Vijay Babu (actor, born 1976)

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Vijay Babu
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Born (1976-05-14) 14 May 1976 (age 48)
Kollam, Kerala, India [1]
Occupations
Years active2012–present
SpouseSmitha
Website fridayfilmhouse.com

Vijay Babu is an National award winning Indian film producer, actor, and businessman, who works in the Malayalam film industry. [2] [3] He is the founder of the film production company Friday Film House. [4]

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Vijay Babu is best known for producing and starring in the films Philips and the Monkey Pen (2013), Peruchazhi (2014), Aadu (2015), Adi Kapyare Kootamani (2015), Mudhugauv (2016), Angamaly Diaries (2017), Aadu 2 (2017), June (2019), Sufiyum Sujatayum (2021), and Home (2021). In 2014, he won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Children's Film (as producer) for his production firm for Philips and the Monkey Pen and In 2023, He received the National Film Award for the movie Home (Best Malayalam Film 2021). [3] The character Sarbath Shameer played by Vijay Babu appearing in Aadu film series had developed into a cult following. [5] [6]

Sufiyum Sujatayum , produced by him under his banner Friday Film House, is the first Malayalam film to have a direct release on an OTT platform, Amazon Prime Video. Babu is known for bankrolling many experimental films and supporting upcoming filmmakers in the industry. [7] [8] [9]

Early life and family

Vijay Babu was born in Kollam, Kerala to Nair parents Subashchandra Babu and Maya Babu. He has two siblings, Vinay Babu and Vijayalakshmi.

Babu did his schooling at St. Jude School, Kollam and received graduation from the Loyola College, Chennai. [10] He started his media career at STAR India in Mumbai. In 2002, he was selected as the Best Employee of STAR TV. Later that year, he quit his job to venture as an entrepreneur in Dubai. After a few years, he joined as the COO of Asianet and Sitara TV in Hyderabad. In 2009, Babu returned to Kerala as the Vice President of Surya TV. He is married to Smitha, a Dubai-based employee. The couple has a son named Bharath. [11]

Career

In 2013, Babu quit his media career and joined the Malayalam film industry as an actor and producer. [12] [ better source needed ]

Babu is one of the founders and CEO of Friday Film House founded a Kerala-based film production company along with the actress Sandra Thomas. Friday Film House won seven of the Kerala state film awards in various fields in 2014.[ citation needed ] Though the company was established after the success of the film Friday , the movie is considered the first production venture of Friday Film House. [13]

Babu is best known for his roles in Philips and the Monkey Pen and Nee-Na , and as the producer of Philips and the Monkey Pen , Peruchazhi and Aadu . His role as Vinay Paniker in Nee-Na received appreciation from critics. [14] [15]

Controversy

On 22 April 2022, a newcomer actress from the Malayalam film industry accused Vijay Babu of sexual and physical abuse over the past two months in the guise of friendship and guidance, and subsequently registered a criminal case which is currently being investigated. [16] In response, he left India and is suspected to be in Dubai, with Indian police having issued a look out circular for him at the airports and planning to search his properties for evidence. In a Facebook Live stream four days later, Babu denied the accusations, claiming to be "the one who is suffering" and stating he would contersue for defamation. While his action received criticism, various men's rights groups came in support of him quoting the one-sided nature of law when it comes to such allegations. Activists like Rahul Easwar and Mithun Vijay Kumar announced MenToo movement on various platforms to protect the actor from media trials and demanded a gender-neutral form of justice. Notably, he named his accuser in the video despite knowing it is illegal under Indian law, leading to him additionally being charged under IPC Section 228A for violating the victim's anonymity and criticism from supporters of sexual assault survivors. [17] [18] While the internal complaint commission of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA) recommended that Babu be expelled, the organisation ultimately did not do so, instead accepting a letter from him distancing himself from the executive board. In response to this inaction, four members (Maala Parvathy, Kukku Parameswaran, Shweta Menon and Hareesh Peradi) criticized AMMA's stance and left the association. [19] [20]

Filmography

YearFilmCredited asNotes
ActorProducerRole
1982 Sooryan YesAs child artist
2011 Three Kings YesHimselfCameo appearance as himself
2012 22 Female Kottayam YesBenny
Ayalum Njanum Thammil YesDcp Ameer Muhammad
No. 66 Madhura Bus YesRavichandran
Chapters YesKiran Das
Karmayodha Dubbing ArtistVoice Dubbed For Rony David
2013 Honey Bee YesSI George
Kili Poyi YesPandey
Zachariayude Garbhinikal YesDebut film as a producer
Philips and the Monkey Pen YesYesPadmachandran [21] [22] [23]
Escape from Uganda YesJayakrishnan
Bicycle Thieves YesKashinathan
2014 Mr. Fraud YesAbbas
Peruchazhi YesYesSunny Kurishingal [24]
Tamaar Padaar YesPurushan
2015 Aadu Oru Bheegara Jeevi Aanu YesYesSI Sarbath Shemeer [25]
Nee-Na YesVinay Paniker
Double Barrel YesBilly Gang
Adi Kapyare Kootamani Yes
2016 Mudhugauv YesYesRambo
AakashvaniYesAkaashdas
Pretham Yescommissioner Sam Alexander
2016–2017Home MinisterYesTV show on Amrita TV
2017 Angamaly Diaries Yes
Careful Yescommissioner Ajith Chandran
Oru Cinemakkaran YesSudheer
Velipadinte Pusthakam YeshimselfCameo
OvertakeYesNandan
Lava Kusha YesCyril Abraham / Banglan
Ayal JeevichirippunduYesJohn Mathew Mathan
Crossroad YesJoesegment: Pakshiyude Manam
SadrishyavakyamYesCommissioner Binoy Idikula
Aadu 2 YesYesSI Sarbath Shemeer
2019 June Yes
Mr. & Ms. Rowdy YesJeevan George
Janamaithri YesYesRaphael
Shubharathri YesCI Balachandran
SulluYesKishore
Puzhikkadakan YesMinister Avaran Pottakuzhi
Stand Up YesTBA
SwarnamalsyangalYesTBA
Thrissur Pooram YesYesCommissioner Moorthy
ParchayeeYesPolice Officer
2020 Anveshanam YesDr. Gautham
Oru Vadakkan PennuYesSivan
Sufiyum Sujathayum YesReleased in Amazon Prime
2021 Eighteen Hours Yes
Home YesYesPsychologistReleased in Amazon Prime
Sunny YesAdvocate PaulReleased in Amazon Prime
2022AnthakshariYesVasudevan
Keedam YesCI Charles
Theerppu YesYesRam Kumar Nair
2023 Maheshum Marutiyum Yes [26]
Pendulum YesNoDr. Mahesh Narayan [27]
Valatty YesYesRoy [28]
2024QalbYes [29]
Oru Sarkar Ulpannam YesProsecution Advocate [30]
Big BenYes [31]
Oru Anweshanathinte ThudakkamYes [32]
2025 Dominic and the Ladies' Purse Yes [33]

Awards

Kerala State Film Awards

National Film Award

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