SUPER ACTORS: Prithviraj Sukumaran

Wednesday 27 June 2012

Prithviraj Sukumaran

Prithviraj Sukumaran (born 16 October 1982 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala) credited mononymously as Prithviraj, is an Indian film actor, playback singer and producer best known for his work in Malayalam cinema.

He made his debut in 2002 in the Malayalam film Nandanam, and has since acted in more than sixty films, notably Stop Violence (2002), Swapnakoodu (2003), Akale (2004), Classmates (2006), Vaasthavam (2006), Chocolate (2007), Thirakkatha (2008), Urumi (2011) and Indian Rupee (2011). He won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in Vaasthavam.

Prithviraj made his debut in Tamil cinema through Kana Kandaen in 2005. His other notable films in Tamil are Parijatham (2005), Mozhi (2007) and Mani Ratnam's Raavanan (2010). His debut in Telugu films was through Police Police in 2010. Prithviraj is debuting in Hindi films through Aiyaa (2012) for which shooting is currently progressing.