Indrajith Sukumaran

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Indrajith Sukumaran
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Indrajith in 2022
Born (1979-12-17) 17 December 1979 (age 45)
Alma mater Sainik School, Kazhakootam
Occupations
Years active1984 (child artist);
2002–present
Spouse
(m. 2002)
Children2 (including Prarthana Indrajith)
Parents
Relatives Prithviraj Sukumaran (brother)
FamilySee Sukumaran family

Indrajith Sukumaran (born 17 December 1979) is an Indian actor and playback singer. He predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. Indrajith was born to the actors Sukumaran and Mallika Sukumaran and is the elder brother of actor Prithviraj Sukumaran.

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Indrajith made his acting debut in the 1986 film Padayani as a child artist, and has gone on to star in more than 90 films, notably Meesa Madhavan (2002), Runway (2004), Vesham (2004), Classmates (2006), Chotta Mumbai (2007), Arabikkatha (2007), Twenty:20 (2008), Nayakan (2010), Karayilekku Oru Kadal Dooram (2010), Ee Adutha Kaalathu (2012), Amen (2013), Left Right Left (2013), Ezhamathe Varavu (2013), Angels (2014), Amar Akbar Anthony (2015), Virus (2019), Lucifer (2019), Halal Love Story (2020) and Kurup (2021).

Indrajith has also starred in a few Tamil, English, Telugu and Hindi films, such as En Mana Vaanil (2002), Before the Rains (2007), Sarvam (2009), Kavya's Diary (2009), and The Waiting Room (2010).

Early life and family

Indrajith was born as the elder son of actors Sukumaran and Mallika Sukumaran on 17 December 1979. His brother Prithviraj Sukumaran is also a well-known actor in south Indian cinema. [2]

Indrajith's initial schooling was at Shrine Vailankanni Senior Secondary School, T. Nagar, Chennai and St. Joseph's Boys School, Coonoor, since the family was settled at Tamil Nadu at that time. [1] Later, when the family shifted to Kerala, he had his education from The NSS Public School Perunthanni, St. Mary's Residential Central School, Poojappura. He completed the rest of his school education at Sainik School Kazhakoottam, along with his brother Prithviraj. He was the captain of Tennis team while studying there. He also participated in music and acting competitions. He pursued his bachelor's with distinction in Computer science engineering from Rajaas Engineering College in Tirunelveli district and was working as a trainee in a software company when he entered into the film career. Later, he dropped his job and became busy with movies.[ citation needed ]

Acting career

He started his career in malayalam movie as a child artist in "Padayani" in 1986. He was noted for his villain role Eappen Pappachi in the blockbuster Meesa Madhavan , directed by Lal Jose.

He acted alongside Mohanlal in Anwar Rasheed's Chotta Mumbai and Shaji Kailas's Baba Kalyani . His performance as the villain in Baba Kalyani was acclaimed by critics. [3] He acted with Mammootty in the movie Vesham

He also acted in Lal Jose's film Arabikkatha and Santhosh Sivan's Before the Rains . He paired with his brother Prithviraj Sukumaran in several films, including the 2006's hit film Classmates . [4] [5] He starred in the lead role with Vineeth in Hariharan's Film Ezhamathe Varavu , written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair after the success of Pazhassi Raja (2009).

His debut Hindi film The Waiting Room , directed by Maneej Premnath was released in January 2010. [6]

Personal life

Indrajith with wife Poornima Indrajith at 60th Filmfare Awards South Poornima & Indrajith at 60th Filmfare Awards South.jpg
Indrajith with wife Poornima Indrajith at 60th Filmfare Awards South

On 13 December 2002, he married actress Poornima Mohan. [7] [8] They have two daughters. [9]

Awards

Asiavision Awards

Filmography

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released

Malayalam films

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRole(s)Notes
1986 Padayani Young RameshChild artist
2001AnnieTelevision film
2002 Oomappenninu Uriyadappayyan Shyam Gopal Varma
Meesa Madhavan Eapen Pappachi
2003 Pattalam NandakumarCameo appearance
Mizhi Randilum Dr. Arun
Mullavalliyum Thenmavum Andrew
2004 Runway Balu Damodar
Vesham Hariprasad
2005 Finger Print Kishore Varma
Police Anand
Deepangal SakshiRishikesh
Chanthupottu Komban Kumaran
Krithyam Ramdas MenonCameo appearance
2006 Achanurangatha Veedu Police Officer
Classmates Pious George
Oruvan Sivan
Baba Kalyani Babu
2007 Chotta Mumbai Tomichan
Arabikatha Anwar
Ayur Rekha Anand
Heart Beats Binoy Idikkula
Hareendran Oru Nishkalankan Hareendra Varma
Flash Priyan
2008 Calcutta News Hari
Malabar Wedding Manu Kuttan
Soorya Kireedam Sivaram
Minnaminnikoottam Sidharth
Twenty:20 Arun Kumar
2009 Nammal Thammil Johnny
Seetha Kalyanam Ambi
Kanneerinu MadhuramKrishnan Unni
2010 Happy Husbands Rahul Valiyathan
Nayakan Varadhanunni
Elsamma Enna Aankutty Eby
Chekavar Kasinathan
College Days Rohit Menon
Karayilekku Oru Kadal Dooram Anoop Chandran
2011 Race Niranjan
City of God Swarnavel
Three Kings Bhaskaranunni Raja
Veettilekulla Vazhi RassaqCameo appearance
Vellaripravinte Changathi Manikunju
2012 Ee Adutha Kaalathu Vishnu
Karmayogi Rudran Gurukkal
Outsider Mukundan50th film
Bachelor Party Geevarghese
Mullamottum Munthiricharum Churatta Jose
Akasathinte Niram Young Man
Husbands in Goa Jerry
Poppins Kanthan
2013 Amen Father Vincent Vattolli
Up & Down - Mukalil Oralundu Thampuran
Left Right Left Jayan
Paisa Paisa Kishore
Arikil Oraal Siddharth
Ezhamathe Varavu Gopinath Menon
Kaanchi Madhavan
Vedivazhipadu JosephSpecial appearance
101 Chodyangal Mugundan
2014 Masala Republic S.I. Shambu
Naku Penta Naku Taka Vinay
Sapthamashree Thaskaraha KrishnanunniCameo appearance
Angels Hameem Hyder
Cousins Joji
2015 Rasam Balu
Double Barrel Vinci
Kohinoor HaiderSpecial appearance
Amar Akbar Anthony Anthony
2016 Vettah ACP Xylex Abraham
2017 Kaadu Pookkunna Neram Police officer
Lakshyam Vimal
Tiyaan Pattabhirama Giri and Ramaraja-1 Double role
2018 Mohanlal Sethumadhavan
2019 Lucifer Govardhan
Virus Dr. Baburaj
Thakkol Fr. Ambrose Vas Pochampalli
2020 Halal Love Story Shereef
2021 Aanum Pennum MadhavanCameo appearance
Kurup SP Krishnadas IPS
Aaha Kochu
2022 Night Drive Bennie Moopan
Pathaam Valavu Sethu
19(1)(a) Anand
Theerppu Kalyan Menon
2023 Thuramukham Santo GopalanCameo appearance
Kunjamminis Hospital Dr. Lyon Ilanjikkaran
Otta Raju [12]
2024 Marivillin Gopurangal Shinto [13]
Mr & Mrs Bachelor [14]
2025 L2: Empuraan GovardhanPost-production
TBAAnuradha Crime No.59/2019PeethambranCompleted
Ram TBAFilming

Other language films

YearTitleRole(s)Language(s)Notes
2002 En Mana Vaanil MuraliTamil
2008 Before the Rains ManasEnglish
2009 Sarvam NoushadTamil
Kavya's Diary RajTelugu
2010 The Waiting Room Police officerHindi

Voiceover

YearTitleVoice RoleNotes
2010 Nayakan Narrator
2013 Nee Kho Njaa Cha
Amen
Zachariyaude Garbhinikal
2017 Ezra
2018JanakiJanaki’s HusbandShort film

Television

YearTitleRole(s)Language(s)Network(s)NotesRef
2019 Queen GMR Tamil MX Player Web Debut
2024 Brinda Dr. Satya/Prof.Kabir Anand Telugu SonyLIV [15]
Manorathangal Keshav Malayalam ZEE5 Anthology series
Segment: Kadalkkaattu
[16]

Discography

As singer

YearSongsAlbumsMusic DirectorNotes
2003"Anthinilaa" Mullavalliyum Thenmavum Ouseppachan
2007"Manjin"Daya---TV Serial
2010"Happy Husbands" Happy Husbands M. Jayachandran
"Ranadheera" Nayakan Prashant Pillai
"Poril Theyyaram" Chekavar Rahul Raj
2013"Hey Ithuvazhi" Arikil Oraal Gopi Sundar Co Sing With Chithra Iyer
2014"Kalichiri" Masala Republic Jassie Gift Co Sing With Sumi Aravind
"Ee Mizhiyimakal" Angels Jakes Bejoy
2015"Premamennaal" Amar Akbar Anthony" Nadirshah Co Sing With Prithviraj Sukumaran, Jayasurya, Kalabhavan Shajon, Nadirsha.
2018"Naadum vitte" Mohanlal Tony Joseph Pallivathukal
2021"Vali Oru Aaha" Aaha Sooraj S. Kurup Promo Song

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