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Maniyanpilla Raju
Indian actor

Maniyanpilla Raju

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Indian actor
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Gender
Male
Place of birth
Thiruvananthapuram, India
Age
69 years
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Biography

Sudheer Kumar (born 20 April 1955), better known by his stage name Maniyanpilla Raju, is an Indian film actor and producer who works in Malayalam film industry. His debut film was Mohiniyaattam in 1976. He has played a variety of roles as a character actor, appearing in over 400 films. His stage name was derived from the character he played in the film Maniyanpilla Adhava Maniyanpilla (1981), his break-through role.

Early life

Raju was born as the youngest among four in 1955 to Shekharan Nair and Saraswati Amma at Thycaud, Trivandrum. He has two sisters, Ramani and Radha, and a brother Surendran. He had his primary education from Government Model Boys Higher Secondary School, Trivandrum. He did his pre-degree in Victory Tutorial College. He learned diploma in acting course during 1973–1975 from Adyar Film Institute, Madras (now Chennai).

Personal life

He married Indira in 1985. His elder son is Sachin and his younger son Niranj made his debut in Renjith's Black Butterfly. He wrote a book titled Chirichum Chirippichum containing his memoirs in 2012. In 2019, he opened a restaurant Be @ Kiwizo in Kannur, which has Kerala's first robot servants.

Television

As judge

  • Comedy Super Show (Flowers TV)
  • Comedy Stars Plus (Asianet Plus)
  • Comedy Stars Season 2 (Asianet)
  • Comedy Stars (Asianet)

As host

  • Laughing Villa (Surya TV)
  • Malayali Durbar (Amrita TV)
  • Jambanum Thumbanum (Asianet Plus)

As actor

  • Ettu Sundarikalum Njanum (Surya TV)
  • Mahatma Gandhi Colony (Surya TV)
  • Kadamattathu Kathanar (Asianet)
  • Sthree (Asianet)
  • Laksharchana (Doordarshan)
  • Aarohanam (Kairali TV)
  • Akshayapatram (Asianet)
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