Arun Kurian

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Arun Kurian
Born (1990-11-04) 4 November 1990 (age 33)
NationalityIndian
OccupationActor
Years active2016–present

Arun Kurian is an Indian actor who appears on Malayalam cinema. He made his feature film debut through a lead role in the coming of age film Aanandam (2016).

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He played supporting roles in Velipadinte Pusthakam (2017), Oru Yamandan Premakadha (2019), Thamaasha (2019), Paapam Cheyyathavar Kalleriyatte (2019) and Hridayam (2022).

Career

A Thiruvalla native, Arun did his schooling in Kuwait at United Indian School till Class 9 and studied in Labour India Gurukulam Public School after that. [1] He earned his masters in business administration from Whistling Woods International Institute in Mumbai while simultaneously assisting in making ad films and sending his profile for audition tests. [2] He made his acting debut as one of the seven lead actors in the 2016 coming of age film Aanandam . [3] [4] He played Varun, whom he described as a "less-talking, less-bullshit guy". [2] The film was a commercial success. [5] [6] He then starred in Lal Jose's Velipadinte Pusthakam in 2017 in which he played Sameer, whom he described as a "gregarious type, a college-going city boy". [2] He had two releases in 2019, Oru Yamandan Premakadha and Thamaasha in which he played supporting roles. [7] He played one of the lead roles in the 2020 release Paapam Cheyyathavar Kalleriyatte . [8]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2016 Aanandam Varun ManjooranDebut film [9]
2017 Velipadinte Pusthakam Sameer [10]
2019 Oru Yamandan Premakadha Paappi John Kombanaayil [11]
Thamaasha Kamal [12]
2020 Paapam Cheyyathavar Kalleriyatte Rohan [13]
2021 Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham Young Anandan
2022 Hridayam Akhil Sathyan [14]
Mukundan Unni Associates Radhakrishnan IyerPhoto appearance
1744 White Alto
2023 Pookkaalam Susheel [15]
2024 Marakkuma Nenjam ArjunTamil film [16]
Manjummel Boys Sujith [17]

Webseries

YearSeriesRoleNotesRef.
2019Meen AviyalArunWebseries [18]
2022 Putham Pudhu Kaalai Vidiyaadhaa PaulTamil Webseries [19]

Television

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Attending Lal and Lal acting school". Deccan Chronicle. 1 June 2017. Archived from the original on 21 August 2017.
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  6. ↑ "Dear Zindagi grosses 6 mil. USD [40.9 crores] in overseas". Bollywood Hungama . 5 December 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
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  16. ↑ "First single from Marakkuma Nenjam is here". Cinema Express . 21 May 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
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  19. ↑ Rajendran, Sowmya (14 January 2022). "Putham Pudhu Kaalai Vidiyaadhaa review: A second installment with some fresh ideas". The News Minute.


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