Prithviraj Sukumaran
Prithviraj Sukumaran is an Indian film actor, director, producer, playback singer, and distributor known for his works primarily in Malayalam cinema. He has also appeared in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu language films. He is the youngest actor to win the Kerala State film award for Best Actor at the age of 24. His 2015 period film Ennu Ninte Moideen and 2017 horror-thriller Ezra are both amongst the top ten highest-grossing Malaysalam films of all time.
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Prithviraj Sukumaran is an Indian film actor, director, producer, playback singer, and distributor known for his works primarily in Malayalam cinema. He has also appeared in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu language films. He acted in more than 100 films in a variety of roles, and has won several awards, including a National Film Award, three Kerala State Film Awards, a Tamil Nadu State Film Award and a Filmfare Awards South. His 2015 period film Ennu Ninte Moideen and 2017 horror-thriller Ezra are both amongst the top ten highest-grossing Malaysalam films of all time. He made his directorial debut in 2019 with Lucifer which became the highest- grossing Malaylaman film ever. He is the youngest actor to win the Kerala State film award for Best Actor at the age of 24. His elder brother and sister-in-law are also film actors. After school, he studied for a bachelor’s degree in Information Technology at the University of Tasmania in Australia. He 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.
In 2011, he co-produced and starred in the social drama Indian Rupee, for which he received the National film Award for Best Feature Film inMalayalam. In 2014, he won the Tamil Nadu state Film Award for best Villain for his performance in Kaaviya Thalaivan. He completed his education at Sainik School, Kazhakootam and Bhavan’s Senior Secondary School, Kodunganoor. He then moved to St. Mary’s Residential Central School, Poojappura where he acted in plays and skits for the school’s Annual Day Celebrations. In 2001, he auditioned for film director Ranjith and won the lead role in the film Nandanam. In 2007, he played a musician in the Tamil romantic comedy Mozhi. The 2009 action film Puthiya Mukham marked his debut as a playback singer. In 2010, he began co-producing films for the production house August Cinema, starting with the historical film Urumi which he also starred in. He ended his partnership with August Cinema in 2017 and launched an independent production house, Prith Viraj Productions, debuting with the 2019 science fiction film 9.
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