Narain (actor)

Narain
Narain in 2015
Born	Sunil Kumar
Alma mater	St. Thomas College, Thrissur, Sree Kerala Varma College, Thrissur
Years active	2002–present
Spouse	Manju Haridas ​ (m. 2007)​
Children	2
Parents	Ramakrishnan Nair Shantha Kumari

Sunil Kumar, known by his stage name Narain, is an Indian actor, who has starred in Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu films. He made his debut in Adoor Gopalakrishnan's Nizhalkuthu (2002), followed by performances in Malayalam films 4 the People (2004), Achuvinte Amma (2005), and Classmates (2006). Narain's Tamil and Telugu debuts were in Mysskin's Chithiram Pesuthadi (2006) and Jayaraj's Yuvasena (2004).

Acting career

Narain's first film was Nizhalkuthu. His first commercial film, 4 The People, was dubbed in Tamil and Telugu. He portrayed a struggling lawyer, Emmanuel John, in Achuvinte Amma and also played a doctor, Jeevan, in Sheelabathi. He also played roles in Annorikal and Classmates. His debut Tamil movie was Chithiram Pesuthadi. Through Panthaya Kozhi, produced by director Lal, he has been re-launched as an independent action hero in the Malayalam film industry. In 2008, he did another youth-oriented Malayalam movie Minnaminnikoottam. He has acted in more than 20 Malayalam movies.^[1]

Narain worked with director Sathyan Anthikkad in the 2005 movie Achuvinte Amma and again in 2009 in Bhagyadevatha.

Narain played the lead role in P. T. Kunju Muhammed's Veeraputhran (2011). He collaborated with director Mysskin on the 2008 film Anjaathe and the 2012 superhero film Mugamoodi where he portrayed a villain. However his career high came through the 2019, Lokesh Kanagaraj directed venture Kaithi (2019), co starring with Karthi.^[2] In 2022, Vikram who bridges two films occurring in the same universe starring Kamal Haasan, Vijay Sethupathi, and Fahadh Faasil.^[3]

Early and personal life

Narain completed his pre-degree from St. Thomas College, Thrissur and graduated from Sree Kerala Varma College. He did his diploma in cinematography at the MGR Government Film And Television Institute. He joined ace cinematographer Rajiv Menon and later resigned to try for chances in acting. On 26 August 2007, he married Malayalam television host Manju Haridas. Manju had hosted shows like Superstar Junior and sang in Chithiram Pesuthadi, a Tamil film in which Narain acted.^[4][5] The couple has two children, a daughter born in 2008 and a son born in 2022.

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
2002	Nizhalkuthu	Muthu	Malayalam	Credited as Sunil Kumar
2004	4 the People	Rajan Mathew IPS	Malayalam
	Yuvasena	Sharat Chandra	Telugu	Credited as Suresh Menon
2005	Achuvinte Amma	Adv. Emmanuel John	Malayalam	Credited as Sunil Kumar
	Annorikal	Benny	Malayalam
	By the People	Rajan Mathew IPS	Malayalam
	Sheelabathi	Dr. Jeevan	Malayalam
2006	Chithiram Pesuthadi	Thiru	Tamil
	Classmates	Murali	Malayalam
	Nenjirukkum Varai	Ganesan	Tamil
2007	Panthaya Kozhi	Nandagopal	Malayalam
	Pallikoodam	Vetrivel IAS	Tamil
2008	Anjathe	SI Sathyavan	Tamil	Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil
	Ore Kadal	Jayakumar	Malayalam
	Minnaminnikoottam	Abhilash	Malayalam
2009	Bhagyadevatha	Sajan Joseph	Malayalam
	Robin Hood	CID Alexander Felix	Malayalam
2011	Thambikottai	Azhagiri Sundaram	Tamil
	Ko	Himself	Tamil	Special appearance
	Veeraputhran	Mohammed Abdul Rahiman	Malayalam
2012	Grandmaster	Kishore IPS	Malayalam
	Mugamoodi	Anguchamy / Dragon	Tamil	Nominated, SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Villain
	Ayalum Njanum Thammil	Dr. Vivek	Malayalam
	The Hitlist	Dr. Lewis	Malayalam	Cameo
2013	Proprietors: Kammath & Kammath	IRS officer Suresh	Malayalam	Cameo
	3 Dots	Dr. Isaac Samuel	Malayalam
	Aaru Sundarimaarude Katha	Sreekumar	Malayalam
	Red Rain	Jay	Malayalam
2014	Njangalude Veettile Athidhikal	Raj Menon	Malayalam
2015	Kaththukkutti	Arivazhagan	Tamil
2016	Hallelooya	Dr. Roy	Malayalam
	Angane Thanne Nethave Anchettennam Pinnale	Karthika Perumal	Malayalam
	Kavi Uddheshichathu..?	Vattathil Bosco	Malayalam
2017	Rum	Inspector Praveen Thomas	Tamil
	Adam Joan	Syriac	Malayalam
2018	Police Junior	Sai Ram	Malayalam
	U Turn	Ritesh	Tamil Telugu
	Odiyan	Prakashan	Malayalam
2019	Pengalila	Vinod	Malayalam
	Madhura Raja	SI Balachandran	Malayalam	Cameo
	Marconi Mathai	Un­known	Malayalam
	Kaithi	Inspector Bejoy	Tamil	[6]
	Champion	Santha	Tamil
2022	Vikram	Inspector Bejoy	Tamil	[7]
	Ente Mazha	Un­known	Malayalam
	Yugi	Nandakumar	Tamil	Bilingual film
	Adrishyam		Malayalam
2023	2018	Winston	Malayalam	[8]
	Gandeevadhari Arjuna	Ajit Chandra	Telugu
	800	Master	Tamil
	Iraivan	ACP Andrew	Tamil
	Queen Elizabeth	Alex	Malayalam	[9]
2024	Devara: Part 1	Irfan	Telugu
	Manorathangal	Prabhakaran	Malayalam	Anthology series; segment: Kazhcha [10]
2025	Kural †	TBA	Tamil	Delayed
	Nodikku Nodi †	TBA	Tamil	Delayed[11]
	Thalapathy 69 †	TBA	Tamil	Filming[12]

Awards and nominations

• Nominations

• 2007 Filmfare Awards South – Best supporting actor – (Classmates)
• 2010 Filmfare Awards South – Best Supporting Actor – (Robinhood)
• 2012 – Best Actor in a Negative Role (Mugamoodi)
• 2021 South Indian International Movie Awards – Best Supporting actor – (Kaithi)

References

1. "Profile of Malayalam Actor Narain". malayalasangeetham.info. Archived from the original on 10 February 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
2. "Busy days ahead for Narain". Times of India. Archived from the original on 6 December 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
3. "Narain: Vikram's stellar response and box office numbers are new to me". Cinema Express. 19 June 2022. Archived from the original on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
4. "Narain ties the knot". IndiaGlitz. 27 August 2007. Archived from the original on 6 December 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
5. "Celebs at Dileep, Kavya Madhavan wedding". The Times of India. 25 November 2016. Archived from the original on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
6. The Hindu (21 October 2019). "'Kaithi' should pick me up from where 'Anjathe' left me: Narain". Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
7. "Narain: Vikram's stellar response and box office numbers are new to me". Cinema Express. 19 June 2022. Archived from the original on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
8. "Mammootty heaps praise on '2018' trailer. True depiction of Kerala's worst tragedy, add netizens". OnManorama. Archived from the original on 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
9. "Meera Jasmine and Narain's Queen Elizabeth gets a release date". Cinema Express. 13 December 2023. Archived from the original on 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
10. "Manorathangal Trailer: Film legends assemble for anthology on MT Vasudevan Nair's stories". Cinema Express. 15 July 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
11. "Ashwin Kumar's next 'Nodikku Nodi' begins with a pooja". TimesofIndia.com. 15 July 2024.
12. Manu, Hridyambika A (5 October 2024). "Thalapathy 69: Vijay kickstarts shooting for H Vinoth's film with a song sequence | Deets inside". Desimartini.

External links

• Narain at IMDb