Suraj Venjaramood is a National Award winning Indian film actor and impressionist mimic who has starred in over 100 Malayalam films He mainly plays comedy roles though he has played some character roles as well He is a threetime recipient of the Kerala State Film Award for Best Comedy Artist In 2014 Suraj received the National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in the Malayalam film Perariyathavar Suraj started his career as a standup comedian His mimicry shows were a success with the audience He first acted in a film named Jagapoga which was a spoof of Malayalam movies He played the role of Pachan as well as Dadasahib in this film He is generally regarded for his artificial mockery of the Thiruvananthapuram accent for which he is largely criticised So far Suraj has acted in more than 100 films and have played the lead character in the films Duplicate and Thaskara Lahala He is known for acting in the films Arabikatha Ivar Vivahitharayal Annan Thambi Veruthe Oru Bharya LollyPop Gulumal The Escape Sakudumbam Shyamala Adaminte Makan Abu and Perariyathavar He won the National Film Award for Best Actor at the 61st National Film Awards for the film Perariyathavar directed by Dr Biju The story of the film revolved around a father and son working as Municipality workers and the harsh life they face Noted filmmaker and jury chairman Saeed Mirza while announcing Surajs award in a press meet said Suraj has played a municipal sweeper in the film but it is an incredibly dignified performance He excels in comedy but in this film Suraj has brilliantly played a reticent character I would not have been able to sleep had his name not been in the list of awardees
HydraHD
