Prithviraj Sukumaran

Prithviraj Sukumaran born October 16 1982 is a versatile Indian actor director producer and playback singer primarily active in Malayalam cinema with notable contributions to Tamil Hindi and Telugu films His extensive career spans over 100 films earning him accolades such as a National Film Award three Kerala State Film Awards a Tamil Nadu State Film Award and a South Filmfare Award Prithviraj marked his acting debut with the commercially successful Nandanam 2002 and rose to prominence as a leading Malayalam actor with Classmates 2006 the highestgrossing Malayalam film that year His role in Vaasthavam earned him the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor making him the youngest recipient at 24 Exploring diverse roles he portrayed a musician in the Tamil romantic comedy Mozhi 2007 and delved into playback singing with Puthiya Mukham 2009 He secured his second Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for his performances in the medical drama Ayalum Njanum Thammil and the biographical film Celluloid In 2010 Prithviraj joined August Cinema coproducing and headlining Urumi and Indian Rupee both 2011 The latter won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam and the Kerala State Film Award for Best Film He earned the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Villain for Kaaviya Thalaivan 2014 and starred in impactful films like Ennu Ninte Moideen 2015 and Ezra 2017 After parting ways with August Cinema in 2017 he independently launched Prithviraj Productions which backed 9 2019 Making his directorial debut with Lucifer 2019 the film became the highestgrossing Malayalam film until June 2023 Subsequently he featured in notable films such as Driving License 2019 Ayyappanum Koshiyum 2020 Jana Gana Mana 2022 Kaduva 2022 and Prashanth Neels Salaar Part 1 Ceasefire 2023 alongside Prabhas