Prithviraj Sukumaran

Biography

Prithviraj Sukumaran (born 16 October 1982) is an Indian actor, director, producer, and playback singer primarily working in Malayalam and Tamil language films. He has also done Telugu and Hindi films.

He acted in more than 100 films in a variety of roles and has received several awards including a National Film Award, three Kerala State Film Awards, a Tamil Nadu State Film Award, and a Filmfare Awards South.

Prithviraj made his acting debut with Nandanam (2002), a commercial success. He established himself as a leading Malayalam actor with Classmates (2006), the highest-grossing Malayalam film of the year. The Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for Vaasthavam made him its youngest recipient at 24.

He played a musician in the Tamil romantic comedy Mozhi (2007) and ventured into playback singing with Puthiya Mukham (2009) before earning his second Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for the medical drama Ayalum Njanum Thammil and the biographical film Celluloid.

In 2010, Prithviraj joined the production house August Cinema to headline and co-produce Urumi and Indian Rupee (both 2011); the latter won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam and Kerala State Film Award for Best Film.

He won a Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Villain for Kaaviya Thalaivan (2014) before appearing in Ennu Ninte Moideen (2015) and Ezra (2017). After leaving August Cinema in 2017, he launched Prithviraj Productions independently that first backed 9 (2019).

Prithviraj made his directorial debut with Lucifer (2019), which was the highest-grossing Malayalam film ever until June 2023. He has since starred in Driving License (2019), Ayyappanum Koshiyum (2020), Jana Gana Mana (2022) and Kaduva (2022).