz and Her brother Hridhu Haroon is also an actor who appears in Malayalam, Hindi and Tamil films.

She was raised in India, attended Trivandrum International School, later pursued a degree in Visual Communication at Loyola College, Chennai.

Production Riya began her career as a producer. In 2023, she produced the Hindi film Mumbaikar and the Tamil film Thugs. She is also the producer of the 2024 Malayalam film Mura and 2025 Tamil film Veera Dheera Sooran.

Acting Riya made her acting debut in 2024 with the Malayalam film Cup, where she played the character Anna Kurien. Then she appeared in the 2025 film Sarvam Maya where her performance received acclaim