Salim Kumar

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Salim Kumar
Born June 10, 1968 (1968-06-10) (age 43)
Chittatukara, Kochi, Kerala, India
Occupation Actor
Years active 1997 - present
Spouse Sunitha
Children Chandu, Aromal
Awards National Film Awards
2010 - Best Actor
(Adaminte Makan Abu)
Kerala State Film Award
2010 - Best Actor
(Adaminte Makan Abu)
2005 - Best Second Actor (Achanurangatha Veedu)
Sathyan Award
2005 - (Achanurangatha Veedu)
Bharathan Award
2005 - (Achanurangatha Veedu)

Salim Kumar (Malayalam: സലിം കുമാര്‍; born on 10 June 1968) is a National Award winning Indian film actor and mimic predominantly acting in Malayalam cinema.

Salim Kumar is one of the prominent comedian actors of the current generation in Malayalam cinema, but has shown his versatility in the drama genre of films, such as Achanurangatha Veedu, Gramophone, Perumazhakkalam and Adaminte Makan Abu.[1] His role as Abu in Adaminte Makan Abu won him both the National Award and Kerala State award for Best Actor for the year 2010. Earlier he had won Kerala State Film Award for the Second Best Actor in 2005 for his role as Samuel in Achanurangatha Veedu.[2][3]

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[edit] Early life

He attended the Govt. Lower Primary School,Chittattukara North Paravur and went to high school at the Govt. Boys High School, North Paravur. He completed his Pre-Degree education from Sree Narayana Mangalam College Malyankara,Moothakunnam. He graduated with a BA from Maharajas College, Ernakulam where he won the University title for Mimicry thrice. He started his stage career at Cochin Kalabhavan, and later moved on to Cochin Sagar to further cultivate his skills in mimicry. He was also a performer in Comicola, a hit comedy program on Asianet. For about four years, he was associated with professional drama in Arathi Theatres, Cochin.

[edit] Career

Salim Kumar's first film was Ishtamaanu Nooru Vattam, a family entertainer directed by Sidhik Shameer. Further he got numerous opportunities. After establishing himself as an essential part of Malayalam comedy film, he earned the reputation of a character actor by becoming hero in Achanurangatha Veedu, directed by Lal Jose. For his performance in this film, he won the Kerala State Film Award for the second best actor in 2007. He has also handled serious roles in films such as Gramophone and Perumazhakkalam. He also appeared in the movie Kerala Cafe( Segment: The Bridge). Salim featured in a hip-hop number in Album "Coffee @ MG Road"-palavattam in 2008 which was well received. He is known for his his comic timing, as seen in movies like Pulival Kalyanam, Mayavi, Kilichundan Mampazham,and Kalyanaraman.

“Those days (early 1990s), I would get Rs250 per programme,” says Salim Kumar who, friends remember, survived with just a couple of shirts because he could not afford more. Subsequently, he was chosen as host for a comedy programme in a private Malayalam television channel. In 1997, his first breakthrough in cinema came with Ishtamanu Nooruvattam, a family drama directed by Sidhik Shameer. Salim Kumar fondly remembers that his friend and mimicry artiste Nadir Shah was instrumental in getting him the break in the movies.[4]

[edit] Awards

National Film Awards
Kerala State Film Awards
Other Awards

[edit] Personal life

He is settled in North Paravur-Ernakulam District.He is married to Sunitha and the couple have two sons, Chandu and Aromal. He allies with the UDF party in Kerala, especially with the late political leader K. Karunakaran. He has written his memoirs in a book named Ishwara Vazhakkillello.

[edit] Filmography

  1. Mr. Marumakan (2011)
  2. Teja Bhai & Family (2011)
  3. Janapriyan (2011)
  4. Manikiakkallu (2011)Kunjiraman 'THAMPURAN'
  5. Christian Brothers (2011) .... Purushothaman
  6. Makeup Man (2011) .... Lawrence
  7. Arjunan Saakshi (2011)
  8. Marykkundoru Kunjaadu (2010) .... Lonappan
  9. Best Actor (2010)...Vadival Pranchi
  10. Kaaryasthan (2010) .... Kalidas
  11. Oridathoru Postman (2010)
  12. Adaminte Makan Abu (2010) .... Abookka
  13. Pokkiri Raja (2010) .... Writer Manoharan
  14. Cheriya Kallanum Valiya Policum (2010)
  15. Chattambinadu (2009) .... Gopalan
  16. Gulumal-The Escape (2009)
  17. Ee Pattanathil Bhootham(2009) .... Sub Inspector
  18. 2 Harihar Nagar (2009) .... Ayyappan
  19. Love In Singapore (2009)Gafoor khan
  20. Lollypop (2008) .... Priest / Advocate Kuriakose
  21. Crazy Gopalan (2008) .... Lakshmanan
  22. Annan Thambi (2008) Inspector Shyamalan
  23. Twenty:20 (2008) .... Induchoodan IPS
  24. Flash (2007 film)
  25. Kadha Parayumbol (2007) ....Poet Das Vadakkemuri
  26. Chocolate (2007) .... Pappan
  27. Arabikatha (2007) .... Kareem
  28. Hallo (2007) .... Chidambaram
  29. July 4 .... Sakthivel
  30. Goal (2007 Malayalam film)
  31. Abraham and Lincoln (2007)
  32. Ekantham (2007)
  33. The Speed Track (2007) .... Lali
  34. Mayavi (2007) .... Kannan Srank
  35. Inspector Garud (2007) .... Chakkachamparambil Lonappan
  36. Changathipoocha (2007) .... Purushothaman
  37. Oruvan (2006)
  38. Karutha Pakshikal (2006)
  39. Vaasthavam (2006)Thrippan Namboothiri
  40. Bhargavacharitham Moonnam Khandam (2006) .... Ali
  41. Aanachandam (2006)Pappan
  42. Chess (2006) .... Unnikkannan
  43. Prajapathi (2006) .... Film Star
  44. Pulijanmam (2006)
  45. Thuruppu Gulan (2006).... Khader
  46. Kilukkam Kilukilukkam (2006) .... Appachan
  47. Achanurangatha Veedu (2006).... Samuel
  48. Sarkar Dada (2005)
  49. Rajamanikyam (2005) .... Dasappan
  50. Lokanathan I.A.S (2005) .... Rajappan
  51. Naran (2005).... Idimutti Rajan
  52. Chanthupottu (2005) .... 'Paradooshanam' Vareethu
  53. Pandippada (2005) .... Umakanthan
  54. Rappakal (2005) .... Govindan
  55. Krithyam (2005) .... Badsha
  56. Thaskara Veeran (2005) .... Suguthan
  57. Thommanum Makkalum (2005) .... Rajakannu
  58. Immini Nalloraal (2005) .... Kittunni
  59. Iruvattam Manavatti (2005) .... Ochira Velu
  60. Udayananu Tharam (2005) .... Rafeeq
  61. Deepangal Sakshi (2005) .... Advocate
  62. Junior Senior (2005) .... Sathyan
  63. Perumazhakkalam (2004) .... Aamu Elappa
  64. Kadhavaseshan (2004)
  65. Greetings (2004) .... Vaidyanathan
  66. Youth Festival (2004)
  67. Aparichithan (2004) .... Tribal Helper
  68. Chathikkatha Chanthu (2004) .... Dance master Wikram a.k.a Vikram Jackson
  69. Vismayathumbathu (2004) .... Guhan
  70. Vellinakshatram (2004)Dr.Sundareshan
  71. Kerala House Udan Vilpanakku (2004) .... Tester Kannappan
  72. Kusruthi (2004) .... Inspector Chandy
  73. Thalamelam (2004) .... Sattappan
  74. Pattanathil Sundaran (2003) .... Bhuvanachandran
  75. Pulival Kalyanam (2003) .... Manavalan
  76. Valathottu Thirinjal Nalamathe Veedu (2003) .... Suryaprakashan
  77. Hariharan Pillai Happy Aanu (2003) .... Sundaran
  78. Pattalam (2003) .... Inspector Gabbar Kesavan
  79. C.I.D. Moosa (2003) .... The Insane Man
  80. Vellithira (2003) .... Surendran
  81. Gramophone (2003) .... 'Tabla' Bhaskaran
  82. Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum (2003) .... Moonga Varkey
  83. Kilichundan Mampazham (2003) .... Usman
  84. Thilakkam (2003) .... Omanakuttan
  85. Vasanthamallika (2003) .... Komalan
  86. Kalyanaraman (2002) .... Pyari
  87. Bamboo Boys (2002)
  88. Kasillatheyum Jeevikkam (2002)
  89. Kunjikoonan (2002) .... Chandran
  90. Meesa Madhavan (2002) .... Advocate Mukundanunny
  91. Mazhathullikkilukkam (2002) .... Mayandi
  92. Soothradharan (2002)Leela krishnan
  93. Pakalpooram (2002) .... Manickan
  94. Pranyamanithooval (2002) .... Sundaran
  95. Savithriyute Aranjanam (2002) .... Olympion Bhootham Appachan
  96. Thandavam (2002) .... Basheer
  97. Valkannadi (2002) .... Vikraman
  98. One Man Show (2001) .... Bhaskaran
  99. Nariman (2001)Kochu Narayanan's Assistant
  100. Bharthavudyogam (2001) .... Pushpan
  101. Sundrapurushan (2001) .... Balan
  102. Ee Parakkum Thalika (2001) .... Koshy
  103. Soothradharan (2001) .... Leela Krishnan
  104. Thenkasipattanam (2000)
  105. Satyameva Jayate (2000)The Thief
  106. Udayapuram Sulthan (1999) .... Salim
  107. Kinnarathumbikal (1998)
  108. Grama Panchayath (1998) .... Bhaskaran
  109. Mangalya Pallakku (1998) .... Phalgunan
  110. Mayajalam (1998) .... Ezhupunna Mathai
  111. Mattupetti Machaan (1998) .... Broker
  112. Meenakshi Kalyanam (1998) .... Adv. Sivan Mullassery
  113. Newspaper Boy (1997) .... Venkiti
  114. Mannadiar Penninu Chenkotta Checkan (1997)Marmani Vaidyan
  115. Suvarna Simhaasanam (1997) .... Gopalan
  116. Ishtamaanu Nooruvattam (1996)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Achanuranghatha Veedu Movie review-Achanuranghatha Veedu Malayalam Movie review
  2. ^ The Hindu : News / National : South hogs limelight at 58th National Film Awards
  3. ^ Mathrubhumi Movies
  4. ^ From a sidekick to an award winner - Views - livemint.com
  5. ^ Salim Kumar wins Best Actor National Award

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