Sudhi Koppa | |
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| Born | Kochi, Kerala, India |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2011–present |
Sudhi Koppa is an Indian actor who appears in Malayalam films. [1] [2] He made his cinematic debut in 2009 with an uncredited appearance in Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded (2009). [3]
Sudhi hails from Kochi. His father, who was a government officer had a passion towards drama and owned a drama troupe. Sudhi also started off as a theatre artist at Vaikom Thirunal Theatre Group, before forming his own drama troupe called 'Creative Theatre Group'. [4] [3]
Sudhi started off doing small roles in multi-starer movies. He played one of the goons, attacking Bhavana in Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded and one of the students in Seniors (2011). His theater background helped him secure a role in Lijo Jose Pellissery's Amen . He played the role of Solomon's friend Sebastian, who tries to woo Solomon's sister played by Rachana Narayanankutty. [5] He then played many more small roles in Manglish and Sapthamashree Thaskaraha (2014).
His breakthrough came in Aadu (2015), in which he played "Kanjavu" Soman. [6] The double-crossing Soman served as an important link between the different story tracks in the movie. He subsequently played an important role as the naive Unni in You Too Brutus (2015). [7]
2016 saw a string of releases in which he had good roles. He played Darwin's henchman Appunni in Darvinte Parinamam (2015). He was then seen as Hari and Manu's friend Paul Achayan in Happy Wedding (2016). [8] He then portrayed the alcoholic Thanka in Anuraga Karikkin Vellam (2016), who gets into fights with Abhi and friends. [9] He also essayed the role of a comical thief, Kaimal aka Kai in Sajid Yahiya's directorial debut IDI: Inspector Dawood Ibrahim (2016). [10] He was last seen as one of Asif Ali's teammates in Kavi Uddheshichathu..? (2016).
He is currently working on Third World Boys, a road movie and Theeram. [11] He is also playing a major role in Avarude Raavukal (2017), starring Asif Ali (actor) and Unni Mukundan, and directed by Shanil Muhammed, who had earlier co-directed Philips and the Monkey Pen (2013). He also acted in a small role alongside superstar Manju Warrier in Udaharanam Sujatha (2017), which brought him lot of praise and went on to be a critical and commercial success.
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded | Attacker | |
| Robin Hood | Bike Passenger | ||
| 2010 | Mummy & Me | College Student | Uncredited Role |
| 2011 | Seniors | College Student | |
| 2013 | North 24 Kaatham | Toddy Shop Patron | |
| Amen | Sebastian | ||
| 2014 | Manglish | Sahadevan | |
| Sapthamashree Thaskaraha | Gee Varghese | ||
| 2015 | Aadu | Kanjavu Soman | |
| You Too Brutus | Unni | ||
| Love 24x7 | Joshy | ||
| KL 10 Patthu | Nizam | ||
| Lord Livingstone 7000 Kandi | Kakapool | ||
| Sahapadi 1975 | Vinayan | ||
| 2016 | Darvinte Parinamam | Appunni | |
| Happy Wedding | Paul | ||
| Oru Murai Vanthu Parthaya | Kochukuttan | ||
| Anuraga Karikkin Vellam | Thanka | ||
| Guppy | Chink Divakar | ||
| IDI: Inspector Dawood Ibrahim | Kaimal | ||
| Dum | Sumesh | ||
| Kavi Udheshichathu..? | Dineshan | ||
| 2017 | Alamara | Justin | |
| Lakshyam | Lock Lalu | ||
| Udaharanam Sujatha | Jayan | ||
| Oru Mexican Aparatha | Lonappan | ||
| Chicken Kokkachi | Azharudeen | ||
| Paippin Chuvattile Pranayam | Ayyappan | ||
| Avarude Raavukal | Shanil Muhammed | ||
| Theeram | Venu | ||
| Aadu 2 | Kanjavu Soman | ||
| 2018 | Eeda | Thulaseedharan | |
| Padayottam | Renju | ||
| Joseph | Sudhi Kaippuzha | ||
| 2019 | Vaarikkuzhiyile Kolapathakam | Jokkuttan | |
| Unda | Cameo Appearance | ||
| Sathyam Paranja Viswasikkuvo | Thamara | ||
| Porinju Mariam Jose | Disco Babu | ||
| Vikruthi | Bineesh | ||
| Puzhikkadakan | |||
| 2020 | Kappela | Benny | |
| Love | Anoop's Friend | ||
| 2021 | Malik | Tea Shop Owner | |
| Ajagajantharam | Pindy | ||
| No Mans Land | |||
| 2022 | Randu | Shamsudeen | [12] |
| Veyil | |||
| Antakshari | |||
| Third World Boys | |||
| Priyan Ottathilanu | Shameer | ||
| Dhuniyavinte Orattath | |||
| Ela Veezha Poonchira | Sudhi | Police Officer | |
| Jallianwala Bagh | |||
| Sabaash Chandra Bose | |||
| Mukundan Unni Associates | Adv. Robin Thazhatthu | ||
| 2023 | Aalankam | [13] | |
| 2024 | Nadanna Sambhavam | [14] | |
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