PRITHIVIRAJ ,THE MALAYALAM POPULAR YOUNG ACTOR BORN ON 1982 OCTOBER 16

PRITHIVIRAJ ,THE MALAYALAM 

POPULAR YOUNG ACTOR

BORN ON 1982 OCTOBER 16

Prithviraj Sukumaran (born 16 October 1982)[1] is an Indian film actor, producer, and playback singer best known for his work in Malayalam cinema.[2] He has also acted in Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi films.[3]

Prithviraj Sukumaran
Prithviraj in SIIMA 2016
Born	Prithviraj Sukumaran 16 October 1982 (age 34)34 Trivandrum, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Film actor Producer Playback singer Director
Years active	2002 – present
Spouse(s)	Supriya Menon (m. 2011)
Children	Alankrita Menon
Relatives	Sukumaran (father) Mallika Sukumaran (mother) Indrajith Sukumaran (brother) Poornima Indrajith (sister-in-law)
Awards	Kerala State Film Awards

The son of actors Sukumaran and Mallika, Prithviraj was first spotted by director Fazil. Fazil's screen test of Prithviraj prompted director Ranjith to cast him in Nandanam, Prithviraj's first film, a 2002 romantic drama film.[4] In a career spanning over a decade, Prithviraj has starred in over 80 films.[5] Prithviraj produces films under his production company, August Cinema.[6] He has won two Kerala State Film Awards for Best Actor and a National Film Award (as producer)

Early life[edit]

Prithviraj Sukumaran was born in Thiruvananthapuram to actors Sukumaran and Mallika Sukumaran. His initial schooling was at Shrine Vailankanni Senior Secondary School, T. Nagar, Chennai and St.Joseph's Boys' Hr.Sec.School, Coonoor, since the family was settled at Tamil Nadu that time.[9] Later when the family shifted to Kerala he had his education from The NSS Public School Perunthanni,[10] St.Mary's Residential Central School, Poojappura (which was near his home at Chengallur) where he acted in various plays and skits for the school's Annual Day Celebrations

 He completed the rest of his school education at Sainik School Kazhakoottam and Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram. Prithviraj, along with his brother Indrajith Sukumaran. He also participated in debates and elocution competitions while in school.[11] Prithviraj won the title of "Mr LA Fest" in the Annual Inter-School arts festival hosted by Loyola School, Thiruvananthapuram in successive years and is the only person to date to win that title twice.[12]

While pursuing his bachelor's degree in Information Technology at the University of Tasmania, Australia, he was called for a shot in the movies by film director Ranjith Balakrishnan to play the lead role in his film Nandanam.[11] It was Fazil, a well known Malayalam film director, who introduced him to Ranjith.

[11] After his performance in Nandanam, he decided to take a break from studies to concentrate on his film career. Prithviraj's elder brother Indrajith Sukumaran and sister-in-law Poornima Indrajith are also film actors.

Career[edit]
Malayalam cinema[edit]

Prithviraj with Mamta Mohandas 
and Praksh Raj at a function for Anwar in 2010

Prithviraj with Mamta Mohandas and Praksh Raj at a function for Anwar in 2010

In 2001, 19-year-old Prithviraj underwent a screen-test by director Fazil for one of his projects at that time. Even though that project never materialised, Fazil recommended him to director Ranjith who was planning his second directorial venture, Nandanam. Ranjith instructed Prithviraj to grow a beard to look mature. 

Nandanam released in 2002. Though Nandanam is his debut film, it released after Nakshathrakkannulla Rajakumaran Avanundoru Rajakumari. After Nandanam, Prithviraj appeared in films directed by Lohithadas, Vinayan, Kamal and Bhadran. Shyamaprasad, who cast him in lead role in his film Akale, said that Prithviraj's advantages are his talent and intelligence irrespective of his box office successes.[13]

In 2006, he played the role of Sub Inspector Solomon Joseph in Vargam. After Vargam, Prithviraj acted in Vaasthavam with the same director, M. Padmakumar, for which he received the Kerala State Award for Best Actor of 2006,[14] and became the youngest actor to win the award.[15] The same year he starred in Lal Jose's Classmates. In 2007, he starred in Chocolate, directed by Shafi.[16] In 2008, he starred in Thalappavu (directed by Madhupal) and Thirakkatha (directed by Ranjith), in which he took up roles which serve as pivotal characters. 

One of the reviews of Thalappavu describes it as a film which is truly the coming-of-age film for Prithviraj the actor and that there is a spartan dignity that he brings into his commanding portrayal of Naxalite Joseph.[17] The Sify review of Thirakkatha describes it as a "genuine attempt that keeps the viewer engaged until the end".[18] Both Thalappavu and Thirakkatha shared the award for the best film in the Film Critics Award for 2008. He also made a special appearance in Anjali Menon's Manjadikuru.

In 2009, the success of Prithviraj's Puthiya Mukham (directed by Diphan) lead the print and visual media to call him "Young Superstar"[19][20] His other releases in 2009 were Robinhood (directed by Joshy) and the anthology film, Kerala Cafe. In 2010, Prithviraj's notable films were Pokkiri Raja and Anwar directed by Amal Neerad. In 2011, Prithviraj turned producer through the multilingual film Urumi. Other releases in Malayalam include City of God, Manikyakallu, Veettilekkulla Vazhi and Indian Rupee. 

Reviewers praised Prithviraj for his performance in Indian Rupee like the one at Nowrunning.com who described it as his career best performance.[21] In 2012, his major releases were Hero, Molly Aunty Rocks!, and Ayalum Njanum Thammil along with cameo roles in Aakashathinte Niram and Manjadikuru. In 2013, Prithviraj had three releases, Celluloid, Mumbai Police and Memories, all of which were critical and commercial successes. He portrayed J.C. Daniel in Celluloid for which he won his second Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor.[7]

In 2014, Prithviraj's first major release was London Bridge which became a disaster at boxoffice; followed by 7th Day which turned out to become a commercial success. He also did a cameo role in the Mammootty led Munnariyippu. His third release of the year,Sapthamashree Thaskaraha was praised by critics and audiences alike. His first release of 2015 was Picket 43. His second movie of 2015 was Shyamaprasad's Ivide. Even though the movie didn't match up to its expectations, Prithviraj was hugely praised for his outstanding acting in the movie. 

Varun Blake (Prithviraj's character in Ivide) is considered to be one of his best performances till date. He next appeared in Lijo Jose Pellissery's Double Barrel which was appreciated for its novelty. His most successful film of the year was Ennu Ninte Moideen which narrated the tragic love tale of Kanchanamala and Moideen that happened in the 1960s in Mukkam, a riverside village in Kerala. The film opened to critical acclaim, with several critics regarding it as one of the greatest romance films made in Malayalam.[22][23] His role as Moideen in the film is regarded as one of the best in his career.[24] His next releases Amar Akbar Anthony and Anarkali became back to back big hits. Thus, completing a hat-trick of hits ending the year.

In 2016, Prithviraj's first release was Pavada in January.After Pavada's success he worked in Darwindey parinamam,James and Alice, Oozham.Darwindey parinamam responded an average review and James and Alice was a disaster.But he got several comments and applause from the audience for his performance in James and Alice.Then his next release was Oozham on Sep 8 directed by Jeethu Joseph.The team memories again joined there hands and It was another commercial success.Upcoming release is Ezra in December.

Tamil, Telugu and Hindi cinema[edit]

In 2005, Prithviraj Sukumaran debuted in Tamil through Kana Kandaen In 2006, Prithviraj co-starred with actor Bhagyaraj's daughter Saranya Bhagyaraj in Parijatham. It has acclaimed as a hit and gave the actor a turning point in his Tamil film career. In 2007, Prithviraj co-starred Mozhi. He also starred in Satham Podathey and Kannamoochi Yenada in the same year. In 2008, Prithviraj starred in Vellithirai, the Tamil remake of Udayananu Tharam. 

Rediff described his performance: "Prithviraj makes the best of his assets – his nose, which glint in sad, harden with angry, or brim over with frustrated life".[25] The Tamil remake of Classmates, titled Ninaithale Inikkum, was released in 2009. He played a cop in Mani Ratnam's Raavanan in 2010 with Vikram playing the main protagonist and his performance was critically acclaimed.[26] Prithviraj played one of the main characters in director Vasanthabalan's big budget period film Kaaviya Thalaivan in which he co-stars with Siddharth.

Prithviraj Sukumaran debuted in Telugu through Police Police which was released in 2010. Besides, Prithviraj has had many of his Malayalam films dubbed into Telugu like Sivapuram in 2006 which was the dubbing of Ananthabhadram and ATM in 2010 which was the dubbing of Robinhood. The dubbed version of Urumi released in August 2011.

Prithviraj debuted in Bollywood through Aiyyaa directed by Sachin Kundalkar. Aiyyaa which was jointly produced by Anurag Kashyap and Viacom 18[27] released on 12 October 2012. His second film Aurangzeb directed by Athul Sabharwal .[28] released on 17 May 2013.His performance was highly praised.He will be next seen in Naam Shabana in 2017

Personal life[edit]

On 25 April 2011, Prithviraj married Supriya Menon, a BBC India reporter, in a private ceremony at Palakkad.[29][30][31] They have a daughter, Alankrita, born in 2014.

Malayalam[edit]

2010 onwards[edit]

101	2018	Aadu Jeevitham	Najeeb	Blessy	Announced
100	2018	Karnan	Karnan	RS Vimal	Pre-Production
99	2017	Detroit Crossing	TBA	Nirmal Sahadev	Pre-Production
98	2017	Beautiful Game	TBA	Jamesh Kottakkal	Pre-Production
96	2017	Tiyaan	Mohammad Aslam	Jiyen Krishnakumar	Filming
95	2017	My Story	Jay	Roshni Dinaker	Filming
94	2016	Ezra	Ranjan	JayK	Post Production
93	2016	Oozham	Soorya Krishnamurthy	Jeethu Joseph
92	2016	James & Alice	James	Sujith Vaassudev
91	2016	Darvinte Parinamam	Anil Anto	Jijo Antony
90	2016	Pavada	Joy	G.Marthandan
89	2015	Anarkali	Shantanu	Sachy
88	2015	Kanal	Narrator (Voice Only)	Padmakumar
87	2015	Amar Akbar Anthony	Amar	Nadirshah
86	2015	Ennu Ninte Moideen	Moideen	RS Vimal
85	2015	Double Barrel	Pancho	Lijo Jose Pellissery
84	2015	Ivide	Varun Blake	Shyamaprasad
83	2015	Picket 43	Havildar Hareendran Nair	Major Ravi
81	2014	Tamaar Padaar	ACP Pouran	Dileesh Nair
80	2014	Sapthamashree Thaskaraha	Krishnanunni	Anil Radhakrishnan Menon
79	2014	Munnariyippu	Chackochan	Venu	Cameo
78	2014	7th Day	David Abraham	Syamdhar
77	2014	London Bridge	Vijay Das	Anil C Menon	More [show]
76	2013	Memories	Sam Alex	Jeethu Joseph
74	2013	Mumbai Police	Antony Moses	Rosshan Andrrews
73	2013	Celluloid	J.C. Daniel Harris Daniel	Kamal	More [show]
72	2012	Ayalum Njanum Thammil	Dr.Ravi Tharakan	Lal Jose	More [show]
70	2012	Molly Aunty Rocks!	Pranav Roy	Ranjith Sankar
69	2012	Simhasanam	Arjun Madhav	Shaji Kailas
68	2012	Aakashathinte Niram	Doctor	Dr. Biju	Cameo
67	2012	Bachelor Party	Officer (Special Protection Force)	Amal Neerad	Extended Cameo
66	2012	Hero	Tarzan Antony	Deepan
65	2012	Manjadikuru	Vicky	Anjali Menon	Cameo More [show]
64	2012	Masters	Sreeramakrishnan	Johny Antony
63	2011	Indian Rupee	JP (Jaya Prakash)	Ranjith	More [show]
62	2011	Teja Bhai & Family	Teja Bhai Roshan Varma	Deepu Karunakaran
61	2011	Veettilekulla Vazhi	Doctor	Dr. Biju	More [show]
60	2011	Manushyamrugam	David	Baburaj	Cameo More [show]
59	2011	Manikyakallu	Vinayachandran	M. Mohanan
58	2011	City of God	Jyothilal	Lijo Jose Pellissery
57	2011	Urumi	Chirakkal Kelu Nayanar / Krishna Das	Santosh Sivan	More [show]
56	2011	Makeup Man	Himself	Shafi	Cameo
55	2011	Arjunan Saakshi	Roy Mathew	Ranjith Sankar
54	2010	The Thriller	Niranjan	B. Unnikrishnan	More [show]
53	2010	Anwar	Anwar	Amal Neerad	More [show]
51	2010	Pokkiri Raja	Soorya	Vyshakh	More [show]
49	2010	Thanthonni	Vadakanveetil Kochukunju	George Varghese
48	2010	Punyam Aham	Narayanan Unni	Raj Nair

2002 to 2009[edit]

Movie #	Year	Film	Role	Director	Notes
47	2009	Kerala Cafe	Leon	Shankar Ramakrishnan	More [show]
46	2009	Robinhood	Venkatesh / Siddhaarth	Joshiy	More [show]
44	2009	Puthiya Mukham	Krishna Kumar	Deepan	Debut as a Playback singer More [show]
43	2009	Calendar	Ollikkara Sojappan	Mahesh
42	2009	Nammal Thammil	Vicky	Viji Thampi
41	2008	LollyPop	Franco	Shafi
39	2008	Twenty:20	Tony	Joshiy	Cameo More [show]
38	2008	Thirakkatha	Akbar Ahmed	Ranjith	More [show]
37	2008	Thalappavu	Naxal Joseph	Madhupal	More [show]
36	2008	One Way Ticket	Kunjaappu (Jehangir)	Bipin Prabhakar
34	2007	Kangaroo	Josekutty	Raj Babu
33	2007	Chocolate	Shyam Balagopal	Shafi	More [show]
32	2007	Nadiya Kollappetta Rathri	Zia Musafir	K. Madhu	Cameo More [show]
29	2007	Veeralipattu	Hari	Kukku Surender	More [show]
28	2007	Kaakki	Unnikrishnan	Bipin Prabhakar
27	2007	Avan Chandiyude Makan	Kurian Chandy	Thulasidas	More [show]
25	2006	Oruvan	Jeevan	Vinoo Anand	Cameo
24	2006	Pakal	Nandakumar	M A Nishad
22	2006	Vaasthavam	Balachandran Adiga	Padmakumar	More [show]
21	2006	Classmates	Sukumaran	Lal Jose	More [show]
20	2006	Vargam	Solomon Joseph m	Padmakumar
19	2005	Achanurangatha Veedu	Harikrishnan	Lal Jose	Cameo More [show]
18	2005	Ananthabhadram	Anandan	Santhosh Sivan	More [show]
17	2005	Daivanamathil	Anwar	Jayaraj
16	2005	Police	Shekar	V. K. Prakash
15	2005	Krithyam	Satya, Christy Lopez	Viji Thampi
13	2005	Albudhadweep	Hari	Vinayan	More [show]
12	2004	Akale	Neil	Shyamaprasad	More [show]
11	2004	Satyam	Sanjeev Kumar	Vinayan	More [show]
10	2004	Kadha	Nandhan Menon	Sundar Das
9	2004	Vellinakshatram	Vinod Varma, Chandrachoodan	Vinayan
8	2003	Chakram	Chandrahaasan	Lohithadas
7	2003	Ammakilikkoodu	Vivek	Padmakumar
6	2003	Swapnakoodu	Kunjoonju (Alex Chandy)	Kamal	More [show]
5	2003	Meerayude Dukhavum Muthuvinte Swapnavum	Muthu	Vinayan
4	2003	Vellithira	Style Raj (Raghuram)	Bhadran
3	2002	Stop Violence	Saathan	A. K. Sajan	More [show]
2	2002	Nakshathrakkannulla Rajakumaran Avanundoru Rajakumari	Ananthu	Rajasenan	Debut film in Malayalam
1	2002	Nandanam	Manu Nandakumar	Ranjith	More [show]

Tamil[edit]

Movie #	Year	Film	Role	Director	Notes
82	2014	Kavya Thalaivan	Gomathinayagam Pillai	Vasanthabalan	More [show]
52	2010	Raavanan	Dev	Mani Ratnam	More [show]
50	2010	Kuttrappirivu	Ravikanth	Manmohan	More [show]
45	2009	Ninaithale Inikkum	Shiva	Kumaravel	More [show]
40	2008	Abhiyum Naanum	Sudhakar	Radha Mohan	Cameo
35	2008	Vellithirai	Saravanan	Viji	More [show]
31	2007	Kannamoochi Yenada	Harish Venkatraman	V. Priya
30	2007	Satham Podathey	Ravichandran	Vasanth	More [show]
26	2007	Mozhi	Karthik	Radha Mohan	More [show]
23	2006	Parijatham	Surendhar, Sreedhar	Bhagyaraj
14	2005	Kana Kandaen	Madhan	K V Anand	Debut in Tamil

Telugu[edit]

Movie #	Year	Film	Role	Director	Notes
50	2010	Police Police	Ravikanth	Manmohan	Debut in Telugu

Hindi[edit]

Movie #	Year	Film	Role	Director	Notes
97	2017	Naam Shabana	Cameo Appearance	Shivam Nair	Filming
75	2013	Aurangzeb	ACP Arya Phogat	Atul Sabharwal	More [show]
71	2012	Aiyyaa	Surya Iyer	Sachin Kundalkar	More [show]

As director[edit]

No.	Year	Film	Cast	Language	Notes
1	2017	Lucifer	Mohanlal, Kunchako Boban	Malayalam

As producer[edit]

Year	Film	Language
2011	Urumi	Malayalam Tamil Telugu
2011	Indian Rupee	Malayalam
2013	Kadal Kadannoru Mathukkutty	Malayalam
2014	Sapthamashree Thaskaraha	Malayalam
2015	Double Barrel	Malayalam
2016	Darvinte Parinamam	Malayalam
2016	Anuraga Karikkin Vellam	Malayalam
2016	The Great Father	Malayalam