Prithviraj Sukumaran
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| Born | Prithviraj Sukumaran 16 October 1982 Trivandrum, Kerala, India |
| Occupation | Film actor, Film producer, Playback singer |
| Years active | 2002 – present |
| Spouse(s) | Supriya Menon (2011 – present) |
| Relatives | Sukumaran (Father) Mallika Sukumaran (Mother) Indrajith (Brother) Poornima Indrajith (Sister in law) |
| Awards | Kerala State Film Awards Best Actor - 2006, 2012 |
Prithviraj Sukumaran, (born on 16 October 1982)[1] credited mononymously as Prithviraj, is an Indian actor, playback singer and producer best known for his work in Malayalam and Tamil films.
He made his debut in 2002 in the Malayalam film Nandanam directed by Ranjith, and has since acted in more than seventy films, notably Stop Violence, Ananthabhadram, Classmates, Vaasthavam, Thirakkatha, Urumi, Indian Rupee, Ayalum Njanum Thammil and Celluloid. He has also appeared in parallel films, notably Akale, Veettilekkulla Vazhi, Punyam Aham, Manjadikuru and Aakashathinte Niram. Prithviraj has won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor in 2006 for his performance in Vaasthavam and in 2012 for Ayalum Njanum Thammil & Celluloid.[2]
Prithviraj made his debut in Tamil cinema through Kana Kandaen in 2005. His other notable films in Tamil are Parijatham, Mozhi and Raavanan. He made his debut in Telugu through Police Police in 2010 [3] and in Bollywood through Aiyyaa in 2012.
As a producer he started a production company, August Cinema, along with Santosh Sivan and Shaji Natesan. August Cinema has produced the films Urumi and Indian Rupee.
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Early life and family [edit]
Prithviraj was born in Trivandrum, Kerala, to actors Sukumaran and Mallika Sukumaran. His elder brother Indrajith Sukumaran and sister-in-law Poornima Indrajith are also film actors. His initial schooling was at St. Mary's Central School Poojappura, which was near his home at Chengallur, where he acted in various plays and skits for the school's annual day celebrations. He completed the rest of his school education at the Sainik School Kazhakoottam, Thiruvananthapuram and Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram. Prithviraj, along with his brother Indrajith, participated in debates and elocution competitions while in school.[4] At the annual inter-school arts festival hosted by Loyola School, Thiruvananthapuram, Prithviraj won the title of "Mr LA Fest" in successive years, and is the only person to date to get that title twice.[5] While pursuing his Bachelors Degree in Information Technology, he was called by film director Ranjith to play the lead role in his film Nandanam.[4] It was Fazil, a well known Malayalam film director, who introduced him to Ranjith.[4] After his performance in Nandanam, he decided to take a break from studies to concentrate on his film career.
On 25 April 2011, Prithviraj married Supriya Menon, a BBC India Reporter, in a private ceremony at Palakkad.[6][7][8]
Career [edit]
Malayalam cinema [edit]
In 2001, 19 year old Prithviraj underwent a screen-test by Director Fazil for one of his projects at that time. Even though that project never materialized, Fazil recommended him to director Ranjith who was planning his second directorial venture, Nandanam. Ranjith instructed Prithviraj to grow a beard to look mature. Nandanam released in 2002. Though Nandanam is Prithviraj's first film, it released after Nakshathrakkannulla Rajakumaran Avanundoru Rajakumari and Stop Violence.
After Nandanam, Prithviraj appeared in films directed by Lohithadas, Vinayan, Kamal and Bhadran. Shyamaprasad, who cast him in lead role in his film Akale, said that Prithviraj's advantages are his talent and intelligence irrespective of his box office successes.[9]
In 2006, he played the role of Sub Inspector Solomon Joseph in Vargam. After Vargam, Prithviraj acted in Vaasthavam with the same director, M. Padmakumar, for which he received the Kerala State Award for Best Actor for 2006,[10] and set the record of the youngest actor to win the award, which remains unbeaten till date.[11] The same year he starred in Lal Jose' Classmates.
In 2007, he starred in Chocolate, directed by Shafi.[12] In 2008, he starred in Thalappavu (directed by Madhupal) and Thirakkatha (directed by Ranjith), in which he took up roles which serve as pivotal characters. One of the reviews of Thalappavu describes it as a film which is truly the coming-of-age film for Prithviraj the actor and that there is a spartan dignity that he brings into his commanding portrayal of Naxalite Joseph.[13] The Sify review of Thirakkatha describes it as a "genuine attempt that keeps the viewer engaged until the end".[14] Both Thalappavu and Thirakkatha shared the award for the best film in the Film Critics Award for 2008. He also made a special appearance in Anjali Menon's Manjadikkuru.
In 2009, the success of Prithviraj's Puthiya Mukham (directed by Diphan)[15] led the print and visual media to anoint him as "Superstar".[16] His other releases in 2009 were Robinhood (directed by Joshy) and Malayalam's first anthology film, Kerala Cafe.
In 2010, Prithviraj's notable films were Pokkiri Raja and Anwar directed by Amal Neerad.
In 2011, Prithviraj turned producer through the multilingual film Urumi. Other releases in Malayalam include City of God, Manikyakallu, Veettilekkulla Vazhi and Indian Rupee. Reviewers praised Prithviraj for his performance in Indian Rupee like the one at Nowrunning.com who described it as his career best performance.[17][unreliable source?]
In 2012, his major releases were Hero, Molly Aunty Rocks!, and Ayalum Njanum Thammil along with cameo roles in Aakashathinte Niram and Manjadikuru.
In 2013, Prithviraj portrayed J.C. Daniel in Celluloid for which he won his second Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor.[2]. His other major release this year was Mumbai Police.
Tamil cinema [edit]
Prithviraj made his Tamil debut through Kana Kandaen in 2005 as the suave and sophisticated villain.
Soon he got the opportunity to act under the direction of Bhagyaraj in the film Parijatham. Bhagyaraj said in an interview, "The entire media unanimously appreciated Prithviraj in Kana Kandaen, so it was with that confidence that I signed him".
In 2007, Prithviraj co-starred Mozhi. He also starred in Satham Podathey and Kannamoochi Yenada in the same year.
In 2008, Prithviraj starred in Vellithirai, the Tamil remake of Udayananu Tharam. Rediff described his performance: “Prithviraj makes the best of his assets – his expressive eyes, which glint in fury, soften with love, or brim over with frustrated tears”.[18] The Tamil remake of Classmates, titled Ninaithale Inikkum, was released in 2009.
His last release in Tamil was Mani Ratnam's Raavanan in 2010 and his performance was critically acclaimed.[vague][19]
Telugu cinema [edit]
Prithviraj Sukumaran debuted in Telugu through Police Police in 2010. The film has been dubbed in Tamil as Kutrappirivu. Prithviraj has had many of his Malayalam films dubbed into Telugu like Sivapuram in 2006 which was the dubbing of Ananthabhadram and ATM in 2010 which was the dubbing of Robinhood. The dubbed version of Urumi released in August 2011.
Hindi cinema [edit]
Prithviraj debuted in Bollywood through Aiyyaa directed by Sachin Kundalkar. Aiyyaa which was jointly produced by Anurag Kashyap and Viacom 18[20] released on 12 October 2012.
His second film was Aurangzeb directed by Athul Sabharwal .[21] The film was released on 17 May, 2013. He has also signed on to play one of the three main leads in Farah Khan directed Happy New Year.[22]
Filmography [edit]
As a Film Producer [edit]
Prithviraj formed a production & distribution company called August Cinema along with director Santosh Sivan and entrepreneur Shaji Natesan in 2009. Their first production venture, the multi-lingual film Urumi was released in 2011. August Cinema is also into distribution of films. They have distributed Manjadikuru and Molly Aunty Rocks! apart from their own productions.
Filmography as a producer [edit]
| No. | Year | Film | Language |
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| 1 | 2011 | Urumi | Malayalam |
| 2 | 2011 | Indian Rupee | Malayalam |
| 3 | 2013 | Kadal kadannu Oru Mathukutty | Malayalam |
| 4 | 2014 | Kunjali Marakkar | Malayalam |
| 5 | 2014 | Arival Chuttika Nakshathram | Malayalam |
As a Playback Singer [edit]
Prithviraj debuted as a singer in Puthiya Mukham (2009) by singing the title song of the film, "Kaane Kaane".[23]
Discography [edit]
| No. | Year | Song | Film | Co-singers | Language | Music | Duration | Genre | Notes |
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| 1 | 2009 | "Kaane Kaane" | Puthiya Mukham | – | Malayalam | Deepak Dev | 3:14 | Rock ballad | Featured in the title credits of the film |
| 2 | 2010 | "Kaattu Paranjathum" | Thanthonni | – | Malayalam | Thej Mervin | 5:21 | Soft melody | Not featured in the film |
| 3 | 2010 | "Kettille Kettille" | Pokkiri Raja | Vijay Yesudas, Rijiya | Malayalam | Jassie Gift | 3:24 | Pop | Party song |
| 4 | 2010 | "Njan" | Anwar | Mamta Mohandas | Malayalam | Gopi Sundar | 3:44 | Rap duet | Featured in the end credits of the film |
| 5 | 2011 | "Vadakku Vadakku" | Urumi | - | Malayalam | Deepak Dev | 3:27 | Pop | First Song in the Malayalam version of the film |
| 6 | 2012 | "Tarzan Antony coming back to Cinema" | Hero | - | Malayalam | Gopi Sundar | 4:25 | Fusion | Included in the film as the first song. |
Awards and nominations [edit]
- 2011 - Best Feature Film in Malayalam (Producer) for Indian Rupee
- 2012 – Best Actor for Celluloid and Ayalum Njanum Thammil [2]
- 2006 – Best Actor for Vaasthavam [24]
- 2011 – Nominated – Best Actor – Malayalam for Indian Rupee
- 2010 – Nominated – Best Actor – Malayalam for Anwar
- 2010 – Nominated – Best Supporting Actor – Tamil for Raavanan
- 2011 – Most Popular Film (Producer)Urumi
- 2011 – Most Popular Actor
- 2008 – Youth Icon of the Year [26]
- 2006 – Most Popular Actor
- 2004 – Special Jury Award for Akale [27]
- 2003 – Best Onscreen Couple Award (shared with actress Navya Nair)
Other awards
- 2011 – Surya TV Film Awards - Popular Actor [28]
- 2011 – Vayalar Rama Varma Chalachitra Madhyama Award – Best Actor for Indian Rupee
- 2010 – Jai Hind TV Awards – Youth Icon of the Year [29]
- 2008 – Jai Hind TV Awards – Best Actor for Thalappavu and Thirakkatha [30]
- 2007 – Sathyan Memorial Award – Best Actor for Vaasthavam [31]
- 2005 – Thikkurushi Award – Best Actor for Akale [32]
- 2003 – Film Critics Award – Best Actor for Meerayude Dukhavum Muthuvinte Swapnavum and Chakram [33]
References [edit]
- ^ "Prithviraj on a Roll (Turns 27)". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 15 October 2009.
- ^ a b c Celluloid actor Prithviraj bags the Kerala State Film Awards . IBNLive.in.com (2012-02-22). Retrieved on 2012-02-22.
- ^ Prithviraj's Telugu debut, Police Police. indiaglitz.com (2009-04-03). Retrieved on 2013-04-24.
- ^ a b c RK Roshini (2004-04-10). "On the road to stardom". Chennai, India: The Hindu. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
- ^ 10 yearsof LA Fest. ashok.loyolites.com
- ^ Staff Reporter (2011-04-25). "Prithviraj gets married in Palakkad". Palakkad: The Hindu. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
- ^ Asha Prakash (2011-04-28). "Prithviraj: No more a bachelor boy". Indian Express. Retrieved 2011-04-28.
- ^ "നടൻ പൃഥ്വിരാജ് വിവാഹിതനായി()" (in Malayalam). Malayala Manorama. 2011-04-25. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
- ^ Vijay George (2005-10-07). "Advantage Prithviraj". Chennai, India: The Hindu. Retrieved 2008-11-27.
- ^ "State film awards announced". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 2007-02-10. Retrieved 2008-11-24.
- ^ Vijay George (2007-02-16). "Portrait of a winner". The Hindu. Retrieved 2008-11-24.
- ^ Paresh Palicha (2007-10-15). "Prithviraj shines in Chocolate and classmates". Rediff. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
- ^ "Thalappavu Review". Nowrunning.com. 2008-09-15. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
- ^ "Thirakkadha". Sify. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
- ^ Kerala Box- office (July 25 – Aug 25). Sify.com (2009-08-26). Retrieved on 2010-12-05.
- ^ "New superstar on the block". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 2009-08-28.
- ^ "Indian Rupee Review". Nowrunning.com. 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
- ^ Vellithirai is worth watching. Rediff.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-05.
- ^ Raavanan is better than Raavan – Rediff.com Movies. Movies.rediff.com (2010-06-18). Retrieved on 2010-12-05.
- ^ "Rani Mukerjee signs Anurag Kashyap's next". Ndtv.com. 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
- ^ "Prithviraj to star in YRF's Aurangzeb". BollywoodHungama.com. 2012-06-12. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
- ^ "Prithviraj to star in Happy New Year". BollywoodHungama.com. 2013-03-08. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
- ^ Prithviraj | Malayalam Movie Puthiyamugham | Song | Singer | Deepak Dev | Mohanlal – Oneindia Entertainment. Entertainment.oneindia.in (2009-06-29). Retrieved on 2010-12-05.
- ^ The Hindu : Friday Review Thiruvananthapuram : Portrait of a winner. Hinduonnet.com (2007-02-16). Retrieved on 2010-12-05.
- ^ "‘Pazhassi Raja' selected as best film". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 2010-01-04.
- ^ ‘Thirakkatha’ wins best film award | | | Indian Express. Expressbuzz.com (2009-02-19). Retrieved on 2010-12-05.
- ^ "Mathrubhumi, Medimix film awards announced". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 2005-03-19.
- ^ "Surya TV award for Prithviraj". Indiaglitz.com. Retrieved on 2012-03-27.
- ^ "Jai Hind film awards announced". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 2010-07-20.
- ^ Mathrubhumi Movies. Mb4frames.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-05.
- ^ "Sathyan memorial film awards announced". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 2007-11-07.
- ^ Thikkurushi award for Meera Jasmine and Prithviraj -Oneindia Malayalam. Thatsmalayalam.oneindia.in. Retrieved on 2010-12-05.
- ^ The Hindu : Film critics' awards announced. Hinduonnet.com (2004-02-01). Retrieved on 2010-12-05.
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