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Roshan Basheer | |
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| Born | June 28, 1991 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Spouse | Furzana Anub (m. 2020) |
| Children | 1 |
Roshan Basheer (born 28 June 1991) is an Indian actor, [2] who appears in Malayalam, Telugu, and Tamil language films. He is best known for his role as Varun Prabhakar in the 2013 drama-thriller film Drishyam .
Roshan made his acting debut by playing one of the lead roles in the Malayalam coming-of-age film, Plus Two (2010). [3] Later, he did films such as Banking Hours (2012), [4] Tourist Home (2013) [5] and Red Wine (2013). [6] Roshan Basheer then portrayed the pivotal villainous character in Jeethu Joseph's successful Drishyam (2013), [7] [8] before being selected to reprise his role in the film's Telugu version Drushyam (2014) [9] and then the Tamil version, Papanasam (2015) featuring Kamal Haasan. [10] [11]
Post the success of both films, Roshan Basheer appeared in further lead role in films including Kubera Rashi [12] [13] and Moondru Rasigargal. He is still pursuing mobies in the Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam movie industries. [14]
| Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Plus Two | Prince | Malayalam | [3] |
| 2011 | Innanu Aa Kalyanam | Kunjumon | Malayalam | [15] |
| 2012 | Banking Hours | Malayalam | [ citation needed ] | |
| 2013 | Tourist Home | Sajan | Malayalam | [5] |
| Red Wine | Alfy | Malayalam | [8] | |
| Drishyam | Varun Prabhakar | Malayalam | [7] | |
| 2014 | Drushyam | Varun Prabhakar | Telugu | Remake of Drishyam [9] |
| 2015 | Papanasam | Varun Prabhakar | Tamil | Remake of Drishyam [10] [11] |
| Columbus | Vamshi | Telugu | [ citation needed ] | |
| Kubera Rashi | Murugan | Tamil | [12] [13] | |
| 2017 | Bairavaa | Charan | Tamil | [16] |
| Moondru Rasigargal | Tamil | [ citation needed ] | ||
| 2020 | Dirty Hari | Akash | Telugu | [17] |
| 2021 | Kamitham | Malayalam | Music album[ citation needed ] | |
| Kannadi | Malayalam | [ citation needed ] | ||
| Vincent and the pope | Vincent | Malayalam | [ citation needed ] | |
| 2022 | Four | Malayalam | [18] | |
| 2023 | Malli Pelli | young Phaneendra | Telugu | |
| Saandrithazh | Tamil | |||
| 2024 | Rakshana | Telugu | [19] | |
| 7/G | Rajiv | Tamil | [20] | |
| TBA | Rachel | Nicholas | Malayalam | Post-production [21] |
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