41 Facts About Nivin Pauly

Nivin Pauly was born on 11 October 1984 and is an Indian actor and producer who works predominantly in Malayalam films.

Nivin Pauly is a recipient of several awards including two Kerala State Film Awards and three Filmfare South awards.

Nivin Pauly got his breakthrough with his lead role in the romantic film Thattathin Marayathu, which was directed by Vineeth Sreenivasan.

Nivin Pauly came to be known for playing "boy next door" archetype following roles in the bilingual black-comedy thriller Neram, the sports-drama 1983, the romantic-comedy Ohm Shanthi Oshaana, the romantic-drama Bangalore Days, the comedy road-thriller Oru Vadakkan Selfie, and the coming-of-age romantic drama Premam.

Nivin Pauly went on to star in the police drama Action Hero Biju, the family drama Jacobinte Swargarajyam, the political satire Sakhavu, family comedy Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela and the epic film Kayamkulam Kochunni which is the third highest-grossing Malayalam film.

Nivin Pauly then produced the family entertainer Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela.

Nivin Pauly won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut for his Tamil debut Neram.

In 2015, Nivin Pauly won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for his performances in Bangalore Days and 1983.

Nivin Pauly won the best actor award for the same film at the New York Indian Film Festival.

Nivin Pauly had three releases in 2022 - Mahaveeryar, a fantasy flick; Padavettu, a political thriller; and the comedy entertainer, Saturday Night.

Nivin Pauly was born into a Suriyani Nasrani Catholic family on 11 October 1984 in Aluva, Ernakulam.

Nivin Pauly was employed at Infosys in Bangalore through campus placements and worked as a software engineer from 2006 to 2008.

Nivin Pauly auditioned for Malarvaadi Arts Club and was cast by Vineeth Sreenivasan in the role of Prakashan, which marked his debut.

Nivin Pauly appeared in the music video Nenjodu Cherthu from the album Yuvvh, which The Hindu called "hugely popular", and was a viral hit on YouTube.

Nivin Pauly played the role of Vinod, a Hindu boy madly in love with Ayesha, a Muslim girl.

Nivin Pauly received offers from directors including Sathyan Anthikad, Rajesh Pillai, Aashiq Abu and Shyamaprasad.

Nivin Pauly made his debut in Tamil with the bilingual film Neram.

Nivin Pauly acted in Shyamaprasad's English: An Autumn in London where he portrayed the character of a London-born dapper playboy.

Nivin Pauly essayed the role of Krishnan "Kuttan" P P, a software engineer who is judgemental about modern life without really thinking about his own hypocrisies.

In 2015, Nivin Pauly appeared in Mili, Oru Vadakkan Selfie and Ivide.

Nivin Pauly plays the role of a soft-skills trainer, Naveen in Mili, directed by Rajesh Pillai.

Nivin Pauly followed this up with the "road-comedy film" Oru Vadakkan Selfie, directed by G Prajith and scripted by Vineeth Sreenivasan.

Nivin Pauly then acted in Premam, where he played the role of George David.

Nivin Pauly starred in the family-drama Jacobinte Swargarajyam directed by Vineeth Srinivasan.

Nivin Pauly's next film was a political drama Sakhavu in which he played dual roles.

Nivin Pauly appeared in his first straight Tamil feature film through Gautham Ramachandran's crime drama Richie, where he portrayed a small town thug.

Nivin Pauly came together with Shyamaprased for a third time for the romantic-comedy Hey Jude.

Nivin Pauly plays the role of a mathematical genius, yet socially awkward Jude who like his namesake Beatles song finds himself in spite of his perceived shortcomings.

Nivin Pauly next appeared in Geetu Mohandas' film Moothon which was screened at several international film festivals worldwide including Toronto International Film Festival, New York Indian Film Festival, FFAST, Indian Film Festival of Melbourne and Mumbai Film Festival.

Nivin Pauly won the award for the best actor at the New York Indian Film Festival for his role in Moothon.

Nivin Pauly is expected to appear soon on screen as Mattanchery Moidu in Rajeev Ravi's film Thuramukham which is awaiting a theatre release.

Nivin Pauly's other upcoming projects are Bismi Special, Gangster of Mundanmala, Thaaram and Shekara Varma Rajavu.

Nivin Pauly has announced a new project titled Dear Students which is to be produced under his home banner.

In early 2017, Nivin Pauly appeared as himself in the short film "No Go Tell" directed by Jude Anthany Joseph.

Nivin Pauly was part of the Kerala Strikers team in the Celebrity Cricket League.

Nivin Pauly was noted for his contributions during the unprecedented floods of 2018 in Kerala.

Nivin Pauly visited relief camps in his hometown Aluva and arranged basic necessities for the flood-affected people.

Nivin Pauly met Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to hand over his donation towards the Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund.

Nivin Pauly was in the news for the "On-Call" campaign, where he called and spoke to the patients and healthcare workers during the lockdown, encouraging and thanking the latter for their selfless service.

Nivin Pauly was a part of the launch of the "Drug-Free Kerala" campaign of the Vigilance and Anti Corruption Bureau against corruption and narcotic substances.

Nivin Pauly married his college sweetheart Rinna Joy on 28 August 2010, at St Dominic's Church in Aluva.