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Born | Arun Mathew 27 February 1985 Perumbavoor, Kerala, India |
Alma mater | Union Christian College, Aluva |
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Years active | 2007–present |
Spouse | Dr.Elizabeth Shaji Madathil |
Arun Mathew (born 27 February 1985), better known by his stage name Mathukkutty, is an Indian radio jockey, television host, actor and director. He is known for his association with the Malayalam television shows on One TV, Mazhavil Manorama, Flowers, Zee Keralam, Surya TV and for his role in the Malayalam film Ithihasa , Campus Diary, Kamuki and Hridayam. His debut film as director was Kunjeldho .
Arun Mathew (Mathukutty) was born on 27 February 1985. He was raised in West Vengola, Perumbavoor, Ernakulam to Mathukutty and Sosamma. He completed his bachelor's degree in Malayalam from the Union Christian College, Aluva in 2006. He joined Kerala Press academy in Kakkanad [1] for a Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism. He started his career as editor trainee at Malayalam newspaper Veekshanam. [2] He came to radio as a hobby and ended up as a radio host.
RJ Mathukkutty started his career as a radio jockey on Red FM in 2007. He was working in Red FM, Thiruvananthapuram as a Radio Jockey and program producer for the shows. He was well known during his RJ career for presenting "Love On Air" and "Red Carpet". Later on, in 2017, after completing 9 years in radio, he left Red FM and joined Gold FM as Celebrity interviewer till late 2017.
R J Mathukkutty debuted in television as celebrity interviewer in Surya TV.Later proceeded as anchor for 'Kutty Kalavara', a cookery show for children on Flowers TV in 2015. [3] He became quite popular after co hosting 'Dhe Chef', a cookery based reality show aired on Mazhavil Manorama in 2016 in mazhavil manorama. [4] He was the co anchor of 'Udan Panam Season 1', an outdoor Game show which is being aired on Mazhavil Manorama [5] Currently he was the co anchor of "Udanpanam Season 2" and also the co host of "Europil Parann Parann Parann"- A Travelogue based on European Countries, both with "Raj Kalesh".
R J Mathukkutty debuted in Malayalam films as the dialogue writer for the movie You Too Brutus , in 2015. The film and the catchy dialogues in the movie both were widely accepted by the crowd. [6] He has also done guest roles in various Malayalam movies including "Ithihasa" "Kamuki". He has done a notable role in 2016 Malayalam movie Campus Diary directed by Jeevan Das. [7] He had his directorial debut with the movie Kunjeldho in 2021 which was also written by him.
Mathukkutty has played the lead roles in Malayalam short films named "Kuliscene" directed by Rahul K Shaji in 2013 and "Bedroom" in 2015 directed by Sanjay Markose. He has also made a guest appearance in "Kozhibiriyani" in 2013. Later in 2017, he also played the leading role in the short film "Sorry" directed by Benjith Baby which attained wide viewer acceptance. He also appeared as a cameo in Mattoru Kadavil, sequel of Kuliscene Shortfilm
Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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2013 | Kuliscene | Sunny | Rahul K Shaji | |
2013 | Kozhibiriyani | Fawaz/Vishnu | ||
2014 | Bedroom | Sanjayan Marcose | ||
2018 | Sorry | Benjith Baby | ||
2020 | Mattoru Kadavil, Kuliscene 2 | Sunny | Rahul K Shaji | Cameo |
Year | Title | Notes |
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2021 | Kili | Actor |
Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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2012 | Ustad Hotel | Actor | Anwar Rasheed | Cameo |
2013 | Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi | Actor | Sameer Thahir | |
2014 | Ithihasa | Actor | Binu Sadanandan | |
2014 | Sapthamashree Thaskaraha | Actor | Anil Radhakrishnan Menon | |
2015 | Lord Livingstone 7000 Kandi | Actor | Anil Radhakrishnan Menon | |
2016 | Campus Diary | Actor | Jeevan | |
2018 | Kamuki | Actor | Binu Sadanandan | |
2021 | Kunjeldo | Director | Mathukkutty | Debut as director |
2022 | Hridayam | Actor | Vineeth Sreenivasan | Cameo as priest |
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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2014 | Koothara | Srinath Rajendran | |
2015 | Oru Vadakkan Selfie | Prajith |
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2015 | You Too Brutus | Roopesh Peethambaran |
Year | Title | Role | Channel |
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2015 | On the spot | Host | One TV |
2015-2016 | Kuttykalavara | Host | Flowers TV |
2016 | Dhe Chef | Co-host | Mazhavil Manorama |
2017–2018 | Udan Panam | Co-host | Mazhavil Manorama |
2017 | Midukki | Co-host | Mazhavil Manorama |
2017–2019 | Talk Time with Mathukutty | Host | YouTube |
2018–2019 | Udan Panam season 2 | Co-host | Mazhavil Manorama |
2018–2019 | Europpil Parannu Parannu | Co-host | Mazhavil Manorama |
2020 | Suryajodi No.1 | Co-Host | Surya TV |
2020-2021 | Let's Rock and Roll | Co-Host | Zee Keralam |
2021 | Manjubhavangal | Co-Host | Zee Keralam |
2021 | Madhuram Shobhanam | Co-Host | Zee Keralam |
2022 | Adichu Mone | Co-Host/Mathukutty | Flowers TV |
2022 | Orukodi Kilukkam | Co-Host | Flowers TV |
2022-Present | Samsthanasammelanam | Host | Flowers TV |
2022-Present | innathe chintavishayam | Host | Flowers TV |
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