1. Prithviraj Sukumaran is an Indian actor, producer, director, and playback singer who primarily works in Malayalam cinema, in addition to Tamil, Hindi and Telugu films, adding to more than 100 films involving diverse genres and variety of roles.
43 Facts About Prithviraj Sukumaran
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Prithviraj Sukumaran made his acting debut with the 2002 film Nandanam.
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Prithviraj Sukumaran then played a musician in the Tamil romantic comedy Mozhi and ventured into playback singing with Puthiya Mukham before earning his second Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for the medical drama Ayalum Njanum Thammil and the biographical film Celluloid.
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In 2010, Prithviraj Sukumaran became a producer and joined the production company August Cinema.
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Prithviraj Sukumaran co-produced and headlined Urumi and Indian Rupee ; the latter won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam and Kerala State Film Award for Best Film.
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Prithviraj Sukumaran won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Villain for Kaaviya Thalaivan and had further success with Ennu Ninte Moideen and Ezra.
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Prithviraj Sukumaran made his directorial debut with Lucifer, which became one of the highest-grossing Malayalam film.
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Prithviraj Sukumaran has since achieved critical and commercial success with Driving License, Ayyappanum Koshiyum, Jana Gana Mana, Kaduva, The Goat Life and Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil and the Telugu film Salaar.
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Prithviraj Sukumaran was born on 16 October 1982 to the actors Sukumaran and Mallika Sukumaran in Thiruvananthapuram.
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Prithviraj Sukumaran's family was settled in Tamil Nadu at the time, where he attended Shrine Vailankanni School in T Nagar, Chennai, and St Joseph's Boys School, Coonoor.
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Prithviraj Sukumaran then moved to St Mary's Residential Central School, Poojappura, where he acted in plays and skits for the school's annual day celebrations.
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Prithviraj Sukumaran completed his education at Sainik School, Kazhakootam, and Bhavan's Senior Secondary School, Kodunganoor.
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Prithviraj Sukumaran married BBC India reporter Supriya Menon on 25 April 2011 in a private ceremony held in Palakkad.
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In 2001, Prithviraj Sukumaran underwent a screen-test by director Fazil for one of his projects.
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Prithviraj Sukumaran then appeared in films directed by Lohithadas, Vinayan, Kamal and Bhadran.
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Shyamaprasad, who cast him as the lead in his film Akale, said that Prithviraj Sukumaran's advantages are his talent and intelligence irrespective of his box office successes.
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In 2005, Prithviraj Sukumaran debuted in Tamil cinema through Kana Kandaen.
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Prithviraj Sukumaran starred in Director Santosh Sivan's Anandabhadram in which he portrayed a character called Anandan who is a young NRI who likes his mother's native village, a place known for powerful wizards and go through several human emotions.
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In 2006, Prithviraj Sukumaran co-starred with actor Bhagyaraj's daughter Saranya Bhagyaraj in Parijatham.
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Prithviraj Sukumaran was the youngest actor to win the award.
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Prithviraj Sukumaran starred in Satham Podathey and Kannamoochi Yenada in the same year.
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In 2008, Prithviraj Sukumaran starred in Vellithirai, the Tamil remake of Udayananu Tharam.
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In 2009, the success of Prithviraj Sukumaran's Puthiya Mukham was a major turning point in the actor's career and led to him being branded as a superstar.
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Prithviraj Sukumaran played the antagonist in Mani Ratnam's Raavanan in 2010 alongside actor Vikram who played the main protagonist.
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In 2011, Prithviraj Sukumaran produced his first film, the multilingual Urumi.
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Prithviraj Sukumaran made a special appearance in Anjali Menon's Manjadikuru.
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In that same year, Prithviraj Sukumaran debuted in Hindi cinema through Aiyyaa, starring alongside Rani Mukerji.
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In 2013, Prithviraj Sukumaran had three releases Celluloid, Mumbai Police and Memories, all of which were critical and commercial successes.
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Prithviraj Sukumaran played the role of a police officer in Aurangzeb, directed by Athul Sabharwal which was his second project in Hindi cinema.
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In 2014, Prithviraj Sukumaran's first major release was London Bridge, which was a box office failure; followed by 7th Day, which emerged as a commercial success.
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Prithviraj Sukumaran starred in director Vasanthabalan's period film Kaaviya Thalaivan, co-starring Siddharth.
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Prithviraj Sukumaran was widely praised for his performance in the film.
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Prithviraj Sukumaran next appeared in Lijo Jose Pellissery's Double Barrel.
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Prithviraj Sukumaran had four releases in 2016, beginning with Paavada, a family drama in which he played a drunkard.
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Prithviraj Sukumaran's last release, Oozham, an action thriller directed by Jeethu Joseph was a commercial success.
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Prithviraj Sukumaran starred in his third Hindi film, Naam Shabana.
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In 2018, Prithviraj Sukumaran launched his independent production house, Prithviraj Sukumaran Productions.
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Prithviraj Sukumaran made his directorial debut in 2019 with the film Lucifer, starring Mohanlal.
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Prithviraj Sukumaran had been cast for the project 16 years prior in 2008.
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Aadujeevitham was critically and commercially successful with Prithviraj Sukumaran earning critical acclaim for his performance.
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Prithviraj Sukumaran's second release, the comedy-drama Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil was a commercial success.
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Prithviraj Sukumaran won the Kerala State Best Actor award for Aadujeevitham.
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Prithviraj Sukumaran Productions is an Indian film production and distribution company based in Kochi, established in 2017 by Prithviraj Sukumaran and his wife Supriya Menon.