Indrajith Sukumaran

Indrajith Sukumaran
Born	17 December 1979 (1979-12-17) (age 38) Trivandrum, Kerala, India
Residence	Trivandrum,Kerala
Alma mater	Sainik School Kazhakootam
Occupation	Actor, playback singer
Years active	2002–present
Spouse(s)	Poornima (m. 2002)
Children	Prarthana, Nakshatra
Parent(s)	Sukumaran Mallika Sukumaran
Relatives	Prithviraj Sukumaran (brother)

Indrajith Sukumaran (born 17 December 1979) is an Indian film actor and playback singer, who works in Malayalam cinema. He is the eldest son of late actor Sukumaran and the brother of actor Prithviraj Sukumaran.

Indrajith made his debut in 2002 in the film Oomappenninu Uriyadappayyan. And has gone on to star in over 80 films, notably Meesa Madhavan (2002), Runway (2004), Classmates (2006), Chotta Mumbai (2007), Arabikkatha (2007), Twenty:20 (2008), Nayakan (2010), Karayilekku Oru Kadal Dooram (2010), Ee Adutha Kaalathu (2012), Amen (2013), Left Right Left (2013), Ezhamathe Varavu (2013), Angels (2014) and Amar Akbar Anthony (2015).

Indrajith has also starred in a few Hindi, English, Tamil and Telugu films, such as Before the Rains (2007), Sarvam (2009), Kavya's Diary (2009), and The Waiting Room (2010).

Early life and family

Indrajith is born as the eldest son of actors Sukumaran and Mallika Sukumaran at Thiruvananthapuram on 17 December 1979. His brother Prithviraj Sukumaran is also a well-known actor in south Indian cinema. Indrajith's initial schooling was at Shrine Vailankanni Senior Secondary School, T. Nagar, Chennai and St. Joseph's Boys' Hr. Sec. School, Coonoor, since the family was settled at Tamil Nadu at that time.^[1] Later, when the family shifted to Kerala, he had his education from The NSS Public School Perunthanni, St.Mary's Residential Central School, Poojappura. He completed the rest of his school education at Sainik School Kazhakoottam, along with his brother Prithviraj. He was the captain of Tennis team while studying there. He also participated in music and acting competitions. He pursued bachelors with distinction in Computer science engineering from Rajaas Engineering College in Tirunelveli district and was working as a trainee in a software company when he entered into the film career. Later, he dropped his job and became busy with movies.^[2] Indrajith owns a luxury car Volvo, which costs around 80 lakhs.^[3]

On 13 December 2002, he married actress Poornima Mohan.^[4][5] They have two daughters named Praarthana and Nakshatra.^[6]

Film career

His first cinematic role was in Oomappenninu Uriyadappayyan, directed by Vinayan. He was noted for his villain role in the blockbuster Meesa Madhavan, directed by Lal Jose.

He acted alongside Mohanlal in Anwar Rasheed's Chotta Mumbai and Shaji Kailas's Baba Kalyani. His performance as the villain in Baba Kalyani was acclaimed by critics.^[7] He also acted in Lal Jose's film Arabikkatha and Santhosh Sivan's Before the Rains. He paired with his brother Prithviraj Sukumaran in several films, including the 2006's hit film Classmates.^[8][9] He starred in the lead role with Vineeth in Hariharan's Film Ezhamathe Varavu, written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair after the success of Pazhassi Raja (2009).

His debut Hindi film The Waiting Room, directed by Maneej Premnath was released in January 2010.^[10]

Awards

• 2013 - TTK Prestige-Vanitha Film Awards - Best Supporting Actor - Amen^[11]

Asiavision Awards

• 2013 - Asiavision Awards - Outstanding Performance of the Year^[12]

Filmography

References

External links

• Indrajith Sukumaran on IMDb
• Indrajith Sukumaran on Facebook
• Indrajith at MSI
• webindia123.com. "Video Interview".
• Official Website of Information and Public Relation Department of Kerala
• Indrajith's movies in Malayalam Movies